The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-11-21

have been merely Isughsslo or con.
tempsitia. Women who sing songs not pleasant to
Mennsays ears Newspaper correspondents. coun-
Try editors and poor fellows who would have
'nsined nobodies had NOS the Administration made
martyrs OF them and given them place In history;
tnese are the sort OF psanie heretofore visited with
however. the War Department. seems to have had
It's dauder raised, and is striking at higher game
But why not arres: Mcclellan himself and put him
In FORT Lafayette, where ho viii be on hand if an.
other cry Of "Washington In danger" makes his
services necessary What Ia the uss Of con.in,nQ
members Of his ssaff. whsn Mcclellan himself, the
head Of the staff, can be secureds Now that IL 10
determined TO have a vigorous prosecution Of the
war, both in the North and In the South, let the
Administration stop meddliug with the small fry.
and impTiscn some Of the great men Of the country
We understand that President Lincoln believes
that changes should be made In his Cabinet now
that changes Ia the army have been SO we'll inau.
gurAtcd. ls II not fully time tAat these Cabinet
changes were madet Tds country has been siok
Ct the present Cabinet for . long time. No ono
can speak Of It's most prominent members without
involuntary quahns Of the stomach. The Presi.
dent himself ought TO be pre-, ty thoroughly dis
Gnsted with the sort Of men he has had about him.
Tie rseult OF the recent elections shows what shs
people think Of the present Cabinet members
They have nearly ruined the country, and are fast
making that ruin complete, The President cannot
but b aware Of this stAte OF affairs, and why hs
has % long Neglected - remedy It BY constructing
len he mGY hxvc had his roasona bnt every day
makes delay more unreasonable. Tho greatest
calamity which can ever befa'i the country during
cr;ss like this is TO have the President surround
cd by Cabinet which has SO entirely lost not only
tho confidence, but even tho respect Of the people
that every act OF the Acmnistratien 10 received
with cpen and un6sguased suspicion. and meas.
ures, taken with perhaps the best Intentions, ara
regarcee with the strongest and most invincibls
popular preiudlcs.
JOHN VAN BUREN, on THE REMOVAL OF hcLEL.
Ian.
The speech made by John Van 3urcn to the
Democratic Union Association on ths night after
McClellan wss removed Is interesting. He said
The Democratic psrty was the opposition party,
and II decidedly opposed to this ai1nnst ration
Of the General Government (Applsuse.l 1t was
the busress Of the Administration TO have q pol
icy, and OF the psople 10 su.tain It wherever 1t es
possible to do He had said daring the canvass
that he WA In favor OF = vigorous prosecution Of
the war, xnd tha. the army had ought to advance
to Richmond under Mcclellan. Great applause
He had said that Gen. Wadsworth was the enemy
Of Cen. Mcclellan. Ia voice, $50 Is Lincoln u
The Tires and osher papers dad denied that Wads
worth was the enemy OF Mcclellan but the resui:
proved otherwise. A voice. Restore him"J He
thought they could not restore him. Gen. McClel
Ian hal manifested his willingness to servo in any
capacity, but they would not allow him to in
active daty, for he had been ordered to report At
Srenton where there Was no disturbance that he
had beard Of, tlaush.er,] the Demo0atie party hav
Ing succeeded BY large majority In the last con
test there. Laughter anl applsuse.] But what
rsason could 30 assigned for this removal OF Nc
ClslAn while he was In activv pursuit Of the en-
vos.e-" Because ho is a Democrat" ZAP
kr. Van Buren said that was so, he believed
And he siso believed 1t was for ths purpose Of
making -sy for a Abolition General 1t the head
oj our srmy.
vossss-" Fremont sna cries OF never
Gr. Var Buren, said he had beard that General
Burnside WAS a Democrat. Then, 1t wsS for Gen.
Burnside 70 consider how far lie Is 20 permit hin
sels TO be made an instrument In forwarding the
placing IN Abolit oaist at the head Of the army
iChssrS Gen. Burnside had refused the com
msnj repestedly As Cssar had. But, as Cesar
finally accepted ard was asssssiaas led ID the Senate
houss, 30 Gen Burnside, II he should 60 on ~ Nc
ueilan haa in gIeeeG, might fnd himzsf destined
70 a s.,niiar fssA but i: Ess said the draft had
bean indefinitely postponed Perhaps this neglect
to reinforce our army, End the renovs OF GcCis-
lan wculi turn out Al. for the bsst-hs could not
say to .hst but he hsd his fseT5 whether Gen.
Durnaide would be shls to save hig position and
pTovsat Lee srcn occupying our capital. lsenss-
tioI
In replying TO tbs attacks of the Trtbuss, Mr.
Van fureu said he was Is profoundly ignorant Of
military ruatters as aay brigsdisE- General tGrsat
laughter He would nc: state his !noapscity IL
any stronger language. lRsnewed laughter and
applsuse,, and cries OF huste 60 his means
were small, and growing beautifully iess under the
war tax. Laughter. de had, however. ccntri
hutsd 500 ss the meeting Of the Bar, which was
as much Is he could afford. He had read nr Sew
ended and Mr. Lords letter, that the lswyers' fund
WAS ample; and what more could he be expected 80
do for the prosecution Of the war under such cir
cumstancesi He could not call in question thsss
reliable authorities
Mr.. Van BurSC further answered the Trt5uas g.,
and said the wonder to him wss that after the eec-
sioG the newspapers did not stop telling ee in Or
der that they might do it all the moro effsctually
y~hA A. Aha
wa, he repeated what he had heretofore said I'VE
ought to take Richmond o. once" ''Xhat's 30. "
BE had never said anything regarding the Presi-
dents proclamation - unconstitutional or inexpe-
dieut but he hsd sale tbs war might be brought to
al end before the first Of January and that would
obvAte the necessity Of another proclamation free
ing the slaves In any States in rebellion On that
date.
he did not propose now to say anything asains:
the honesty of the President He would presume
that .he President WAS IN honest mku. HIS friends
called hixa Honest Abe" Laughter. He never
knew aa honest man named in that way. Neither
Assriah @. Flagg or Stephen HAlett was ever cali.
ed by that name. tApplause.
A voice-Honess Fernando Wood. tRoars of
laug hter, in which the Kx-nayor Joined
Mr. Van Buren, read portions OF the President 8
Emancipation Pvoclamation, calling attention to
the clauses " hich indicated how the President as
to decide which States were in rebellion. He con-
cIudeA that the President did intend to declare
al emancipation OF slaves in those States which
were represented In Congress by duly elected rep.
rssentatives on tho Arst Of January. But tc elect
such representatives the people Of the South should
have A. opportunity to carry on their electiOns-
They conld not do it and keep up ths war
He thought 1t was indispensable that before such
an electloa the President should declare an ar
mistise SO ~ 20 enable the people Of the South
to hoA their elections. APplsuse.1 The
President was, he thought, bound by the
terms Of his proclamation to give the South
chance to elect those representatives.. If the
Sontb wa Allowed the chance, ho had no doubt
they would avail themselves OF 1t. lApplause
The Southern members had cause for leaving
thsir sea.s and the best thing they could do was TO
60 back and take their sears. lApplause. But
Whist would they DO when they got oacki Two
thirds Of the members could cali d Convention for
the purpose Of proposing amendments to the Con.
stitution. His life upon it, sxch C0nSetf0n could
restore the unity Of ths thirty four S0tes. Ap-
plsusel Ee would alter the tenure Of the Plesi
Dental Office making the President elected for six
years. and not eligible for reelection. Appause.J
The Convention could continue IN Office the present
President, or could cay that another one should be
elected (ApplA Tho peop4e Of the South
would no doubt want new election. For himself
he coneurred In tina. desire. Applause. Mr.. Van
Duren reviewed the position of 4r. Lincoln, as
sumisg that Mr. Lincoln might naturally suppose
himself popular from the statements OF those
around HIM. But he thought that was mistake
Voice. -T with you were in his place"
He had a conviction that the Convention 81 ould
support George B. Mcclellan for President Great
applause and prolonged rousing cheers for McClel-
Ian Mcclellan was comparatively new IN tho
public service No matter what others might say,
he (the speskcr) was simply aprivate-one of the
people, and knew what he would 40 himself Gen
Waosworth had said that Mcclellan was superin-
tendent OF q second c.aAs railroad He thought Nc
CIeiian would be wiser to resume his previous oc.
crpation since he was not allowed ths privilege OK
serving his country. 1t mad been hsd OF Mcclellan
that wherever you hitch him he will draw" but
-hAp ,rnt, ,nr1h, had