New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-11-26
FROM WARRINGTON.
The Prcsen. Condition--Wha; Ii 20 Come
Correspondence Of The n. Y Tribune


Washington, and though no forward step. that can
be measured with rule, has been taken by the
legions this line every can feel that sensi-
BILE progress has been made. But the consciousness
of this has been conveyed rather through the msjes
tic pageant Of the late review than by any show Of
accelerated preparation. The confidence since thst
display is universal that we have an army and we
hear no more of the petulant impotence which has
been clamoring go long for onward, aggressive
march. The mastery manner in which the Young
commander-nchief gathered up TIE fragments Of tho
July battle, and made them the nucleus of the pres
ent splendid host bias captured the last mind to the
conviction that he is maste' of bis business, and
that the military fortunes of tle country may be safe
ly intrused to bis care. The inquiry, therefore, Of
" when be intends TO move is much less frequently
heard than il was two month"; ago, and tie eXpres-
sion which, in the new state OF public satisfaction,
seems most largely TO have supplied rs place is, that
" when be does move he will sweep everything be-
fore him."
Though nobody pretends to know McClellan's
paus the impression ia very general that he intends
to drive forward at Manassas, and having thrown
out powerful corps dormee on either flank, TO move
upon the center, or very apex of the frowning TIL
auglti WIFI COlIpdcl rOEiilus. iutrf dit W
succeed one another with rapidity ami freshness,
each in turn falling off and giving place it,
soon the tempest of its energies begins to
flag. Blow after blow Of this character each smi;-
ing with the quick hardness Of refined STEEL and all
delivered, and necessarily kept up upon the same
shuddering poat, mus; necessarily penetrate its OBJ
ject; and the triangle entered By our bayonets,
the fracture will be to extend to the base Of its
position. This accomplished the remainder of the
picture can be seen. The " sbor. and bitter phrase
of the master Of the situation viii be verified. and
the rebellion perhaps be virtually over before the
nextyear is six weeks old. u "a always tho policy
of general, who has superior forces, 10 find his
enemy where he is il creates, n1mbef, so that bis
blow may be wholesale and utterly destructive;
and Mcclellan is statesman enough to know
the importance 10 a nations pride ard prestige,
Of wpipg out the recollection Of a loss on the
very spot where it was endured. Moral effects
are valuable to people as physical successes and
the boastful rebels, who to depend again upon
the favorable positions Of the 18th and Dist July.
must be made TO hate tao very sound Of Bull Run
and Manassas. There are many timid patriots, how
ever who look with doubt and uncertainty in that
direction and who, mindful of the va.t resources Of
that terrible triangle fear that we cannot force it,
and that all the power which we cen deliver there
win como back bgq.ssn AND shattered Ike the Grs.
But they do not sufficiently deliberate tee contrast.
The army Of Mcdowell, though composed Of gallant
Zen, WAS in reality tu, little better than q military
mob. They were not skiIlfuiiy marshaled to the
f,ht. and through lack Of concert, had to depend
upon mere desul.ory valor. On the other band, the
columns of Mcclellan are not only skilled IN disc-
pIine and thoroughly Injured, but they are reliant on
their chief, and they know, too, when they strike
MANASSAS exactly the nature Of the JOB. Ii their
commander following the tactics Of Nelson and Ma
poeou directs them pierce the center the attack
Ing column will not be kept for hours tugging exc
heasted at single point but. having discharged its
rage and energy, it will pass aside and be humored
with repese ere il be employed again.
There is no description Of resistance, material or
physical, that cannot be overcome by man and num-
bers Tie Main question to be considered is the will
bgness for sacrifice; and if the cause which In
SHRED the French and British in the Crnel find
lodgment on the parapet Of the Redap, or to makes
lane Of bodies through the he'll fire. Of the Mala-
koa, was good enough for such sublimely heroic
Efforts, ours should be strong enough to carry us
through the Rebel fastne sses that bar US from the
EOdu 70 NtIihobu. any poSo Non W s-.'N'' ''''--
plenty of men and cannon" was the fayorite saying
Of celebrated European General and am re-
minded by the maxim, that there is predatory ant
ia Africa, which, AT times, turns out so poteatiy,
that it's billions overflow whole belts Of country, in
straight march, for miles and miles, enveloping and
devouring everything whether it be man or beast,
within it'd track Even the behemoth, the elephant,
and the otherwise unconquerable lion, take to the
water to avoid the sitting and impapabe attacks Of
the resistless creeping swarm. Let there be no
fear, therefore, that Manassas is impregnable TO our
arms. Nothing is invulnerable to due application OF
strength and courage. We that the other day ~
Port Royal and il Manassas be the object Of our
young chieftains eye it will be carried, ana pre-
scented to the country perhaps. asa Christmas present
by his devoted troops.
As 10 the time vhen, it is almost as hu W VA '"o
date of movement as il was q month ago. tner'
certainly is much that is yet to be done oe'o'o
Mcclellan will ba satislledto move. ahe re''e"
which took place on Wednesday last though II num,
bered seventy thousand men, exercised oa' 'nifu
% our entire forcs in that necessary sye OF massive
avolutop, and i. would seem. by the patient manner
in which the eoeral has conducted these field exam
nations. ever from the day he began the organisa'
ton of brigades that he intends 70 be thorough wA
them ALL That in short, he designs, most likely. 70
give eyery corps darmee its lesson, and the practice
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