Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-11-13
The susponsIon :or nroolollan.
Prom the New York Post.

The President, at the urgent request of
Gen, Halleck, has done an net which be has
tong been unwilling to do simply on the
conclusions of his own Judgment. he has
transferred the army OF the Potomac from
the hands of Gen Mcclellan to those of
Gen. Burnside. He has endured as long
as he could the persistent inactivity and
delay Of McClellan-much longer, indeed,
than he ought to have done-but, finding
that he must either sacrifice the army to
another winter of idle camp life, and with
it the best interests of the country, or get
rid of the General who was the cause of
its Incidence, he has preferred the latter
course. Mcclellan is Withdrawn TO give
place to another General, more euterpri-
sing in character, and more energetic In
action. a
The disiuterested aud patriotic part of
the nation will cordially approve the de-
cision at the President. IL has become
matter OF imperative necessity now that
the var should be prosecuted with the ut
most vigor Of movement. The delays that
have already occurred have so exhausted
the patience and even the resources OF the
community, they have furnished such pre-
texts for foreign Intervention. and they
have so encouraged the hopes of the rebels,
that If something decisive is not accom-
plished during the next few mouths the
procrastfnation will prove highly injurious,
if not fatal, to our cause. We have the
best appointed armies in the world we
have abundance of means; and we fight,
whenever fighting is permitted, with q gall
lantry and valor that ought to commend
success. But our victories heretofore seem
to have been as barren almost as our de-
teats. We have not followed them up with
any degree of VIgor, and the enemy was
allowed, after every rout, no matter how
disastrous, to recruit his wasted columns
and repair his strength. Surprising US of
ten by the suddeuess of his attacks, he has
no less frequently surprised us by the rapid
ity and triumph Of his retreats.
Much of this has been owing to the pc
culiar cRutiousness and torpor of the Com
manding General. Though a'soldier thor
oughly instructed in the technieaIities of
his profession, and with some little expert
euce derived from his Mexican, Western
Virginia and Peninsular campaigns, he has
lacked that enthusiasm and dash which
are necessary to that great General. CAL
led at a time of unexampled embarrassment
to take command-the very greatness of
his responsibilities has paralyzed his efFee-
tiveness. In his dread of not doing all
that was needful, he did nothing he tar
ried whole winter on the banks of the
Potomac, giving one excuse after another
for the delay, until the enemy, much in
feIior in numbers, escaped mis- grasp when
he moved towards the Peninsula he was
many weeks longer than be ought to have
been on the way; his approaches to tue
euemy's works there were not impetuous
and overwhelming assaults, but slow seiges;
and the battles which his troops won, as at
Willinmsburgh and Fair oaks, were fruit
less of consequences, because Of bis stsauge
indtsposition 10 pursue them TO the last re-
suits. Even after the most splendid and
unquestionable success of the war-the
battle of fAntietau-foughtc chiefly by Burn
side and Hooker, when, on the concurrent
testimony of those Generals and Of many
othersi the rebels might have been annihi-
lated, they were suffered to escape across
the Potomac. No attack was ordered the
day alter the battle, and no effort worthy
of the magnitude Of the opportunity made
to prevent the crossing Of Lees shattered
and disabled army. .5aFtsulG s5-fs5-5
IL seems, moreover, that since the battle
repeated orders have been issued by GEN
eraI Halleekto General cCIellan, to cross
the Potomac and engage the enemy before
the autumn rains should swell the streams
aad break up the roads, but they have been
distes esarded on various pretexts. The ar
my was deficient in shoes, deficient in
clothing, deficient In shelter tents. and 9TH
erTisel not in . condition to- advance. ALI
these Pretexts, the correspondence of the
Quartermaster- Generals department shows,
were without foundation, Never was an
army better equipped or better supplied
General MeiKs, the Quarterrnaster-Genera
testtfies TO this fact, and heiisfcDufrmed by
Colonel Ingalls,, Aide and Chief Quarter!
master to GenetRl Nee Clellau.- Some suffer
ing might have been 0Ccasioued by thg
neglect OF, regimenlal and brigade COM
manders 70 forward their requisitions, but
the annnliaa Mara amnla and At hand Viz