Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1862-11-22
special oorrsspOndsncs Of the Chicago Times.
Erenn WashlngtOn.

II would be Impossible for the .AdministtsE
ton to have taken more injpdioious step,
aud one productive Of more deplorable re-
suits, than the removal Of Gen Mcclellan.
With the exception Of the radicals, every one
sees this nov, and every one is outspoken in
dcuunciation Of 80 suicidal an act on the part
Of the Government Here was a General
possessing the entire and unlimited conf
dence Of bis army that army steadily sdvan-
cling toward the enemy; the enemy retreating
before him; the plan Of the campaign oil ar
ranged, and everything working harmonious
ly; his army on the eve Of battle, which must
have resulted and would have resulted in a
glorious yictory-a victory that would have
been decisive Of the war-this General is alb.
ruptly arrested in his career his victorious
columns stopped ia their irresistible course,
himself ignominiously dismissed, his plan Of
the campaign broken up and abandoned, his
army dispirited and discouraged, and all the
operations of the winter disarrenged, and the
progress Of the war set back eight or nine
months, and all 10 crafty the malice Of few
wicked politicians who knew very we'll that in
three weeks atfurthest, Mcclellan would have
routed the rebel army, taken Richmond, and
virtually ended the war, and opened the way
for the restoration Of the Union; who are de-
termined that the Union never shall be resto-
red, and who see that Mcclellan was in fair
way to bring about that restoration, deter
mined thus to crush him in order to prolong
the war, and make reconstruction OF the
Union impossible.
The FIRST effects of this ill.judged measure
are already apparent There is o pause in
the operations Of the army. The army no
longer advances If Gen. Burnside is vigor-
Gus, he is not rash. He does not desire to
send his soldiers to certain destruction.
Therefore the bugles sound truce; and all
along the line, from Harpers Ferry to Ma
nassas Junction there is an ominous pause
Gen. Burnside is a man of AGATE perceptions,
but he cannot grasp all the details Of the
mighty work before him in single day. There
will be days, perhaps week or two before he
can be expected to comprehend his new aud
untrled dnties so perfectly as to be able to
form his plan and to give ineligible order for
it's execution. During these days the enemy
will not be idle There is no distraction in
their councils. There is no treacherous in
terferance (under the guise Of patriotism) with
their plans, The great change which has
taken place in our army is already known to
them--doubtless was known to them three days
ago. They know that the head of our army
has been stricken down. (How much comfort
will it give TO the rebel Congress and TO the
rebel leaders to know that there is a faction at
the North powerful enough to stretch forth it's
hand and strike down that honored head y
What will be the effect Of that knowledge at
the South2 Can any man doubt it2 Already
Gen. Johnston has taken his measures to profit
by that terrible blunder Already the scouts
of the rebel cavalry have been seen IN REAR
OF OUR ARMY. The news has reached this city
as write, and is now being flashed over the
country by telegraph that General Stuart cav
ahy has passed around our right wing and is
securing the country in the rear of that por-
ton of our army; and that Gen, Fitzhugh
Lees cavalry crossing the Blue Ridge by a
hitherto unknown bride path, has passed
through or between two divisions of our army,
and is now scouting In their rear
These cavalry dashes mean something.
They are reconnoissances In the parched
and barren desert through which our army has
passed, there is nothing for either man or
beast to eat 1t has been swept clean Of every
blade OF grass and every ear of corn. The
rebels know that already. What they are
after now is definite intelligence of the posi-
tion and strength of our various army corps
and divisions And they know that there il
only one way to obtain this You do not catcl
them relying on the reports of Intelligent
eontrabands"
1t has been ascertained to-day, too, that the
malicious statement that was so industriously
circulated on the day Of McClsllans removal
that the rebel army had euded Mcclellan
and we're massed at Gordonsvlle," is, anG
was, entirely false. The forces now at Cor
donsvilla have been there for the last month
and large portion of the rebel army are
still where they have been for the last month
namely: west of the Blue Ridge, and even ex
tended as far up as Winchester, Gordonsville
and the line of Rappshannock, are we'll pro
tected that, indeed, is true. But they ar,
not held by the troops that were at Winehes
ter, Those troops are still much nearer Win
chester than Gordonsville; and II Gen John
ston Is the soldier he is believed 10 be oy thos
who know him, it will not be long before the
} are heard from north of the Manassas Ga
! Railroad,
: Such, then, is the peril that has bee
{ brought on our army by the victory gained b
g the radicals over the President; such are tn
: first results Of his pusillanimous yielding t
Abolition pressure" But the evils will no
stop here. These are but the beginnings {
: trouble. Mr.. Seward may blandy talk abou
Q the waning proportions of the rebellion,
but men Of common sense know better. W
have been warned Of the immense prepar,
tons that are being made by the rebels for
winter campaign of extraordinary actiyit,
including operations both by land and sea
is evident that the accounts which hay
u reached us of these preparations have nt
: been exaggerated. 1t is at such a momen
when the heavens are black with the porter
tious storm, that the insane crew that no
e control our ship Of state have thrown owe
Z board the only pilot that could hold her helm
}, B6rThs New York Express, speaking
l. the great struggle of the age, says: