The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1863-02-19

believe that the North possesses a general, except
Mcclellan, capable Of reviving in that army
the enthusiasm and efficiency which are neces-
sary to success. These may appear to some as
idle words, but if we mistake not, the record Of
the next four months Will bear Us out.
Another error not less important IN its
effects on the Union cause, was the sending Of
Banks large expedition TO the southwest, when
the suppression Of the rebellion required it in
Virginia or in Carolina. The papers express the
keenest disappointment Of the whole North,
when it was promulgated that Banks had gone
u New Orleans instead of North Carolina.
And still later news says that he is going to
Texas, Us though the position Of that State had
anything t. do with suppressing the rebellion.
1t would have been about as well TO have sent
Banks to Arizona. No., the stronghold Of the
rebellion is in Virginia, and until that Is attack
ed and demolished, the outside world Will regard
jeff. Davis as supreme in rebeldom, whatever
the Government at Washington may think.
The error in sending this expedition to the south
west, is a damaging blow to the popular support
of the administration.
2d.-Another thing that is working against
the administration, and thereby threatening to
impede the Union cause, is the effort being
IuduG, apparently Will LluCu euCCcSS, - tat
an opposition party, which aims at gaining the
control Of the government by exposing and mag
nifying its shortcomings and faults. That the
democratic party now reyiying will come into
power, there is not much room 20 doubt, for
the policy of the government at Washington is
such rs to ensure its almost certain success.
Politicians take advantage Of any errors of the
administration TO promote the interest of their
own party. No one supposes that any cessation
Of hostilities is intended, the sole object being
to get into power, and control the government
patronage. This party is now becoming so pow
erful that after the 4th of March, it will possess
a great influence with the administration.
Much Indignation is expressed in the Ameri-
can papers against Gen. Hallcck and Secretary of
War Stanton, and the probability is that the
Cabinet Will soon be remodeled. Indeed it
must be done, or political rancor and enmity
will increase 50 as to threaten the very existence
Of the government. Some of the leading opposi-
ton papers go 50 far rs to assert that if it is
Justltiable to abolish slavery as u means of at
tempting to preserve the government, it is equal
ly justitable to set aside the government and
institute il new one. And unless the admins
tratiOn needs the public voice, there will soon be
a revolution of same kind in the North-either
the army will revolt and demand leaders that
they have confidence in, or the people may de-
clare the Cabinet Il nuisance. Affairs in the
United States are assuming a more threatening
aspect than at any time since The rebellion broke
out.
The popular feeling is well illustrated in
Harpr's Weekly of January 3, Ton the last
page,) where Columbia, the Goddess of Liberty,
arpaprs lu.E,r. thu Dr.SilnD+ nj RI. I,.r ,C Z
the War Department, and demands of him
- Where are my i, 600 ons-murdered at Fred
ericksburg?'' Tie President, who is standing
between his pets, Illlleck and Stanton, replies
in the strain for which he has become famous
for treating every subject serious or trivial
:. This reminds me of "A little joke. Column
bia, incensed as she well might be, with her hair
streaming and her face wild with anger, points
the finger of scorn at him and cries " 90 tell
vou. Joke at SpriHqfedr - 1t would be difficult
to find in all the volumes of Punch anything
that SO ftly represents the growing Indignation
against the administration.
Peace seems to be no nearer now than it was
a year ago, and Judging from present indica-
tons, it is as likely to last FIVE years as one.
1t IS idle to talk Of - exhaustion, . when both
the combatants, but especially the North, seem
to be gaining in strength and ability to hold
for years to come.
The numerous privateers fitting out to prey
on the commerce of the North, is causing much
uneaSiness, as we'll it may. 1t is evidently not
southern capital alone that is sending out these
pirates, and the latest news advises us that
France has this view of the question, and is
that the English government shall
some efficient steps To prevent the pirates
from being fitted out from her ports. The most
feasible way to suppress it is for the United
States government to issue letters Of margue to
any persons applying for them. We shall then
lively times.
The French in Mexico do not appear to be
winning laurels, but rather the reverse. 1t was
4 great error for her 10 persist in attacking that
government, when her allies, England and Spain,
both retired from the contest, evidently ashamed
Of having been engaged in it at all. The French
had met u serious defeat near Puebla.
which threatened to cut them off entirely
from their seaboard supplies. On the Pacific
coast they had bombardcd Acapulco, but beyond
the destruction Of a few old buildings, nothing
serious was done.
From Europe tie news is interesting, though
not specially important.
Domestic WooL.-Mr. F. Spencer has sent US
samples of the clip of the flock of the Waimea
irazing Company. for the present season. The
are all unwashed, but the wool, which is