Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1862-10-29
Going into Winter Quarters.

Some of the army letter writers to the
esshave intimated that it is the intention
of General Mcclellan to make no further
advance, or active operations the present
season. The words going into winter
quarters" send a cold chill to the heart
of the whole country, and if it be rue that
another winter is to pass and the immense
and well appointed armies of the north
are to sit quietly down in the Potomac
mud, while their ranks are being thinned
by disease, the country being burdened
more and more by the enormous and &C
cumulating debt, and rebellion only more
defiant, the while, it is time there should
be a change in the leadership of that ar
my There has been too much attempted
glorification o fhigh military officers at the
expense of the lives of the nations sol
diers and of the nations wealth quite
TOO much bare-faced man@uvering, to
make popular a military man in order TO
nave a presidential candidate ready for
the course in 1864, without any reference
10 the awful cost of human life, and the
terrible dangers to the institutions of the
country, which must ensue from useless
prolongation of this wasting war. The
news of the removal of Gen. Buell. from
his command is received with JOY by all
loyal men, because loyal men had lost all
confidence in his capacity or his loyalty.
He has been weighed in the balance and
found wanting" and he has gone back to
the obscurity from which he never should
have been raised. Let the same measure
be meted out to every General in com
mand, whenever he shall be found to be
either incompetent, or unworthy of trust.
If neither Mcclellan nor Halleck, can do
derdrain swamps, dig bitches, build earth
works, hold their armies for months within
striking distance of the rebels and with
hold the blow, while soldiers are dying by
thousands, of disease, and there is mourn
ing in every household, then it is time
that both Mcclellan and Halleck, be sent
to Join Buell. in the shades of private life.
We would go farther than this. We
believe the best interests of the army and
the country would be secured by making
success the criterion of any generals mer-
it. Whenever any one of them fails of
success. for whatever cause, let him be
deposed, at once. The rule might occa-
sionally work injustice to individuals, but
the interests of no individual should be
allowed to weigh against the general good.
If this were made the rule, we should
nave no more large armies standing with
in sight and hearing Of great battles where
our own brave, but outnumbered soldiers
were fighting against terrible odds, for
hours as was the case with Rosseau's di-
vision at P~erryville, while Buell. looked
on no more refusal to send timely rein
forcements, as Mcclellan refused to rein
force Pope, nomore waiting for sixmonths,
at Manassas, when our army outnumber-
ed the rebels three to one, and a thous-
and similar instances on a smaller scale,
during the past year and a half. Let US do
like the rebels; whenever a general has
brains and activity enough to achieve
success, turn him out
The Baltimore American, which has
been very friendly to Mcclellan,
has tn following:
with the beautiful weather now pre-
in this latitude, the hopes Of the
are earnest that something will be
done to improve the chances thus given
for quick and long marches ON rebel ter
Once let the fall rains set in; and
may take our leave of all expectation
that anything will be accomplished toward
the war speedily"
And again, with more pointedness:
With our own commander-so dis
by his good generalship on
late occasions-it seems to be The last
good opportunity likely to be conceded
him to make a Nance; to settle those con-
hicting opinions his conduct has been so
fruitful in provoking. Triumphant in
the coming fights, it will be a plain road
he will travel in the future; ndjustifying
the thousand savage criticisms called forth
by the delays of the army of the Potomac
on former occasions, the Impotence of
the nation viii no longer be controlled,
and some one else, most likely, will be
made to assume once more a dread re-
sponsibility." /,
Matters al New Orleans. ,
From a private letter from a former cit