The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1862-12-11
THE PACIFIC
Commercial Advertiser.
The Fan of n Mcclellan


The Fan of a Observation-Disclosures
clap Of thunder out Of a clear blue *,
would not more surprise the people Of san Fran
cisco than dId the news Of McClclun's removal
Zach man "a he read il felt stunned If u ham.
mcr had smitten him On the crown Of his head
II was q case Of pure surprise, unaduItcrated for
the most part with Indignation OF Joy. At our
distance from the war. with our patriotism not
disturbed by the local influences that make favor
ties OF one general and prejudice against
another, We have community practIced
believing in every leader who seems % DO his
best and whose success endorses his ability. 1t
was regarded a. Of the very slightest consequence
whether Mcclellan was Il Democrat or Il Repub-
lean, whether he approved disapprOyed Of the
Emancipation proclamation, whether the North
eru Democracy tied to him or the Republicans
lacked faith in him. we concluded, from all
We could learn, that the army loved him before
ali other commanders, that he had the power 10
get more fight out Of them than any other man
IN the Union could, that he never was defeated
in battle, that where his plans had failed the
:ault was always tTIced5lc To some cause outside
OF his control, that his pcuinsuar campaign was
a failure only because ne was nteTfcTed with
after ahe work was half cOmpIeted 1t was con-
ceded that he did not follow up his victories as
rapidly as could have been wished, but the con
c,usiOn was that the Impatience of civilians
demanded rapidity Of motion which was utter
Iy impossible 70 great masses Of men. The day
gone, unregretted. Probably on Sunday night,
the Californian whose mind reverted 70 the position
OF affairs on the Potomac, thought thus 50 long
as Mcclellan commands, the enemy can do Us no
harm lie travels slowly, but ne Is Fate.
/" The mills Of the gods grind slow, but they
grind exceeding small, - and Mcclellan is u miller
after the same order. Lee may escape him, but
he Will harass his rear 10 death. It may take
him months yet to do it, but sure as our cause
Is just he marches OF to Richmond. and that
AZ LIE H.. II.
Suddenly enters the dispatch-and exit BIcClel-
Ian to Trenton, y. j. His command is turned
over to Burnside, and s':the army Is still in mo-
tom
On recovering from the first stunning effects of
the news, all turn to sJ,rmise the reasons that
-l.-rrst ana ysicAeest Intirs IS suggested first
it IS purely political movement. The elections
past. They show n most startling distrust of
the Administration. The;President Is repudiated
by the Democracy; with the experience of John
Tyler in memory, he Will take risks of being
deserted by the Republicans. Looking back, he
sees tn chief sin alleged against him Is that he
weakens in the back bonb-that he succumbs to
pressure. Hereafter he WILL follow his instincts,
adhere to the principals which made him prcsi-
dent stand BY his friends His back bone shall be
crOwbar-SfGTe deciSiS shall be the doctrine of
the White House. He haF believed Mcclellan to
be an incubus slOth in iGeneral's apparel-he
has let Lee escape, now :he must 90. lie has
proclaimed Emancipation !On the lst OF January;
he will stand by that Grant that this worst
theory Of all IS the true one, and still there
would be comfort IN tilt would be a delight
full and novel sensation to believe that what
Mr.. Lincoln SAYS to-day wall IL his rule tO-mOr-
row His truest friends have been mortified too I
often by finding that o.. SWEARING in his words /
the first Of the week, they have been compelled /
TO eat their WORDS before the week ended. lt /
would be delicious to have at last settled policy
Of some sort.
But more creditabIe explanation of the relief /
Of Mcclellan i that under the rule Of the day his ?
removal was an Imperative necessity. Ii is n .
harsh, but Just rule which makes generals /
IN position depend upon his success. /
The old CdrthagniIns, when their iavOrIte gen /
er,ll lost n battle, put him into barrel pierced
on all sides with knives, and rolled him down |
hill. In consequence .Carthaginian general I
only failed for absolute lack of ability 70 succeed
Some ship owners never give an officer q second /
ship after tie has lost one. It Is cruel 70 the IN
nOteut men whom the clements fight against,
but the owners other Clptlins are to lose no
ships through lack Of care, In this war we have
adopted the same rule, with some notifications.
Fremenr lost two CumpaIlus, and tor each was
shevcd- Shields failed of his mission near Port
Republic. aad he was sent into retirement Pope
WIS beaten IN Virginia and was exIled 10 the In
dian territory. Buell. CJu u not catch Bragg and
BJsekrans replaced him MClellan let Lee es-
cape out Of Maryland and put Of the Shenandoah
YaIIry-and he must 20. to Trenton. Buell.
drove the enemy out Of kentucky, and spoiled
the programme Ot InvasiJnta the west. VI Clrl- Z
an drove Lee Out of MARYLAND and rolled back
the invaders 10 GJrJI1nsyillc. candid Conled-
crate historian would sIv that both Buell. and /
NJ Clellau achieved successes. But the Union I
demanded more of each; urtI rs they did no more
they must 20 20 the wall. .
How Will the army stand it? VIII they prove
themselves the good soldiers that they sup
posed TO be, or will they .mutiuy and refuse TO
march on with their f;tvOrite IN disgrace behind
them. Perhaps the least pleasant sign Of these
luspicious times Is this,-tbat Fitz John Porter,
who was M'Clellan's pet general, has been order
81 % Washington 10 ausweF charges preferred by
POpe-as if that proven failure Of Pope We're
not acknowledged to be an extinguiShed hero.
But Burnside Is appointed IN MClelan's
place. OF him 1t used TO be Thought that his
best recommendation that he was just anoth-
ar Mcclellan. Cautious, competent, careful,
safe, he has not distinguished himself by success
tie was given = great expedition 10 the North
Carolina Sounds. lie took Newbern gallantly
and for awhile met no reysrscs but such as the
elements entailed. lie never was defeated, but
he did not accomplish what. the popular expecta-
ton demanded. He cut no railroads below
itIchmoni-bIt then the time never came when
the rebels were compelled To- retreat from Rich
nond, and only in that emergency would his
rival at Weldon be Of extraordinary service. He
might have done all that thd department ordered
am u do, though the people concluded in the
i1 1oH .. u4'a, that he had managed only passably
A LARGE FIRE pRnoE S,rr