New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-01-13
Cou,qentJ Ju Tile Tribune.

Wbefhr, our armies are now ready for Al
advance is point with regard to which Gen
Mcclellan 6ughe to be- far better informed thai
we are, and on which we have no opinion U
express. We protest most earnestly agains
sny movement until we nre ready, e7en thougf
vrs wait another year, and We insist that oul
rulers and military leaders shall accept an(
bear the full responsibility of their action OF
nor.nction. Should they seek again to saddle
that responsibility upon the journals, we demand
that they make an exception in behalf Of ours.
Bat if any "clamOr for movement ex-
lists, we must insist that, Sowevsr "'unkind
" anGi unnecessary" or even illjudyed and IN
timely it may be, il is not unreasonable Just
look as the facts: We have $50 says the An
nual report of the Secretary CT War; nc less
than SIX Hundred and Fifty thousand men
under arms: but LEI ~ call it Half Million.
We haze more good field artillery more ser
yiceable mu.kets and rides, and more annual
ton, than there is on the contir mt of America
beside-at least twice as much Of each as the
rebels. In numbers, discipline, trms, clothing,
munitions, provisions. ard moterid Of all kinds
in every thing, in short, but TIL ers and Off
cers-we immeasurably surpass them. Our
ornaments military and Naval now in or
ready for service have cost the country not less
than One Hundred and Fifty Millions; while
those of tie rebels would Se dear ct Fifty Mil
lions. In fact, so extensive and thorough have
been our preparations that, though we have
not yet reached a decisive battle, We stand on
the verge of National Bankruptcy.
When a" the clamor Of the day" demanded
an advance last Summer, while our three
months volunteers were in the middle of their
term of ser7iee, that demand was doggedly re-
sisted by our military authorities They held
back-postpo -wated-untl the time Of
those volunteers had nearly and some Of them
quite expired, when they went forward without
nerve or heart, and achieved q signal defeat
There was lot one chance in twenty OF getting
deeated-s simple bringing up of our forces
that stood Idle within few hours march Of
Bull Run would have secured q decisive VIC
tory. But il was so managed that less than
half-hardly more than o third-of cur total
force on the Potomac encountered seyen-eigL lbs
Of the rebels, and with the natural result
Since then, we have been getting ready 10
moye-when the leave, fell-when the roads
hardened-when this or that was accomplished
relieving the tedum Of dslay BY letting the
Potomac be closed against us and by the
butchery at Balls Bluff. 1t is now January,
and We trust we shall wait till May-at . cost
of only Two Millions per day-unless We shall
be ready to advance to morally certsin VIC
tory at an earlier period. We trust no CON-
mander will allow himself TO be hurried one
inch faster than be thinks best But, while
We stand up against the movement OF armies
in obedience to popular clamor, We feel bound
in Justice TO the public TO say that the
" claInor" 60 deprecated is not unreasonable.
That there are many officers in high position
in our armies who do not mean that the rebels
shall be- too severely whipped, we do most un-
doubtingy believe. They are not for Secession
or Disunion; they want the Union restored;
but they ere even more solicitous that Slavery
shall emerge unframed from the contest it has
most wantonly, per6diOusly provoked. They
are willing the rebels shall be whipped enough
to make them ready to compromise, but not
that they shall be 80 thrashed as to be
compelled to surrender at discretion. And
if we could have war all expense and little
or no fighting until the loyal States should 10
exhausted, discouraged, disguised, and ready
to buy q peace of JEFF. Davis by almost
any possible surrender, they would DO sill
better suited. The People see and know this,
and hence are more inclined to 80 clamOr for q
" movement" than they otherwise would be.
Ii Gen. Mcclellan had time to listen to the
talk of somo of his subordinates in Washington
hotels, he might stil regret the public i'm
patience, but he could no longer be surprised