New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-06-16
PEACE -RETRENCM,IENT.

Our country is rapidly disarming. or the
many thousands Of Rebels lately IN arms, scarcely
one is bearing nusket to-day. A few thousands
are in hospitals prisons, and prison-cmps: bu,
these are being DAILY thinncd by discharges On
parole. There may be ten thousand of them in
all still in durcss, though We doubt Il there be
80 many, and eyeiy day sees the aggregate con-
sderably reduced. The threat of pertinacious
guerrilla warfare is proved an illusion. Nearly
every Rebel soldicr, vhen dishaudcd or peroled,
makes Tor the spot that vas hs HON" when last
he had home; . may be long way off and
his means of locomotion limited; but he heads
the right way and makes what speed be can.
Probably q thoufaud would exceed the number
Of Rebels still main aiming. save in Texas, an
attitude Of hostility to the Union, guerillas
and all. All the complaints we now receive OF
harsh treatment from Rebel soldiers are uttered
By Southern cultivation, Who are daily required
to supply food to the ragged, pennilcss EXON
federa,es, toilsomcy making their way home
ward and who are SO abundant on many roads
that the seanty stores o. the farmers can Ill af-
ford a meal to each who solcts IT. Yet neces-
sity has no law; and the soldiers travelling in
little bands, will not be denied ana cannot be
resisted. They can only plead that they are
vending homewsrd at their best PAGES. and
must not be doomed to starye by The way
They will ere long cease to be terror.
The Union armies are also very rapidly dis
solving. We doubt that so many as One
Hundred Thousand Men Will remain in service
on the tth OF July next. Thousands who have
served through years without murmnr are
now ss homesck IA the rawest recrnit. Even
the negroes share the general longing, and wish
to be mustered ont at the earliest moment
Those who deprecate large standing armies
need not borrow trouble concerning ours. IT
will be difficult to keep up to Fifty Thousand
through three months Of unbToken Peace. The
Only danger in this direction IS that we shall
maintain the skeleton OF great army with the
actual force of a small one-that the land will
blossom with Brigadiers and be festooned with
Colonies and such like ornaments when there
shall be nothing to command to call for 1.-THE
of them. Here Congress must promptly and
resoutely apply the pruning-knife. We can
perceive or forcseo no necessity for keeping our
Army more than Fifty Thousand strong after
next December; and our Taxpayers must not be
asked TO pay thrice as many officers as the
number of rank and file will justify.
| President johnson, We know, does not con-
slider frugalty in public affairs 50 groveliig q
matter as men in power too often regard it, and
will heartily second every judicous effort for
retrenchment. And We shall be disappointed if
our next Congress does not emincntly incline
toward economy. Our Industry is taxed as
Industry rarely has been; it has proved that 1t
does not grudge any expense demanded by the
National well.being; but, with many man
handing over to the Government more money
! in payment of his innumerabe taxes than he
has left of his years income after such payment,
We shall have fewer persons inclined to jeer at
cheesc.paring and candle-end savings than
hitherto. We shall be greatly disappointed II
the ensuing session Of Congress does not witness
more rigorous pervading retrenchment than
We have evor yet known.
We ask those who take interest in such mat
tors TO consider, among others, these points:
I. N. Freuhing Prvl,ge.-It is not meTol'