New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-06-01

dent it with the ram OF an Honciau'
and as for preaching it with artillery
il would shed cannon-balls as duck does
water. We have seen exhibitions OF wha'
might be called assurance before ous
thew were as the shrinking modesty or
q maiden compared with this What we
may come to, later, when our southern
friends feel little more I" at home, as IL
were, we cannot tell but mt present CoI-
onel Lamb takes the palm tor candor rs wen
rs assurance.
What we want now, according to Coiohei
Lamb. il to feel that we are all under one
roof and in our fathers house. Ana the
only way to make him and his fnends
feel pergecily at home and rcconcIled,
is to turn ont our naval officers, put
them on the retired list, and put the
,ourc men who were in the Confederate Navy
in Their places That, he says, would be an
"eydencc of friendly feeling (And WOULDN'T
il though p Ii does seem too bad that they
shouldn't have something done Tor them
to make them feel that they are
under the roof of their iathei
house, and that the past is all forgotten ana
byeoncs are by-0lcs; some evidence Oh
"flicndly feeling" tiiat viii make them ic''
reconccd and cCod-raJurcd. They ought 10
have il. They banker alter it, they SorroW
OYER the absence OF IT, "Givc U.s. thcy
SAY. in Il great gu>h of affection which ti'Y
fear is unrrqutrd--" give Us some token tht
we are regarded with foudEeS'; some sign
that we are I'll under one ROOT; are
"in or fathers house" Well, the Fed
cul Government which thcy undertook 10
dcs;l--. beg pardon, that's Il bygonc-"mch
thew had differences wi,II-has already given
them several tokens OF Kindness and good
viii since they were couq--, beg pardon
agam->incc they lost thor cause They
seen, hard to satisfy. They have had free for
ciycncss without asking for it. have been
restored not only 10 the forfeited privileges oi
citizenship, but by Ike Withdrawal OF Federal
tIoof,.. TO the blessed boon Of hulldohng Their
opponents with impuniy. aad - securing,
with the aid Of their old allies, the control OF
Cnngr,ss. They bounce our crippled sol
dirls from place, under the Govern
mcnt they fought for and give them
10 men who fought against ii, and when any
body rcron~trat,s. they say, "Vh, what's the
"usc of keeping alive the animoslticS oi the
"way! let by2onc, hc bygoncs." They vote
10 cut down the army winch they FAILED to
defeat. and To reduce the pay OF the officers
to whom they surrcndcsci-n0t on account
of any feeling towards thcm-0h, no
but because they see the necessity for
exercising economy: and in III" same breath
they ask for 500. OOO,0OO of appropriations,
lust as an evidence al friendly feeling, to
make Them feel at home. And now. say, Colonel
Lamb won't you be- so COOL ~ to dismiss
" The naval officers who served against Us and
"put or men in their place, We shant
:. feel perfectly az home till you do.'
Tie literature of the Prodi.al Sons Return
needs to br rewritten and enlarged. Here are
prodiaal SOns--battaiouS and hriSades of
ihcm-vho, failing - ou,t tnr old gentleman
from their fathers house seized all
tncv. could lay hands on, and went
oil and spent it in riotous living, I'LL
they were reduced TO the hushs al burcuut
trousers and si,,drl7 ten. Eat when they
aro,c To 90 Ia their father, and observed that
the old gentleman had risen ny to meet them
halfway, they said, "Oh, no! if that's the
way the old man feels, we'll just make 1t
lively for our elder brother" 80 they skipped
into the house and slammed the chairs down
TO rh,. table and said. " Lets have "a barbecue -.
And then they ordered mork-tur,!c soup and
veal outlets and RS DE RAN and call , lN'r
and ha,hr, aud s'cw., AMI every SOFT ol
thius that could be 20; ont of = calf. They
installed dooIkccpci, who boosted Of beng
bigcr' than the oil man himself and
WHEN the elder brother looked IN. and
in a dubious way asked what it WAS all
about, they sail. "You look like a man who
"h.., been cnbrzIing the old mans tu.nipS ;
tr. ng Il
window Then they ordered up a couple
Of dozen of "Old stag" and appointed II
committee 10 90 out and count the tur-
ups. and when the old gentleman reached
for the butter they howlcd at HIM,
" Hand, of! That won't do. You've been
living cxtravagantly since we went away.
1--WE must economic. Pass the oc0margariEc
"to the old man." Then they leaned back III
their chairs and picked their teeth. and said
"rhi, fam would have gone To the devil II
eve hadn't come back. Let's appoint some
committees To look round and sec how
"mnch our elder brother has got away with
And when the elder brother remarked some
what sadly, "lou'yc come back rather sud-
den for fellows who'vc been away SO long
tLcy all rose and smashed the glasses, and
said they wouldn't stand any Such bru-
tally that byEoncs ought to be by
cones, and no decent person would refer
10 the past in that way They were SO de
pressed by this unfecling remark of the elder
brother. that they all said they should never feel
rcconcilcd until they had killed ii Niger or
two for the sake of old associations. SO they
took lc-barrcllcd guns and began, and
when the old gentleman demonstrated, they
said he was blank old Fraud. Ii
nally, the old gentleman in very subducd
manner said "Wcll, boys, is there anything
"clsc | can do to make you feel perfectly mt
Ln1nc - nnd ONO of ihcm nuSMcrcl. I" Now