The New York herald., 1862-09-23

upon Mcclellan. 1t dares not now come out q
boldly as it did in an extra, as well as in it
regular editions, short time ago, and pro
nounce General Mcclellan double traitor
compared with whom Arnold was an angel
Neither does it now find it feasible to omit Gen
| McClellans name in its editorial references to
the recent battles, it did at first, ascribing oil
the credit to subordinate generals. Insinua
| tions now take the place of direct charges, and
the old sneers and inuendoes, SO familiar to the
1ribune's readers just before the first Bull run
massacre, and just before the seven days
battles on the Chickahominy, are again -
| sunied.
Take, for example, the Tribune of yesterday.
In that paper poor Greeley has four columns of
editorials, and in every column there is a mali
cious stab at Mcclellan. In the first column
General Wadsworth is nominated for Governor,
and is puffcd, at McClellan's expense, as fol-
lows:-"W Wadsworth was soon after made q
nrigadier, and as such served in the front OF our
7 lines opposite Centrevile during the last
gloomy winter, steadily insisting that there were
not more than fifty thousand rebels there, and
that our army would walk right over them il
General Mcclellan would only say the word.
1t is now known that General Wadsworth was
entirely right as to the strength Of the enemy,
and that General Mcclellan was deplorably
misled." This is lie on the face of it. Major
General Mcclellan, Commander-in-C Chief, pro-
baby knew the strength Of the enemy better
than any brigadier general, and certainly better
than Brigadier General Wadsworth What
Wadsworths abilities as a soldier were may be
judged from the fact that he tried to get Ray
mond, of the Times, to attack Mcclellan, his
superior officer and that he has never since
seen active service, and has distinguished him
self only by interfering with the civil author-
ties of Washington. Besides this, it is not
"now known that the rebels only had fifty
thousand men at Centreville and Manassas last
winter. II is known that they had many more;
but it is the policy of the radicals to underrate
the rebel forces. so chat they may make out our
soldiers cowards no matter whether the rebels
are successful or defeated. For the rest, Gen.
Pope tried Wadsworth's famous plan of "waIk-
ing right over the rcbels;' and how did itresult?
In its second editorial column the Tribune
says that Pope's i" short but dashing" campaign
was successful in its object, but closed dsas-
trousiy through the failure of some of General
McClellans leutenants to reinforce and sup
port, at the critical moment the army which
had SO bravely and effectively befriended
them" This is another palpable lie; for
if it had not been for General McClel-
lan's lieutenants, who bravely and effectively
befriended Pope, all Of the dashing Popes army
would have been captured or destroyed. But
in the same column the Tribune continues
"Wc do not consider the events Of the past week
subject of congratulation." OF course not;
for they were victories for the Union cause, and
the Tribune congratulates itself only when the
rebels triumph, having always been in favor Of
Sletting the Southern States CO." Then it again
repeats:-"We do not think the Union cause has
gained anything by the events Of September"
OF course not; for the safety Of Washington is
nothing the safety of Baltimore is nothing; the
deliverance OF Maryland is nothing; the preser-
vation of Pennsylvania is nothing; the loss of
the rebel armies is nothing; the despair of the
rebel leaders is nothing, to the Tribune, because
itwants "to get rid OF the President" because
as it has recently asserted. politically, victory
by Mcclellan would set us back six months y
Oh, model, loyal sheet is this Tribune! In its
third editorial column yesterday it charges
the HERALD with its own invention of denounc-
h ing Mcclellan as "a usurper" and "a military
Dictator" and to this it insultingly adds, in its
fourth editorial column, that, while there lis no
shadow Of truth" in such reports concerning
Fremont, it .'trusts' only ''trusts'-there is
none in regard to Mcclellan. This cowardly
and sneaking commentary upon its own story is
worthy of the Tribune, and does not deserve
refutation.
But how does Greeley justify the publication of
these sanderous inuendoes against General Nc
Clellan? BY what argument does he defend these
assassin-like attacks, unworthy Of gentleman.
characteristic only OF coward, impossible in q
truly loyal man! Why, by the singular logic that
the HERALD is friendly to Mcclellan and that the
Richmond Wing says that "somc notice should
be taken Of Wallace, of the NEw YORK HERALD;
but, unprincipled Swiss as he is, Wallaccs
heart has been all along with the South" and
much more OF the same Sort which the Tribune
seems to think very important, as it has published
it no less than three times already. What that
has to do with Mcclellan we are at a loss to
see: but, in order to knock away even such a
prop TO the TribMae's contemplate and malig-
nant meanness, we assure poor Greeley that
there is no such person as "Walace. of the
New York HERALD fact Of which he may
convince himself at any time by examining the
list of the names of our employees. All the Tri-
b,u,e's blustcr and brag, therefore, goes for
nothing. and Greeley might better be preparing
himself for the fate which awaits him, and which
lie 50 much breads, when the war is over and our
brave soldiers come home to settle accounts
with him and his accomplices, who have caused
and prolonged this war, who have maligned and
abused our officers and soldiers, and who are
responsible before Heaven for the murder Of