Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1861-12-04

so7n.uP within hsF limits, and We Wors many
days e one time without the ability 70 bring
q single Regiment over the soil 70 the Capi-
tai. Now her bridges aud Railroads are re-
paired and opened to the Govern
ment. She already gives seven Reei-
ments to the cause Of the Union and
none to the enemy, and her people at
a regular election have sustained the /
Union BY large majority, and larger az
gregate vote than they ever before gave to |
any candidate or any question. Ken
tucky too, for Sometime In doubt, Is |
now decidedly, and think unehangably |
ranged on the side of the Union. Missouri |
is comparatively quiet, and believe cannot !
again be oYerrun BY the insurgents. These
three States, Maryland, Kentucky and Ms
souri, neither Of which would promise & sim
gle soldier ct first, have now an aggregate Of
not lesa than 10000 In the held for the
Union, while Of their citizens not more than
3 third In number are among the Insurgents,
and they OF doubtful whereabouts and ex-
istonce.
After somewhat bloody struggle ofmonths
winter cioses on the Union people Of West
ern Virginia, leaving them masters Of their
own country. An insurgsnt force Of about
1900, for months dominating the narrow Pc
uinsular region constituting the counties Of
Aecomac and Northampton and known as
the Eastern Shore Of Virginia, togsshsr with
some contiguous parts Of Maryland, haYelaid
down their arms and the people there have
renewed their allegiance to and accepted the
protection Of the old flag. This leaves no
armed force north Of the Potomac or east Of
the Chesapeake.
Also, We have obtained afootinE ct each of
the isolated points on the Southern coasts of
HatteraS, Port Royal, Tybee Island near Sa-
vannah, and Ship Ifland, and we likewise
have some general accounts Of popular move
ments in behalf Of the Union In North Caro-
lima and Tennessee. Thess things demon
strate that the cause Of the Union Is adTanc-
ing steadily southwsrd. iL
GEN. SCOTT.
Sine your last adjournment Lieut. Gen.
Scott has retired nom the head Of the army.
During his long life the nation has not been
unnindful of his merit; Jet on calling to
mind how faithfully, ably and brilliantly ne
has served the country, from time far back
In our history, when lew Of the now living had
been born, and thenceforWard continually,
cannot bat think that We are still his debtor.
submit, therefore, for your consideration
what further mark Of recognition is due to
him and ourselves IS q grateful people.
GEH. Eo0LMLkE.
With the retirement Of Gen. Scott came
the Executive duty Of appointing In his
place General-in- Chief Of the army. L Is
3 fortunate circumstance that neither ia
council nor country was there, 80 far as l
know, any difference Of opinion as to the
proper person to be selected. The retiring
chief repeatedly expressed his Judgment
in favor Of Gen. Mcclellan for the position,
and in this the nation seemed TO give
an unanimous concurrence. The designation
of Gen. Mcclellan Is therefore in a consider
able degree the selection Of the country as
well as Of The Executive, and benes there Is
better reason to hope there will be given
him the confidence and cordial support thus
By fair implication promised, and without
which be cannot with 30 full efficiency serVe
the country. It has been said that one bad
General Is better than two good ones, and the
saying Is true, if taken to mean no more than
that an army Is better directed BY a single
mind, though inferior, than by two superior
ones at variance and Cross purposes, and the
same is true In all joint operations wherein
those engaged can have meme bat 3 common
end In view, and can dider only ss to the
choice Of means. In storm at sea no one
on board can wish the ships 10 sink, and yet
not unfrequently al go down together be-
cause too many win direct, and no single mind
can be allowed 10 control. It Iteontinues to
deVslOpe that tha insurreotion 3 largely
ifnot exclusively war upon the hrst priuei-
piles of popular Government and the rights
Of the people. Conclusive evidence Of this
Is found In the most grave and maturely con.
sidared public documents as well as In the
general tone of the insurgents. In these
documents We Ind the sbridgment Of the
existing right Of suffrage and the denial to
the people Of all right to participate In the
selection Of public officers, except the lsgis-
lstive body, advocated With laborsd argu-
ments to prove that large control Of the gov
ernment In the people Is the sOuros Of all po-
Htioal evil. H0zs-ehJ tUg1f = sometimes
hlntsd at as possible refuge ron the error
of the people. In my present position ]
could scarcely be justified, were 70 omit
raising a warning voice against this ap-
Of returning despotism- -, - tf.-.
CAPITAL AND LABOR.
It Is not needed, nor fitting here, that a
/ general Argument should be made IL favor Of
populsr Institutions, but there e one point,
with Its connections, not 50 haekneyed as
most others, to which ask brief attention.