The New York herald., 1862-12-08

I Dut enough, TOT tn0 proSensI VI snOoO OAC
giant extraA We shall refer to the Counts
book again, and especially to its disclosures
of the radical plans In regard to the Cabinet
and its damnatory evidence against Chase,
Opdyks, Barney q Co. Now, however, We can
only recommend the volume to the careful
consideration Of the President, who will see in
It ssch portrait Of the radicals, drawn by one
Of themselves, q may well make him shndder
with disgust at tlD abolition harpies who
cluster around him.
McClellam and the Fruits OF Hts Services
to the COuntry,'
If the campaign now in motion against Rich
mond should prove successful, az there is good
reason to hope it will, the result will be, in u
great measure, due to the ines timahle services
rendered by General Mcclellan TO the country.
Though he is not now in active service, owing
to the Vaccinations of the insane radicals and,
corrupt politicians i'll power, be lives IN the
hearts of his countrymen and In the affections of
che army he commanded and his teachings and
example will not be in vain. Every develop
ment proves him to be not only great soldier,
but statesman, and the day will come when
those who have conspired to humble him will
Gnd out their mistake, and regret, when too late,
the blunder they have perretrased-a blunder
of q kind greater then crime.
By his campaigns Mcclellan has trained
the army and its officers for future
success. He has been their great military
teacher in the best of all schools-the
Asld. In Western Virginia he Hr-t
showed what troops under his command could
do. The brilliant battle of Rich Mountain and
che strategy by which it was brought about
showed that he was no ordinary man. After
the first disastrous battle Of Bull run-lost BY
AoDowell- was wisely selected to
organize the army Of the Union for the terrible
struggle that was before it. Ho knew that
Southern men were "foemen worthy Of his
rteel,r and secuted the miserable folly
Of the "On to Richmond" fanatics. He
weil knew that II was easier to raise such a
pry than to accomplish the object Hisepre-
partitions were on scale, of magnitude
commensurate with the difficulty Of the enter
prise-preparations which the oldest, ripest and
most profound military mind in the country had,
without McClelian's knowledge, previously de-
clared to be necessary. His organization Of
che new army around Washington was q task
Of an almost herculean character. The officers,
for. tho most part, were as ignorant as the men;
but, from the intelligence and natural aptitude
of Americans for war; and from the superior In
kellect and correct theoretical knowledge Of the
teacher, the army was soon schooled in the
theory of battles. All that was needed wa; .;
practice. In the peninsiiiif campaign which
followed the troops received many important
practical lessons, which he taught them to i'm
prove, and in brief time made them equal TO
any veterans who ever fought in the armies Of
Europe. His mastery retreat from the Chicka-
.hominy to Berkeley, and thence to Yorktown,
&ill stand in military history beside the great
est performances Of the same kind achieved
by masters Of the art of war. He saved an
army which any other general in the country
would have lost--saved it for an imperishable
victory on field more than two hundred miles
distant. . sr .~
= After the second disastrous battle Of Bull
Run-iost by Pope endangering the capi-
tai and rendering probable the invasion Of
Maryland and Pennsylvania, he was called to
assume the. command Of tha army, OF which ne
had been 50 recently deprived without cause
Washington was IN danger, and Self-Ireservation
vas stronger than the rancor d party spirit.
The campaign which followed-the campaign
of Maryl land, concluded inltwo battles--yyas the
most brilliant Of the war, ,.and finished the psac-
teal education of the army and its officers for
the great work before them
1Banks and Burnside, with armies taught in
lhis best of all military academies -expe-
rience-are now advancing in concert against
the enemy, and they cannot fail to be success
fal If the War aud Navy departments and Gene
raj Hslleck will only do their duty to the
country But, judging from the past, we are not
scRgune that that part Of the programme will
be performed as II ought to be. In three or four
months the rebellion may perhaps be crushed
as far a. war can do 1t; but when the rebel
.armies in the Aeld are subdued there is some
.thinG behind which must be dealt with, and
which the republican party seem to have ig-
,aorsd Tho population must be reconciled to
sthe federal government. How Is that TO be
done? II can only be accomplished by concili-
,ation--thc hardest lesson which the radicals
have to learn. In truth, like the Bourbons,
ahey seem incapable Of learning or forgetting
anything, and certain destruction awaits them.
To conquer the Southern armies in the field is
~one thing to effect a cordial unien OF the
non-combatant population with the loyal States
tis another. They cannot be restored TO the
Union by mere force. Their State rights must
y5e recognized, and the visionary theories and
outrageous doctrines OF Sumner and Wilson,
Wade and stevens must be tramplod under foot
The elections Of this fall have given the pre-
monitovy note OF what the people intend-to do.
The elections of 1868 and 1864 will demonstrate
,still further the viii Of the people. They will
~iiv v;ndicate the wisdom Of the ideas Of Nc