The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1862-11-28
The Fidelity of the Arnsy ofsI q
Potomac.

hOtUtAUts
The people who have noted attentive.
ly The accounts given by oriny correspon-
dents, ofthc dramatic mauaEf ment ofthe
retirement Of the commander OF the Ar
my of the Potomec, and of the iufiucn-
. lcca which were brought TO hcur on .hn
minds Of the soldiers, 10 draw them into
q demonstration, which might be seized
ard led 10 any desperate undertaking.,
will be apt TO conclude, both that the ar-
my cannct be swerved from is loyalty,
aud that / was high time Cor change cf
commanders. Every influence which
could be used to draw the soldiers into
characterization Bgsinat the Government.
short Of setting up the STANDARD Of frevolt,
and calling them to rally round thc.v
commander as militIry dictator. yrs
rosortedtc. That this was not deue, wrs
probal " bcceuse the ,iiirers who were
inst gazing mutiny, did not dare io MP
peal 90 tho soldiers on tho squarc issuc.
/, The Grand Army, on cumpaigp
whose success had already been endan.
gcred, IL not wholly lost, BY tho csmmar-
der's ohstlf ATE d lry ol month, and by
, his tubsC quent uugoc u tably slow pre-.
grcss, was halted fer four days fof1tcir-
tclgcnce Of the supcrecssion t&work.
aided by the inshllous instigltions Of his
: pirtisuns. and FOR grand dsps ctacular dis
y! y, IN which the emotions Of each di-
visiun were appealed TO by pathetic ad.
dress. When We r, feet how absolute
: hus been this ccmn ardcr's control Of all
= the appointments in that army for tho
last year, and how great is the influences
= OF ciIiccrs aver disciplined men, we mey
y begin TO appreciate the safety that les
: In the army OF the people. II is no vio-
lener to prohabiliu, TO suppose that to
this iIe.ti'y Of the army with tho people
|, we now owe the preservation of this
y Government, and cur escll : from mill
! tary dictatorshif.
We will improve this occasion BY re-
9 ferring to the very unmiliirry proceeding
Of filling up the rrgultr army, by deplc-
Y ing aud dsmoralizing the volunteer regi-
q mputs in the Rcd--a proceeding in vio-
y latien OF . military prcpriety, decency
= aud regard iUr the scryi Sc, while Il in
p" mcUses The risk to which we have just
been exposed. We need not devote space
u TO an exhibition OF iis character, for no
=, one will attempt to justify II by military
~ =, sr any other rules. II is more like tho
u expedient Of a General preparing for
coup d. etat, than the conduct OF Gcv-
eminent relying on the Il; s.!..y =; tie e.
plc for its defense.
j. We shall not fully appreciate the fdel-
Ivy OF the army unless we take into con-
sideration the other influences 10 Ohich
~ II has been constantly subject. A GER
n- tain class OF journals in the North,which
Ia have mdust iously promoted every feat
-, urc Of the Secession programme, have
persistcntly laborod 70 create AN a1tago-
" nism between the army aud the Govern
s- ment. The charge has been continually
at rtiterot d that members of the Cal net
,s. md oil Congress, were thwarting the OPP
eraticns IT the commander OF the army /,
" for IN purpose of breaking him down.
ne lis own plans, after they had utterly
n, failed, wcra charg TO Cabinet or radio .
he ical iItcrlercnccs, And after his fai urc
had swallowed NJ the whole army, aud
left the Capital exposed 10 capture. and
'o the Northern citira Ia invusior, il wus
he charged t9 the re US ] Of the Govcrnn ent
to reinforce him. as
n. Soldiers who saw the army hclplessly
W. sacrificed by the commanders imbecility
oc were told by those urnals that il was
ar interference of the radicals In the Gov
,o ernment that sncr feed them. Tie chief
of ihcs Journals wns the NV York Her
, mid. ), me others of less Satanic ability,
-. have lubored with the sane intent, aud
W somc with better intentions have prvha-
W bly Collow.d as mere dures. These have
" bcen the only Journals allowed 10 reach
IL ,he s,lci rs ei the Army Of tho poto-
,no. ~.
H. o,rsf,i .u,orv.sio, wic,dinc tho
C. mean. which military absolut SIN in tho
ut (je,J giyrs. bos excluded the honest and
p wy ~ J."' ~ -, w ~ ,l,