The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1862-07-25
From the North.
rlr SUPREME DUTY or THE nc:r.
tFrom the New York World, July y.

Z From the New York World July vi
Richmond is in the possession of the
I Confctlcrates because General Mcclellan
has not men enough. The people have
4 decided opinions as TO where the respoh,
sibility for his like rests they wo"lI
have ceased To be ircemcn II they had
not courage to express their Judgment OF
! their public servants. A change III lhe
! Cabinet would promote cnlistmeE's bet
if il is not evident 10y the middle ol ihc
month that mon volunteer with the re.
/ ouisito alacrity, the Government must
( adopt vigorous measures and prohp'E
resort TO a draft. An additionalhundred
thousand men in twenty days Till thto',
! tie the rebellion. IL they cannol bo Ilao
/ in one way they must in another.
Gen. Mcclellan must Immediately 'c
furnished with mon enough to cooperate
effectively with Captain Wilkes and take
Fort Darling, which is the key % klch'
msnd. Fifty thousand men for garrison
duty, TO relieve trained sol licrs, and
another fifty thousand to fill up the de-
cimated regiments, would enable oar nr.
my to take Richmond within fifty days
after the arrival of freinforccmcnts at liar
rison's Landing. Reinforce McClei-
Ian promptly and adequately and no
subsequent blundering in the War De-
partmept can defer the fall of the Con-
! fcderate Capital, whatever else 1t may de-
fer or prevent.
The capture Of Richmond will not end
| the rebellion, but it will destroy It's pres
t;ge. 1t will have a greater moral elect
both at home and abroad than any other
possible military event, We must NOT
eypect foreign nations, with their noto-
rious preiudices, to look at the recent oc-
currcnces through our eyes. Regardless
of extepuating mintaG they will see only
the main fact that we marched our ilnesC
army against Richmond to take 1t, and.
after terrible sacrifice of life, were re-
pulsed.
Diplomacy is powcrlcss TO meet tho
conclusions they will draw from tins
broad fact. The only rebutting argu'
ment that will tell in our favor is the ac-
tual capture Of Richmond. This power
full and entirely conclusive argument
should be Forthcoming before the opin-
ions of the foreign powers shaIi mature
into resolves. The results OF the iato
battles will incline them toward reccognl-
ton. but it is not probable that Their ac;
ton will he sudden. Ii behooyes us 10
arrest their delberation in IT'S early
STAGES. and induce them to hold Their
Judgment as to the success OF the Con
Iederates in still further suspense. Tins
can be effectually accomplished only by
doing without delay what our finest' best
oouipped. and most vaunted army has
thus far failed to do.
THE ANACONDA.
rrrom the New York Tribune, July o.
Adyices from various quarters justify
tho gratifying belief that that con-
ception of ineilablc stupidity, the
rreot Union " Anaconda" is deiunct.--
Hencerorth we are confident, the poiicy
of massing OF our disposable troops INTO
one grand army, and hurting IL sWu,iy
and strongly upon the chiet-strongholds
OF the rebellion successively, Will be ad-
hcred to. The anaconda has cost us
years time, one hundred thousand men,
and five hundred millions of money, and
! its fruits are not at all commensurate with
their cost. Had it never been conceived
we should have failed to take New Or
leans and some other ports quite so soon,
while we should have ere this utterly cH-
tinguished the rebellion in Virginia,
VoSth C,orolino and Tennessee.
Tho " AnocondaU D makes a present to
| the Confederatcs Of the all but the OK
elusive use of railroads and tclegraphs'---
1t enables him to choose among our sew
eral army corps that one on which ho
shall pitcipitate his entire movable iorce'
1t enables him to be uniformly superior
ut the point of collision, though we haVe
,,oro ond Notion troons in the field than
ho ,' hos w r. cnobles him to know the re-
a,,Ii m ,, Of orr ton0ict within a few hours ar,
,o,. ;ta ooc,rtn,,co c,oS while we must wait
cortni,bt for onv account of it but such
e' oe ba t'1' eehooso.. ~ c;ve us. In short the
90 60 AnocnuJoo IN is n blundcr, a humbug,
and n nuisance AWAY with him.
Mr.. LINCOLN CALLED uroN TO Acu'
Fr'm the New YORK " O''u' w
what means 2Ga tllls mo ihoec,SrUI onomio It" kent in
hE'o" ,b;s e".,orso3 Is thcro 10 bo change
or not2 rhc call for more troops has
not yet Hindled the first iiash Oh In'"I'
T sidi' , 'lss'use o,,Iiss% MINI uno,, oyerv heart
The iirmest loyalty is staggered. The
inc C 70 account for the Presidents in
action Why stand she passive III tn''
turning hour OF the nation destiny
How is it that he can iail 10 hce,i n
CO. ity which is as notorious us wv sun
above him? iii,
The President CANNOT cam; os acs 'Gu ;nydiEcJ IN
volunteer are waiting ior an oa'moI. ,oIicv "
new anu ni'rc st',a,'s'V ,o 'ro,cn,lv cven. it
monld ,N, % have bcen responded to as prompt
ly. In the absence Of all signs OF y me