The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-10-24

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/, tie universal respect Of all conservative mau
OF all parties, North and South. In bis genera
supervision, too, of all the vast and sNultifari
, Gus business concerns connected with the prose
cutlon OF this continental war, by land and sea
II cannot be denied that he has discharged hi.
great responsibilities with remarkable sagacity
and ability, and with patient and untiring in
dustry. by universal consent his general adj
ministrative policy, his views in connection
with this war, his acts and his purposes, ale
conceded to be liberal, appropriate to the crisis
patriotic and just.
such man may be safely admonished, al
this crisis, of the full extent of his official a,l-
thorlty as the constitutional Communicating Chief
OF the army and navy of the United States and
of the several executive departments of the
government at Washington. He has thus the
power not only to change his Cabinet at his
pleasure, in any and in every department, but
to make his secretaries the ministers of his
wishes, and unit in obedience thereto. Doubt
less his present Cabinet, in tlsis view OF their
position, have been, and are, lahoriously en-
gagged in the prosecution of the Presidents
plans and purposes, and all .he more
willingly because Of tie manifest wisdom
and expediency Of his general policy. But
the President should stiis be the master Of his
situation, and Cabinet Influences should sspe-
cially be disregarded in the affairs OF the aSmy
where those Influences are sslely for the benefit
Of tie man asthe risk of the public service
Briefly, whiIe the public ses,ice requires as
Ian, Sherman, Eosccrans, Lyca Sicgel and
Sturges-skilful vigorous, educated and expe-
rienced officers TIE crisis as sterAly demands
sae wedding out or'Tstirement Of al incompc-
t~nS prctenders and snperannuatcd nd gentle
Insn They have aIsady sufficiently embar-
rassssd, delayed ana Asfeated the pl:sis Of Tie
government and the, expectations of tie coun-
try. look at the exnur}s of France a,aid all
the iter,sl distractions md chaos of hcr first
experimental rcpablic. III put an end TO her
republican Aeresies- regarded as Synonymous
with alUrc'sy and un iverssA' brigandagc-
rHenarcl5eal Powers Of, Euros ", for the safety Of
their div sac rights form ed Themselves into an
smed ccr,Aion They had aunted upon An
Easy conYDet, consideri lg tie internal d;sor-
dsrs of the republic; bun the. swcre soon COP
vi heed of sHeir mistake. Rising with the ext
&c seies Of tlstr situation III peaple Of France
rallied n millian OF men too rms, and very soon
exT Rlied theirv Invaders on<cyery side. But in
the outset the 1uiiEl otne mad sucf.examples of
her IAcsmpetcn3 tirnid and .trcaclArous gene
rails NJ to,teach'a1I the others that they had but
the q Aernativec'a victory or death fetore them
w, may thus pnstty safely assume that the
SUNNI AIRY ,ppnishyacnt Of q faithless general or
two, and the wee1img out of all insaenpetent
officers sold and yoEng, from our army, would
soon bsfollowed By the grandest RESULTS Of vic
tory. Theloyal Ssates Of this Union are inf
niiey richer in all TIE resources, materials and
facilitiesiar a,vigqnous continental war against
all Corners, domestic and foreign, than pus the
first French republic in its day. But, conscious
Of our strength, we have been lazy and sompa-
ratiyely indiilercns.in regard to the desperation
Of our Southern rcSsuious conspirators. They /
have taught us, at length, that this rebellion is
no child's play, nx2that, unless we desire a
protractcd war, We must resolutely go to work
and prunc our armies of all incompetent, igno-
rant, shrinking antxaperannuated officers and
duty of the>Presient and he should proceed to
discharge twitlsOat' delay and without fear,
favor or affection.
REPORTS OF ENGLISH EMIssARIEs ON THE
SourII.-Sir. James FERGUSON and Mr. Bourke,
the two English emissarics who have just re-
turned from ths.rebel States, take their depar-
ture for EnglsHd'to-day in the Asia From the
language which they have held since they have
left the South there can be no doubt rs to the
object OF their mission, rs to the reports they
will make. on their return home. They state
that the South is united as one man in its de-
termination not to come back into the Union,
and that it is as we'll off in resources, both il
the way Of men and money, as the North. OF
course statements Of this kind. coming from
| men occ1pying the position of these gentlemen.
will be taken by the generality Of English poo
| pie as authentic, bat few stopping to question
the motives with which their mission was UNI
dertaken or the account to which it is to be
turned.
From these and other facts, among which the
tone Of the English sem-oiicial organs is not the
least significant, there can be no doubt OF the
strong disposition OF Lord ialmcrston and The
ruling classes in England to break up this gov
ernment whenever the opportunity presents
itself. They naturally look with alarm on the
progress of country which in another half
century will have one hundred millions Of in
habitants and whose commercial ascendeney is
already making itself felt. The results of the
present conflict have shown that we hold in our
hands tie power fprecipitating into revolution
at any moment that we please, by laying an en-
barge on our exports, the countries that arc
lust now taking such an unfriendly part against
us 1t is not surprising, then, that their govern
ments should desire to see us fall TO pieces by
our own intestine divisions, or that they should
be disposed to recognise the independence Of
the South as soon as they can do it with safety
TIE PROPORTIONS or THIS REBELLION The
proportions Of this rebellion can only bt