The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1861-11-28
FROM WASHINGTON.
The Present Condition on---What is 10 come
Cor To the n Y Tribune.

rule has been taken by the legious on
this line, every one can feel that seDsi-
Bile progress ba. been made. Bot the
cousciousness Of this has been conveyed
rather through the majestic pageant OF
the late review than by any show OF &C.
CELEBRATED preparation. The confidence
since that display is universal that we
bave an army; and We hear 90 more OF
the retulaut iDpatience which bas been
clamoriDg so long for an onward. aeeres
siye march. The masterly mapner IN
which the young com m ander in chief gath
cred up tbe fragments of the July battle,
and made them the nucleus of the present
splendid host, has captured the last mind
to the conviction that be is msster OF
his BUSINESS, and that the military for.
tunes of the country may be safely in
trusted to his care. The inquiry, there
fore, of when he intends to move is
much less frequently heard than it was
two months ago. and the expression which
in the new state of public satisfaction.
seems most largely to have supplied it's
place is, that when he does move he will
sweep everything before him.
Though nobody pretends to know Mo
Clellan's plans. the impression is very
general that he intends to drive forward
at Manassas. and bavina thrown out pow
erful corps d'arn,ee on either flank, to
move upon the centre, or very spex Of the
frowuing triangle, With compact mobile
columns These are to succeed one au-
other with rpidity and freshness, each in
turn falling off and giving place to its
successor as soon as the tempests of its
energies begins to flag. Blow after blow
OF this character, each smitns with the
Quick hardness of refined steel, and all
delivered, and necessarily kept up upon
the same shuddering point, must DeOes's-
rily penetrate its object; and the triangle
once entered by our bayonets, the frse-
ture will be sure to extend to the base OF
the position. This accomplished the re-
nsnder of the picture can be seen. The
"short and bitter" phrase of the situation
will be verified, and the rebellion perhaps
be virtually over before the next year is
six weeks old. 1t is always the policy of
general, who has superior forces, to fnd
bis enemy where he is in greate.t num-
Der, so that his blow may be wholesale
and utterly destructive; and Mcclellan is
ststesnsu enough to know the importance
to a nations pride and prestige, Of wiping
out the recollection of loss on the very
spot where it was endured. Moral effects
are as valuable to people as physical
successes. and the bosstful rebels, who
are to depend again upon the favorable
positions of the 18th aud 2lst of July
must be % ads to bate the very sound OF
Bull Run and Manassas There are ua-
ny timid patriots. however, who look With
doubt and uncertainty in that direction.
aud who, mindful OF toe vast resources of
that terrible triangle. fear that we cannot
force it, and that all the power which we
can deliver there will come back broken
and shattered like tie first Bot they do
not sufficiently deliberate the contrast =
The army of Mcdowell. though composed
of gallant men, was in reality but little
better than a military mob. They we're
not skiilfulIy marshslled to the fight, and
through lack Of concert, had to depend
upon mere desultory valor On the 9TH
er hand, tie columns of Mcclellan are
not only skilled in discipline and tho
roughly Injured. but they are reliant on
their chief, and they know. too, when
they strike Manassas, exactly the nature
of the job. If their com u aDder, follow
ing the tactics Of Nelson and Napoleon,
directs them to pierce the center. the at
tackiDg column will not be kept for hours
juggling, exhausted at a single point. but,
having discharged it's rage and energy. it
will pass aside, apd be huuored with re-
pose ere it be employed again.
There is no description of resistance
naterial or physical, the N ain question to
De considered is the willingness for sacri-
lee; and If the cause which inspired the
French and British in the Crimea to find |
/ lodgment on the parapet of the Redap.
'r to make lane of bodies through the
hell FIRE" Of the Malakoff, was good e.
Iougb for such sublimely heroic efforts.
'urs should be strong enough to carry us
hrougb the Rebel fastuesses that bar us
rom the road to Richmond "ADy place
an be taken With plenty Of men and can
ION" was the favorite saying of cele-
'rated European General; and | am re-
minded by the maxim. tba there is pre-
Iatory aut in Africa, which. at times.
urns out 80 pOtently, that its billions
erfow whole belts of country. in
traigbt march. for miles and miles. en-
eloping aud devouriug every ythiug, " hetb-
r it be man or beast, within its track. -
even the bebemotb, the elephant. and the
tberwise uueouquerable lion, take to the
'ster. to avoid the sitting sod inpalps-
lie attacks of the re.istless, creeping
warm. Let there be no fear. therefore,
bat Manassas is iDpregDable to our arms
Iotbing lie invuinerable to due application
streDgh and courage. We saw the
ther day at Port RoyaI, and if Mauss.
As be the object of our young cbieftain's
ye, it will be carried. and presented to
ne country. perhaps. as Christmas pres
nt by bis devoted troops.