The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1862-07-22
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TnE POLITICIANS And THE
WAR

tlced lie uniformity ehh which toe
espouaents row with MeCieii-
aes army threaten vengeance upon
those wlsV ior political rgssos haye
Been gailtg II kerplhg reiuiofccmspts
iiVm tie nrtny before Richmond. -
No mmter whal paper the corrvspon-
dent mas 90 attached 30 he has bal
onc voice with his fellows "a tbs sub-
ect. I, sec,as Is Ue una crstlly on
dea0oI an4 frlt, by tlose Sho have
eiiaessrd ,hs movements On the pcn-
Msua, lhai, ior political reasons, men
4. lhr cabinet anal men IA CUngres 5
have refused 10 reinforce Mcclellan,
and strongly suspected that there IS a
desire in certain quarters thai he may
utterly tal. These spondents
declare IliaI the army, while enthas'-
a,te without iIuii - praise Of their
hiei, and determined to DO all that
Pcs ia tl.em - take the capital, will
hold 10 strict ac ceouniabihty those who
Lave subjected ihem e The danger q
amdhlalion hy s superior force. ailet
the most earnest and repeated wara-
ngs.
We fear that ihe suspicious upon
which these threats are based arc not
entirely groundless, We fear that
tie reasons ior The holding Of troops
,oln Mcclellan haze been both pclit-
cal and personal Indeed, We do not
doubt that the prec iudiees aud jeal-
ousies entertained toward him have
I'D, either 70 an Intentional withold-
mag of the forces Nhica he insisel he
needed, Of . 4 distgdst 81 Ills rcpfes-
e0tations touching The strength aud
numbers Of the enemy.
There are two pa lies in Congress
and The country that seem to be very
nucb troubled as ID The result of the
wsr apon politics. One Of these is
lanxious to have thc war managed 80
81 10 perpetoale the republican party
- power. The other is chiefly inter-
csted ia Destroying The republican
Warly, ana either fgorganizing the old
democratic party or establishing some
party il which they e,lh have inau-
ence aHd office Congress has been
spies dent.makiig, God forgive them,
t@ung ihls entire session--t trimming
iof pliy poacr and party plunder or
+ yang H. hand 1T party dcsruclion.--
4 Il mlieans and anli-republicans alike
Auc atl beea engaged in tbs dirty
ibuslaes-, and that Tie war is not more
/ Hcsiiy ended dian it is, is due very
much % the plots and counler-plots
and poiitIerl intermeddling Of men who
/ kuoW no more Of aar than they do Of
Ius,roHpmy, and 10 more Of that than
lihry 10 of common decency. That
lne campi 81 in Virginia has been
lgDos,ly Nj managed ever since Gen.
/ Mcclellan lost his control Of il, Is TOO
IaprafcDt to need any argument
/ Mcdowell has done literally nothing.
Banks has been ruined that Mellow
| ell might be reinforced in his wori, OF
doing nothing. Fremont was ham
lpered 10 all his early movements BY
lack OF troops. StonewaI jackson
| has stared Washington lalt 10 death.
: McCIela Ian has found himself pitled
against overwhelming numbers; and
Iow, with WHIST is lett Of lis maguii-
cent army, Is receiving he reinforce
Inenis Which would have placed him
lil kIchmond before this ii be had them
wien he wanted them. For this po-
,ition OF affairs, military men are bot
>ponsible but civilians, who know
nothing OF var, and Who seems 10 b.
quite as much interested in personal
advancement and party advantage AZ
in the cau,e Of the country, have done
all tie mischief,
II seems 10 be important 10 the pros
feriiy Of amy enierplise tliat a man
tease init directly with definite pur-
pose and aim, wltlont attempting 70
carry anything eisc along with it, Or
makingit secondary or,fibutary ioany-
4 lhmg else. From tile commencement
/ 81 tCe present war, there have been
large uambers Of men at tile North
WHO have been pushing their hobbies,
or their personal interests, or their
political notions, IN llle path or the
wake Of the wa, wiih the endeayor
20 make ID -ubseryent 10 them. There
ure some men ~ho would hear to no
conduct Of the war which did not con
template the destruction of Slavery
Ibete were others who, pushing on
lae aar inteaded 70 make il means
81 destroying tue republican party
There were others who intended to
make tbe war coatribute 10 this or
that mans eleeiioa TO the presidency.
Ailih.s las deiracied from the eliici-
eney and wisdom of war measures. and
tended 10 proiraci contest which Is
/ already months iop long.
We have Astounding trust IN the nn-
seldshness and Patrio' ism Of President
lincoln. We do mol hina be has ang
political hobllee 10 ride. We DO not
believe that he lias set himself sny
task but the snbduing of The rebellion.
lie is commaudcr-in-cl.ief. ba. We
doubl not that be has been brought 10
The trial Of influences, in cabinet AID
Congress, wlirh would bend 4 strong
er man. He must have common