The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-12-10

The Conspiracy to Abolish the C0nstitu-
ton and Supersede tho Presidcnt-Gree-
ley Bottleholdor to the Traitors.
Every day the reasonable designs Of the radi-
cal republicans are developing themselves more
and more. The abolitionists in Congress and
the abolitonists controlling the leading journals
OF the faction are fellow conspirators in the
Satanic plot OF abolishing the constitution under
The plea OF military necessity. They play into
each others hands by open or covert attacks
upon the President because he will not consent
to violate bis oath to maintain the constitution,
and when the fanatics in the Senate or House of
Representatives bring forward any diabolical
measures to subvert the Union and to reflect on
the loyalty or capacity of the President they
are Immediately endorsed by Greeley.
In yesterdays number Of the Tribune the
Washington special letter applauds the bill of
Mr. Gurley, Of Ohio, because if adopted, it will
take the power out Of the Presidents hands of
carrying on the war according to the constitu-
ton and for the legitimate object for which it
was commemorative preservation of "tho in
tegrity Of the Union"-and turn it into an
abolition crusade, which would render dis
union permanent Mr.. Gurley's bill, which
is intended to "supersede" the President,
declares all rebel property confiscated, and
| all slaves belonging to rebels free. The same
special correspondent Of the Tribune, represent
ing the revolutionary radicals in Congress, fore
Swallowed this bill in his comment on Senator
Trumbull's speech, in which he said "No intell-
| gent man could have gone out of the Senate
Chamber this morning without the conviction
that the Conscript Fathers had silently pro-
nounced the doom Of slavery on this continent
An act Of Congress will PROFESSIONALLY strike
the shachles off the Africans in every State of
the Union before the next anniversary Of Wash
inGton's birthday" The writer further de-
scribes the President as carrying on the war
'for the preservation of slavery" and that the
army under his direction is Fighting on the side
of the insurrectionists." To the same effect is
another letter in yesterdays Tribune, from it's
Town correspondent at Louisville. After rd-
culing George Washington and the other fathers
who planned the constitution as egregious
FOOLS because they inserted in that solemn league
and covenant provision which was "a conces-
sion" to the slaveholding interest, "a conces-
/
can Institutions" the writer goes on to rid
cule Abe Lincoln in the following language:-
But why fret about newspapers. which are joined like
Ephraim certain idols when President though he
declares one bad General is better than good ones -
does not seem to be Commander in Chief Of the army and
navyp II he is in fact commander, can he not prevent
subordinate Generals from aiding and comforting the
enemy
Thus is the President accused, if not of trea-
son, at least Of misprision of treason Nor is
this all. He is held up to scorn for having de-
clared in his message that tone bad General
is better than two good ones" The President
declared no such thing; but he stated, ''it has
been said one bad general is better than two
good ones" Who said so? The greatest mill
tary authority in all history-Napoleon Bona
parte He said it in his letter of resignation to
tie French Directory when it proposed to divide
the military command between him and Keller
mann. What Napoleon meant was, that there
could not be safely over the army two COM
manders-in-chief; for, no matter how able they
might both be, their plans would be sure to
conflict and produce such confusion that
general inferior to either, having the sole COM
| mand, would be more efficient than both. The
Directory saw the force Of this remark, and in
vested Napoleon with the supreme command.
When General Mcclellan, on the retirement of
General Scott, was appointed his successor by
the President, and invested with the chief COM
mand of the whole army, we expressed our de-
cided appreciation of the act, and adverted to
the case of Napoleon.
The radical organs hate Mcclellan as cor
daily as they do the President, because he is of
| 4bo halia hat
the war can be successfully prosecuted only as
a war for the Union, and not for the abolition
of slavery. Hence they are continually carp
ing at him because he does not advance to Ma
nassas and Richmond But General Mcclellan
knows what he is about, and General Greeley,
General Raymond and their stafs do not. They
are ignorant Of war and almost everything else.
Mcclellan is gradually forming Gordon
around the rebels, and when the proper time
! comes for him to advance from the line Of
the Potomac he will do it with such
overwhelming and irresistible force that
there will be no retreat and no Bull
run disaster, such as was produced on the
2lst Of July by the foolish and fanatical counsels
of Greeley and his philosophers. Their rawlings
have no more effect upon General Mcclellan
than the croaking of frogs His mission is to
restore the Union as it was and he will do it,
without abolishing slavery, in despite Of the
reasonable Vaccinations of the anti-slavery
conspirators, who are plotting the abolition of
the constitution and the subversion Of the
government founded by the wisdom of the
patriots Of the Revolution Of 1776. The time
may not be far distant when it may be as neces-
sary for Mcclellan to look after the abolition
rebels of the North the secession rebels of the
South. He will know how to take care of both.
CHARITY FOR SUFFERING IRELAND.-The bene-
VIOLENT Greeley, who has SO much sympathy
for the inevitable niger, is perfectly silent
upon the subject of the famine now raging in
Ireland, and causing so much suffering among
the families and friends Of many Of the brave
men who are fighting the battles of the Union,
or languishing, like Colonel Corcoran, in rebel