The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1862-06-07

down this rebellion in the Mississippi valley
Added to their repeated defeats in Missouri
Arkansas, Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama and
Mississippi, and to their loss Of New Orleans
the rebel armies of the Southwest, concen
trated into the army of Beauregard, appear to
have become so disheartened and demoralized
and broken up, with his evacuation of Corinth
as to justify the conclusion that he will never
be able to rally together again for battle fifty
thousand of his late imposing force of one hun
dred and twenty thousand men.
The rebellion thus being virtually put down
in the West with our occupation of the entire
line of the Mississippi river, and the fight,
decentralization and dispersion of Beauregard's
army, decisive overthrow Of the rebel army
of the East will end the war. So now for
Richmond. Had not the wise and well con-
sidered plans Of General Scott, General McClel-
Ian and General Halleck been interrupted by
our intriguing, clamorous and disorganizing
abolition dsunionists, this rebellion would
have been to-day among the things of the past.
But as our abolition disturbers and Marplots
they also contrived to break up the plans of
General Mcclellan with the rebel evacuation
Of Manassas Thus his army was divided into
three armies, and, while that of Mcclellan was
to advance upon Richmond via Yorktown, the
rebel forces in that quarter between the army
Of Mcdowell and that of Banks were to be in
.ercepted and enclosed as in bag We need
not say that this grand scheme has failed-that
General Banks has only escaped being
bagged himself by the most remarkable re-
treat for rapidity, intrepidity and endurance
Of all this war, and that General Mcdowell,
apparently, has been hardly as useful in these
too widely extended combinations as the fifth
wheel Of piece of flying artillery. Accord
ing to the programme enforced upon the War
Department by the boisterous abolition bri-
gade, General Mcdowell was assigned the posi-
ton from which, in the nick of time, he could
step in and carry off all the honorsl A practi-
cal test, however, has shown that our abolition
strategists relied too much upon the accommo-
dating disposition Of the enemy.
Banks has been repulsed, Mcdowell has been
bafHed, Fremont, coming in by the wrong
road, has failed to catch the retreating Jack
son, who knew the right one, and all these
outside operations, instead Of assisting, have
embarrassed the movements of Mcclellan; for,
while diverting us with their dashing depreda-
tons into the valley Of the Shenandoah, the
rebels have been concentrating their strength
in front of Richmond. There they are in supe-
rior force to that Of General Mcclellan; but
there, by immediate and heavy achievements
to Mcclellan on the right flank and on the left,
and in the rear of Richmond, we may still not
only capture the city, bu. the rebel army de-
Tending it, and most of the chiefs Of the rebel
government, including JEFF Davis himself, who,
it seems, has resolved to "die in the last
ditch"
So well satisfied are we that this can be done,
that the rebel army and the heads Of the rebel
government can be taken with Richmond, and
that we have the achievements needed for
the work sufficiently near to enable General
Mcclellan to achieve this complete and crown
ing victory within the next ten days, that we
feel no hesitation in urging this plan of action
on the immediate attention Of the President and
his Secretary Of War. For the space Of hun
let all our available forces be drawn close around
the enemy there, SO as to make his capture GER
tain and inevitable, and then our occupation of
the rebel capital will infallibly end the war.
JAMES HENRY LANE AND HENRY JAMES RAY
MoSD-Jim Lane cheek by jowl with Ray
mond. Par mobile fratrum. "Tell me with
whom you keep company, and ! will tell you
what you are" Is trite though true remark.
Birds Of a feather flock together. The man
slayer and the Kansas border rufian addresses
a Jacobin club at the Cooper Institute, and
among "the distinguished persons" reported
in the New York Times to have gathered around
him are DR.. Vincent Colyer, banished from
North Carolina by its Military Governor for
scditious practices; II. II. Helper, brother of
the author Of the "Impending Crisis served
with the same sauce for the same cause, and
Hon. Henry J. Raymond. The lion of the
evening was, of course, Jim Lane, who, a few
years ago, in Kansas, shot q neighbor dead in
the open day for venturing to well near his
house with vessel to get drink of water.
This Lane held forth in his usual low, vulgar
slang, SO repulsive to an audience even of or
binary refinement. Raymond seems to be
ashamed Of his performance. lie says he is not
an Impressive speakers" that "there is nothing
marked or striking either in his thoughts or
language; and his manner is vehement and
boisterous, rather than effective or eloquent
He makes no attempt at argument rarely ap-
peals to the feelings, and deals scarcely at all
in either wit or bumor." In short, he is only
remarkable for "a good deal OF ungraccful ges-
ticulation." He ought to take lessons in rhe-
toric and elocution from the ex-Speaker Of the
New York State Assembly; for, though Ray
mond has failed as lobby manager and in
many other undertakings, he is proficient in
the art Of auency and fippancy. Let him take
,poouth hrnthor lane in hand