Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1861-08-01
re General p,.orr.nIratlonI

The battle a. Manassas has not only routed and dr.
pe-s,d GRAND ARMY, it threatens to upset a Csb.
net, and, may be, change Government. In New York,
Is Committee, called the "Union Defence Committee
e,mposad Of the solid men and mon.ybags Of that
great civ. When the Of the defea. arrived this
Committee which takes upon itse speak in the IS
of master, forthwith assembled. Resolutions pre-
pcssd, ecndemning the Lincoln Administration il gen
eral terms for It's management Of Affairs, and calling
specially for the removal OF the Secretary Of War end
the Secretary Of the NSvy-As being Incompetent or IN
a. furctOnAries The speeches made TIE occasion ~
the heavy metal men. Messrs. GrinneI, We;morS and
oshsrs we're sIvAge than the resolutions AL
q the gsneman spoke freely Of dragging people to tie
kup and hanging them up, without judge or jury
snd al admitted ths: there great numbers Of Sc
cs1onists in the city, and that unless speedy and C
fcsrs measures adopted both at Washington ard
\ ksF Yosk, the Government would be thoroughly and
f,rsvsr sabverted A monster meeting Of the milicn
xas propos and win be held 10 cary GU. the yleas Of
he Committee and force the President Lincoln either
10 sbdics.e himself, change bis Cabinet and Generals
This the beginning Of the end Of Northern sefgOv
ernmen, Wssn ou-side pressure 10 the euise Of mob
assums to dictate the action of the Govsrnmsn' the
catastrophe Is no: distant; !; IS for Us to foresee all
the phases through which Northern society s sbeu to
pas Bot when We see a committee, composed If the
substantial aud respectable men Of great ii Ike
NV York, crying out for - strong Government nd
when such as Noses Il Grnnell expresses publicly
his regre. that be was 10, physically able to hang
the lamp pos; man shO had expressed sympathy for
Secession 10 bis bearing, the reign Of Law IrsGy nigh
over the bloody orgies Of the Frerch Revolution in.
pend
But The Asst demonstration OF this mob element 10 TO
be directed against its Government ThA, Govern
mert mus; be made I.yos0sr. What that means We
No, told We suppose the suspension of the STi, of
habsss corpus is tzo ssak-and the prevalence of
tll Az il not sufficiently extensive. But the Govern
is not only be made stronger, but the prsoNHl
OF the Administration is 70 be changed. The "UH on
Ds6sHes CymAis.e:" orders this change; the mob will
enforce it
The order, in eject has already gone to Washington.
L vii be quietly obeysd h vii be. Suppose il
oSeysd thea Toe Administration in substance abdi s;es
AMI lin ply registers the DEGREES Of the mob Il sit Is
INFO cOOtenpt is influence sOue. The changes made
undr such pressure viii only produce confusion, dscon
ssa, aod rebellion. If the mob Is dt6ed-no men,
no more money! In any contingency, the Yankee Gov
ernment proves a failure.
We do not kno1 whether Yarkeedom can fur, ish
better Secretary Of War than Cameron better NAva
Secretary than weles Both of them have probably
gstsd themselves th spOl' and that account you'd
prove effective public fuactOnariss than any who
nigh; succeed them. Bor ihese would have 10 the first
Irstsres 70 feather their nests; there being one
principle universally Recognized in Yankee land, as
that uticl ors taking care OF ones oEn houahold.
As TO TIE changes amoug their GenCrsll er-
hrely Of Colonel Rct ardsOns opinion if General Scot
car save the Government t is past salvation He has
f.lsd and Is probably dismissed. The reliance theE,
must be upon Yankees alone In ave generations snd
tso uars tia; Of trekstsrs, jObbers and mechan
la have never produced Of military genius
Wheeler is owing the BLOOD the air, the habits
Of the people al combined 10 imuatsral the fact is
60 Il The past they have not been gifted 9th the &c
nils Of command. TIE grand essential quality of
Era captain has been wanting In all ths Generals they
have produced. We have great faith in the doctrine.
th1t What has been sill be
Ia expressing this estimate Of Yankee Generashp We
OaIy echo the sentiment pervldpg the whOle Yankee
press and lcuiy proclaimed By the Yankee ArCy. TIE
CRY comes up from all quarters, that the Grand Amy
vas defeated account Of the neompe,eney of the eff
GERS The common soldiers have COZ fdeDee in their
commanders, are denouncing them as knsVes or Gov
aris ard are disbAndipg s'O~edy on the ground tha
they are unwilling Be led to the slaughter BY such in
eompetents-