New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-10-02
rEsg ueslTIIaN DONATION AEaN-
iDNlD.

TIE Ircu,..on provoked by the proposition "a
present 20 Gen. M,Clelllu sum OF moncg,
.sia.l D. inscription 3, thc Army o, The Poio-
maD. ha, resulted, unio1unaicl, for 'ho GcncT-
mo-. finance. aud fortunately for his sslf-rcspect.
la flr abandonment Of IN undertaking. o. dubi-
ON, prorr!cir whatever may have been IT, be
ncto.,nrc. The dimes subscribed by 'he sol
lrr have been repaid to them. W. should
h. gill ~ De- able 20 INFORM our icld,rs that
fh, rdieious course has been pursued n consc-
qur.ec Of specific rcmon,.rAnce iroLi the Gen
c.ul him lf in the absence Of intelligence upon
til' point wc presume ilat We are 10 ooniole
with. rather than congratulate him. Bu. h
loss a,ll hc our gain Ne will lose a little
money. bui the nation will escape an ugly Pr
rcdcnt. II i, should hereafter be- malc Co ape
pear that Gen. Mcclellan did himself arrest this
precious movement OF mingled speculation and
syconhancy, wc shall De able Cor once 1t least,
TO extend 20 hi. conduct our hearty approval.
The soldier, If the Army OF the Potomac, as
wr have the best means of knowing. have al no
t.mc rrl.shod The proceeding. l. Is certainly
trir thl' "a considerable sum ~, money WAS OBJ
tr.ucl-fhroueh what influences We can only
guess. The donation Of ten cents. IN amy orli-
A.r, cuud. ion of tae donors pocket, does not
require lu obstinate importantly. Men give be-
cause othcr- giyc-hccausc they aye ashamed to
refuse sum ga triiliug-hccausc they are busy,
lul '.nc .s too important % be- wasted upon 4
topic inherently Insignificant. But thu' were
thlst DO the army who saw in This scheme \
mos, dangerous attempt 20 enlist TIE sentiments
OF th. soliicry against tie Commaudcr-iu-C h'ei
in Washington, 10 evoke an implied consUgc OF
'hc m.i.niy policy If the Government, and To
encourage 4 spirit Of d.snhec,ion than which
nothing could De more fatal to the efficiency of
the troops. II wn, under the influence of these
lur, and Aououh,c feelings that The officers OF
BE 1T Long Island Regiment in transmitting,
AS they had been requested to DO the suh,cup-
ton of the lst Brigade declared that they
deemed it disniled, unwis', andrcSpcdient,
in the presen, cr,i- of our national affairs. 10 do
any act, or provoke any discussion, which, with
ou, being capable OF any good result, may tend
10 create tirttnHlol. lufF Nbll, 100 AAhN tllNl
believed thc scheme io be- that of u clique " az
rnyed in open and damaging opposition to the
Government" so, too, the Committee Of the
G0th \. \. Regiment Of Volunteers, raised 10
consider the subject, declared that in their opin-
ion the object of the subscription was prcJu-
dicial 20 good order and military discipline.
Il t. also within our knowledge that one corps
commander al the Army Of the Potomac arrested
the Met lcllan subscription circular AT his head
quarters and refused TO permit the soldiers
under bis command 10 contribute, on the
ground that il was the inevitable tendency ol
such proceeding to create insuhordnauoh-
that the subscription was in itself a Fehe'uoh
upon The Administration for retiring ir"m active
service the officer thus TO bc complimentcd'
A testimonial of personal admiration rom
private citizens is one thing-a donation rom
the army in the field quite another VINE" u''
adorcrs of Gen. McCllellan were laylslhng houses
and horses upon him, aud india shawS upon h''
omioblc lady. We made their generosity ne 'ub
icct Of somo not illnnturcd comment, and ad
mired their liberal,y, while we could not admit
thoir discretion. But il il II very different mat
for when committeeman 5ont so lar a. az