Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1863-01-05
Ignorance in IIieh Places.

9sir Wslter Raleigh quantity and as
sharply SAYS: There is nothing in any
5gGI5e d CO'unCIy o-s---=L1.- as4fll.-iaali
Ignorance That is to say, ignorance in
author1ty-stupidity in rulers. How ter
ribly are these United States afflicted in
this regard just now. Utter incompetency
in the Cabinet; compound Of ignorance,
envy and malice General-in-C Chief at Wash
ington; an over-ruling combination Of
shallow, gassy pretenders in the Senate;
hair-brained, factious, radical and reYolu-
tionsry majority in the House of Repre-
sentatives, and an honest Joker for Presi-
dent. Heaven, in its inf0i:e mercy, pro-
tect and shield this mis-governed and un-
happy country"
The above Is from the city secession
sheet. It Is almost beneath notice, and yet
is woyth reading to see how much false
Ls.ood and vindictive hatred can be crowd
ed into less than score of lines. Utter
iucompetency in the Cabinet" when that
Cabinet includes q Secretary Of State who
has conducted our foreign affairs with a
discretion and shrewdness which has
vrunoterrns Of Recommendation from foreign
enemies; Secretary Of the Treasury who
has preserved the country from financial
min notwithstanding the enormous drains
which have been made by the war, and who
commands the respect and confidence Of
the monied men who form the commercial
backbone of the country; Secretary Of
the Nsvv who has created real navy out
ofraw materials in shorter space of time
than sny other power has ever done here
or elsewhere. and whose success in block
ading long and difficult coast is attested
blythe vast sums Of prize money which have
gone into the pockets of the brave tar cap
tors, and who has only failed thus far in
the chase after the Alabama; Secretary OF
the Interior who has shown to thecountry,
bv startling facts and statistics, theuntold
wealth which lies ready for the hand Ofthe
Government in the lands of the far West,
and who has devised a plan Of securing
an enormous revenue from that mineral
wealth at little cost for collection; a Sec
retary of War who has had his faults and
his failures, but who has provided for the
largest armies ever upon this continent
and kent them in readiness for the field
and who has sethis face like fintagainst
all semblanee Of the swindling operations
ofhis Democratic precedent Floyd; an At
torney General who has long been known
and honored as one of the leading jurists Of
the country and who has filed his re-
sponsible position with honor, and Post
master General under whose administra-
tion the postal system has been more
nearly self-sustaining than ever before.
Such are the men comprising this utter
Incompetence according to the tory sheet.
IA compound of ignorance, envy and
malice General-in- Chief" Such are the
terms used to represent General Halleck.
Now it may be perfectly fair and proper
question to ask what has been the especial
province Of General HaIleck as General
in-Chisf, seeing that the President and
General Burnside 'take theresponsibility."
But to speak ofhim in the above terms is to
write oneself down a fool Halleck has
been called "Old Brains, which hardly
eOmpOrts with ignorance, and it is well
known that, theoretically, he is one of the
best versed military men in the country.
asballow, gassy pretenders in the Sen
ate" This, and the further epithets of
Ihsir-brained, factiOus, radical and revO-
lutionary," applied to the House of Repre-
sentatives, are but the frOthings Of small
beer dabbler in politics who knows HUtil-
inc Of What he Is talking and so writes
himself down an ass. To attempt to argue
down such charges is like lighting toy
balloon. The Cleveland Plain Dealer VS..
Wn. Pitt Fessenden, B. F. Wade, and
Charles Sumner is a mOlehill vs.. the Him
slsyas; mouse vs.. an elephant.