The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-09-09

plore that such an outrage should have dis
raced Missouri.
Rsa. cnt Events-Tho Union Cause Adj
y"ncing In Every Direction.
Siace the peiilous and instructive lesson to
our army at Manassas, the good cause Of the
Union has been gathering strength and gaining
ground in every essential and "a every direction
Looking over the whole field of the rebellion,
and consulting recent events, existing facts and
signs Of the times, we are more and more en-
couraged to anticipate the complete triumph Of
tie government and the restoration of the
Union in its integrity before the month Of May.
The most alarming Development of the un-
crude and demoralzed condition of our army
of the Potomac, which was thus exposed But
the severe instructions thus administered in the
very face of the administration have resulted
in reconstruction and consolidation of this
army, which, we are confident, will soon COM
losses and humiliations. Disorder and lawless-
ness have been succeeded by order, discipline
and efficiency among our troops; and in reform
ing their late abuses General Mcclellan has in
fused into each Of his camps the regularity,
unity and decorum of well appointed army.
He has thus already made manifest those high
qualities Of military leader which can
fail of success only under very serious disad-
vantages of position and numbers. But the po-
sitiOns of McClelan's army are strong, his
forces are well bestowed, and when we are
Told that he does not fear the threatened assault
of the enemy, we are sure that he is fully pre-
pared to meet him.
In McDowell's defeat, therefore, we have some
thing to be thankful for, in the superior army
which il has given us for the immediate defence
of Washington. But since the memorable 2lst OF
July the whole chain of leading events, from
our seaboard to the Mississippi, have oil dis
closed the increasing strength of the Union and
the sinking fortunes of the rebel cause. In the
midst of the rebel rejoicings over Bull run
there was the Kentucky State election, with its
popular majority of sixty thousand for the
Union-a splendid moral victory. Next came
the magnificent struggle of General Lyon with
the overwhelming forces of Ben McCulloch, in
Missouri, from the damages of which Zen has
been compelled to retreat back into Arkansas.
And then the appointment of General Wool to
the supreme command at Fortress Monroe, OF
Fremont to the department of Missouri, of An
derson to. the department of Kentucky, and o.
Banks to the place disgraced by Patterson, are
appointments which have already been marked
by many good, and some very important, re
suits in favor of the government
Most important of all the manifestations, how
ever, in behalf of the Union cause, are the sue
cesses of Secretary Chase in his experimental
loans in Wall street and among the people at
large. Tho responses from our banks, capital
lists and citizens of all classes assure us that
there will be no deficiency in the matter OF
material and financial aid" for the prosecution
of this righteous war for the integrity of the
republic. Nor will there be any occasion fol-
complaint in regard to the reinforcement OF
our armies, with proper activity to this end a.
Washington. In men, money, arms and mate
rails Of every description. tho government is 80
immensely superior in its resources to the rebels
that, with anything like judcious employment
cannot fail to put, within q few months, an end
to this rebellion.
Again, the late brilliant operation of our ma
val and land forces at Hatteras Inlet, and the
revelations which have followed of the existence
Of powerful and irrepressible Union sentimen.
in North Carolina, have betrayed the vulnerable
heel of this secession conspiracy. 1t is the
sea coast of our rebellious States.
BY the first of November Mr.. Secretary
Welles will have from twenty to thirty
new gunboats at his command. With the frs
frosts of autumn the sea coast of the Soutl
will be relieved from its deadly summer mala
ria and then movement southwark by sea
combining gunboats and land forces, in con-
junction with the movement of a Union army
down the Mississippi, will leave poor old Virg
MIA an easy triumph to fifty thousand men ad-
vancing from Washington and Fortress Monroe
Meantime, if the rebels attack our lines in from
of Washington and are repulsed as they will
be, they Ray suffer defeat which, in ITSELF
will virtually be the end Of the war.
Thus in every point of view we have occa
sion to congratulate the country, and the whole
country, upon the bright prospects Of eur Union
cause. Looking across the Atlantic, we have
ceased to entertain any apprehensions from
that quarters for in certain impending European
coalitions, Napoleonic and anti-Napolesnic, there
is and will be work enough to occupy the ex
elusive attention of England and France. In
this connection, the views of the Emperor OF
Russia, in reference to our Southern re
bellion, as expressed in the letter to
Baron Stocked which we publish to-day,
are very suggestive and encouraging Let
Mr.. Lincoln continue wide awake, and keep the
heads of his principal departments up to the
spirit Of our loyal people, and we shall have
glorious peace before the blooming of the flow
ers of May
BACKBONE OF THE PREsIDENF.-Old Abe is
stiffening his backbone. In his recent letter
written to Governor Magoffin, of Kentucky, in
regard to United States forces in Kentucky,