The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1863-10-28

The vote 10 Pennss lsania on Tuesday vii
probably dishearIeu good many Of Gen. Nc
Clellan's friends, by driving them TO rhe conclu
sion that the 6euers''- d.cta 81, political affair,
do not possess - -leh influence, even in ths
home Of hi- youtN they ought 70 possess
/ He said MS say oI r. Pcuuss lvanil election u
! the very nick % q and YET me electors d.
/ nOt seem 10 have D.. the l,ast aftenfion 10 it.
/ HIS supporters vii - probably conclude that
tuis afh cted count - Ou ire y-rg 81 ~ ruin.
/ because it has reit h. advice one Of t'e
I aiost cii cal gerio,- rs history hgt Wc tee
bound 70 warn bo 90 him aud them AZ nst taait :
the matter too much 10 heart tie i not the
hrst great military Chief whO Ras found himself
out OF place IN TIE arena o politics Juhls
Cesar Belsarius The great Coude plmOut.
Wellington and Cavs .nsc, ate al conspicuous
proofs that no amount OF ability iu var VII
secure man success DOB the turmoil and strife O.
she forum. The art ot mauagiug men in the field
sas hardly any nyihing IN common sith the art OF
managing them al r.e stump and ~ the po' s.
aud, coasderiug how rarely the world blessed
Sith the presence OF an universal genus, IL l.
30 disgrace 10 any man 10 possess the one with
out the other
There are, moreover, certain peculisrities in
Gen. McClelan's case which may possibly not
nave occurred 20 his friends, but which, Go
some extent at least, serve 10 relieve the Penn
sylvanians from the charge OF gross ingraiiiuce.
or gross want OF appreciation, and ~hich mus
undoubtedly help TO prove THAI there Is sill
some good left IN human nature, IN spite Of whaf
has happened. We have al~ass feared that the
Generals not having exercised the smallest in
haeuce upon the fortunes OF the war, 10y the
achievement OF a single substantial triumph over
the enemy, would prove a serious obstacle to
If
pOsterity. The difficulties OF retaI ing for al,
length OF time the character OF great nihtar,
ehieitan, without having gained single deci-
sve battle, reduced single stronghold, OF con
quered one half-acre OF the enemy's soil, are
immense. They have always been immense 10
ali ages. They are nothing new, and are not
peculiar TO this country or this people. We
have felt ever since Gen. Mcclellan laid down
his command, aud began 10 travel in quest o
" Ovations," that he would fad them immense
But his advisers were OF ferent opinion. auO
assured him that bis reputation rested on iouu
dauOns " more enduring than bronze, and loitei
than the pyramids" l. was not our business to
undeceive him, and We felt it would have been
cruel to do So The wakening up from these
sweet delu siOns come soon enough in the Ordina-
~ march of events. Ii was FASTENED IN this
case by the rising of other stars IN the irma
ment. The nation was not gone 80 "cleau
DAFT as to continue very long TO clap it, hands
in ecstasy over the campaign on the Peninsula,
after It had seen such an exploit as Grants
march on Vicksburg, and Rosecrans on Chatta
uOOga Mcclellan had the misfortune 10 De
come a great hero, while the public knew
nothing OF war; it was impossible that his repu
IatiOn could survive two Yeas OF such varied
experience AS the public has since bad We
have, since his retirement, contributed to militia
~ history one of It's most brilliant aud iustrHc
tive pages by the late campaigns 10 the South
west. Grant stands now among the first sol
dels of the age in virtue OF the only title that
will bear examination. that of decisive victories
His achievements will shine in every future
edition of Jomini, or of Jomini's successors
The best analysis of McCellan's and the onl,
proper eulogy Of them. will be preserved 10 the
old files Of the New York World, tor we be
leve this popular and instructive periodical i
now the sole and exclusive guardian OF his fame.
N. 7. Times.