The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1862-06-03


The Abolition Conspirators at the North
Again Flauntfng Their Disioyaity.
The check before Richmond on Saturday,
though it ended with brilliant victory and solid
advantages to the federal arms, has elected an
other howl of exultaton from the abolition press.
They see in the triumph of McClellan's strate-
gical plans the certain defeat of their own trai-
torous designs; and, accordingly, the Tribune
turns to account in the following execrabie and
atrocious article what it is pleased to call "The
Reverse Before Richmond:"-
The news from the army, before Richmond, which va
publish this morning, though not disastrous, Is not
cheerful 10 DO surprised again by superior force,
SIDE il al least proof that the enemy Is ever vgilant
and permits opportunity to when he may
strike an enectua blow. To wary gsne al, dark
night time or violent storm ID tho moment when he
would be likely TO attack inferior FORCE cut on
by running stream and swamp from Immediate as
for tho attack on Saturday on portion OF General
McClelan's army the ChickahomDy. The mistake
secms 70 have becn committed on our sido-by no
means for the first tme-of 80 placing our troops 40 %
invite such attack. That succ0r finally arrived,
brought forward with great difficulty; that the enemy
length repused At the point OF the bayonot that
they renewed the attack tho next day without
and that In all these operations their loss was probably
worry great do not alter the fact that wore at rst
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ground strewed with our dead and wounded; that
only great exsron and the mcst determined bravery
saved from signal defeat; that ono division
overwhelmed by superior numbers and convicted
before the country BY tho Commanding General OF want
Of bravery Whether bravery would have availed them
position exposed that the inevitable result was that
they should b scattered like oha whom ovsrwhem
Ing force came suddenly down upon them-on this
point have not details enough 70 decide. But
while h0pe that there extenusting circum-
stances and that the event will show either that tho
aurnr iao uran onA vvh mt h
guarded against that General Caseys division fought
as we'll a. mon could In their position nevertheless
moralizing effects sidt, and encouragement
the other. Why this happened slime will show.
srgadisr C G:ns.. Casey regular army officer and
originally composed OF brigade under Colonel Davis,
consisting Of the the One Hundred and Fourth PennsyL
first New York and Colonel Berdan's Sharpshooters
second under Colonel Tidba, Of the Fifty ninth Now
York the Egn.yf.h Pennsylvania and the Ninety;
York, the Seventy New York, the Eighty ninth
United States infantry Whether this still the
stuon Of the division At the time Of its defeat we OF
course DO not know but i has not been essen
the disgrace that seems TO have fallen IT,
Such an article a. the above, under the short
and sharp regime of General Butler, would, at
New Orleans, subject the paper publishing it to
instant suppression. Here at the North it is
tolerated, for no other reason, we presume,
than that it is no worse than the many other
overt acts of treason of which Greeley and his
associates have been guilty. When the rebel
lion first broke out they undertook to show
that, according to the principles of the Declare
ton Of Independence, the South had right to
secede. They next precipitated the advance of
our raw troops upon Manassas, in the expecta-
ton that the defeat Of the federal army would
secure the consummation Of their disunion
schemes and effect radical change in the
government. Finding their hopes bafled by
the great military abilities and energy Of
Mcclellan, they turned their batteries upon
him and endeavored to crush him. Failing in
that they weakened his command by taking
McDowell's and Banks divisions from him, cal
culating that, thus reduced in strength, the enc
my would outdank and destroy him.
Against the President, whose firm con-
sentative policy and answering support
of the General of his choice constituted
obstacles to the accom-
plishment Of their wishes, they waged q
war Of petty malice, extending even to his
family circle and domestic arrangements. And
now, when success has nearly crowned our
efforts to put down the rebellion, they seize
upon momentary check caused by the waver-
ing of one of McClellan's divisions to make
another onslaught upon the gallant young SOL
der who, under Gods providence, has been the
means Of saving the republic. The meanness
and malignancy Of this system Of political war
fare are exhausting the patience of the country.
If persevered in longer it will bring its authors
to terrible reckoning