The New York herald., 1862-09-08

The Radical Press and OGr 0sasrsis.
NO class OF men have been worse abused by
the radical journals than have our leadins
generals. The Tribune. Times, World and
other Journals of their stripe, have, ever since
the commencement OF the rebellion. been con.
stantly assaifing the commanders Of our
armies, sometimes one, sometimes the other,
and endeayoring to destroy confidence in them,
and thus weaken the Union cause. They com
menced their assaults upon the veteran Scott.
whose age and scars received on the battle
field and invaluable service rendered to his
country did not in the least shield him from
their venomous assaults or soften their Ian.
guage. Age compelling him to return to pfi.
vate life, and leave the active operations in the
field to the hands of younger men, the batteries
Of the radical press were Immediately opened
upon his successor, Mcclellan. Through all the
events of the war, down to the present time,
they have made q target Of some one Of our
generals, and assailed them just in accordance
to them by the President. One day they ~.
sail Mcclellan with all the vituperation that
they can concentrate in their articles; the next
day It is General Halleck, and then General
Pope, and 20 on through the whole list They
charge in turn upon each Of them the mis-.
management Of the campaign and the response
bility of every failure to conquer the
rebel army, when, in reality, the respond.
bility rests upon other shoulders. The othss
day the Tribune bitterly assailed cClellan, tho
Times charged Mcdowell with treachery, and
the World accused Pope of incompeten.
ey. They have been charging General Buell.
with incidence, while he has been ma,
turing plans for decisive work in the West
This course can have no other effect but
to divide and discourage the public. create
doubts, distrust and misgivings, and destroy
confidence in the success Of the Union arms, and
thus to corresponding extent strengthen the
South. They are On par with the intrigues Of
the Revolution, the assaults upon Washington,
and the charges made against him of mis-
management and of pursuing Fabian pslicy.
We all know that there has been great deal
of mismanagement ever since the war com
menced; but, as it was in the days of the Revo-
luton, that part of the business is the work Of
the politicians and the radicals in Congress In
the early part of the Revolutionary struggle the
press of New England and the politicians and
representatives in Congress from that section,
commenced their assaults upon Washington, and
zealously labored to supersede him with Gates.
Soon after the success of Gates at Saratoga,
which he secured by the execution of the plans
Of Washington and the indomitable energy Of
Arnold, this cabal renewed their attack upon
Washington, succeeded to a certain extent in
carrying their point in Congress, placed General
Gates in the position of President of the Mill
tary Board, removed Washington's efficient
quartermaster. and placed men in charge Of
the subsistence and supplies whose only qualif-
cations were in the fact of their belonging 70
the Gates and Conway cabal They hoped BY
this move to force Washington to retire, and
thus have matters their own way. But the
blunders and disasters that resulted from this
movement, the critical and starving condition
that the army was forced into by their manage
ment, and the sufferngs that toek place during
the winter at Valley Forge, owing to the incom-
potency of the quartsrmasters aroused public
opinion and soon forced this cabal into retire
ment without accomplishing their designs, whom
Washington was again permitted to manage
the war unembarrassed as commander-in-chie
and victories once more took the place of dis
asters. The action of this cabal extended the
Revolutionary war, increased the expense and
added largely to the loss Of life.
The same part that was played by tho New
England conspirators against Washington has
been re-enacted during the present war by the
radical politicians of New England. and by the
radical representatives in both houses of Con-
gress, sustained and urged on by the radical
journals in this city and throughout the Nor tn.
Their intrigues and schemes have produced all
our defeats. Upon their shoulders rests the 70
sponsbility OF all our disasters. Through the
importuning OF the radicals at Washington and
their continual efforts upon the Cabinet our
generals have been constantly forced into criu-
cal positions, from which it was difficult to AK
trcate themselves. Their evil work has been
carried to such an extent that no general, it
mattered not how skifully or carefully he might
prepare his army, could not be successful unless
he was in command of division so far re-
moved from Washington that these Marplots
could not have any influence over bis forces or
movements. They compelled our army to move
unprepared into the trap at Bull run. Silenced
for time by the indignation OF the public,
they next exhibited their hands against McClel-
Ian. The radical journals assailed him day
after day, and the radical Congressman
plotted and schemed for his overthrow,
as is conclusively shown by Wilson's
and Fessenden's Congressional speeches.
Through their intrigues and pretended contra
band reports that large force was marching
upon Washington they prevailed upon the ad-
mnistration to keep a large army on the Rap
pahannock, aud thus forced Mcclellan single
handed, to contend with the combined and con-