Daily national Democrat., 1861-08-13
The Crisis.

Whose services shall be dispensed with ?
Those of General Scott or those Of his enc
mics? Tint is the question now. The Ad-
ministration must decide it. The decision
viii probably dissolve the Cabinet. But the
army must be reorganized. order must take
the place Of the chaos into which matters
were thrown on the 2l-t of July. Republic
can etulnp orators and editors in this State
may soon begin to think that division may
occur among Union men of more alarming
character tbsn that which affects only the
distribution Of the oaves and fishes Of office
The Federal forces need a Commanderiu-
Chief 1t does not appear, from any ac-
counts received Of late, thut any one has been
in command Democratic member Of Con
gress treats us to a scene between the Presi-
dent aud General Scott. in which the latter
declares that he was pushed into the late
disastrous battle against his Judgment while
the former tiies to get the old soldier to say
that it was not him who did the pushing
RAYMOND. Of the New York Times, tells u
tina the kiouS that General Scott was opposed,
under the circumstances, to any march upon
Richmond at all.
All seem anxious to screen the President
His advisers however, come in fora heavy
share Of abuse Raymond and Greeley both
clamor for re construction Of the Cabinet.
The one wants it purged of the enemies and
the other of the Gieuds, Of General scott.
Both are Republicans and each controls
journal welding vast influence upon the pub
lie mind. The President has bat little time
in which 70 choose friends. The forward to
Richmond party, or the thorough going
Scott party must be his friends, hereafter
The war must tie prosecuted either for the
benefit Of the country or OF the hungry army
contractors who are said to be on such eX-
celleht terms with the Secretary Of War The
loyal people Of the country generally, look
to General Scott with uuweayering conf
dence. If the President can remove that
opinion from thepublic miud(we do not know
that he would if he could the dAppear
ance Of the Lieutenant General from the stage
would Great no sensation. IT. on the con
trnry, the masses of the People do not echo
Greeley's suspicions inquiry "Docs Gen
Scott contemplate tile same ends, and Is he
animated 6y like impulses and purposes ,cith
tie great body Of tile loyal, Lbcriyiopiug Peo-
pie of his counting? (5ee Semi Weekly n Y.
THbune, July I'd, italiciscl rs aboye)-if, we
say, the People have no such examination to
make as TO the loyalty Of Gen, Scott, then il
viii be a dark day for the cause of the Union
when the great Captain of the Age is made
to give way to insane Abolitanists, greedy
plunderers, and merely political generalship
a great crisis is upon us. Less than four
weeks ago we had a well organized army
1t was demoralized in one battle Not only
must it be restored to order, but thousands of
fresh volunteers must take their places, and
be properly olicered. Is " a divided Union
sentiment " in the Cabinet to bring all to n
stand still ? If the North is a healess mob,
it will soon hear the riot act read hy inva-
ding Benuregard5 and Lees. 1t is 10 he hoped
that the Administration will socn relieve the
general suspense by giving the command to
Lieut.. General Scott or by dispIaeipg him
entirely.