, 1862-10-21

eeIa4e, &nd &Ae tega1ees 0t Dis pollcy- Hal
leck ut St. Louis, Buell. in Kentucky, and
Mcclellan on the Potomac, commanded
the entire line from Kausas to the Atlantic.
But Why did not the President acs-
he il commander-ln-chief1 is the inquiry
Of those who viii now endeavor to shin
the responsibility upon Mr.. Lincoln. In
pursuance Of his purpose to maintain,
after he had secured, the unity Of the
North, prudence demanded that he
should, whatever the cost, submit OF
run the risk Of losing all. See what the
removal Of Mcclellan would hare cost.
The pros1avery Democrats had already
nominated him as their candidate for the
Presidency, and pretended to have the
most implicit confidence in his military
skill-skin mainly in doing nothing. Ex-
travagant laudadons were heaped upon
his head. He became, all at once, the
greatest Of xenerals ls-men dubbed him,
historians will say, III derision, Cesar,
Hannibal, Pompey, Charlemagne, Tur-
rene, Montecuculi, Frederick, Napoleon
he Who never won q decided victory
in his life. Had the President, who
is profoundly dissatisfied with his conduct
Of affairs, removed him before he endorsed
the Proclamation, who could have allsyed
the storm that would have been raised?
His worshippen would have declared that
this was not a national but a partisan war,
and that their favorite was degraded be-
cause he was popular. We thought that
Mr. Lincoln was too timid but we did not
zee as well a. he the extent Of the danger
but when We were threatened with mob
bing If re dared again suggest his displsce-
ment, We then knew what were the proba-
bic motives that held up the axe, that
more than once has threatened the off :ial
neck Of that Yh1ng Napoleon There Was
not day from the hour that Clellan fell
into the clutches OF the Washington poll
dcians, and was licked into semblance Of q
candidate for the next Presidency, in which
Mr.. Lincoln could afford to set him aside.
To keep him was full Of peril, IS the result
has shown To hare sent him admit
would have been to give the New York
Herald, the Cincinnati Enquirer, the Chi
cago Times, and the Ideas they represent,
the ascendancy in the nation. In the ab-
sence OF JEFF Davis and Henry a. Wise,
either Va1landigham, Dennis Mahoney or
Josh. Allen can tell what that ascendancy
means. 1t was in Mr.. Lincoln's power to
remove Fremont, because he knew that
the Republicans being wholly loyal, would,
though dissatisfied, continue their efforts
for the Constitution He could remove
Gen. Hunter for dning that which he has
since done himself He could see Banks
and Sigel submit to indignity; he knew
that Massachusetts at home, and the Ger
mans everywhere were true But remove
| McCleuan-we doubt if the time for thai
has come yet and We hare told the rea
sons why.
We have thus shown what has stood ir
the way Of the advance Of the army Of tht
Potomac, and how bascless are TIT
charges that the Republicans ar
to blame for the delays, ami
disasters that have attended it. At GU
convenience we shall prove that this iner
tia Of Mcclellan is the part Of compre
hensiye plan, which the leaders Of the Dem
ocratic party have concocted, to exhaus
the resources and wear out the patience Q
the country, so that at last, and as the en'
Of the struggle, the North will be willitI
to echo as the voice Of the people the nov
famous sentence Of Gen Scott" WayWar
sisters, 60 in peacew