The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1862-07-20

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Important Manifesto or the Members
from the Border Slave States.
The reply of the majority of the members Of
Congress from the border slave States to the
appeal of the President is the most important
and mastery state paper which the present cri-
sis has produced. The correspondence, which
we published at length yesterday, deserves the
attentive consideration Of the whole country.
The President deserves the gratitude of the
people in drawing out such an expression of
ton of Mr.. Lincoln, who adopted this method
Of rebuking the insanity Of the radi-
Gals, and bringing prominently before
the nation that policy which alone can
save it from final ACKNOWLEDGMENT. It
does not differ very materially from the
minority report; but wherein it does vary it is
for the better. tits evidently the true voice Of
the people Of the border slave States, expressed
through their members, and embodies those
opinions to which they will stand fast 1t is
better than all the speeches that have been
made in Congress from the opening to the close
Of the session. 1t breathes spirit Of noble
patriotism, . profound reverence for the con
stitution and the laws, and an ardent love of
liberty, while il points out the causes of the
want of success which has hitherto attended
the Union arms, and the only means Of remedy
ing the fatal error which has led to such disas-
trous results.
The positions SO ably maintained by these
patriots will become the conservative platform
of the public in the ensuing elections, and on the
issue will depend the veal or woe Of the country.
General Hallecl's Reported Appointment
as General-in-Chiefo OF the Army.
A report has been abroad for several days
that General Halleck is on his way to Washing
ton to assume the important position Of General
in-Chief of the Army; and the prevailing OPT
MON is that this report is only few days in
advance of an official confirmation. This i'm
preston is materially strengthened by the fact
that on Wednesday last General Halleck, at.
Corinth, Mississippi, in special field order
took formal leave Of the Army Of the Southwest
The conclusion is almost irresistible that he has
been summoned to Washington for very impor
tant and special service touching the move
ments of our armies in Virginia, although the
exact position which he is to fill is still open to
conjecture.
But what would Le the effect upon the coun-
try if the mystery were solved by the official
announcement of the appointment of General
Halleck as Secretary of War? The immediate
result, in reviving public confidence in the
speedy suppression of tie rebellion, would be
equal to the inspiration of great victory in
the field. Granting to Mr. Secretary Stanton
the merits Of a jealous, earnest, incessant and
untirng devotion TO the weighty duties of his
most responsible Office, the facts are still be-
fore US that, since his assumption of the general
direction of our armies in Virginia, their ope-
rations have been fruitful only Of dissppoint-
ments, reverses and disasters. Nor are these
things surprising when we consider that Mr.
Stanton, though learned in the profession Of
the law, knows nothing Of the science Of war.
General Halleck, on the other hand, since
his appointment to the military department
first assigned to the incapable Fremont has
abundantly proved that he possesses the requi-
site qualities for successful military leader,
and the administrative abilities of genuine
statesman, coupled with legal attachments
Of . very high order Such q man at
the head Of the War Office would be equal to
all its requirements, from the supervision over
great military combinations in the field to the
management of the legal quirks and bubbles
of swindling jobbers and contractors But if
the new sphere of duty Of General Halleck
should be limited TO the Office of General-in-
Chief, we dare say that be is really to be subor-
dinate only to the President in directing the
movements Of our armies, although technically
subordinate to the Secretary Of War.
Looking, however, to the vigorous and sue
cessful prosecution Of this war, we think we
may say, without injustice to Mr. Secretary
Stanton, that the country would rejoice at the
appointment, as the directing head Of the War
Office, Of man possessing the superior mill
tary and administrative qualities Of Cen Hal
leck. Indeed, with either Halleck or Mcclellan
controlling the War Department, and with
some such experienced, tried and trusty naval
at the head Of the Navy Department in the
place of that inefficient and useless political
party fossil, old Mr. Wellcs, the confidence OF