Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1862-12-01
From the Richmond Dlapste6feadl
nNna0ltshiDR Their Idols.

/ . since AhlN WNl HGoulultnNtAF hht AWANNANa 4
have masufaotared military idois, aud theo |
RRnihilated them, with Areekessnesa ApagRl, J
leled in the history Of war AZ frst General
Scott was The ogreat soldier Of the age but
Manassas gave him his quietas aud old kugs |
aud Feathers ives consigned without ceremony
to a splendid mapsoleum, where he has been
| lying IN state over since, but with none 30
poor ~ TO do him reverepee Mcclellan was I
at once hoisted upon the vacant pedestal, npd /
every one remembers the frantic enthusiasm |
With which he was hailed by the universel |
Yankee nation. The "Young Napolsoniiwas
on every lip; tho newspapers teemod With the
most nadsealing adulatons; tho pttntshops
lexhibtcd Ms Diikehess ia evcry variety of
pattern; Mcclellan himself prooIaimed;f'K
have met our last defeats we have ssen our
laaL.
But where ia Mcclellan now Popos star !
flashed fsr ~ bIef ,bour seiosA Ole ,lirmament |
and then disappeared as suddenly as II rose.
BdeIl onbe the object of their dhiirhicdlcon
Ihdohoe has how been thrown Overbonrd, aud
lolhnr subordinate Headers have beeu saeri6o'
cd by the wholesale For our own payb 1yet
do not believe that any OF those men deserv-
led their fate They were engaged IN d bad
cause they had To sncodater superior gene
ralahip.. and a paople fighting IN dofenee'uil
their own homes aud iresides They did Ha
well under the circumstances rs any GcneraB
lcodld have done and no change rom oiio to
tho other has iai all improved the Yankee for
tuhoa We venture aou prodictthat ihD late
ehonRes will be as Fuitlees AS those which oe'
, Cured before IL would be hard to say on
what field Burnside has proved his shptriori.
3 ty 10 Mcclellan In hia retreat from ,trede-
3 rioksburg, when ho believed that jackson,
Al who was nowhere near him, ives in pur-
l,ntt ha kthtInI nf tho ppnlURaa md
/, lmeaeily Of great General Bisagtatlon' ii,
D said ohavc been overpowetug and lis eight
one Of the utmost confusion end dis0rddrr--
II ibe redoubiable Stonewnll bad really been
laths heels, with only 5000 men, he might
lelsily have captured The whole OF Buthslde's
command a" ' tola'H 1'H'~
Whilst never regarding Mcclellan MS II
! Young Napoleon ho unquSstiopably under,
n stood the capabilities of men, and the obsta-
cles he had 10 encounter, much better than
= the rabble Of the North or their boaptled Gov
y ernmept Wo have never been Of those
!. who regard the Yankees rs towards, but they
have not the military aptitude Of, The South
, ern people and cannot DO improylsed INTO
/, soldiers They are unfamiliar by education
lboth with the idea Of danger aud the Use OF
~ arms ThcyHwere called upon 10 confront
u men who had been uccustomed to both.lrOm
/ lther cradle, and who are Sighting lin the no
! HEST cause for which men ever drew sword
o. The first battle Of Manassas had demonstrated
erl that after three months ineessent drilling
they were unable TO cope with third Their
j 4 number OF Southern volunteers Even the
u best regulars Of their old army werb on tha
ts occasion annihlated and their cannon taker
lfroui them by rnw Southern troops ltwal
IN only a long period Of discipline that eoult
ly convert such men into soldiers and tha
NJ Mcclellan nj last accomplished this object nt
y Southern man will deny bHeA noted wisely
o. therefore, and in accordance wthithe earnes
AT Ieonnses Of General Scott, when he deter
! lminednot 10 be hurried Into en- advance, no
y 10 budgeia an inch until he felt himself perfect
he " ready 1t has heen ridiculously protonde
i, that il he had marched I'd Richmond immt
- mediaiely after the battle of Williamsburg,
ass would have taken thelcity % a '''l' ioA
led % The idea Is based upon the garing falls,
I. 1 hood that he was the victor in that battle. o
~ the contrary he was inglorlously whipped by
I'd mere handful OF our forces, and if he ha
~ advanced he would have been hnnihildtei
7 We profess to be better booked upon the cha
&C. acter aud capacity Of our detences than III
the Yankee masses can be, though MeClella
- may haye obtained information which he &c
~ ei wisely IN regarding 50, tSo ihifakArd
i the advance this iall-+ion declining tonmah
an, which he has been removed, We know th
our Generals desire him TO advance, and ha
ln- with delight the determination of The 'Yh
lts KEGS not toiwuit till spring, Numbers wit
~ out discipline, opposed TO such an army
~ ours, Will, ba anything but an elemspt
en- strength and Just 30 soon as they make u
the oxperimentthey viii discover that Mcclellan
q. policy was OF tbs highest wisdom aud "a
/. ldeuce iaAl1 rfih uttet
ER, Let them come ON, and Nee Clellan will hA,
ld. his revenge All that the South has done
former batiles willbe nothing TO the effort 81
.Eh, will make under the impeius OF Ii
ank coins prqelRpsti0n The most heroic slru
gle that the world ever witnessed will occ
when this city is again essailed by the Va
!. IL kee lsgionAi The South will go to tho bat
yno as ioyously Ms to bridal, and, with the bl
.Nle sing Of Heaven, she will not only save
orS liberties and her eepilal but ayip aaye /
Her North from hersqlG a.l.I...s. t..l
MES Length OF she paoIllc RhlIrot
sbly laa and TeIegTaph. baaias.l
This As soon as $4,000, 600 Of atoeks is tal
4 the regular officers of the company wall
our chosen, The stockholders aud directors I
eive then have full control Of the location Of \
l.. !. ropta between the 00th MERIDIAN and I.
Sacramento Valley. One of TIN prjWle
Of this company relates lora haaof ielegri
roR- to be built by itsef or transferred 20 the OK
:, geling telegram company From Bonieia
ny Rock Island, on the Miaaissippl. the estlma
aged distance Is 800 Inilea.io Tbls ns doubled
war. distance from Rock Island to NawdYmk
/, way of Albany, No6nWAy has been ~
nhu of tho T0nte BY the South Pass FTophl
yton poipl, on the lQQth merdlan wherA