New-York daily tribune., 1861-11-04

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witch The sowars. who individually showed sucn
good swordsmansLip, qnickness, da.h, and bravery,
ever waited for a charge OF our cavalry. lhey weie
brave men who had lort their discipline because tney
had lost their officers. Nations, ike the man niii,
self would lie sometimes rather surprised ii lhsy
had the gift of seeing Themselves as they are seen W
others.
Here wo have the Northern States gloating over
their numbers and comparing the rolls oi their
les with those of the famous leaders every Iooe
mace of whom cut deep into the earth ana lei. I've
mark for all time. Not one seems TO perceive ,nu'
if Marlborough, Old Fritz, Wellington, or Napoleon
,ynn oreat victories with such inferior armlee, the
s,eat srny which is doing nothing except preparing
10 fight must be either commanded by inferior oui
cers or composed of different materials or destitute
If ome ouaits thote otter armies and their leaders
possessed There is and there has been q very great
improyement in this army since washington saw
deluged by it's united defenders OIL the memoir
Lilo morning OF July % bnt the work to be done is
sill enormous before these batlalions can be regarded
os an effective machine which will not fall to pieces
,vhen set to It's work. The "army," nevertheless,
II victorious is master Of the hour, and whoever Is
ia naser will bold tie United States III the hollow
of bis hand This remark may be denied or ridl-
ruled. but time will prove its truth. Ali the North
wants now is a leader who will win victoiies, Who
will get Southern cotton port, enable 1t to recover
its ossep and place the South prostrate at IT'S ee.
The man who deserves beet Of tue United States Is
he whom the troops will follow n the field from TIE
Potomac TO the Gulf OF Mexico. Long-sebted pale
faced men of thought hope the end will not he evil;
but tie men OF action will for the time and many a
wear 10 come WELD at will this fierce democracy ana
rule al their caucuses, conventions .esoi'i9"'
and platforms.
SO ra,idly and surely is the power OF the army
being felt that all eyos turned upon IT. ahd the
pohti,ians are struggling savaeey TO get Ilaces oil
command In lis ranks. They leave their platforms
and take to the goose step and infantry tactles ITO
military men, however. have their eye on thein'
The gentlemen who desire to go among the troops
for political purposes, ard ge,, icr EXAMPLE, loo
votes Of the natives Of Pennsylvania on the state
nominations, have bad anything but an easy time
Of il in reference TO pas es TO cross into Virginia
or anything else. The intriguing Of the lobby
for Jobs is now cast aside for the iptrgues
by which military preierment or good con,
said person at Pittsburgh TO me- "this war
will last for the next ten yeaE; IT will do our
Ieope good, and my trade was~ never better
Il Wait I'LL you see," quoth an officer who had been
talking of certain articles in the American press.
" Our fingers are not long enough 10 reach New
York ust vet, but well be able TO put our thumbs
on the throats of tLese gentry before long. You'll
see whether the press or the army, by which l
mean the two services, will govern this country In
the end" The hnImosity TO the poilticans oil the
uress ia remarkable and the election-manGging
committees Of the Carlton and the Reform would
have been delighted to hear the way III which a
ecent exposure Of tue peculiar peeunnry ap,
paratus by which State elections are determined
In this country was received by o small Mill
tary c0terie few evenings ago. IL is slgnill-
cant enough of the relations between the state
and the army to see Mr. Lincoln walking over
daily more than oncs TO visit Gen. Mcclellan 3
auaIters PRAY do not think i desire TO iDtinuste
that tho General IL in any way desirous tlht ihe
chief of the State should adopt that course, or tat
he would consider II beneath dim TO walt ON the
Executive. instead Of the Executive waiting upon
lin. Young "a he is, ard suddenly elevated to
such a Rddy hight, be u perfectly modest, uhat
sumng, and uninfated, though quite selipossetsed,
calm, felfrespecting and re icent. But his re'i-
cenee is very severely taxed, for the President de-
rirss 10 know ell things. "And hang me, II l. were
Mcclellan, If d tell him or any man my Iians'
The great abyss which lies between tbe sovereign
and the .ubjeet in deluded aud ridiculous Gu
countries does pot exist over here, ana the
ard the General stand very much on the sGne IaHe'
Tho priyate eoldier saa--.-.- istV tio d'ss"ii 3.
rooms of si.o Wtite lou,e reception nights aud
shakes hands with Mr.. President aiably az II he
were not a sovereign and Presideni-msker am
bound TO add the private soldier in bis hoddengray
behaves himself perfectly. There can be no siob-
bishuess" about "a man manners when he Is as
great as any in the nom, aud cenuot try 10 be
greater if be would. IL would astOnirh us very
much If monarch, visiting one OF his own Gen
erals in war time 10 be told he could not sec
him. as "the General had come home tired and was
gone TO bed !" but in tiis country such a thing
would be perfectly natural, aud j; would not, II II
occurred be fair 10 infer tlat the General iu-
tended the least d5respect to the head Of the State.
When had the pleasure Of converting With Gen.
Mcclellan for the fret time be asked me sevefa!
questions, with evident interest and friendly curl
ositynOt unusual on the part Of Generals IN reior-
elee 10 their ntagonets-respeotiBg Gen. Beaure-
gard In his case there was all the more reason for
such inquiries III the fact that they were old fellow
students and class mates. To my mind thero is
something Of resemblance between tho men. Both
arc below the middle hight. They are both squaely
built, and famed for muscular power since their col
lege days. BeauregGrd, indeed, is lean and thin
ribbed Mcclellan is fnll aud round with Napo-
leonic tendency to epl6oHpotnt, subdued by inces-
SAINT exercise. Beauregsrd sleeps little; McClel-
Ian temperament requires full share OF rest; both
spare and Spartan IN diet, studious, quiet Beau
regard Is rather eaturnine. end, II not melanohoc,
is Of grim gayety; Mcclellan Is genial even In bis
reserve. The density Of the hair. the squarne,s Of
the jaw, the frmness and regularity Of the teeth,
aud the outlines Of the features are points Of tmi
larity ia both, Which would be more striking II
Beaurt gnrd were not Of the true Lousanian Creole
tint, wi 10 Mcclellan ia fair-complexioned Beau
regard has dark dull Students eye, the dullness
Of which arises, however, from its formation, for
it is full Of fire. and its gances are quick and search
ing. Mcclellan has a deep, clear eye, into which
you can look far shd deep, while you feel searches
far and deepin you. BcauregaId has something Of
pretenson ia bis manner-not hsuteur, but folding
armed, meditatiye sort of'ar, which seems to say,
"Don't disturb me I'm thinking Of military move
ments" Mcclellan seems 10 be always at leisure;
bat you feel at the same time you ought not 10 in
trude too much upon him, even when you seek in
vain for the grounds of that impression in anything
that he is doing or saying Beauregard ia moro sub
tie, crafty, and astute Mcclellan Il moro coupre-
hensive, more learned, more impreesonable. Beau
regard Is a thorough soldier; Mcclellan may prove
ho is great general The former only looks 10 mill
tary consequence and diSregsrds popular manifest
aions the latter respects the opinions Of the outer
world, and sees political well as military results
ia what he orders. They are both the creatures Of
accident, far as their present positions arc con-