, 1862-11-18
Ghe GrihttuGs
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER IS, 1862.


sAAe s~'t4e0 uPoA uAtu auu permanent
basis. And, no#.a-days even, there are
tasui2ts who hold that, IN certain contin-
gcncies, to Lie is not only e1cusable, but
positively meritorious- Our experiences
in frequent controversies with pro-slayerv
politicians and newspapers Of the North
have taught us that these philosophers of
the olden time, and these casuists Of more
modern days, hare succeeded in fouadinp
q school tn which the major mart
OF the editors OF the pro-slavery
journals, and the stump Speakers
and. bar-room orators of the same politi-
cal faith. arc patient and obcdient pupils.
But Until the removal Of McClell.n-tne
Young Napoleon in all bu. the Napoleonic
brains-We had no idea Of the perfection
in the art Of Justification that tlcse disciple.
Of Entruth had attained. In all the cam
2aigns which the greatest general Of anv
age or nation" has made, he has been con-
rtantly attended BY the ablcst graduates Of
tie school to which We refer, whose coa-
slant efforts ought to have prepared US for
the final exhibition Of their skill in the
liars art; but until the order came for
Burnside to take command of
the Army Of the Potomac
ruth con,peis us to declare again that ve
had no conception OF the mastery, to say
nothing Of tie unblushing and reckless
ulanHer in which lying could be done. To
j" lie like al o1ficial bulletin" ha. hereto
fore been considers d the greatest stretch of
audac1'y Of whici common nlen are capa-
bic; but the standard Of comparison must
lie altered now. "To lie like Mcclellan
worslip1cr," u,i1st hereafter be the euare
}:y which all great flights in lying are to be
measured. And were ne dealing il wool.
VIC would wager : little niger that the
suace 1ba: nc Lave mentioned will never
be oytr-torped, II least uItl the next war
in which sone otlrr Mcclellan has III.
eL.ef command.
We need moi ssy that we refer to the
;i'eoas scenes, described IL ,heneNspaoc ocrs
with all the pct phrases Of simulated
crici, which are said to have occurred
y !,en the oI5er of removal was announced
10 tie army, zn,l the repetition OF the
eaHe ~uen the hers Of nary victory
1o;,k his leaTe- If NC lsye filled to
l.cer.lte tx: se:si:.ill::rs OF GILT realers by
co?.iDg INTO oC7 c.,iuG:ns ile hesrt-renl-
i:g accounts which, through the Demo-
cratic papers, have co 1e to US from the
Potomac, the ti4llure has becn the result Of
the SINE prudent Il reason, which, WHEN
cltct;on returns are coming in, says, swat
fvr Tic rural districts We knev that
another story would be along by and t:y.
And un21 NC were quite sure that sthe
mas:iye franls II Geaeral Burnside {.e
weighs e!,1u1 1Go, srass) was convu!sed
Will grief Ike tue l'oly Of chill;" that
"a chorus cf manly weeping ran through
tie ranks from tie upperaost DOS: on
tic potcn'ac 10 Washington City; that be-
:ssccn Their tears " Ahole rcsitu=nts sware
that they woi.'d bear arms no morc;" that
tic Na!c1s il Ill t:.c tributaries of tLr river
were svsl:ca u: Lie hriay flood; that
e gloom like Il closlI, prcsagiug VOC, set
1lej down uiH;! n7cry tent that DESPAIR
5;llc:: every leari that grief had not swal-
lo"cdul -ina Il word, that the grim-vlsaged
warriors, tllrce h'1ndr.;l til -t;saud stronr
generals Of division, brigadiers, colonels,
cal'1ail1s, lieu;cGal!s, scrsra Its, corporals.
ccior-bearers, tcanlslers, doctors, commits
Earies, quaT1crmasters and countless pri-
yatcs-ieA to 1oo-h;oiog, hlaobcriug and
wiIlDg tnc!E nos*s on their coat-sIeevcs,
laced aid Il.il@cd as The case may be,-ua-
III, we say, wt y ere sure Of these things,
wc could not nc II 10 be the INNOCENT cause
Of extending this bitter grief all over the
1he Northwest, and OF drowning half a
Iozen millions oi ,co2le IN that stream OF
sorrow, whi,:h tluws straight from H. ID
quarters, Army Of !ae Polomac," in which
the 1uJty-ninc members Of the staff 1nu1clf
sit, each with an ocean ooziug out of his
eyes! Ne had not that cxceatiug Cruelty ;
and lucky it is that we Look more
l@ln tul view Gftlie case III hand, and were
wiling to wait for further returns.
T. ':t'''r, these stories were so many lies
coined III tA,t: mint whcnce SO many more
35ye t. Inc. There is not word Of truth
IN c1:'' ri thc11-uct a word. 41cCicllau's
removal Was accepted. in many places in
t:Le *ln:y, jnyful]y, and in all others in a
split u obedience and resignation which,
tejt!g Interpreted, s5ys that somebody
may Ito lc.tr, npi5,ely can do verse;
Il:ass Marcy, tliEerin-law, cried, or Me-
cl.'sa:! SIZED, CT some member Of the torty-
n!1c tii'a, or some Huchpin III one of the
twenty luggage wagons shed drops Of black
t'ss,:'ir, 10 crying was done. Tnics5 tho
s:sG laid down their arms, no weapons
Ecr" grounded. Unless 4 shower RAISED
tsc Potomac, no 11se took place. The
c.al*9Gtc descriptions Of the army's miu-
GID rage and grief we're wholly false.
The retiring general rode through the
ra'ks, and the soldiers, like wcll-bred aud
good feeling boys as they are, hurrahed a
good by as he cantered along. And that's
all!
Napoleon was the most accomplished
liar OF his day and generation In ou1
time, jeff Davis is some" aud Beaurc
gard is Aari to beat, and 50 is the Chicago
1a'nes. Bu: we doubt if Napoleon coulI
tell douDle,.jvil,ted or compound lies with
out base upon which to build. Even
Dav's and Besuregard need suggestions tc
enable them to excel the Chicago Times il
its ordinary 1ncads, Il was reserved for
the Liars of The New York press who have
been grouped around Clcllan-the ac.
cnnpllshed o''is.ts Of the Utruld and lie
Narld-to demonstrate thai lying is an ar1
in which mean abilities, being carefully
cultivated, can excel; and tha. to be wide
II read and perhaps partially believed, thai
lie is the best which has not cYcn hin:
from the truth. Lie said au imaglna.
tive Aeutnckian, in our hearing the other
Say, "tlcy Nould lie The shorlnin' rieh:
cut OF an apple pie, and rot disturb the
crust!' And so they can. But what shall
we say Of the man and the cause that nerd
lying like tl.ats
MCCLELLAN IN TI4E WEsE.
Our ,dyices from Gen. Grants army at
AollY Springs say that the news of tht
removal Of Mcclellan was received by GU,
SOiuleFE there and r1sau-nnra :, +,,o c,+1