The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1863-01-28


| rebels. We shall then save the Union and avoid
the disgrace Of foreign interference.
The A, my OF the herou
Counscls OF tho Abolition Faction.
The Army Of the Potomac has evidently be-
come special object Of abolition hostility. 1t
is too closely identified with the name and the
achievements of General Mcclellan, and its
misfortunes since his removal are too suggestive
to DO regarded with Indifference. The aboli
ton faction have accordingly commenced an
agitation which contemplates the dissolution Of
this splendid army, the distribution Of its forces
in other quarters, and an indefinite abandon
ment Of all aggressive operations against the
rebellion in Virginia.
The leading abolition organs, East and West
with that "happy accord" which indicates cou-
cert Of action, have commenced their bold and
treacherous game. They are sounding it far
and near that the Army of the Potomac is hope
lessly dcmoralized; that through the faithess-
ness Of his subordinate officers all the pro-
jected movements of General Burnside against
The enemy have been frustrated andthat he has
accordingly been compelled to withdraw from
this demoralized army in despair; that it is no
longer in a condition to be useful IS the Army
Of the Potomac, and that the sooner it is broken
up and distributed among our armies Of the
South and West the better it will be for the
army at large, the government and the country.
| Improving upon these broad hints Of its abo-
lition colaborers one Of the niger .worshipping
organs of this city has deliberately undertaken
| TO show that it will be wise thing to aban-
don the campaign against Richmond. and to
take advantage Of the rising waters in the
Southwest for decisive operations in that quar-
ter. To this end il is suggested that the bulk
OF the Army of the Potomac be sent out to the
Mississippi Valley, and that meantime q com
paratiyely small force will be sufficient to pro-
tcct the city of Washington. Richmond we
are told, is place Of no Importance; that in
losing il the rebels will lose little or nothing,
and that in gaining il we shall only gain an
| Impoverished population which we shall have
to feed, and the care of numerous hospitals
| filled with sick and wounded rebel soldiers.
| Now let ms briefly answer these abolition
malignants. In the first place, the Army Of the
! Potomac is not demoralized; but is to-day,
i
ready to exhibit the same splendid discipline
and courage which it displayed on the 18th Of
I December in assailng the encmy's works on
the difficult heights of Fredericksburg. finer
body Of soldiers and better equipped and APP
pointed army was never commanded by Napo
leon. 1t is said, however, that the soldiers of
this army have rather freely complained of the
j l,t taI ahc anftl l,t
what man. as soldier, would not complain,
witha suffering family at home and with six
months pay in arrears, and with the misgiving
of losing il all at any moment from some one
of the numerous casualties Of war? And why
has the soldier not been regularly paid his pal
! Try allowance for the offering of his life at the
altar of bis country? In the neglect of this
duty of payment we have one of the most mex
cusable military blunders of the administration
We dare say that to this one thing may be
traced all these abolition misrepresentation Of
decentralization, and that when the paymaster
shall have finished his rounds the only COM
plant OF this army will be against the mud aud
mirc which delay its advance upon tn enemy.
| Next, with regard to the Importance of Rich
mond. We hold. with General Mcclellan. tina,
il is "the heart of the rebellion The
principal foundries where the rebel
cannon are cast, and their principal,
factories Of small arms, percussion caps, fixed
ammunition: their largest factories Of woollcn
goods, army clothing, shoes NC, are all at
Richmond and there, too, are the most extern
siye Touring mills in the South But above all
other considerations is the Importance Of Rich
mond from the prestige which II has given the
rebellion throughout the South and throughout
Europe, as the successfully defended capital of
jeff, Davis against the most powerful army OF
| the Union. With our occupation Of Richmond
this prestige will be utterly destroyed in
| Europe. and we shall hear no more Of
Napolson's designs Of mediation; and, with the
| rebel government once adrilt, the rapid depre
citation Of its paper currency will soon bring
confusion and dissolution upon the whole con-
| Germ.
| SO important do we regard the reduction of
Richmond that, IL necessary TO accomplish IL
within the next three months, we would draw
| hundred thousand men from the West. aud all
| our forces from North Carolina TO cooperate
with the Army of the Potomac for this blow At
atbc heart of the rebellion Really this pro-
icct Of the abolition faction to abandon the
campaign against Richmond seems to indicate
deliberate design on their part to friter away
the winter in outside expeditions, and to bring
upon Us in the spring the degrading peace of q
divided country. through the friendly Offices Of
| Louis Napoleon. Can any one answer ma. in
! behalf oc the government. whether this war l.