Litchfield enquirer., 1862-05-01
Secretary WelIes.


 Some of the New York Daily papsrs, and esne ether too, we regret to say, nearer hssne, seem te sAke particular delight in abusing vahtying and esracaturing the aznisbEe gentleman who pre- Sldssovsr shs dsssssssusns of tbs Navy We re eres te notice teot that these attacks come from thsss,whoases se earnest in bolstering up the repu iation of Gen1 McCLsLLAx in advance, wher alb iSsssr gsnstsnan certainly has tall in hi' pow~ so nske iOs himself the grandest nilitar, .nputation If he ags, h1 aimplY leading en f victory ops of the grandest armies the world eve
 nv. Mhstbsr these essanlts upen Secretar. oWeaIse and consequently on the President twhsssconfdencs h sfaliy holds, hAvs anything lodo with the dirty mess of politics. in which poo dsuagogues universally strive to test the abilit, ofai our publie lsrvants, ws are at loss todeter mine, but the fact that Gen1 Mcclellan is said 10 bs of " Democratic ansecedents gives at least soms plapsblity to the suspicion, especially when ~s note the fact that it is mostly newspapers of he z adsmocratic," persuasion which indulge m iA this indiserimipate praise or censure.
 sssEysry combiAsd land and naval expedition which has 'besp sent South has been mainly sue sessihl through the gAllaDtry and skill of the off. sssrs and 1csexs manning the vessels. At Cape sHasteras, Port Royal, Hattsras Inlet, Roanoke Island, Fort Donelson, NEW ORLEANS, and wher- ever called upon, the Navy has not been found wanting. It has been because the land forces hsse failed to manifest the same energy that .sharactsrized the marine that some of our expe Aitiens have borne fruitless results. ,.s* -fsEvsn now we see it complained that the re- sponsibility of the delay in attacking and reduc- Ing the rebels at Yorktown rests with Secretary Wellesl He should employ few of the mortar vessels that sOere in the Gulf {befors the capture of Fort Jackson and New Orleans) of which mo- thing yeth been heard, CD to sink the {. Merri 1nac," clear the James river, reduce the rebel Batteries on the York, and so flank the rebel ar. ny on the Peninsular. Very admirable, certain y; and if accomplished, again, as in numberlesa engagements past, the gallant Navy might be permitted to do all the work, and the army reap sllthe glory. But it happens that months ago Mir. Secretary 'Welles proposed to do this very thing, capture the tMerrimac' and cooperate with the army in an attack on Norfolk, but Washington was then in such imminent danger that Gen'l Mcclellan couldn't think of allowing few thou sand of his troops to engage in any such under taking, and now we fear the young Napoleon will have to do all the brave work himself. Gu, Navy are just now engaged in opening up tht Aiasissippi, and giving very strange accounts Q shs secretary's imbecilityi We are heartily tired of hearing every day 0 samors of Secretary Wslles' resignation, "with drawal from the Cabinet" &c.,, &c. So long a hs retains the confidence of the Commander-in Chief, and 50 long as the movements of the Nav have been 90 wisely planned and 80 successful executed, we submit that it would be wise fo grumblsrs to hold their peace, especially durinl the somewhat protracted interval we have bee, waiting to hear of the brilliant achievements 0 pur army before Yorktown.