The New York herald., 1862-02-19

10 Ssiit ictoCiHS uttc uOtOuiy tuc oftulc5
of the rebels, but also the abolition forces under
Brigadier General Greeley. Like ancient Pts
tol, poor Greeley has been forced to eat the
bitter leek, and revenges himself by crying
'All He'll shall stir for this In yesterdays
Tribune this new, revengeful phase of the abO-
lition war is opened by an article awarding all
the praise of the recent victories, not to Gene
raj Mcclellan, but to Secretary Stanton. 1t is
very evident that Greeley endOws Stanton with
"long military cloak" only that he may hide
bis own diminished head beneath its folds.
"Only the other day." says Greeley, ''all was
doubt, distrust and uncertainty and 1.-The
army sluggish, discontented and decaying."
But Secretary Stanton, this poor abolitionist
continues, "has organized the victory which we
have won"
There could scarcely be more gross misre-
presentation or more silly trash than this The
abOitionists seem to have lost what little sense
they once had. No doubt, distrust or uncer-
though the abOlitionists, for their own diaboli-
cal purposes, have endeavOred to excite such
feelings. The army has been neither sluggish,
discOntented nor decaying although the abOli-
tionists have so represented it, and sent such
reports of it abroad, to be republished in
the London Times, to prejudice European
opinion. Nor has the army been mu-
tinous, although the abolitiOuists have en-
deavored to make it 90, by calling upon it to
disregard General Thomas orders, and by srsi-
cles in regard to General Fremont. As for
Secretary Stanton, he has not "organized our
Victories and has scarcely had time yet to Or
ganize his own department. Mr.. Stanton is
most able, industrious, energetic man, and we
decidedly approve of every one OF his acts, ex-
cept his farcical order for the arrest of Ives
Under the direction of the President, Mr.. Stan
ton has written some very spirited orders, and,
under the same direction, has broached some
very excellent schemes. But the Secretary is a
civilian, and has hardly been in Office long
enough to understand the plan of the cam
paign, much less to organize it, To attempt to
praise Secretary Stanton at the expense of the
President and of General McClellan-who
recognized Mr.. Stanton's ability and advised
his appointments absurd and malicious.
This campaign was organized long ago. 1t was
devised by Lieutenant General Scott and Gene
raj Mcclellan, and carried into effect by the
COmmander-in-Chief himself He has been
preparing for these victories during the last six
months. The generals who have gained our
victories were appointed to their commands at
General McClellan's solicitation, and are most
ly old and well known comrades of his. The
victories now are the logical results of the long
preparation beforehand. Secretary Stanton
deserves all praise in his own sphere: but to
give him the credit of our recent victories is as
silly as it would be to say that because Mr..
Secretary Stanton stepped into field in
autumn, which had been plowed, sown and
manured, cultivated, attended and cared for
during the long months of spring and summer
by the legitimate farmers, he, and not the
farmers, deserved the credit Of the crops that
field was producing.
To General Mcclellan, then, aided by the ex-
perience of General Scott, and sustained by the
patriotism of the President, the country owes
its trumphs. The plans of our Commander-in-
Chief are as original as they are sublime. He
has had to suit his strategy to the immense ter
ritory to be conquered, and has avaied himself
of every mechanical Improvement to carry out
his vast designs Particularly. with pre-
science new to military commanders, he has
relied greatly upon the naval arm of the service.
The rebels defended themselves by fixed bat
teres. We have defeated them by floating bat
teries. The rebels have torn up the railroads
A.. cSo
munication. We have taken advantage of the
ocean aud the great inland waters, which the
rebels could not tear up or destroy, and made
them our bases Of operations. The navy has
transported our troops and assisted our gallant
soldiers in achieving our victories. The navy
superior forces upon every side. The navy has
opened to us the very heart of the South, and
enabled us TO strike at it from every point.
But one or two of our great victories, thus far,
have been gained without the cooperation of the
navy; and a strategy which takes advantage of
both the military and naval branches of our
service, making one assist the other, and giving
each its proper place in the great plan of the
war, amply merits to be termed sublime; was
just what was necessary in this war; was as bold
and novel ss II was brilliant and marks
Mcclellan as a military genius of no common
order. If the great Napoleon had devoted the
same energy to his navy as to his armies, be
could have had all Europe bound to his throne
But his genius failed here, and his best plans
were ultimately overthrown by the navy of his
greatest enemy. II he were living now he
would undoubtedly use the mechanical resources
Of the age just As Mcclellan is using them.
The present Napoleon, who inherits no small
amount of his uncle's military talent, recognizes
the efficiency Of the navy, and il holds no infe-
rior rank in the great plans he is maturing.
Considered, then, in the light Of new combina-
ton Of the army and the navy, and Of the novel
advantages taken not only of the seacoast, but
of the inland waters which penetrate an enemy's
country, the strategy Of Gen. Mcclellan is