Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-12-24
J Attach on General McCIsIIsn.

We notice with regret disposition, in
certain quarters to attack General McClel-
\ Ian. Because he can not achieve impossi-
| bilities, and because he will not iniperil hll
by precipitate advance, and because he is
suspected of entertaining certain hereticAl
opinions on the subject Of the negro-he is
pronounced unfit for his place. Pamphlets
proving that he is humbug and pretender
are written; the Honorable Mr.. Loveioy
modestly suggests that his epauletes shall
be stripped from his shoulders the Honor
able Thaddeus Stevens makes him the sub
ject of philippe in Republican caucus.
One or two journals of character and posi-
ton in our own State, on the strength of
piece of Congressional gossip, launch against
him oil the thunderbolts of rhetoric.
Do those gentlemen consider what they
are doing Are they aware of the injury
their assaults upon the young Commander
in-Chief are likely TO infict upon the cause?
Are they aware that loss of confidence in
him inevitably carries with it loss of conf
dence in the Union; and every shaft that
is aimed at him is indirectly aimed at the
heart of the Republic Are they aware that
unless the country confdes in him-gives
him its faith and its support-he can not
succeed against the enemy2 Is it the part
of wisdom-is it the part of true patriot
ism-to attempt to degrade the Commander
in-Chief in the eyes of the people-to at
tempt to convince the country that he is un-
fit for the place he holds-to iustill into the
army the notion that they are led by o char
latan or a coward
Wisely or not, he has been placed in su-
preme command. He is there by the sanction
and approval of General Scott. He is there
by order of the President. He is there by
| the almost unanimous voice of the people.
And yet members of Congress and pamphlet.
eers and newspaper editors would have us
believe that the idol of yesterday is made
Of ''base metal" that the conqueror of Wes-
tern Virginia, the young chief, who has
thus far borne himself go modestly, yet so
| gallantly-who has evoked out of the chaos
of Bull Run order and discipline-who has
| converted a mob of raw recruits into the
best army the world ever saw-don't know
| his business They would have us believe
| that because he has not seen fit to inaugu-
rate certain movements-to adopt the pro-
gramme Of quill driving generals; because
| he has not seen fit to accept for his motto
the Roman maxim of "make haste slowly :"
| because the instant he assumed command he
did not by some mysterious means or other
scatter the hosts of the enemy like chaff be-
fore the wind, and bring the war to close
with short turn-he is no great general,
but shallow martinez. They would have
us believe that because he does not choose
to place himself upon an emancipation plat
form he is virtually traitor to the cause
and mere shallow nigger-catcher.
II is not difficult to see what will be the
effect of such attacks if continued. The
people will lose heart. Thousands of good
patriots will make up their minds that the
struggle is useless because we have no men
to lead US to victory. Confidence in our
chief arm lost-the conviction that all this
work of preparation has been vain-that
we are without any comprehensive plan
but striking blindly and blunderingly
against fully organized foe-will be dis
astrous beyond measure. These assaults
may, moreover, drive General Mcclellan
into rash movements-and darker reverse
than that of Bull Run be added to the
swiftly shifting scenes that crowd the stage
Would it not be the part of wisdom t
wait until we are sure General Mcclellan il
not the bright man for the right place." be
fore we let loose the dogs of war upon him
Albany Evening Journal.