Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1861-11-28

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George Wilkes writes from Washington to |
The New York Tribune, the following inter
osting suppOsltion OF McOlellan's probable
plan OF the campaign;
''Though nobody pretends to know NC
olellaa's plan, the impression Is very genel-
al that he intends to drive forward TO Ma
nassas. and having thrown out powerful
eorps de'armee on either flank, to move upon
the oeuter. or very apex of the froWning tri-
angle. with compact mobile columns. These
are 10 succeed one another with rapidity
and freshness, each IN turn falling of and
giving place 70 its successor as soon as the
tempests of It's energies begins TO flag. Blow
after blow, Of this character, each emitting
with the quick hardness Of refined STEEL and
all delivered, and necessarily kept upon
the same shuddering point mnst necessarily
penetrate lie object; and the triangle once
entered by oar bayonets, the fracture will be
sure TO extend to the base Of It's position
This accomplished, the remainder OF the pio.
ture can be seen. The 'short and bitter
phrase of the master Of the situation will be
verified. and the rebellion perhaps be virtu'
ally over before the next year Is six weeks
old. Il is always the policy Of general,
who has superior forces, TO find his enemy
where he is in greatest number, 30 that bis
blow may be utterly destructive and Nc
Clellan is statesman enough to know the I'M
portsnce TO g nations pride and prestige, OF
wipinp ont the recollection Of loss on the
yerv SPOT where it was endured. Moral Ell,
fects are as valuable 10 people as physical
successes. and the boastful rebels, who are tC
depend again upon the favorable positions o.
the 18th and 2lst July, must be made TO hat'
the very sound Of Bull Run and Manassas
There are many timid patriots, however
who look with doubt and uncertainty in tina
direction, and who, mindful OF the vast TO
sources of that terrible triangle, fear that W
cannot force it. and that all the power which
we can deliver there will come back broker
and shattered like the first. But they d.
not sufficiently deliberate the contrast. Tn
army of Mcdowell, though composed OF gal
liant men, was in reality but little better thai
a military mob. They were not skilliull!
marshaIled to fight, and, through lack Of con
cert. had to depend upon mere desultor,
vaIor. On the other hand, the columns G
Mcclellan are not only skilled in disciplin
end thoroughly Injured, but they are relian
on their chief, and they know, too, wheI
thew strike Manassas, exactly the nature
the lob. If their commander, following tn
tactics of Nelson and Napoleon, direct theT
| to pierce the centre, the attacking column
will not be keptfor hours tugging, exhausted
at a single point, but, having discharged Il
rage and energy, it will pass aside, and
, humored with repose ere 1t Is emPioye
again.
There is no description Of resistance, ms
terial or physical, that cannot be oVercom
bv man and numbers. The main questio
to be considered is the willingness for sacri
6ce; and if the cause which inspired th
French aad British in the Orimea to find
lodgment on the parapet of the Redan, {
make lane of bodies through the he
FIRE" of the Malakoff, was good enough fC
such sublimely heroic efforts, ours should :
/. strong enough to carry US through the reb'
: fsstnesses that bar us from the road to Ricf
mond. HAny place can be taken with pier
: ty of men and cannon" was the tavorl'
saving of q celebrated European Genera
: and am reminded by the maxim, that thel
! is a predatory ant in Africa, which, at time
turns out so potently, that its billions ovel
flow whole belts of country, in straigi
g march, for miles and miles, enVeloping an
t devouring everything, whether it be man
: beast, within its track. Even the behemou
q the elephant, and the otherwise unconque
able lion, take to the water, to avoid II
sitting and impalpable attacks of the resis
e less. creeping swarm. Let there be no tea
therefore. that Manassas is impregnable
q our arms. Nothing is invulnerable to dJ
application Of strength and courage. "
saw that the other day at Port Royal, and
:. Manassas be the object of our young chic
tain's eye, it will be carried, and presente
g to the country, perhaps. as a Christmas pre-
s ent by his devoted troops.