Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1862-07-31
GEN. McCLELLAN'S MOVEMENTS.

The London Times of July 18th saws
By this time the battle before Richmond
has been as fully discussed as the meager-
ness of the aeaOs received by telegraph
will allow. The impression which this
great military event has made on English
society is not to be mistaken. If there
were before any who thought that the re-
sistance of the South was likely to be
overcome by the exploits of General Nc.
Clellan's army before Richmond they are
now undeceived. 1t cannot be doubted
that battle of the highest Importance has
been fought. and that the Federal Army
has been thrown back considerable dis
tance-several miles indeed-from its
former position. The situation of gen.
eral whose right has been crushed by an
attack so completely that he has been
obliged to draw it round to the rear of
his left, who has abandoned the valuable
positions on the left bank of the Chicka-
hominy, and under the hot pul suit of the
enemy has given up, not only depots and
hospitals, but in great measure his COM
munications with the sea and consequent
ly with the North, cannot but be most
precarious.
The hurried sentences which announce
this great reverse of the Northern arms
do not allow us to ground any large spec
ulations on the facts they tell but this,
at least, they indicate, that the Confeder-
ates have been able to bring such force
into Virginia that not only have the mi
nor levies of the North been worsted. but
the Army of the Potomac, commanded
by the most distinguished officer in the
Federal service, and supplied in abun-
dance with all the materials of war, has
been defeated in four days engagement.
The moral to be deduced from these
events is clear. There is probably, at the
present moment, in Europe, not single
society where the defenders of this hateful
and atrocious wor could make themselves
heard. The impartial opinion of every
civilized nation is being more and more
strongly impressed against the enterprise
in which the Federals are embarked
The orators of the Northern States may
inveigh as much as they please against
the interference of England, and the moi
may shout scorn of English advice and de-
fiance of English arms--but English
opinion is, after all, the opinion of the
'0orld, and we may hope that in spite Of
affected indignation and highfown elo.
quence, the good sense which has uni
tormly marked our counsels in this affair
may at length preoail We must repeat
and repeat again our earnest recommen.
dalton to the Federals to put an end tc
this horrible war. What have they gain.
ed by it! Do they think that these mer
OF their own race, whose exploits they
are daily witnessing, can ever be so sub
jugated as to submit to the yoke which
a Hunter and Butler are preparing fol
them Can they, in fact, wish for such
a contamination Do they not feel the
common pride ofhumanity in the exploit.
of gallant people, who are defending
their homes by display of the mos
transcendent yalor and devotion? Their,
would be no disgrace in desisting from
the hopeless, and consequently wicked
attempt to conquer and govern the South
As long as thi
resolution lasts several millions of peopl
are in arms to assist subjugation, SO Ion.
must the efforts of the North meet with
failure. which has thus far attended tn
Virginia campaign of 1862.