The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-09-01

learn ct least two things before he becomes
competent to command regiment, and these
are selfcOmmand and respect for proper autho-
rity." So severe rebuke from 80 gallant
soldier in high authority as General Mcclellan
cannot fail to have q beneficial result upon our
volunteer officers, and, indeed, upon the entire
army, in keeping them to the strict line of duty.
Neither rank nor inexperience is any excuse
for disobedience to,superior authority in SOL
der, and this fpet tbe Commanding General has
very empha4cally expressed in dealing with
Colonel McCunn-a ~. se.s
D1ssrss1oNs AnoNa., THE RrnEIss- There
seems to be no sort Of doubt now Mat there is
great deal of ill-snpPfessed dissatisfaction
and dissension among the trbelss we have
seen reports of this from different quart ,for,
although every effort is made by the rebel go
vernment to prevent their family quarrels get
ting wind out of their own household, they favel
not been entirely successful in doing 80. We
know that thereexists great deal of jealousy
between the troQpA of the different rebel States;
those from thexc6tton States, in particular,
treating with ihAhfIS, contempt the yirginians
even ON their own soil. We heard Of very
serious outbreak arising from this cause when
the rebels under General Johnston ,were oc-
cupying Harper's Ferry, which was said to have
resulted in great loss of life; and we again find
that the same trouble has broken out afresh
among the rebels at Yorktown and Norfolk, and
that after terrible scene, in which several
lives were lost, it became necessary to separate
the Virginia troops from those Of Alabama and
other cotton States.
But that is not all. The high handed mea-
sures of the rebel military snhle1aips have
created great sdlssaxlsfacsI6h ana
among the people and among y t6sS cHsil R
rites and we have seen the Governor or
Georgia giving expression to this feeling in
tones that were not to be mistaken. There is
great indignation in Memphis at the present
time, arising from the forcible impressment of
its citizens; and the Mayor has issued procla-
nation on the subject setting out that men hSve
been dragged from their beds, wives ndssbil-
dren by outlaws," as he terms the officers of the
rebel army. He mentions the curious circunl-
stance that ''never has there been man taken
who had On clean shirt" and be offers to give
passes to citizens and see that they are protect
ed. The simplest way for man to secure pro-
lection from impressment in Memphis would
evidently be to wear clean shirt.
Such is the condition of things to which this
mad rebellion has brought the Southern people.
They revolted against government which they
only knew by its benefits, and now they are
trodden under the iron heels of their own mill
tary chieftains. The troops of one State are
Jealous of and embittered against those of an
other, and the civil authorities are vanly endea-
voring to protect their citizens from the most
outrageous despotism. 4-.sss
That is one element Of weakness ia this re-
bellion, and one that must, of ITSELF prove fatal
to the movement The loyal States of the North
are free from such baneful influence, Nd that
is one great element of our strength. The Aap,
of New England fight side by side with their
brethren of the far West; and no whisper Of
State jealousy is ever heard in our army Boston,
New York and Philadelphia receive with
equal demonstrations of respect the various
regiments that march through their streets, NO
matter from what State they may hail. The civil
authorities of the loyal States place all their
available means of men and money at the dis
posal of the general government, and manifest
even more ardor in the cause Of the war for tho
Union than our military authorities do. The.
contrast between the North. and ~ x
this point is not less striking than It + On others
and while it is SO there need be no fear for the
ultimate success of our arms.