, 1862-01-23

lffom oHT own Correspondent.
NAsi1INeToS, Jan. IL, 1861.
In my lat lettcr1 spoke Of Eon,c 4opettsl
indications which had become visible to the
naked eye i'll this usually dcspondcnt city.
"hlc the roads have been getting worsHnld
Nc:sc, the signs of the times lave been get
ting better and better. Stanton has :uktn pos
session Of the war Office, which is a good
thing, Cameron ]sas been confirmed and pre-
suited will clean bill of health for the Court
Of st. Petersburg. Gen. Burnside is uu-
doubttdly doing the work he was sent to
perform in gallant style, and Gen. Wool is giy~
ing lim the anlplest opportunities by engas-
ing the encmy's attention at Norfolk, and
keeping tue rchc1s at that point in y perpetual
bad scare. But the most hopeful Of all things
is the solemn assurance given to Gen. Lane,
I:y the President, thc new Secretary of War
and Gen. Mcclellan, that his plan OF putting
down the rebellion, 1y putting t1o,cu syase,y,
shonte tried to The satisfaction Of hinsse!f and
the country.
Let it be understood tlat Gen. Lancs plan
conprehcnds more than has been hitherto at
tempted by any other military commander.
Fremont proposed to iberate only tic slaves
Of rebels after kind Of trial in court Lane
proposes to Nberatc at once all tie slases in the
country lie occupies, and to establish them on
tie soil Of the rebel 4nasters In this way he ex-
poets to restore perfect quiet in the rebellious
Districts and at the eame time to give the ne
gFoes every inducement to remain at home
aud not oyenun the North, as some croakcrs
apprehend. shall not be surprisedt to hear that
he has established free State Constitution and
government in Texas, supported by the non
slayeholding Germans of the western counties
the rebels being all driven out, or reduced
to submission and held to their Duties and OBJ
legations By the emancipatcd blacks. 1t is too
late in the day to bc hunting up apologies for
this line Of policy, this effectual method Of
dealing with the friends Of Jefidom. The thing
is going to be tried by $1,000 Northwestern
troops, with Lane at their head, and Mont
gomcry and Jennlson OIL the right hand and
on the left. Let the pro.slavery men in the
Illinois Convention, who were SO fierce to en-
dorsc The new Secretary Of War, put this in
their pipes aud smoke it. Let them under
stand, too, that Secretary Stanton is the en-
dorscr and promoter Of Lanes expedition, and
that he las promised to back it with all the
energies Of the Department which he admin
isterF. Aud let us all see which division Of
tic Union army will reach the Gulf Of Mexico
first! The three divisions this side Of Kansas
lave been from four to seven months prepar-
ing. The other can hard}y be said to have
commenced preparations. If General Lane
does not rcach THAT goal ahead of
| competition, he will Spoil rood
| army III the attempt. He believes that the
country can better afford to lose twenty or
| thirty thousand men in honest, hearty at
| longer shlvering on the brink Of engaging tile
t enemy and if lie can do nothing more he can
sacrifice himself and his men, and thus teach
foreign nations that there is somebody on our
| side in dead earnest.
The belief is growing and general that the
army has ut Last got master, and the country
| all honest and capable servant, in the person
| Of Stanton. Both these things have been in
| the highest degree necessary, and in the worst
| degree lacking. Gen McClellan's responsible
| lilies have been quite too oncrous. He
| should not he required to be commander Of
armies and See. OF War at the same time. Our
| system Of Government provides for a nicer di-
vision Of labor. At least fifty persons, who
| have been favored with Presidential Interviews,
| have told NE this wiEtcr that Mr. Lincoln was
just as much annoyed and yexed at the indo-
lcncc Of the army Us anybody else. Well it
lappens to be his prerogatiye to inaugurate q
different system, or to find out satisfactory
rrasons for the Incidence Of the army-t1ad Ait
a7o7r. If the rcasops are satisfactory, it is moi
Tor him TO be either annoyed or yexcd. Il
they are not satisfactory it is for him to insti
tutc a new and better regime in military affairs
He alone, Of Ill complainers has no excuse fol
complaining. Probably these facts have made
their due impression On his mind, and have
led hlnl to put 4 man over Gen. Mcclellan
This idea is strcnuously maintained By sonlt
Of the most zcalous Republican Senators.
IcEe they are correct.