The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1862-02-14
IrfSPortsnt Cbnnse in the Con-
duet OF the War,

mcnts have been made which will ibGls,
T nov yigur into The conduct of the war
Mr. Stanton hes taken upon himself the
func'ions Of cbicf Of the armies Of the
United Stats. General Mcclellan is r.
hevcd from mass Of lubors, which com.
bincd With his command Of the army OF
the =, tomac, were altogether too much
Tor any single man in the county, aud
win hcnceiorth be able TO give biz attcn-
ton 10 lis lo,al command. From this
time the operations of the campaign will
b. directed by tic Secretary, and General
Mcclellan will like the commanders in
Missouri and Krntucky. be responsible
only for that division OF the army which
is placed under bis immediate orders.
u was quito time that something of
The sort was done, and liz IL credituble TO
the now Secrotary OF War thBt, a fer hav-
ing carefully surveyed the whole field of
view, ho made tho change quietly bmt
iirmly. Even now the fact is not giyeu
cut, iut leaks oui; Il is not announced,
but trdnspircs in vnrious ways; IL is not
luimcd, but seen. 1t Is well known
TO many that there has been a very great
dissutisiuction in the army Of the Poto-
insr--a dissatisfaction gaining strength
every dey. The officers of that army.
from the lieuienants up TO the bripatlier
&, nerols. never saw their commander, and
knew nothing of whu be wos o5on,
rNccpt tbr,upb The nrdrrs thov re~eiyed
from him. from time 10 ,me % bolJ
themselves in readiness Gcr so,re mvs-
tcrious movement which was never ms,lo
or to forbid scmc cnt .,rnrisc Which to thc,n
sermed certain or surrcss sneb ,csnen,
und uttuc bment ma tbrv had trr L;,n whom
thcy were first plpced nnJer bis cnn,,,.nJ
was rnpidly declipiny md the M e,,i.,, 81
his nn,ne was brriuniug 4, .,,ooos, a,iy
irrcsolution and delay On ~ NM, bo
knew nothing of tho faiir, or ,bo arr,,.
of the potomsr. pcver cons,i,od s ;,s s',nc-
rior cheers, and did nothing 10 make tbe
soldicrv--as fnc ,nd oL's,,is;,aJ a.
of men as the world ever saw In .rms
ready TO follow him with entbr,ln.n
wherever he migbt lend
An this will bc chanooI cor NJ,
Clrjlan will 90 over ne n, ,o,a,. T,.o
with his officers md mon. idcp,if,. hi,rsclr
with the forces under his command ca,ch
we hope, some of their i,nno,ience Of In.
action. and recover some OF The ncrrl,ri,v
which his brilliant succcs. a. Ivcster,
Virginia lnst year nc1uircd him
Thc army Of the Potomac have hoo,
wondcrinp why MIR. Stanton ,ybo ,,Los
the War Dcpartmcnt with s,cb rro,n;so
of energy mud enterprise. did moi iustnnt-
ly upply the remedy In which ho h.. no,,,
resprted. They b1d loss rrnsnr T., -
der than tbcy IMAGINE I, 10 Zoo NIL
to supposc that one sulJenIv ,alor rrn,,,
other uc, upations and nlnocd NJ tLo I,c.J
of n department of tbe ndmipigtr,tio, ON
bracing such yust and multiroriors rcs,nm-
sibilitcs as that of war M Tho ,,cson,
time, should be nblc M n glopro 20 Soc
ali that his new situation renuircs of HI,
lie must examine n ,ittlc 10 Ln suro ,'cbis
lnutinr before taking sicn of ,ucb In
portanrc.
We venture now To hone that m moro
t;ure viii be wasted in kccn;ng n;"Ltv
army ON foot fer no apparent purp,sc hui
to convince the r., bsIs tba, u,d 80, -.
qucr them If we would. Two millions of
dollurs dnv are too ,rcnt n co.'s, ,o nav
E T whit is but splendid nagcant. s,rects
of barracks with llngs stroamins nbove
them, vast plains covered with ,crts Lugo
hcspituls, immense bodies of mon In mi
iormcnllcd out to the daily drill. srim
parks of artillery dragged backwa ds and
forwards, and bodies of nrmpd horaemcn
performing their cvolutonr--a fnc sipht
duubtlcss, but not worth two millions a
day unless there is 20 be some .erious
lighting. We venture 10 hope that some
thing will row be done Of more impor-