Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1862-03-22

Saturday Morning, March, 22 1852.
ssSAroniAL CAvcUs.--Anothor effort was
mnde .on "Wednesday nigss hast 70 uomiunte, but
without success and adjourned 10 Thursday
27tb NneiyIwo IL caucus. Elcveu bsllota
were had wades highest number was Forty
seven % The last ballot Two wade men were
nbscnt ,e8 ~
The successful retreat Of Tic rebel army from
The Potomac rSom before The watchinE eyes Of
our OommaBder-in-C Chief and his numerous and
well.nppointed and wel.drilIed army 10 one Of
the most mortifyihg events Of the war And
the mortiRcatiou is not lesscaod BY The discov-
evy Of the facts that The siren 9Th orthe rebels
TO whom we have been paying SO careful aud
respectful Difference, has not for considerable
time exceeded 40 or 90 thousand all told, and
that The guns that looked forth from their frowu,
ing baitIemcnis, inspiring solnuch deIereBce aud
ave, were oBly as designated by The sarcastic
Philips "Qaakcr gans,' made from harmless
wood, and iugoniously, but very imposingly
painted. This feeling Of modification is sufi.
ccotly crushing, but this Is not the only unplea-
SAINT thought, We are lef to conjecture The rea-
son for such culpable neglect. Once upon the
6eld Of conjecture, our apprehcusions urge rs
on TO the most vague aud vexaiious ieasopipgs
When arc we to arrive in these reasonipgs
This much We take for granted.
The war department since the advent OF The
present incumbent, has been in favor OF action
aud energy The serted hosts which have been
spending months watching the coming aud GO
ing Of the successive seasons, have felt their
manhood compromised by the iaexplicable and
crushing restraint imposed upon their impa.
tience to meet the enemy. The feelings Of the
Executive and his advisers We can only Judge
ofby the determination recently shown, to sub
nit 10 longer to iaaction, Lut by taking the
initiative, aud assuming direction, to terminate
the lstIess aDd slothfal inactivity that has made
the Potomac aud its defenders a bye-word.-
Congress, though impatient. has not forgotten
the Ball Run lesson, aud hos therefore refrain
eSfsom improper mcdaing. The people have
watched With mingled &eliDg Of fdisapprobatiop
aud wonder that no movement should be made,
while the expense Of sustaining so numerous an
army was accumulatiDg debt which was to
hang like an incumbas over them aud their pos.
terity. If. then, the fault lies pot at the door of
either Of these parties, where are we to look
for itf Has the Commander-in. Chief been
gutless 10 the premises. If TO his skirts, all
Others being free, attaches the responsibility, we
are still left to uncertainty as TO the 0ninlus.--
IDcapacity, indisposition, or tim idity, or cow
ardice appear TO furnish the only grounds upon
which an apology can be drawn, but which of
the three, or whether oil enter into the reason
sought, is more than can be determined To be
snss, there are some incidental considerations,
which in the absence Of positive proof, lead US
to adopt one or the other OF these conclusions.
The course OF the President 10 circumscribins
his powers, and giving to him bat subordiate
infnsaee over our army, is significant Of a want
OF confidence, but in what particular direction.
we are still left IN doubt. and we can see no way
to clear up the difficulty, until IL is solved by
the lapse Of time and the occurrence Of events.
10 the mean time the public mind will remain
imboed witbthe suspiciou that there is lurking
indisposition to throw into the couduct Of the
war anything like bOiauess and energy, from the
vell-knowD sympathies and antecedents Of the
Ean. The thonght eanBoA be eradieHted from
ths public mind, without evidence, that there is
q wont Of fidelity to the true interests Of the
Government and that the absence Of warike
spirit and military energy are only the natural
accompaniment of desire for an inglorious,
compromising peace, which shall bring back a
sassk is tEade upon which partizanship may
hope fos aaotAer lease upou power. Until,
thsssSsre. Gen. Mcclellan does something to
put this suspicion at fault, he must not hope to
stand redeemed in the public mind. Let u:
charitably sepe that the day Of his redemption
is at hand