Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1861-1862, 1862-01-15
Tho Gro,yI Of pi.content.

The Cincinnati Commercial IA Black Republican jour.
nall has III a recent ISSUE lengthy article on the con.
duct Of the war ii which LineOln his Congress- and Gen
Mcclellan. are severely eensured. The Commercial
says:
There IL something and somebody wrong and stupid
az Washington Is il Gen. Mcclellan, or the Congress-
or the CABINET, the President? So far
csraed We have treated General Mcclellan with the
highest consideration. We are not inclined nov to
rbarge the blame for the nfne stupidity which pre-
dominates upon him But be know that his time Of
probation has expired He must go back to the world
or be admitted " full communion. We must have deeds
heucsforth We cannot wait for any more tinkering
either In reviews artillery p-socs or rscounossances
The army Of the Potomac sud the army of the Ohio
mus, move and ;ht the country ia irretreva.
" ruined. Il will be impossible TO maintain the credit
OF the Government through the winter, with Washing
ton for the OUrgng place Of great army. The peo
ps viii not maintain the monster II il deyours every
thrg and does nothing. TaEy don, want such az ele
yhaut Toe Secretary Of War talks OF seven hundred
thousand men in the field. What are they doingy Toe
cre;ary should have been thinking that point when
sritug the tail Of his report which ca. ctualy
driven 40 BY the President with his modifying maui -
The Secretary beasts OF the prodgous exhibit
IN placing 50 number Of troops in the field The
ruth H. thus Ear boosted numbers have only adyer
ssi our ncapac.ty The Chinese and HindoOs can beat
~ in numbers, AID Wc have not heard the AsAtic
e-s ranked among the great ones OF the gooe. What
lave we done ASIDE from the Port Royal bOudardment
% chow tia, We entitled the respect Of the
military monarchies OF Europe than the Asatics.
The C5aDlrciai then abiding the negro question In
Congress proceed:
Ho5 long viii it take the swarm Of third rate dema.
gogue aud second rate iauac' IN Congress, TO learn
that the pa age Of few resolutions will not end the way
Tue whole bltchof resolutions before the Congress
the slavery question not worth the paper they
stjea upon and yet there persons who think that
the War:Woud be ended by of Congress declaring
the emancipation OF saves. VIVA. wlnti not Con
rcs-ola intern euiou but military activity Il is bald
nonsense TO talk OF freeing the slaves until have
east broken the iron OF the Confederate contra
baud blackberry pie Where the negroes gentlemen
propose to free Behind the bristlng armies OF the
Goniederatss.
Il then asks the foloSng very reasonable question:
H,du't the armies better be whipped before we eInsn
ciptte the negroes
Mex follows dissertation on Bull Run, and few
tracts fsom ,poson BonAparte active warfare, the
article cooeuing siIh the following paragraph, minus
poet'cll quotation at tho end Of it.
But nox We must hit, or our Nationality will perish
II ~ 90 IL the Mississippi the OHIO the Potomac
aud the coast il s'our Kentucky Virginia and South
C0na can pass the crisis Ot ocr civil safely IN
thirty days aud present ourselves to Great Britain in
good condition. At present our diplomacy, our lcgsls-
ton all that have, is contemplate, because
are updisiinguisbed.
No wonder the British bu'ter and treat us as If We
we're plrsel OF Hottenots Let the Worli that
army is composed Of soldiers, and ia large mob
which weakness rather than power, aud shall be
respected and have a right selfrcspec once more.
Our military situation between ClnadI aud the insurroc
iionaEy States is that peculiarly demands activity.
Ic Se could move men in the Nipoeonc style, might
crush the rebel srmi with whole strength and then
huuch orr entire ioTci at the British possessions, and
sweep rebellion and the relics of European rule from the
coutaeat-Whereupon we might expeo. millennium Of
peace for there would be none in all the world modest
u3 or make ia afraid.
We viii merely add here, that if the millennium o.
peace" is consequent alone upon the Federal Govern
msn m1vng mel in the NapOleOnic style" the good
time coming" is far distant but troops have dis
covered mode of moving men in Ball Ran e. style"
possibly The effse. may Be equaly as happH