Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1862-02-09
sIx DoLLARs PER YHAH.
Invariably In Advance.

VI! II there 10 one thing ore beautiful than
anotner, IL Is that trust which We repoaa m an.
o.ner 10 da'k hours Of trial and death. n a
sa,a .nas reason was the hrs-boFn, but faith lp-
hia s..s u sne pressing Reason 10 apt to be fall.
g... o, .snSS'ssenled. eager, impstuous and lmpa,
seI, |" contradiclioDi while faith IL Reptlo and
~h,nS eve, svSr Iesoy 70 listen to the voice, BY
Mnich ruth and wisdom can effectuaiIv rsaek
ner. God has created two liehts-the essatss ,,
ngnt 70 rule the busy day--reasop: tbe irrssr
rule his contemplatiye niRht--iaith, bu,
iaitn shines only 90 long a. she reaecta ao,ne.
snlng OF the illumination of the brIahter oyb
wnere man has no faith he has no light Of
reaeon. "s'' VI
There are some things 10 which q man mus,
exercise his truat. The American peopIa. lun-
like my colleague, have read the hletorv az
General McClellen They know bic miIitarv
studies, his travel and observation. his pfaolicai
railroad life, his mode of dealing with men and
bodies OF men, his prudential reserve, his un.
tslhng panenee, patriotism, and confdenoe 10
MS own resources. They know that the enemy
would have been glad tohave had him al the
neao o. Iaeir forces. They know that he has
never oiunoeredi that no Is safe, IL not brilliant,
that his power to surprise and combine are rare
qualities OF hls military genius; that sis knovl.
edge OF topography. engineering and ield STRAIT,
egy' bis method and industry, and his Quick ap-
prehension OF military strength and weakness.
eminently ht him for this high Command
Knowing this and reasoning upon this, now that
the night 10 upon us, they will keep taeir. faith
In him, and no hostile criticism OF the gentle
map here can shake that faith. The attack Of
my colleague is like that Of the "pigmy with
straw against giant cased 10 adamant."
NY colleague is not satlsfed with anything
short OF an advance at every hazard. He is not
sausned with the President, for he defefa to
Mcclellan; not satisded with any commander
in'cnief, for no one can command even three
hundred thousand men; not satisfied with What
has been done; NOT satisfied with what is to be
done. He would discourage all our Efforts, end
make taxation weigh like useless burden on
An anxious and s4ddened people His policy
would dlsorganize the army, and realize his
theology by making hell on earth IlauRhterl
without giving us the satisfaction OF a future
state, where secession may have its a. eternal
doom. lLaughter.l
30 much for the critic, Nov WHAT'S the crit
icism7
Flrst: he carries Us to Missouri, and saws
that General Curtis was sent with some teu
thousand men against Price, when there wac al
most certainty Of Price's capture, when all at
once an order came from general officer, either
there or here, which called halt, and noting
that General Mcclellan or General Halleck, by
their heaitAlon aud delay, have allowed tbe
campaign against Pfice to be suspended, il no.
abandored. do not care which general be
meant: 1t 10 simply not lrae that either OF them
have been thus derelict. The facts are these;
Generals Curtis, Sigel, and Asboth have been
ordered toward Springfield 70 attack Price, II 10
was thought best In their judgment. They sent
forward large cavalry reconnoiIs ince, and
found that indefatigAble aud able General Price
In suoh force that they concluded 10 hold a
council OF war, and decided that six additional
regiments were needed. On notifying General
Halleck, he at once ordered them iro a General
Popes command, near sedalia, 10 move to the
scene of operations. General Halleck's opln
ion, In letter received b. General Mcclellan
only two days ago, was that they would either
beat Price or drive him OUT Of Missouri Per
haps my colleague never got as far as Spring,
field, and he does not know tae almost match
less strategy Of Price. He has ventured 70 ap-
pear in force in southwestern Missouri; but he
takes care to be within convenient reach OF the
Boston mountains, where he can hide in that
almost inaccessible locality, and where It 10
easier for him to 60 than our generals to follow.
But IL is utterly unjust to General MeClellAn te
say that be has restrained the eager impesuosity
of the Missouri soldiers. General Halleck has
received no oriers inconsistent with the most
prompt movement In Missouri When General
Halleck took command Of the army in Missouri,
be found mountains Of difficulty to overcome
as Buell. did In Kentucky, as Mcclellan did here
lin the organisation aud equipments of the
troops. General Haileck found, 10 is trre, &
hne paper organization. He has labored with
statesman's foresight, pabliclIt's learning,
and soldiers skill TO bring order out Of chaos
He found troops without concentration, and re-.
Iquired arms, transportation, and supplies, which
General Mcclellan has strained every nerve 10
afford. There has been no delay by any orders
OF General Mcclellan. His orders 70 HalIeck,
as TO B1ell, have been to hurry his movemsats
as faSs as IL was safe and possible. state these
as posllve facts Of the case, and u gentlemen
want the facts, let them 60 70 the hesdquarters
, and they can have them.
Again, my colleague makes specific charge
that he is informed, on authority which he ts
not permitted to qneston--ind l suppose {
quote-that some leu or fifteen thousand Con-
federate troops, near Romney, were 10 the DOW.
tr Of our army OF forty Thousand, and that the
capture so easy wac not made, because an order
came from headquarters here not TO advance! !!
This is charge as sweeping "a it is lrresponsi.
BILE and groundless. l do not care who is his
authority, question 1t here and now. Nv col
league reads certain telegraphs which have
strangely come into bis possession, to sho that
Lander and Kelly dispatched that they could
take the rebels, and ali that was wanted was An
order; and presto! here they are. We have had
a good many such successes In anticipation. 1
believe we had one at PIketon. IL is said that
General Lander telegraphed snd General Kelly
sent q message TO appriSe each ether Of the ab-
solute certainty of success. General Lsnder
admire for his caution aud iutrepldlty; but
will state the facts to which suppose my col
league refers. Estate them correctly. General
Lander went to relieve General Kelly at ROM
ney-Kely being sick. He reached Hancock
90 the 5th Of January. He found the enemy, !,
under General Jackson, on the other sIde Of th .
river, In considerable strength--say ffteen %
, sixteen thousand. The enemy had driven
few Of our troops across the river When Gen.
Lander reached his post, the enemy were she'll
Ing, or about to shell, Hancock. General Jack
son summoned General Lander to aurfendee:
: Lander declined. Jackson shelled away a
Hancock without effect Lander sent furrelp-
} forcements. General Mcclellan eent one az
! BAnks's brigades, BY forced marches AZ ouuee
, While there, General Lander sent two o. threa
long dispatches, suggesting various moVemsuul
D TO cut Of jackson. General Jacison ksd =
, shorter disisncs 10 retu,Rto Wincksst tkgn Gee
srai Bsaks had 10 mayek 70 eat Of Jaetssn,s r.
treat, besides the river, which IL would TAX I
forty eight hours TO cross, 90 they hac no meaug
|, of crossing. General Mcclellan refused ~
! trust command to GROSS the river under sthes |,
circumstances, with no chance Of retreat pro .
vded. General Lander then cent another die
patch to General Banks, crlticisinK the Prss
} dent, General Banks, and others; 60 which Me-
Clellan replied that General Lauder was too
. suggestive aud critical" think heresis tho
ruo: McCleilan had seen enouah of thn Ralii.