The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-07-25

bure, appalled, at the ruin they have made in
bounding on the premature advance upon Rich
mond, are rcsorting to all kinds of excuses and
explanations of their conduct, and stink back
into general snivellng They have even the
sublime impudenoe to call for the dismissal of
the Cabinet for having been silly enough to
follow their own insane advice "On to Rich
mond" 40 Richmond before the Goth OF
July.' "To Richmond before the rebel Con
gress meets,n were TIE strains which they harped
upon their single string day by day. General
Scott was held up to public odnm and il wa
| strongly insinuatcd that be was a traitor, be-
| cause be would not dash our army upon the foe
without preparation And now, when the
Cabinet and General Scott have weakly COM
piled with their insolent demands, they turn
round and insist upon the decapitaton Of the
whole batch at one fell stroke.
Could the force Of human audacty further
90? If the Cabinet have done wrong surely the
conductors of tie Tribune ought to be tie last
to assail them for it, On the contrary, these
Jacobins ought to hang their heads in silent
shame. The wreck of Sunday last is the work
of their own hands. All the republican jour
nails, as well us the Tribune, have joined in Il G
hue and cry, and urged General Scott and the
administration to march Immediately upon
Richmond Even the World, which now throws
upon the shoulders of the Tribune editors the
entire responsibility OF the disaster to our
troops must take its share in the blame. Three
days before the terrible battle of the 2lst-in-
tlo 1av IF thn Grgt hat M
Bulls run--thc World applauded the advance
and described it as an evidence Of the most nc
complished strategy and said that 1.-The seven
tyfve thousand three months men were brought
into the active service which they covet just when
they are most efficient, and at the point OF time
when foretaste of victory will be most likely to
insure renewal of their enlistment This
advance" continues the World, lis judiciously
timed in another respect General McClellan's
rapid and brilliant victories have just been
bruited through all the regiments in General
McDowells command, and kindled a spirit of
noble emulation. Rich Mountain looms up in
fresh recollection; Roaring run reSounds in
their ears; st. George is a watchword of vic
tory. With these results Of General SCOTS far
reaching and all-combining strategy fresh in
their minds both officers and soldiers will feel
that assured confidence of success which, joined
TO the sense of righteous cause, renders ar
mics inyucible"
Such was the language of the World on
Thursday last; yet yesterday it charged the
Tribune with "abelting disunion covertly. and
damaging General Scott. the President and his
Cabinet, by bounding them on to premature
battle" This is the kettle calling the pot black;
for, as we have seen, the World endorsed tie
splendid strategy of Scott and regarded the
battle as particularly well timed. But it so
happens, according to the testimony of
another republican Journal" The little vii
lain" of the Times-that the advance
was made and the battle was fought
contrary to the Judgment both Of General Scott
and General Mcdowell, but that the President
being the only commandments recognized
by law, insisted by the advice of his Cabinet
that the onward movement Of the grand ;xmy
should be made, for the reasons which the
World on Thursday last deemed good, and Gene
raj Scott had no other alternative than to obey
or retire. So much for the splendid strategy.
And now, when the cry of "On to Richmond! y
has been turned into Back to Washington"
the World thinks the attack en- Manassas most
il-timed, and that the Tribune is responsible for
it, But the most curious part Of the controver-
sy is that the Times itself encouraged the pre-
mature advance, and in his editorial cores
pondencc as a camp follower the hero of the
Mincio announces that the grand army would
sweep away the rebels like chaff before the
wind
The quarrel between the republican editors
over this terrible disaster would be sngulary
ludicrous, only that there is too much OF deep
tragedy mixed up with it. We hope it will be
lesson in future to both the President and the
General in chief command, not TO listen to the
ignorant and fanatical clamors of the party
press In the meantime, though the Tribune has
advised the dismissal Of the Cabinet for follow
ing its own counsels, we think the advice is well
worthy of consideration, and if Old Abe Lin.
coin cannot infuse Sufficient energy and wisdom
into it himself, let him put in some new timbers
which will.
THE UNION DEFENCE COMMITTEE AND THE
SECOND UPRIsING OF THE NoRTH.-The express
sions uttered at the meeting Of the Union De-
fence Committee on Tuesday last are cordially
concurred in by ninety-nine hundredhs of our
citizens, irrespective of parties. Their state
ments Of the obstacles thrown in the way of the
uprising Of the North by the heads of depart
mcnts are, unfortunately for The good Of the
country. too true, the almost daily evidences Of