New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-07-10

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I Since the news Of Gen. McClellans flank
movement from the Chckahominy ia the james,
concerted howl of detractiou and yituperatlon
has nssailed ard demanded the displacement 81
the pre.ent Secretary Of War. Journals which
in one breath declare thst movement u mastery
conception and its execution a brilliant sue
cess. in the next treat it as disaster and de-
,uand the head of the Secretary Of War az It's
ex,,iation. And The utterly factious and vir-
fuoIl, treasonsble character and drift Of this
clowvr is betrayed BY The Herald in repeated
ntinstions that enllstments shall be arrested
until the Sccretary's removal is effected
We ask 10 vain for specl6ca'i,us-for facts.
I. lie assumed that there were troops some
where that mimht have been safely spared to
reinforce Gen. Mcclellan, but no one tells US
where they wers 10 be found, nor is there 3
particle of evidence tbat, if such there were,
the Secretary is responsible for Withholding
them. IL i, assumed, indeed, that Secretary
Stanton is responsible for the division OF CON-
rosnds in Virginia; but this assertion is utterly
unsupported ard explicitly contradicted. That
division is an inevitable consequence Of the Sc
lection OF Fortress Monroe as the base aud the
Yorktown Peninsula as the starting poiut uf lie
advance upon Richmond. No General direct
ing that movement could possibly condnct the
operations necessary to the defense Of Wash
ington and the Shenandoah Valley. Napoleon
or Wellington would have poremptoriy refused
TO undertake it. We koow not who is re-
sp0nsible Cor the grave mistake involved in the
approach to Richmond by way OF Yorktown
and Williamsburg rather than the Rappahan.
mock and fredericksburg; but this has MOI
even been charged upon Secretary Stanton;
and il is this which compelled di.son OF
forces aud commands and necessarily weakened
the column operating against Richmond.
The President is solely responsible ~ the
Nation for the correct and Efficient prosecution
Of the War and We have no adyice to give
him az TO the composition OF bis Cabinet. "
he believes the country can be better served by
q recast or modification of his Cabinet, 50 be
il: We have nothing to say on that point. But
we do protest, most delcrmlnedly against the
whole scapeg0at theory oI OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
the sacrifice oil. any capable ard efficient fame
tionary TO groundless and upju-t clamor. We
protest especially against the assumption of one
of oar journals which, having for weeks been
hsapng ali manner 81 basciess calumuies on the
head Of tie Secretary Of War, BOW make
those same calumnics and their presumed eject
a ground of prescription OF Mr.. Stanton, say
ing:
Nov .bere millions OF intelligent, cy.i men who
hrmy believe hai Sccftry stanton has been " - FatAl
with this wicked and dsrssrou it lof tlur sglnsi
fg+lersnce az H.. end, TLh ltef n.y De- erfouoou1 ~
man penetrate others he,l But here ti ou' ret
The ,e,1,1n rroh G,4 AcCiesH oIIred ~. an
ghici 'rors rraHy areo,,,g p A' .nofm 0s rihh'.e
hem Do Guy uuu1ert TIE - pc en- 20 n'rc % ihgf
be- espou'o lee q the, s han the cen % ~
esdlui en- seqltucr Ttr aftsch inc F1t Of Il 10 DE
- Tetsiy NJ. nd ttrf. + 20 eafin, rIrs-on oe
ont 70 tie m'- House o. 90 ii thi' cu So'ot hll ~
patton 4. soLc he fLut Wy o. some ohr man. f.
, ~ due, ~ sis = 70 viii DO ,ta,l DO ~ or pr
rose than hc slreciet triumph over tli' aec1@i i''Don
The above was put forth by The Bor'd .
directly in the nce of Tie Er'HiHg Posfs
statement that the President has a letter from
Gen. Mcclellan returning thanks for Gen.
Metals division (Which reached him but t@o
or three days prior 10 the recent batilcs). and
saying that he has now mcu enough Ia take
Richmond. Surely. Tie Borid should either
have denied the existence OF such letter. o.
it should have reiraned from an assault Which
though ostensibly aimed 1t Secretary Stanton
Inevitably reaches The President through HIN,
and implies unftuess for his post in much
higher iuuctiona-y than the Secretary If War
Let Us be fully understood as ia no manner
deciding that the pre.ent Cabinet should OF
should not remain ubmod Ted, nor That Mr..
stanton should or should not hold bis place 30 .
L. If he has ia any manner eyiuced uniiincsa +
tor his most re- pOn-iMe post let the President
III once di.placc lin. But W. do most yeho'
iDenty pro.est against the sacrifice of any
capable AID faithful public servant to mere
clamor 81 he beck OF those who have raistd
that clumor for this express purpose. \
President who could stoop 10 throw head ~
my mob Wish may thus approach hls WIN
dows would soon degenerate into a mere con /
euience Of the lowest and yiest intrgusrs
for place aud power. Mr. Lincoln, we Ar
sure, vii not ieGr to be Just.
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