New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-10-06

and direct the vaor that had been torn and wasted On
SO many bloody fields.
When the young Mcclellan took command at Gin,
cnnati Of the Ohio militia, middle-aged gentleman,
engaged in small bu mess in Illinois, formerly hII
comrade in the army, came TO Cincinnati aud passed
a day or two around his headquarters, hoping TO b
offered small place on his staff but, beng proud ana
sensitive, made 10 appeal Mcclellan I'D not crafty
him, endhe returned to his homo. Warrington aotiVs
duty-ieelng that be owed tho nation service Tor it,
kindness 20 hmbe rendered his services 10 The Gov.
cmOr of Illinois We believe he was set to copying
muster-rolls, or other clerical work He abored
a day or two, aud grew weary. :" man can be goa
to do this ior dollar day" and lie ceased Finally
he was given O small command. and went with
regiment into Missouri. He worked hard He hsa
the true instinct Of wara love Of battle, conscience.
purpose. and the death-compelling grip that never
loOsened the hold on a victim. This was Graut, tbs
Private Soldier perSonited. The men upon whom he
relied-Sherman and Sheridan, Meade and Thomas
were selected for their courage aud capacity sni
more than all for their success From the day thsi
these men took command, the fate OF the Rebellion
was upon it. Mr. Greeley whois justto all generals
loyal Rebel, and who has little enthusiasm in bis
judgment, thinks that great military genius suoh
as appears once in two or three centuries, might
have achieved them at O smaller cost" aud scarcely
ranks Grant with Frederick or Marlborough or Ma
poleon. Relative questions Of genius are always de-
batable. Schoolboys still discuss Caesar and Bona
parte and all we care to know of Grant, is the jUdg-
"Of resolutely undertaking very dthcut and icrn.
dabe task and executing it to thc best OF his ability
at all events, doing it. " Can we say more OF the
greatest OF menf
his compact and massive labor would be to atempsa
labor az great The honor that comes from the war
must be given TO the private soldiers who few 70
the rescue of their mpered country because they 30
loved her that they freely proered their own lives 70
save hers" To the private soldiers, then, living and
wounded-to the memory Of the dead who lie in
bloody and sheetless grsyes-we give all the glory.
and Mr.. Greeley justly dedicates his volume a.
"a record of their pryations hardships and
suterngs as also o. tae have Vs Snyr h u ;n.
basty eptome of the military portion of Mr. Grceleys
work the weakness Of slavery loving generalsRip
as shown by McClellan-as well as OF slavery.
stricken craftsmanship as shown IN the beginning
of the war; IL was not till armies unf1rled ths
banner of Liberty-and our statesmen wrote hes
decreest was not until the Citizen and tie Solder
gave emphasis to the conflict, that we began 70
triumph Wisdom was better than the weapons
Of
the past and criticise the who ruled our national
councils, as we'll as the soldiers who set our squad.
rons in the field, we cannot but feel how very veal
and fral were the best of rs in that dreadful Tina.
In the beginning and almost TO the end the spin. VI
chaos seemed to reign the republic. The strife Of
90 years, the Intellectual and moral an.agonisn
which we explained at the beginning OF this reYleT
could end only in battle The people telt this.
and they waited patienhy; long-endnring, con-
scious OF strength and truth, certain Of victory.
hoping for peace, but not rejecting war. Ths
blow came. The flag went down upon sumter.
The nation was, as 1t were, slapped IN the tacs
and from that hour war was necessary 10 peace Hov
We met it--how nobly great people accepted he
chaeDge-the suffering, the heroism, the selidenlsl
the unreenting stemness with which the Puritan IN.
tellect conquered peace and more than all destroyed
the evil that threatened our national lie, are
told in these volumes. We see how ev.
cry compromise Of our History has been sin In
morals surrender in politics. the cause Of lasting
and enerVating evils. We trust that now in this SEQ
ond crisis, the sublme lessons Of the American Con-
ict will not be forgotten-that we shall not surrendss
the results ofwar and ipaton-but, sconing ths
teachings of slave statesmen and Of slave domination
establish upon the American continent the dignity
of labor the integrity Of the republican system sna
the universal brotherhood Of man. J.z.T.