New-York daily tribune., 1862-10-09

conscription Of Msy ard June iass haa tnol
than doubled their numbers were they able TO
meet us in anything like equal force.
Gen. Mcclellan, on assuming the chief CON-
mand at Washington last year, was surrounded
aud almost mo1opolzed by beyy OF seli-pro-
claimed friends and noisy adulatorS who we're
so anxious to screen the Rebels from the just
punislxnent Of their treason that they devoted
oil their energies TO planning Campaigns IN
other directions. Their frat idea Wa disper-
sion OF Congress at tho point OF the bayopet,
n Ia Bonsparte, and the institution Of Mill
tary Dictatorship which should secure Peace
and Reunion by the ready concession OF any
conceivable demand OF the Slave Power.
In the execution Of this purpose, they were
GOOD enough TO assign to Gen. Mcclellan
dazzling position. He did not SEQ fit to accept
it. Then they tried their hand at getting us
into great European Wer, which Qbey
fondly boped) would compel surrender to the
traitors. That promised we'll for time, but
ultimately miscarried. This left them no re-
source but to fall back upon The hope Of
making Ger. McCleilan's ramc their
talismnn. and to open their way to power
by fairy darkening the cir with lies i'm
porting that "tLe Abolitlonists' were en-
barrassing and thwarting thor favorite-ihat
thoy had divided his commend, refused him re-
endorsements, taken away his troops, &C., &C..
all destitute OF even the shadow OF excuse
ID I r.lafI.uc NNIth tteu
Mcclellan have ever been most intimate and
trustlll--has told the country that 1t was he,
and no one else, who countermanded Secretary
Stan.on's order that Gen. Mcdowell should re-
enforce Gen. Mcclellan before Richmond, leay-
inp Washington 10 be defended az IT might.
Aud tho division of commands IN virginia, OF
which so great handle has been made, WAS
on inevitable consequence OF The decision To
approach Richmond by way OF the james RIVER
peuinsula-a mistake wbch 10 " Abolitionist
had any share in. Yet forty score Of silly
Young officers, laboring under frightlu az
tack Of shoulder-strap on the brain, actually
koow no better than still to So re'ing and
foamng over the country, threatening the most
unutterable vengeance Of 4" the Army" on
Z" the Abolitionis,s," if they don't d" stop inter.
fering with Gen. Mcclellan :"
Gen. Mcclellan, in his "Order No. l63, gives
these zsnies and their moro dangerous ring !
leaders tie rebukc thy have SO long needed. /
In few but it words, he d. fnes admirably the
relation, Of the Army to the Government, the
soldier to hrs country and notifies his sabordi.
naie. that the policy ana purpose OF tho War
IN which they are engaged arc TO bc settled not
by them but by the ciyl authorities, aud from
t.mo TO time made officially known TO them by |
ths Presdent. HIs orders are their law, which |
10 true soldier viii think Of disputiBg. lie
may still cherish the opinion that another policy
w0ad be wiser and moro elective, but Lo will |
express that opinion temperaie'y, deierentially,
and with profound respect for the constituted
authorities of the Nation. In short, Gen.
Mcclellan puts bis heel decsiyely ON every
scheme or project Which looks 10 the transi0r-
nation OF the Army inso a sort Of Free PArlia- |
men, a1d Court OF Reyi'ion, md its Chief IDto |
u Roman lmpsrator. Gen. Met .e,lcu VII have
nothing OF this under his co4i and, ard they |
who persist in II will DO so at their peril.
Gen. Mcclellan in this Order expresses no
other than a soldiers opinion Of the President
Proclamation Of Freedom. To have done 9TH /
erwise would have been held to justify the very |
license be was constrained to rebuke But We
happen TO know that the Generals personal
conviction and deliberate judgment fully sustain |
anl approve tina. Proclamation, regarding it as
a wise, just, and necessary measure of National
defense against deadly and formidable treasOn
Whatever adverse symlathies AID proposes
sions Gen. McC.claa may at an earlier day /
lAye cherished have been dissipated by the
stern experience Of the Inst year. lie gives TO
that Proclamation and the policy il inaugurates
not merely the ready support OF hrs soldiers
arm but the full approval OF his understanding
and the bcnedcton Of his patriot heart. In
fact We believe, though we have no authority
for stating, taat tho Proclamation was not
issued until after Gen. Mcclellan had signacd
to tho President that the time for il, in his
judgment, had fully come. Gen. Nee. had
faithfully labored, for more than year, to
save the Union without destroying Slavery.
Not succeeding in that experiment, no was
now ready TO give as loyal and hearty a sup
pore TO On effort 10 sayo The Union and let |
Slavery 20 to the wall. And that effort will
now be made.
May we not hope that all patriots viii fol-
low his e1amplcl Has not Whit is distinct
lively known Us tho Border-state policy had
fair trial a year and half OF warfare has
buried the Nation in debt. filled the land with