New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-12-29


General has supplied TIE Presidential harder with a
commissary sces sud double 10 quantity the aiowape
tof General in command Of an army let US hope tha
those two officers viii send the remainder IL there
any, 20 tho trenches Of Richmond, and to fltz Lee
cavalry. 1t is true that six horses arc not equ'
for an afternoon ride without full allowance OF oats bu
six thousand will 90 all the better II charge IL the
! get little lay and an ear OF Indian e5rr. fa
| I| From The Wig, Dse. %.
! References are often made Ia history Tor ca
anples Of constancy end torindc uDder disaster o.
tho pSrt OF nations which the exercise Of these quail
tiles. have retrieved apparently the most desperate
tunes ana preserved their Independence ~ spite
circumstances OF Seemingly hopeless adversely There
IL no donb that history IL l Of such examples, from
the day when Leonidas fought at 1hermopyR to thu
day when Washington fought at Trenton. They have
in fact been frequently quoted that the force or th,
illustration g lost IN tie familiarity Of the example
Everybody knows and Acknowledges the hsroism with
which the Greeks struggled agsin. the
sustained their seventy years. contest against Spain
and tho yalor with which Frederic cobatted his hosts
Of European enemies. But while everybody knows
these things everybody may not be ready to initiate
what he is very willing TO admire. II, indeed. II
plain that the people Of these Confederate States
animated with the spirit Of the Greeks the per-
sisency Of the Dutch and the forttudo OF their own
revolutionary ancestors the result Of the struggle in
which they are now engaged would not DC ior smoment
doubtful.
That these Qualities arc least latent IN the Confed
crate people who bound 70 toke for granted. Tn
less we admit their existence IL would be better Tor "
To have menced this war; There was always
possibility that the moment for the exercise Of al
these lofty attributes would finally come upon and
should il fad timorous LestatBg and doubtful. 1t
won unDask US to the word a. people OF ehsratans,
and exhibit our attempted revolution as sorry mi-
aton Of those nobler episodes which have adorned the
history OF tie hnig.n race. We have bcen IL the
habit Of 1stteiing ourselves that We have already
developed high degree OF those qualities which excite
the sympathy Of the world In behalf Of struggling
tionstes: that we have already equaed the heroism
Of the Greeks .he obs,aacy OF the Dutch lad the for
ttude or tho American colonsts. No one, II Is true
truthfaly deDy the vaor OF our soldiers OF with
hold proper tribute of admiration and sympathy rom
those portions of population which have 80 heroi-
cay bFGyed Tie iay Of tas enemy end suffered 30 many
privetions ior the sake Of our cause.
But we are yet very far from hating equaled or ever
approached that high standard which challenges alike
our commendation ard cur emulation. We may I've
very heroic pcople-we msy endure suffering with fol
ttude and struggle bravsly against adversity but all
This remains vet 20 be proved. The partial proofs We
have already given TO not by any means complete the
weight OF testimony which Is required. III we were
for instance to ablgon this contest now, 10 eckow
edge ourselves beaten and conquered TO dLdcate that
separate existence ior which during four years We have
bed and fought "e Should be AIo"h 10 rio'ory simply
as very foolish people who undertook what they had
not the nerve TO OaIIJ through and who. IN copcnsa-
ton Tor mpch loss and suffering gained nothing but the
memory OF few barren victories II the tate OF Car
tharc * overtako us " must not come until our
women like those of Carthage shall have given their
hair 70. bow.stings Should We even succeed without
further trial in establishing our independence we could
claim nothing than a decent place among people
who have risen to nationality by force Of their virtue
and endurance. -
Wo cannot i.ysl tie light of Greclan glory until We
realize the depth Of Grccan adversely II Is precisely
for this reason that the historical examples often
quoted bearing rpon situation are et 70 be map
phcab!e, and lacking in that analogy which gives HE TO
an illustration. Tie COnledergcy has not yet even
approached that condition Of misfortune and disaster
which alone call for the exhibition OF those high and
noble qualities 10 which We have referred IT'S terii'
tory IS not overrun its armies NOT dispersed its
people arc not suffering from famine from pestiIence.
n The ccnrnrv authority is dominant over an area
that OF half Of Enrope its armies after the
usual and always probable alterations Of victory and
defeat still hold the field. and are ready for renewed
contests with tie invader; and its people exceps IN
thc-s districts which are the immediate theater oi
war, rs wci IL not slmptuously fed IS ~ any
former pcrod And yet, there are some pNrsoLs who
say that that hey tired Of the war; ITO be tired
OF the war; ~ any other than to wish for sn hon
orRbe peace not 10 DO red OF honor tired vf IN
Dependence tired % Life.
T.om IL, R!.AEoulEnsuire., Dec. -
There is no denying the fact, that Tor q time
the sfsirs OF the COniederacy under cloud The
been and he has beea allowed 10 establish
his communications ltA the naval forces the AT
lartic without any other loss than that Q! nuneIols
sragses, and the nsgsi wear and fsas Of an aIny on
40 long an expedition. Savannah once occupied he
will end,ayor not only 81 make the Fausbc line vi the
RyeI useful ior straegeteai pdpSscs up TO
Augnstaif We do no;, by times impede the EA.igaion
but h. vii! also marcr az upon FraHcivie. and
endeayor to possess himself Of that most important
center OF railroad communication Hoods progress IN
Tennessee has b.ea peremptoriy checked ana ms AIRY
" njch lad sgnolZed II alter d few months services
under Johnston.
Lie re march Of Bragg into Kentucky. which ended
with the bat.io o. Nurlreesp0rough Wei py the mon
sn Loot by the commanders the move into tennessee
aso dertskcB FOL the prpose OF Withdrawing shef'
man from the cotton States, hos been an uuslceessIu'
diversion The battle Of Franklin may have been bril-
liant bat II was useless; and the affair Of Nashville
seems 70 have been ho baltic OF winchester OVER sgan
miserable brigade Of Yankee cavalry turns the nanf
OF our army ard our 'nirenehnlents arc aondone ~.
the army is in re,res There is reason 20 believe tlas
Forrest sbsent smilsr diversion In hentucky.
and Hood thus deprived Of the most efficient part OF hs
forces Wse ihe forces tLet had been sent 70 desns
Ike diycrsiont Brscbirridge-whont the Yankees mad
with ten thousand mea at Sparta In Tennessee, snd
whose command was scattered nom the banks Oh the
o,ton the headxaters o! the Janes-wss fnr on IN
Abingdon ard the rad Of the Yankees which cost us
lead works, nothing more, has the appearance OK
g perfect surprise
AZ yet We have NE, Ihe enemy at oil points vuers he
hs. attacked u.s. and il numbers have often been
Inferior 20 MS SUCCESS has not been wanting on that
score Not want Of gal,antry In our soldiers FOR the
last battle the attack Franklin. full OF brilliant
d sed- and cost a. Generals and picn than We
could well AFFORD Not want u supplies. Tor smmuui-
ton has deem shpndast and, a. long ~ comnitncs-
tons have been opsD pgoVisioDs have yes failed
Ia. II cannot be denied that there is sad want OF
ansrsshy In the general manage nept OF oar military
AFFAIRS, Aid ms rXshi MOI noIu apscusc W nuataEY
aud geuirs on the part OF our leaders With such
men - Lee johnson Beauregsrd. AID host OF otheis
We can Afford 10 nee. even GenegGs OF merit, like
Sherman an Ihomas.
ul war lie onis can not be carried Oh successfully
hy sepstae armies ard Ind pendent ccanAads There
must br one man at ,ls head os al oar forces that
all mlttsIy operations shall be conducted by one
mind, and work together Ia happy harmony
tovsrd on. great end. lie ought not be outside
OF ths army with Thousand other weighing on
his mind and countless urgent olaias dividing his a.
uft srt~ "a or ii a
ought TO l must be Ia the army well orthe army
bis mind given, wi.hol, single rival thought to me