The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-07-30

ca individuals, imprisonmenLs, coniscationa 0
property, conscriptions and forced contribution!
! are the order Of The day, from Virginia to Texas
| reign Of terror and frantic excitement exists
! throughout Tho revolicd South, which, like tta
| of the first French Revolution under tho cry o.
! liberty" dcudes the people and carries every
! thing before il, Hence the rebel army of oven
! ono hundred thousand men at Manassas and
| the additional rebel forces, amounting TO eighty
! thousand, between Richmond and Washington.
| In the very outset Of his administration Mr.
Lincoln discovered that in order to crap
pie with thi, formidable rebcllon and
its dcspotic and sweeping assumptions
of power, and its desperate violence
it was necessary On his part to assume the re-
sponsibility for the time being ofexcrcising GER
tain powers which more properly belonged to
Congress. II was the simple question of life or
death to the government upon which he was
called to act, and in acting to save the govern
mont he acted well and wisely His conduct
has been fully approved by Congress and our
loyal people, and now with authority to call out
an army of five hundred thousand men, and to
appropriate for the great cause Of this holy war
for the Union FIVE hundred millions of dollars 4
successful issue depends entirely upon prompt
energetic and judcious exercise Of these extra
ordinary powers by the executive head Of our
government.
Our late prema ture and disastrous battle has
shown. beyond doubt. that President Lincoln
and General Scott were both strangely ignorant
or incredulous of the strength Of the rebels.
That mistake will probably not occur again; but
this will hardly suffice The prestige which we
have lost in that blundcr can only be fully
recovered on the very ground where the blunder
was committed. Meantime, however, the
first duty of the President, his Cabinet and
his military advisers, is TO make Washing
ton perfectly secure against all pos
siblc contingencies. TO this end an additional
hundred thousand men should be distributed
along the Potomac from Harpers Ferry TO
Washington without delay, and General McClcl-
Ian, who has proved himself superior and
vigilant officer, should be entrusted with the
fullest authority in the equipment, distribution
and control OF the whole army.
General Scot! has confessed to great mis-
take. Let him, then, assign the practical direc
ton Of the army to Mcclellan, and let the Pre-
sidont signally rebukc any interference with
him by incompetent Cabinet members or fana-
teal and foolish abolition politicians, and our
army will soon be in a condition to repair
the bloody blundeT at Bull run. We must
have no divided and dstracting counsels in our
army-no more intermeddling by crazy fanat-
ics-no more of the impediments of the circum-
locution oflfce-no subordnation of military
movement, great or small to family Jobs and
contfacts-no more conceited but ignorant poll
ticians as army officers. And while the mischiev-
Gus consequences Of single drunken officer in
the hour Of battle must be guarded against for
the future, one of the most important duties
deyolying upon General Mcclellan is tho estab-
lshmcnt of such a state Of discipline among his
soldiers as will render them at all times the
guardians and not the terror of helpless and uu-
offending citizens,
The humiliaiing affair at Bull run has render
ed it necessary to begin nt the beginning of the
work of this war. We not only want more
soldiers before undertaking an onward move
ment to Richmond, but they want better
state of discipline better handling in the field,
larger proportion Of the best artillery. and
much more Of dclibcration, method and common
sense than we can boast of having had in the
management Of the late battle. But with the
raw materials for the best soldiers in the world,
and with all the means required for their com.
piete equipment with the best weapons and the
bes. subsistence, and with an officer at the head
Of our armies Of such superior military qualities
as Mcclellan we may expect soon to realize all
the advantages Of a splendid army organization
We know what one capable man may do at the
head of an army from what Napoleon The First
achieved in Italy with the armies of the French
republic, after they had become dispirited and
demoralizcd by repeated defeats. We know
that good general makes good army. Fresh
from his brilliant campaign in Western Virginia,
Mcclellan is already hailed as an invincible
leader by she army at Washington.
Prince Napoleon and the Daughter of
Kin. Victor Emanuel Ina New York.
The Prince and Princess Napoleon and suite
are already added to our list of illustrious Wis.
tiers. The announcement made yesterday morn
ing of their arrival took the public somewhat by
surprise; for although it was generally known
that the imperial yacht Jerome Napoleon was on
its way here, it was hardly expected so soon.
The latter entered the harbor on Saturday at
ternoon, and the royal travellers not only passed
a considerable portion Of Sunday at one of our
city hotels, but attended divine service at ST
stephens church. Yet so strict was the ncog-
uito preserved that these events transpircd only
To a fcw al The time of their occurrence. Now,