East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1861-07-11

The Last HuIlabalOO.

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TO Richmond! Forpard 10 Richmond =
The rebel Congress must not BE- ailo,0ea 10
meet there on tho 20M Of Julyi By THAT
DATE THE PLACE MUST DE HELD By THE
NATIONAL ARMY"
From the n World, June, 40.
We understand that movement is
on foot, having as its ultimate purpose
the deposition Of the present Lieutenant
General, and the appointment to his
place of the distinguished strateist who
conducts the New York Tribune. The
) skill which that able warrior has exhihi
ted in opening masked batteries upon the
government, and blowing the ranks Of
his friends and coadjutors with editorial
chain-shot and photographic shrapnel,
clearly indicates him as the man for the
occasion. No one can withhold his SYM
pathy from movement SO clearly de-
signed to deposit the right man in the
right place; or, in other words, the three
cornered man in the triangular hole.
1t is certainly little curious that the
great military genius for which the coun-
try has been uttering hyperborean howls
for several months, should turn up in the
person of that friend of the human race;
that in;0hlv popular lecturer on social
philosophy and sorghum treacle; that inn
mense authority on beets~our guide,
philosopher and friend over the way
He has already exhibited such various
aptitutdes that the sudden gllnmer,
from the folds of his napkin, of this hith-
erto unsupported talent, produces upon
the minds eye the effect of amaurosis.
His pen has illuminated, successively, al
most every topic capable of inficting
fatigue upon the human mind. He has
instructed two generations from the ros-
trum. He is as extensive traveller as
Marco Polo, as shrewd frontiersman Is
Kit Carson, rides mules like a Spanish
Bourriquero, floods the buccolic domain
of impracticable agriculture with his
surplus energies, and has but to write a
tragedy, run foot race, and lead an ar
my, to have boxed the entire compass of
human achievement.
When this great and sagacious leader
takes the field, we shall not look to see
the progress of his army barred by such
frivolus impediments as an opposing
force, rivers, mountain ranges, and a
hostile population in front and rear. On
the contrary, we expect him to square
himself in front of the forces, and, look
ing the nearest Lieutenant in the eve,
emit the inspiring command, "forward to
Richmond If they go, very well; if not,
according to oil the rules of military
science, with which he is familiar, he
has done his duty. His theory, accord
ing to the paragraph which we have
placed at the head of this article, is that
the duties of the commander are merely
pulmonary. According to hisintelligent
dictum, Gen. Scott has but TO swagger
along tho line, and cry, Forward to
Richmond" and the thing is done.
We need not repeat that we shall be
glad TO see MIR. Greely at the head of the
army. He possesses all the personal
traits calculated to inspire enthusiasm in
men and give unity to their action. He
unites to the sagacity ofthc octogenarian
the intrepidity of meridian age and the
frisky buoyancy of the infant. We do
not know of one who would pooh-pooh
practical obstacles with more dogmatio
assurance, or deposit himself with his
immediate command in the nearest ditch
with greater promptitude That gen.
tleman who superaddk to these rich gifts
of nature and temperament the most un-
bounded egotism should sit down to in
struct General Scott IN the science Of
war, is not perhaps surprising. If Han
nibal were commander, Greedy would
meddle all the same. He would fortfy
himself with half an hours perusal of
Vauban, and rake friend and enemy alike
with rhetorical hot shot. He is really
very much in the way, and the only
method of getting rid of him is to make
room for him at headq uarters, as the wise
virgin, to escape the importantly of
bore, married him. Inasmuch as
'He touches nothing that he does not muddlc,"
we infer that his leadership will be fraught
with the happy result ofsuddcnly relieving
US from the expens, Of standing army.
WHAT Is THE MATTER-Some Of the
newspapers Of the republican party are
in a ludicrous state of trouble over the
policy of the administration towards the
rebellion. "a mistaken policy"-"Have
we government?"--"Aw wrong Kindness"
and various other similar heads, in all
the glory Of displayed type, introduce di-
urnal attacks upon the course which Mr..
Lincoln pursues in regard to slaves. He
will not make this anti slavery war, and
he persists in treating them as property,
using them in the exigencies of military
operations as he would any other of the
rebel chattles. He does not see in the
present national troubles an opportunity
for extcrminating slavery; but he does see
that the people are earnest. iavhlch' Win
seSgsofg the integrity of the Udion, and
secure even the Union, aud secure oven
the rebels in peaceful possession Of their
rights as rapidly as they come to their
senses and behave themselves.
This position of the President plcases
us, as it does hundreds of thousands of
loyal democrats, who are resolute in the
defence of the Union, but opposed to a
partisan struggle. We trust that Mr..
Lincoln will not listen to the clamor oi
these iournals--that he will continue t.
, conduct the war upon humane, constitu
tional and partisan principles. Sc
> long as he docs this, united nation vii
.txan,xtha, b;a arn,a. hnt the instant n,