The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1862-11-26

The New York Tribune speaks in the follow.
ing glowing terms of General Hooker:
In the history Of that desperate yet iadscisvs
a., which has made Antietem . terrible house.
hold word. the central interest is the contest on
the right. where Gen. Hooker fought. Begin
ming IL with uuhesitating promPtness in the re.
connoisance of the night before, he sustained i,
unaided, ~ith unaiuchins resolution, for four
hours OF Wednesday morning. till Rebel bullet
drove him from the field lts incidents are fresh
in all memories; his exact and decisive handing
of troops on difficult ground, in the dusk Of
evening; his sagscity in eeizlng positions; the
rare coolness OF Judgment with which he silen-
ced his artillery that he might not reveal his
I;n.s. his brilliant tactics OF the next morning
the iron resolution with which he held bis troops
firm apsins. crushing odds their devotion, in.
spired by bis courage and exposure; bis keen
insight into the battle ;. his energy in pursuing
his success-in q word, the cOnsummaIe gensr
.hip which he displayed throughout, made him
the hero OF the battle. His Peninsular engage.
mep,s had shown that he possessed the acquire
men,s, the capacity, the pe's onsl force which
are the slen.urs Of military greatness. Ante
tam revealed also that inde6nable supremacy Of
Intellect which We call military genius.
And beyond all other qualifications, Gen
Hooker il in earnest; has put his heart into this
var: believes that the rebellion can and ought
| 10 be crushed that armed resistance to lawful
authority must be subdued by arms; that the
| life of the nation 10 to be preserved whatever
goes down under the martial tread OF It's defen.
ders. How clearly he saw the days great op-
portunity at Aniietsm, with what lofty devotion
and how reliant on HE Own strength he entered
ON its duties-hi. answer showed when he heard
L kaA had hoas, Loaf n
another. 81 would have welcomed q mortal
sound in exchange tor this. Il it had not come
till night" Whoever saw him in the battle kne y
his greatness. His fault was, perhaps irdiffer-
ence TO danger He would not, when urged
regard his constant peril But it is to be reco
| lected that his troops had been demOralzed un
der McDo~ell and Pope. There are times when
q General Cannot remember too earthly the value
| of his lite Ii was the battle Of the war-the
temper Of his soldiers uncertain. They had
broken under Mcdowell; they followed him With
sp,eudid courage. Who shall say he ought moi
| to have led them!
We cannot aft ord that q great General should
not have an adequate command. This var ha!
not developed such an sxuberance OF military tai
ent that ne have any to spare; We hSve mag
hiicent armies, unequaled in material and equip
msns. We have few Generals competent u
lead them. We have been out Reneralded from
the beginning Of the war. If there had beer
on our side third part Of the talent which ba
won victories for treason, The Rebellion woult
have been annihilated long since. IL is for sucl
reasons that We direct attention TO the merits o
Gen. Hooker. We have no cause to suppos
they are wholly unappreciated. Bat the publ
interest demands that they should be both crate
fully recognized and fully availed of.