New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-01-30
a,temot to di,cui,e a fact now almost everywhere

more especially in the held, OF we il'su. Ia
fcr a foreign and domestic war % ,r niitarv
duration Ifoceedif as az present WIN oui & -
] .arnoui.,n n would lie no strange tDIUs !" ~.
o.. So,,l..r, Contedercy 4" acknowledge Dy lOit'e !
. royycrs and our Government Wonid ',Vn III y
i he,ore the civilized world Inundated ana ohS',W.u
o. or,, had long been ready, and our soinlefs
- Lnr, inc with "A desire e. strike at the traitors
a,J nynt;n, 10, the battlefield. We bad earnestly
cst atont ARA bold aud daring leader ready Tor iao
great contest and it was p"nim 20 c9'eS5 a. 81, ~
- day tIat the country had looked in VAIN ior Il
ntnder.in.chIef exhibiting the will aud the re-
ie enterprise and genus 10 lead our forces on 10
e,tiop. lie asked what stood IN the way o.,
meeting The enemy Was 1t the lear t n..n
.omebody would be hurt, or dd the gnost ol pun
Ram hover about the minds Of our commanding ool-
. erolsl We lad los. more men by disease ald SICK
r... dul.irQ the last FIVE months, than We shouiu
.laJlg have lost in half dozen general enSiBe
meni5, aud hundreds OF millions OF money mao ueJ ;
spent aud one OF the largest armies oil tue " Won"
o.,tre,sd 10 remain comraratiyey idle, and become
/ weak and demorazed Ivy inactivity. III we o'suou
Inc resnect OF orr own people, and The moral
of the world We would strike ont boldly lor 49,
aud trust TO good powder strong arms, 10 "e'i.'i
Guns and 10 God II would be Deuer 10 nee' W"
occasional revorses than to remain lhae'FS' y"
did not fight with juttice, nghi, ana hu'' lIin
fr,edom on our side. our people would become uIs
couraged the Treasury bankrupt ana tne 49,,
mon, broi,rht into contempt. Dld Nehefal s,i'u
ia tie way 10 bolt in check more man NAN ','li.
of men. lake Lin out Of the way, give hi- pace ~
another. il there be no other remedy. Gehsr"S' VI
themselves are nothing IN tlls contesl, "neh thio"i
into the balance against the honor ana lhtegiiy o
The Union. If the Angel Gabriel commanded our
corcas and failed 10 march against ito enemy, he
woud pefition TO the court TO which he holds alleg
anee for his instant dismissal. This war had reached
point where hid gloves pleasant words ana gii5ed
promises were of no use. Inc hOnr aemhnieu
hard words, end harder bOws. his contest
must ciose either in the ruin OF RepuDhc,
that has been the admiration a the world, ana pos
sibly tae destruction of civil and religious freedom
in America, or IN the perfect supremacy oil law ana
order and the stability OF our institutions. lie had
faitb in the latter result, for revolutions move the
world forward. never backward. lie asked the
| G erk 20 read striking article from Tie Richmond
| Dnpqfch showing up our military biuhutrs. Is
I trutufuuess he said, could Dot De denled. we hSu
let slip golden opportunities Tor crushlng thls re-
bellion, and of achieving brilliant victories. ine
GREAT cause of dissatisfaction among our troops was
that they were not permitted 10 strike at the rebels
lie preferred no charge against the COMMANDMENTS
Chief. but in hs Judgment, the man did not 1--we who
conid successfully command 100000 men, scattered
over a territory Of 1000 miles Yet the destiny OF
this Republic had long hung upon the NO
lation Of the will Of sngls man.
no other Government invested It's generals win such
unlimited authority. No man had been iouhu great
enough 10 use the supreme command oil even three
hundred thousand soldiers. tact OF the uemen-
dous burden thrown upon the shoulders OF our
Young general should be removed, and divided go as
10 call out the best energies Of the best officers ana
secure general unity Of action. Thus far onr COM
manders have been the victims o. some hXed unai-
TERRIBLE plan, the ont Of one mind, which plan had
I eccomplished but one marked result. II had pre-
vented five hundred thousand men from attempting
ureci-fly what they came together TO accomplish
that was to ght and whip the enemy. Inc very
men. who must receive the shock OF battle, Were
those who comp laincd most OF inactivity. lie salt
mat IL the question were left to them, ten out oil
twelve would say there had been no necessity ior
the DELAY Of the past four months. lie revealed no
secre. when be stated that the great pau "as 70
strike at all points. IL was simple hnpossion-
;,v tha, every arrangement WAS 10 DE mtue
i, Ni.souri Kentucky aud Virginia, 40 that AS by
a single click Of the c0cs, ali would rush upon me
enemy al once and crush the rebellion at slnels
blow Whatever our army accomplished must DC
"a our troop. in Kentucky had glorlously done rot
bv signal from " ashingon, but by striking boldly
II the enemy where they might be found. why
sbould the great army Of the Union be IDLE when sol
diers and civilians everywhere were imploring Tor
action. last Tennessee had asked for lOo,UUO men
for defence against the rebels Inc prayer hau pesn
auswered by the announcement that no troops couid
10 .nsr,d from the army OF the Potomac. Yet there
were absent from that army IL few days ago. ana IL
was about the general average, on business or pleas
ure or other objects, nearly 900 officers ana wv
priyates an army OF themselves as large as was re-
quired TO save 1onneseee. Ii was not necessary TO
20 To Tenne-see for illustration Of tho want OF en-
tefprise and daring on the part oil the controlling
manager of the army. Iio had 1t from authority
and il could not be questioned that some three weeks
ago from ten TO fifteen thousand Coniederates, IN
. the neighborhO0d of Romney, were virtually IN the
mower of a division OF our army numbering about
10 900. Gen. Lander sent messenger TO Gen.
Kelly sa,in2 IN substance, " JON me, and Gen.
Kelly without the knowledge of such messenger,
s.nt one OF his own bearing similar messaage
Meanwhile, one OF these generals teegraphed TO
Gen. Banks TO advance on one side while he adj
yanced upon the other; but, unfortunately, they
| telecraphod at the same time TO headquarters 10
reference 10 what was going on, when an answer
came in tho form OF IN order " not 10 advance,
sceomuanied with a rcprimand for even any sug-
gestion Of the kind That battle would have
sadly broken in upon some great plan was quite
probnble IL might have finished the - great
anaconda" as the newspapers had expressed II. bnt
/ il mus, not be forgotten that the mammoth
rcptile that was TO draw within lns folds and crush
the rebellion at single sweep OF his tail, had al
ready swallowed up all our contemplated victories
and Forged himself with the substance OF the people
10 no purpose. Lees than thirty days ago q tried
General sent forward $4,000 cavalry against Gen.
Price. md was about to follow IT up with OoO0 III
fantry with every prospect of success when an or
der came from superior officer to haiti was not
this characteristic of the whole wsri The battle oil
Fredericton, Missouri end the recent battle In Ken
tucky were both fought without orders from
Warrington. Give our Western Generals pow
or 20 march against the enemy at VIII,
and the war, 30 far as the Southwest 10 con
cerred, would close in ninety days with the pos
session of the Mississippi River to the Gull lie re-
ferred TO the blockade Of the Potomac cause for
shame. and nimated that the President was anxious
tint the war should be prosecuted with vigor. La
conclusion he said he Il streak of light ahead
resting upon the chair OF the Secretary OF War
"A man who, if report spoke truly, was like brave
Zen. Wade Of Ohio-a good combination of Old
Hickory and lack TAYLOR, with mind of his own,
brain to place, and mind to execute That officer
would be likely to push on the war with all the