The New York herald., 1862-12-09

river reminds us OF the great dupont
/ expedition to Port Royas from fora -
Monroe when right across the wAte,s from sa. s.a
rendezvous was Norfolk, which Dupont's -.
and Sherman's land forces could have taken in
two hours Or, with the rebel ...rmy g. g. Virginia
encamped at Manassas these land and naval
forces from Hampton Roads could have moved
right on up the river to Richmond, for the city
was then without Notifications on its land or
water approaches. Are we to have the same
thing over again, as the frittering away of our
vast resources upon grand and costly expeli-
tions to the remote extremites Of the SOUTH
resulting in no cOmpensatng advantages! or
are We really to have this winter an overwheln,-
ing blow aimed at Richmond!
General Mcclellan, in his letter to General
Halleck from Harrisons Landing, pleading
against the recall Of his army from that COM
manding position, and begging for reinforce
ments which might nave been furnished to enable
him to move forward at once, in conjunction
with the gunboats of Commodore Wilkes upon
| Richmond-Genera Mcclellan. in that earnest
and prophetic letter. very truly says:-"Here,
directly In front of this army is the heart Of the
rebellion. It is here that all our resources
| should be collected to strike the blow
which will determine the fate of this ma.
| tion. All points Of secondary Importance
elsewhere should be abandoned, and every
available man brought here. A decided victo-
ry here and the military strength Of the rebel
lion Is crushed" This has been our plea since
the establishment of the rebel government at
Richmond. IT its defensive army amounts to
one hundred and fifty thousand men. we would
follow it up from the front with an army of two
hundred thousand and with supporting flank
movement by hundred thousand more, in
order to make quick and certain work; and to
do this we would, if necessary "abandon all
points OF secondary Importance elsewhere
because the vital centre carries with it the
| extremties.
We have the fullest confidence in General
Burnside and his splendid army; we are sure
that President Lincoln is thoroughly devoted
to that army, its leader, and the great end in
view; but we are not SO sure that this end will
be accomplished under the present incompetent
management of the different branches of the
War Office, or while the capture of Richmond
is made to depend upon great experimental
diversions to distant places of little or no i'm
portauce. We call upon the President to aban-
don "all secondary points elsewhere" and to
move in overwhelming strength upon Rich
mond, "the heart of the rebellion"
Attack ON ma. Seward by the World
That journal Going Over 70 tho Radi.
! Gals.
In commenting on the diplomatic correspon-
dence between Mr.. Seward and Mr.. Adams, our
Minister ut the British Court, the World news
paper takes occasion to assail the Secretary Of
State, and thus to make common cause with
the radicals in and out of the Cabinet, who
never cease to abuse him for his conservative
views. Mr.. Seward is the only man connected
with the administration who has been successful
in his own department Hence the enmity and
jealousy of his radical colleagues, into whose
hands the World is playing.
! The World is a curious journal and has .
strange history. 1t was started under the
auspices of Puritanical piety. Like Joseph Sur
face, it was a model Of Christian sentiment;
but it soon fell into sin, and the clergy and
other devout supporters of the Cody sheet lost
their money. 1t became, indeed, an egregious
sinner, the corrupt instrument Of the War De-
partment, the alder and abettor of all the fat
jobs OF Cameron and Cummings. 1t next
turned up under different regime. Last sum-
mer it became the organ of Mozart Hail. and
has since been controlled by that distinguished
politician, Fernando Wood. 1t is now sold out
to Barlow and Belmont, two money brokers of
Wall street, and is joining hands with the
organs Of the radicals in their attacks on Mr..
Seward.
His diplomatic correspondence is the pre-
text 1t is true there are some apparent dis
crepancies in correspondence so voluminous
snd running over year of varying fortunes.
But every letter of Mr.. Seward shows that he
had but one aim, one object, and that was to pre-
vent foreign Intervention in our affairs. And
he has been eminehtly successful There can
be no doubt but that for the ability he has dis
played in managing our relations with the Pow
ers of Europe we would have mad long since
foreign, in addition to a domestic, war upon
our hands. Not only would the Southern con-
federacy have been recognized, but the recog
milton would have been maintained by armed
Intervention. Mr.. Seward convinced those Pow
ers that it would not be for their interests to
meddle in our quarrel. and If the War and
Navy Departments had only done their duty as
well as Mr.. Seward they would now have no
excuse to interfere. If the heads Of these de-
partments, including the General-in-C Chief, will
do their duty to the country even now, the
armies of the rebellion will be crushed in the
field within the next two months But of this
we cannot be very confident after the lessons
Of disappoint ment we have already learned 1t
appears from one Of the letters of Mr.. Adams
that the English talk Of doing something start
ling in February. BY that time they will have