New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-03-25
VICTORY AND vICTUALs.

VICTORY AND vICTUALs.
Up through the agOnized Tsophagus of the
Confederacy comes the piteous prayer for
prog. The most ardent Rebel must eat-so
must his rib mud Lis responsibilities, both of
the sable and the Circassan tint-so must the
gallant steed which bears him to the battle.
Jeremy. in Congreve's q" Love for Love-" pa.
thetically protests his utter inability to break
fast upon certain chapter OF Eplctetus, al.
though his moro philosophical master declares
it to be "a feast for an emperor" The in-
surgents are just discovering that hungry
man cannot satiato his physical oppetitcs by
the peru,a Of tho Speeches OF Mr. Calhoun
nnd the Resolutions Of -. The reading and
marking and inward digestion Of crazy polIt-
cal theories 90 but little way toward pro.
ducing chyme and chyle. The duodenum is Mt
patriotic organ; and the bravest armies can
never successfully lgh. famine. Napoleon's
principle was to make war support war; but
here thc case is different, for what pleasure
can a Rebel take in q raid on his own hen
house, especially when no feathercd creature
is roostng therein The chief luxury Of the
Roman soldier was dnily moutblul of vine
gar, but the bibntory needs of full-boodcd
Seeding Chevalier aro BY no means SO simple
Like hirs. Camp, no not only likes 70 have
the bottle on the shelf but he rather than else
prefers TO fnd something in i. stiff and strong
when he draws tho cork. A parchod
and empty warrior may be just the
creature 10 attack the oncmy's cOmmisSarat
train; but when i comes to long and steady
campaigning, or the great excrtion Of pitched
battle, nothing can compensate for the want
of regular ration,. And if soldiers find short
commons debilitating, notwithstanding their
presumptiyc devotion to the cause, what must
have been the iutolernblc agony Of civilians,
especially in the cty Of New.Orehns, where
until lately the sale Of fluid rapture was in
variably suppressed by the provos.-guard at
half-past nine o'clock ?. IN. The conslderdte
and benevolent Banks, we notice, has miiicated
tsis dr. hardship. Thirst may now be quenched
b. the citizens of tAat region up to midnight
Us for the soldier, the gates of mercy are
shut upon him, or rather for him the generous
decanters are inoxorably stopped. Disoyalty
and drink 90 together in those parts-therc are
no cocktails Except in their caps for the
defenders of the Constitution.
But II is in Richmond that famine is the
fiercest-a fact from which we draw the hap.
pest augury. For Mosheim, in bis Ecc!esias-
teal History, tells US that fasting was intro
duced into tho religious poiy " from notion
that the demons directed their stratagems
principally against those who pampered them
selves with delicious fare and were less
troublesome t. the loan and hungry" Now,
if this be 50, what sorry tine these demons,
who may, il some Sort be- considered Us spir
itual tapc-wOrms, must be having just now in
rationlcss Richmond + is felt there, We are
sorry for tho sake OF the craft TO say, most
excrucntingly in the printing Offices, aud con
sequenriy the bowls which issue from these
nurseries of Secession civilization are truly ire
lnendous The Editors ind that iirc.ea,ing is
a mere Pigment Of the imngnnton-no man
can grow fat upon theoretical, ignited carbon
rat his sword but ho cannot himself lunch
upon It without fatal consequences. The Rich.
aond EIamipsy dolefully declares that, while
citizens, editors, private soldier6, and other
humble creatures, are undergoing scmi-starya.
lion. and submitting TO what We should sup.
pose, from the passionate earncstness of the
appeal, must be something Like tho paugs o.
Ugolino, tue resources OF the city arc employed
81 TO pampcr pride aud official incidence" The
officers Of tho Rebel Army, il is asserted, keep,
nj great charge, al uncomfortable stud OF
chargers, Of yoracity almost as great, we
should think, as that of the mares of Dion
cdes; and draw rations of oats and other fod-
der for those supcriluous beasts, which are used
only in the peaceful business Of airing tho
ladies' upon pleasant evenings. This
tho Editor, who evidently wishes himself one
Of Capt. Gulliyors renowned and cultivated
steeds comments upon with much bile.
But Lc fVrsc.s tho INV Of sc!fprcs'