M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1862-02-27

ture OF our successes. we have gam
ed as yet no great bloody battle com
mensurate with the armies IN the field
Indeed sir, would prefer that the war
should be carried on and ended by
bloodless tactics theR by bloody car
mage, fit were possible. | wouli
leave as little hate as possible as the
legacy OF this conflict lit were pos.
sible to close this war by the melting
away ofcapitulatioD of the confederate
army, the country would prefer il I;
General Mcclellan is not making this
war ofveDgeance, bu! a war for the
restoration Of tue Union!
To this end be has, by his compre.
hensive energy, seized the coast from
Ship Island to Fortress Monroe.
There is no example in history of a
sea.coast 81 extensive, and a country
OF such area, surrounded and closed
in by such superior force as ia the
rebellious part OF our land.
AS the curtain lifts and this process
sion OF facts transpire, we shall SEQ the
Union element Oft South dilating
and emerging from ts dependency,
We shall see the loyal men coming
forth and gladly seizIng the muskst
to rally to the old flag.
The great mistake on the part oi
these military fedglings who criti.
ciee the conducts Of the war, is, that
they habitualiy underrate the extant
and strength Of the rebellion, just as
they underrated and contemned the
alledged or fancied grievances Of the
South and their hold on the southern
mind. overture to say that this is
the capital delinquency Of the Admin
istration, if they have been delinquent.
Had they realized the fact, THAT a
considerable body of insurgents bad
risen against the sovereign," which
Vattel alleges is the test Of civil
war; with all its appurtenances OF o
humane warfare, tne exchange Of
prisoners, &c, we might have haJ
less difficulty and more homer in the
conduct of this immense ordeal by
battle. Those who Go not recognize
the TACT Of the immensity Of this 70
bellion will End at every step dificul
| ties about beligerent rights on sea ant
land, ard inhuhanities that would
sicken the heart OF a savage. VI
must learn by experience if net d
priOri.
Even my colleague, with his Bull
Run retreat, is yet in his homage.
He must resort to the Baconian sys
tenn of induction, and by experience
learh, and begin to learn by being
"child in arms" Laughter In sur
veing this grand field Of action, from
this capital to Sante Fe. he make
the mistake which the savan made
when be supposed the moon annihi
lated, because an auimalcule had crep
over the disc of his telescope and OBJ
scured the view. Let him take anoth
or glass and clear his vision.
This ptesumptious d:ctation to oul
generals is only small illustration 0
@hat we see here in q larger measure
when gentlemen undertake to interp
ret the iAscrutable designs Of Provi
dence to sustain their finite views
These political "cuckoos, who breeC
in the nest of another trade, "thest
civilians, who go on chirping abou
war as if they were trained to it, whel
in truth, they are only trained in tb
political convention and the talk G
Congressional Globes, cannot appre
head that this revolution, which is til
work of years and the movements O
milliens, is anything more than III
tie arrangement o! the political ma
chine, which will regulate itself b.
some political compensation, or som
act OF reyengeful confscation; when
in truth, it can hardly be corrected
without breaking the machine or a
least retarding its motion. 1t is 8,
stupendous, sir, that it can only b
likensd to the ocean, which Its itsel
up uuder a darkend sky and rolling
thunder, and resists the exercise @
anything short ofSupeme power wit
an elemental force that defies all tha
| little expedients Of carping man.
i These complaints about the war ar
getting as common in the press an
the House as they were before the
1 produced the Bull Run disaster.
few Of these impatient people the
learned a lesson from their incautiou
impulsiveness; but here We have
again. They belong to that class
sbepties who take everything incom
prehensible to their feeble sight IS Nv
known and non.existeRt. They can
not see Mcclellan doing anything
/ therefore he does nothing. They ar
not partners in his confidence, there
fore he does wrong. He has not rusb
ed about in wild theatric style; there
| fore he is unfit. He has no ietinue
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