Litchfield enquirer., 1862-11-13
THURSDAY. NOV. 13, 1862.
  The Removal of Mcclellan.

At last the country breathes freer. The faces of all loyal men look happier and more hopeful than they have done for months. A great weight seems to be lifted from every heart, and each gathers hew inspiration from the other, that a brighter day is dawning for the Republic. Just as it has been useless to deny that great dis appointment and dissatisfaction has been felt toward the Administration, for the protraction and delay which has hitherto marked its course in carrying ou the war against the rebellon-a dis satisfaction that has resulted in the defeat o the friends of tue Administration in the recent elec' tions-so we need not conceal the fact that this dissatisfaction has been fostered to no greater degree than because the Administration has persisted in keeping in command of our arm'es those who have long since worn out the patience of the people by long, pitiful, criminal 'nact'on --if by no suspicious of some worse criminailty.
 Gen. Mcclellan has been removed from the command of the Army of the Potomac for thu positive disobedience of orders given by his su- periors, and by the President himself Not only this, but his whole course since the miserable failure he made of the Peninsular campaign, and the more recent failure to follow up the enemy after the battle of Antietam, has been such as to justify his removal without the additional reason that is made the eliminating point ln the official act of his supercedure. The General in- Chief takes the responsibility. aud the Presl- dent and his Cabinet, who have all the while been hoping against hope, who have been urging him forward by every means Of persuasion and command, who have been made to bear the bur. den of his inexplicable slowness and culpabe inactivity, have at last given their official sane ton to what has long been the wish of the country. The only fault the country will find will be that the act was not performed six nontha ago.
 We do not now care to enquire why this steE was not taken months ago. We have been long fearful that the Administration was under the influence and control of dangerous politica clique, that had the ear of the President, th't poisoned the Generals in command, that wasted the energies of the country, that disoreanizec the army, and that even has dared to raise it. threatening tongue against whoever opposed it, interests and its will. We thank God then. ane take courage, that at last this dangerous cliqu' seems to be discomforted, and We firmly trus that the President has at last "pus his foo down." and will hereafter turn a deaf ear tt those who have so we'll nigh brought the country to ruin. We sec by this last act, as by the re moval of the incompetent Buell. in the West, 1T spite of all the noisy clamor of politicians, tba the President is resolved to break away from every clique, and save the country as his owl best judgment dictates.
 We ask nothing more. We trust and believe that under the gallant BURNSIDE, whose name il tower of hope and strength to our arms. w shall have no more delays no more iuaction n' more failures to follow up the retreating enemy no more Bull Runs or Balls Bluffs disasters but victories such as Roanoke and Newborn anc Antietam Bridge witnessed, and such as tic country has looked for, and hoped for, and wait cd for, under Mcclellan, and never saw. Sc confident is our faith now, not alone in our Gen erals and our armies, but in our country, and in the President, who has dealt such powerful blow. at the rebellion by his Proclamation of Eman' eipation and the removal of incompetent com. manders, that we believe these signs of new ac- tivity will be followed up by the most vigorou. measures against the rebellion, that the Union will be handed down to posterity the worthy eempser of the sver-living WASHINGTON.