New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-07-14
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| most mcIancl9ly Is u lDsI ih'Sio' "
the military character of Fleld-Admifdi fiSh'
ir. We love to believe, in moments OF Sehu,
ment in the pcrfectbility OF our Species anu
there is joy in accepting the oonsoiihg doc-
trine that there is in every human creature
some quality which allies him WIN hooie
| natures, and gives hope of ultimate progress
we had always reposed an implicit conh-
dence in tho military qualities OF the Gem
mander of the Ninth as sufficient to redeem
his many shortcomings Gs man ana cluzen'
Even his vices assumed a less Objectionable
color when regarded as necessary accessories
of warlike career. His habits Of piilage ana
pluRder were purely sOlderly. lie foraged on
the enemy in style which would have de-
lighted the heart of Napoleon. He was fond
of good cheer as was Alexander. and cultivated
the ladies with tho energetic devotion oil
Attila. Even hisrcligious exercises were strictly
subordinate to his military instincts. He
never prayed except with n full regiment at
parade rest and n band of music to emphasize
his prisons. If there was one attitude in which
lie could serve az a model and not an example,
10 the rising generation, it was as the average
military hero of the XIXth century. Given
his uniform, and you have an explanation of
his audacity, his greed, his dishonesty, his
lewdness, and his luxury-fOr these are true
sodicIly vices
When tie tocsin sounded on Wednesday
morning from Police Headquarters, and the
pious Ninth was ordered to tho fay, there was
no heart but beat quicker at the thought of
the deeds Of derring-do which the blonde Prince
would perform before nightfall. The prudent
feared lest he should surround himself with
hall Of srln hot IN IN. Oh Of
registering life should be made lovely and of
good report, to the misleading of injudicious
admirers. But most people, in the enthusiasm
of the moment, threw such paltry considerations
to the winds, in the expectation OF the credit
which this new st. James was to shed upon
the Yankee name.
Our hopes and fears were alike in vain. He
did nothing to make us proud of him, nothing
to make even the glmius Of New-lork think
it the swell thing to initiate him. There was
a vague rumor which people tried hard to
believe in the evening, that he had strlVen
valOrOusly and been desperately wounded
But it seems that the Colonel thinks his as
erection the better part Of his vaior, ana Whiie
we were trying to get up little sympathy
for him here he was safe in Long Branch
engaged in the consumption of cooling po-
tables, and chuckling enormously over the way
in which he got out Of town. lie could not
enjoy his "reminiscences of the day with
out taking the public into MS con-
fdence, and called in that eohgeniai
historian, Mr.. Jenkins of me Dtd'heTSA"e' W
give the picturesque story to the world ho
says he started from TIE Opera House AZ SUN
as he heard of the fighting, and tired 10 geI
I'm 70 bis regiment. which had gone to twenty
njptb-st. He put on his coat and glrded hihl-
self to the sober of his fathers son. lie went
"to give the order to fire." judging, IKE INC COLI
vict On the way to the gallOws, that there WIS
No mead of burrying as there would DC ITO
fn,, an be got there But he found that al
officer with the sensible name OF Drlihe h"u
oIroodv given the order. But the crowd
which like Death. loves a shining mark, dlsre.
cordino the RESPONSIBLE Braine, went LOT
Tho ColoneI and no lesser man. Inc pet Vi |
tbo ballet was shamefully treated. lie says Nc
wo. hustled and "pitched into the gutter"
W. ,bought he would come back to 1t some
timo Int never dreamed it would be 81
coon lie got up and went into an I'M
pIovised bospital-not as Nc liloiiliS u''
10 submit to treatment hRe coliiihon
warriors. but with the ready auaP.'-
L, hn
hiIitv of all great dramatic minds, no
Instantly converted it into theatrical dress
inc-room. and soon emerged, disguised IN "a
"bic overcoat and hat" with-weep! bellies OF
tbc ballet and nymphs of the Cascade-tla'
blonde mustache put into deep mourning by the
icpoble aid of Day and Martin. lie skipped
over convenient fence and made his way 10
an midtown hotel ;-but fearing that his pres
encc there endangered the building, with that
tender and delicate regard for other mem
pronerty which has always distinguished hiii',
he went quietly down to Pavoria Ferry ana
thence in private car to the breezy watering
place where he now remains The injurious
rumor that his hurts consist of blow from
stuffed stick belonging to the " irish drama
"propertiesn of the Opera House Is dehouhccu
IA a fabrication OF Mr.. Stokes.
Thus into the limbo OF dreams iaueS our
ideal warrior. But in compensation, Mr. FISK
displayed Oh Wednesday a higher qualty OF
civic virtue than he was ever suspected Oh
possessing His conduct exhibited high de-
gree of prudence patriotism, ingenuity ana
remarkable respect for his own life and other
peoples goods. The soldier vanishes, but the
possible citizen remains, and surely this Is
higher typo Of civilization. In some form our