New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-08-08
GETTING EXCITED.

friends and well. wisbers to the country, whereof
the drift was as follows: "THE TRIBUNE il
too fast it does not repose adequats trust and
confidence in our rulers; it has too contemptu.
GUS an opinion of the fidelity, capacity, and
zeal of our military leaders; it ought to feel,
or at least to say, that everything is going
right it should seek to inspire and strengthen
public confidence in those who must at any
rate guide the Nation in tho struggle before
u.s." &C., &C., &c. For the last
month or so, we have received quite
as many letters of counsel and aimontion a.
at the former or perhaps any period, and
their burden runs uniformly thus: "THE
TRIBUNE is too sioo it ought to cry aloud
and spare not: it ought to expose the elaring
treacbcry or imbecility of our Military lead
era; it should tell the Government frankly that
tho People are sick Of all frivolous and futile
attempts to put down the effect, Rebellion.
without damage to its csuse, Slavery; do tell
our rulers plainly that they are FORGETTING, sac
riliciug the public confidence by refusing to
employ erery effective weapon for the crushing
out of this atrocious treason" &c, &c, with
a good deal much stronger than We choose 10
make public.
THIS altered tone indicates signal and healthy
progress-GGvvss ia Ink iHis'fSr. Indeed, which
has made little or none, but In the public
mind. The general sentiment is very far In
advance of what it was even one year sgo.
Then the loyal millions wanted the Rebellion
suppressed and rather hoped it would be- now
they have sterDly resolved that 1t mutt aud
shall be-which is quite another thing. Then
Congress had just voted that slaves used 70
throw up entertainments or otherwise directly
uphold the Rebellion should be coufscated, and
tho People npplnuded the act, rather amazed
at their own audacity IN daring so 10 resnsi
treason; now a new act coDhscates and free,
erery slave Of traitor, End all the people say
Amen Gen. Haleck virtually admits that
Order No. 3 is rather behind the times
just the thing, indeed for 1861, but no. a,
oil adapted 10 the altered circumstances
of the latter half of 1862 while Gen.
Mcclellan boldly avows tina. he employs
Black men to do n part of his digging, and
don't evan ask whether they are or are not
slaves Is mt this Progress Conservative
Gov Sprague of Rhode Island-whose election
iu 1859 was exuted over az the forty ninth
salvation of tho Union FROM Abolition fanstl-
cism-has called out a regiment Of the 10y al
Blacks of bis State, aud Is going down TO
Virginiu with it 10 fight the Rebels-to the ill.,
tense disgust Of all their devoted friends in the
Free North. Other regiments will OF course
be raised in other States; and IN little while
especially if we catch two or three mure
puiI-backs-nobody will think or care whether
a regiment is white or black, SO that il tukes
good aim and follows up its third or fourth
volley with charge OF leveled bayorets, 10
one OF them SIX inches bebDd another. Is all
this--what is and what inevitably is to be-to
be accounted nothing
Certainly, We too could grumble, if We
thought that would do any good. We do most
ferveuty wish that our Government would
take its natural place at the head Of the great
popular uprising 10 serve and save the country
along behind it. We wish the President
when be finds the General in command of h
great Union army to be On bis own words)
can auger that won't bore" would Just
quietly aud promptly ret him aside, and try to
find an augcr that wW bore. If not successful
at the frat trial, he should Keep trying till the
right Implement turns up. We wish be would
i-sue barely one Proclan aton-it need not and
should not DO long one-that would Just lit
the Nation right of its feet and surprise i,
into one UNANIMOUS yell of enthusiasm, by let.
ting everybody know that he recognized and
would bcnceiorth treat every fighting Unoni.t
as White man and every Secesh as II big
ger We would soon have armies ut New.
Orleans, Memphis and about Vicksburg that
would laugh at yellow fever and might BIZ war
ranied to stand any climate, If this simple rule
Of never regarding UnionIsts as rghtiuIly or
lawfully the slaves Of traitors, were proclaimed
nod consistently acted on. The reasonable
hope that one in every forty of the Army oni.
GERS who swear they will resign if tnls ,tsp is
aiken, would actually do IL, is among the
many strong inducements to take it, An oili.
,er who makes such threat cannot possibl,
re hearty in tho Union cause, and the sooner
re censes to live upon it, the better for that
.auec.
Everything is not ne it should be; but oil
hat is wrong is gradually working right 1t
vill cost this country ut least One Hundred
thousand Lives aud One Thousand Millions
# Dollars TO attain tho conviction that the