, 1862-07-11

From the y. Y: Evening Post. Tuesday ]
Major 0pdyke, in his admirable address to
the Common Council, has stated, in language
as clear as it is cogent, the policy which all
patriotic men must pursue in this crisis.
When great dangers threaten the State, he
says, I'LL differences Of party and opinion
must be forgotten; every loyal citizen must
support the government, not only by his
confidence he reposes in the President and
those by whom he executes his plans; and
though We are at liberty to criticise freely
the doings Of public men, onr chief concern
should be to impart promptitude and vigor
to the action Of the government, and to as
81 and all the instrumentautie5 that the
rules of civilized warfare justify.
!. The men who at this moment IRE trying to stir
up STRIFE at the North, who are trying to pro-
woke popular passion into resentment against
The government, who wish to divide public
taTy Stanton aud General Mcclellan, who
clamor against this officer or that, who call
public meetings in the Park, and who openly
advise the mob, as the Ht1tald Of Sunday did,
to break up Congress, are not the hiends Of
the nation. They are traitors at heart or the
is mischief. They desire to destroy the na-
ton, and knowing that no better method OF
accomplishing the end could be devised than
to SOW dissenrion amongst the people of the
North, thsy are exceedingly busy scattering
the seeds.
Their cue Just now is to assail the President
over the shoulders Of Mr.. Stsnton, whom
| they heap with wason-loads Of falsehood and
abuse. Pretending to be Epecia! friends OF
/ Gen. Mcclellan, who would drum them out
| Of his camp il he could once catch sight OF
| their ragged persons, they denounce Mr.
| entire want Of success which has characterized
| the campaign OF the Peninsula How thor.
| ough4y inconsistent with themselves they
a1a was seen yesterday in that vile sheet, the
| Herald, which is the ringleader Of the loath.
some factie1. In one column it contained
| Gen. McClellan's spirited fourth of July ad.
dress to his soldiers, in which he emphaticauy
| denies that he has sustained any reverses il
| the late battles, and which, as the Herald said,
| "hreathes the spirit Of success" 4 statement
| was 6ubjoined that wounded army officers
who has arrived from McClelIan's army, 'sare
unanimous in stating that no defeat has been
! experienced on the Peninsula Yet in other
| columns editorial articles teemed With out
| ragious abuse Of Secretary Stanton IS the au.
| thor Of the "disasters'' we have sustained,
and menacing the President in case he should
| not forthwith remove his Secretary Of War.
Everybody that knows anything Of the matter
| knows that Stanton bas withheld no reinforce
| ments from Mcclellan, except as directed By
| the President; and We may add to that info7-
nation that the President has McClelie1a's
own letters thanking him for endorsements,
and declaring, after McCalrs division arrived
on the Peninsula, that he "had more than
enough troops to enter Richmond Yet
these vicious journals conceal such facts aud
misIead the public mind, in order to defame a
hlgh officer who is objectionable to them
| Nov, We have our OWL opinions of Mr.
Stanton, Gen. Mcclellan and others; SONG
times we have expressed them, and, IS we now
think, imprudently often; but we shall not
allow our Convictions as to their merits to be-
tray Us ibto controversies Or quarrels. When
ion. What ne want is earnest and decided
action. Let Us, With one accord, push on the
government; let Us fill up the ranks OF the
amy and let Us give every officer who does
bis duty, even when he does not do it pre-
ciEely as we might wish, hearty and gener'
| Gus suppOrt.