New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-04-08
VICTORY r.

| Ahout 9 o'clock Of the afternoon Oh Tic LAY
of Grace, April I, 1865, the shouting OF mel
drunk with Joy broke out beneath our WINDOWS
On the corner of Spruce and Nassau-streets. Inc
sash flew up, and we looked out, hungry LOT 'nc
new victory and fourth-story brother OF '"'
craving mob that heaved and rolled ana n'l
rabed over The TRIBUNE's bulletin. lnanAS'
Big Lungs!
Och murtherl will none o. yes bould me- me dears
~ ~. ON, ., mo s,kn wild delight I'll be jumpin'i
w,d ma evcs swimrnin' round in the happiest tears
An the heart in brcasht ike apS'ohrou 'H~'"''
Rad ,uck 20 the man who is sober tonight
Hs,s a oould hearted bodhagl or saycret Secesher
wbosc heart for the Ould Flag has nvcr been right
,,bo takes In the fame Of his country no pleasure
Out of the window again. Rcfinent from tho
qualification of its passion for victory, the
crowd had broken and rolled backward from
the corner into Printing House Square. One
man as he went held his head high, and shook
hands with something-with something IN the
mir. Did he congratulate the Dead OF the war
for Freedom who have not vainly perished
Did he meet Justice as he walked, and did he
grin her sword.arm with fraternal JOY and
shake it till her scabbard rattledl Did he
meet and salute Victory Did he grasp the
hand of Concord' Was it his mother that he
saw in the air, and did he join palm with her.
and in the dumbness Of his voice pour out his
iov and his passion in magnetic interlacement
of the fingers and tender CONFUSION ana tren'
bling of all his muscles'
We have carried at the head of the columns
of one of our editions since the day OF the bonn
bardmcnt of Sumter the emblem Of the Joined
hands. and the motto "FoR THE UNION" We
shake hands with the world to-day over the
victories of this week of victories. Eternal
honor and glory to the Army of the Potomac!
It's existence is a marvel and an honor. II las
persisted twice over by battles by disease, and
the expiration of enlistments. But 1t was am
mortal. Month after month witnessed its res
direction of perfect life. 1t has just crowned
that life by storming line of rth-MalakoiiS,
held by better infantry than ever Caesar CON-
manded, in which the Rebellion had for year
prepared its final fight and its final triumph.
With bayonet and ball cartridge it has piked
down and blown away the last pretenSion ana
semblance of equality between the power OF the
Union and the power of State Sovereignty crest
ed in treason and organized r conquest. The
Rebellion at bay and holding the Union at bay
is gone! 1t is afoot, and flying. As swift to
improve to victory as terrblein battle, the Army
of the Potomac has outmarched the fugitiveS oil
the Rebellion. has fanked them, has torn oil
their rear, has hewn into them at the
sides, cut swaths miles wide through
their flight and swooped mp rank
and file by brgades and general officer
by battalions. Brothers Of the Army OF the
Potomac, we salute you've honor you've
worship you Finish up your work. The
world has taken its measure. 1t is divine. Ii
is the work of restoring the American Union.
1t is the work of establishing Free Government
not for this Continent alone, but for the world
Il is the work Of perfecting Democracy. 1t Is
the establishment of the brotherhood of races
in the United States of America. 1t is work
hat gods might be proud 10 do-and you are
doing il! Eternal honor and glory 20 the Army
of the Potomac
Our fathers God, TO thee,
Author of liberty,
To thee we sing;
Long may our land be bright
With freedoms holy light;
Protect us by the night,
Grant God or King.
And individual of the Secessonist persuasion,
who, nursed by slaves, and fed on stolen
labor, and fattened on unrequited toll got
full of hate to the simple republican life, that
honored toll and loved and lived equality and
fraternty-but prose is wholly inadequate to
your case. Call in the poets.
Down in & small Palmetto State the curious ones may
find. g.,
A ripping tearing gentleman, Of IN uncommon Kind,
staggering staggering sort Of chap who taxes ms
whisky straight -
And frequently condemns bis ewes 10 that ultimate ven
goance which Clergyman OF lhgn staining mas
assured must be sinners late.
This South Carolina gentleman, one oil the present tme
He always wears fulldress coat prc-Adauite IN cut
With waiscOa of the Oudest style through which ms
rufiles jut,
Six breaspns deck his hoIrd front and ON Lis fingers
shine 49, >,