The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-05-24


but from the efforts 70 readjust ths sNqtss o. the
emaacipated blscni Ignorsnt'y OF Wilfally.
he b provoking new. social war betwSsa The
races Of the South. His words are incendfRy,
and they embsrrass the government Instesd
Of being at his post Of duty at Washington, 10
assist In the trial OF the assassination conspira-
tors, he Il elsotionser ing among possible
voters for SURFACES which may yet b denied
them. With all our respect for the once be
holds, We cannot forbear rebuking such pro-
ceedings In the strongest terms Indeed, our
respect for the Chief Justices ermine renders
US the more impatient with him who Aedrsg-
giles and disgraoes It
The 0randest Military Display In tAs
'fp World.
Yesterday The magnificent review st Wash
ington began. The vast armTof two hundred
thousand American soldiers commenced to pass
before the President and the Lieutenant General
The scenes and Incidents will be found fully
described In our news columns. Washington
was Of course crowded with strangers from all
parts Of the Union, and their cheers expressed
to the brave veterans the gratitude which the
country feels towards them for Its preservation.
There have been many grand military displays
in the past; but never before has there been one
so grand as this. The number Of soldiers in line
Is immense Neither Napoleon nor Wellington
ever saw 90 many veterans in one army at one
time. When Napoleon reviewed his army Of
two hundred thousand men. ct the opening Of
his first Russian campaign. many Of his soldiers
were young conscripts, fresh from the farm
and the counter. The great Russian army,
reviewed by the Duke Of Wellington
after the capitalization Of Paris, In 1914, num-
bered only one hundred and sixty thousand.
But our army-which is, in fact, but part of
our force. since the commands OF Thomas,
Schofeld, Curtis, Ord, Candy, Foster and
others are not represented---is composed en-
tirely of veterans, and Is quite two hundred
| thousand strong.
II is not mere numbers, however, which mako
the display at Washington 60 grand. The inn
mcnsity of the numbers has its effect, because
we have never seen anything like It In this
country before General Grant gives US q
| faint idea of this immensely when he says that
it will take the army two days to cross the
Long Bridge. McClellan's reviews were email
compared TO this, aud the long professions
which we get up here in the metropolis in
honor Of distinguished visitors sink into insig-
nifcanoe. But this review Is review OF
triumph. The troops which flo before the
thousands of spectators at Washington are not
going into war, and are not preparing for
battle They have come out Of the war tri-
umphant, and all their battles ore over. Lead
ing them we see Peace and Victory band In
hand. The gallant couquerors Of many q
hard fought field arc going home to share
the blessings they have won for the nation.
They are not only heroes. but they are the
heroes of the sublmest conflict in all history.
They have been battling for that great princi-
pie Of democracy for which so many valiant
| martyrs in former times have fallen in vain,
| and they have secured the perpetuity Of that
Union upon which the hopes Of the oppressed
Of all ciimes and countries depend. They are
the champions Of free governments throughout
the world. The applause which greets them
comes not from the Washington crowds alone,
nor from tho millions Of their fellow citizens in
all The States; but we can hear 1t ringing across
the Atlantic, echoed alike from the Alps and
the Andes, and swelled by the majestic chorus
of republican voices from Mexico to Denmark
From one end OF the world TO the other the
people thank our soldiers for having conquered
in the peoples cause.
Two hundred thousand American sol
diers are marching on through Washing
ton to-day. Every regiment, brigade and
division has its proud record, which the
spectators eagerly recall. Those fne fellows
fought at Antietam, and those at Atlanta.
Here arc the men who held Lee in vice,
and yonder come Sherman's legions, who
passed like sword through the vitals Of the
rebellion. We leave to our correspondents the
grateful task of noting the achievements Of the
troops in line, and pause to ask ourselves
where their march is to endi They are going
home; but will they stay there long! With
one-quarter of the number Scott captured
Mexico. With oue-balf Of that tremendous army
Canada would be ours. With such o body Of
veterans our generals could humble the pride
of combined Europe. Where will their grand
march ends This Is question which no one
can answer now. One thing is, nevertheless,
sure. These thousands Of soldiers may fight
| no more; their remaining years may be passed
in quiet usefulness at their homes; one by one
they may pass away, bonored and beloved by
all, like tho patriots Of the Revolution; scat
tered far and wide, their bodies may rest
sweetly beneath the flowers and the grasses;
but all this while their souls and those of their
slain comrades will be marching on. On
till thrones shake and orumble OF the sound
OF their coming, and arc crushed be-
meath their steady tramp. On-till the
people everywhere rise and demand their liber-
ties with invincible voices. On--tnl no despos
tyrannizes over his fellow men, and no aristoc-