The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1864-01-21

Tm SPRMo CAsfPAIaE AGAINST RICHMOND. -
One OF the republican journals Of this city pub,
lished in letter from Washington plan OF
operations against Richmond, which, IL says,
will mark the opening Of the spring CAM
paign" The plan is for an advance Of two
distinct armies against the rebel capital. One
OF these armies is to advance by the overland
route-that is, by the valley of Virginla-and
the other by tho peninsula route Since the
publication of this plan it has been intimated
that the correspondent who communicated it to
his paper will be arrested and imprisoned for
the publication of contraband news Certainly
if any one goes to the Old Capital for the pub
LEGATION of such plan as that he will 90 for a
very slight offence; for this great plan is, after
all, the very one by which Mcclellan proposed
to act against Richmond in 1862. Moreover, it
is the plan by which he would have taken that
city if the Washington strategsts had not inter-
| fered with it. Frightened at the NOV emcnts Of
Stonewall Jackson. Mr.. Lincoln and his ad-
visers entirely stopped, as every one knows.
the movement of the column that should have
moved down the valley under Mcdowell This
left the peninsula column to move and eight
alone, and kept McDowelFs column at FIRE.
dericksburg until it was too late for it to
be Of service anywhere else. Then they
denounced Mcclellan for the failure of
q plan that they had prevented him
from carrying out. And this wonderful plan
that republican journal has just discovered,
and that some one Is to 60 to prison for, ia
only remarkable as an evidence that the Wash
ington Napoleons have just found out that Nc
Clellan was right. 1t announces to the country
that tho War Department is likely TO take up
and act upon one of McClelans plans. They
may imprison the correspondent for that.
Should the rebellion hold out till May or
June, the plan Of advance against Richmond
that will be acted upon then will be plan
agreed upon between the ablest military men
in the country beyond doubt. Grant
Thomas. Sherman, Meade. Scdgwick and Han
cock will all furnish ideas for that plan, and
therefore it will be a good one Aud as the
ablest military men in the country will form
the plan they must be suffered to carry it out.
There must be no more interference on the
part OF the War Departm ent Napolcons, who
divide their time between political iatrigues
| auu q ItutCuiouS pIctcuCc W SbIdtcBv- Lucy
must leave the generals alone; for il they do
not. no plan, however good can be successful.
Only our ablest men must have charge or the
spring campaign, and then we shall be sure to
succeed, no matter what our plan may be
TgE MexroaN HumBua-From time to time
an insignificant weekly paper published in
Paris--thc Mc,aori"ie Lfptomutique- announces
with great flourish Of trumpets that Prince
Macmillan has accepted the throne Of
1 Mexico; that he is 10 visit the Emperor
Napoleon, and that Immediately after he
will set out for his new government with
| heavy achievements. This story has been
| so often repeated and so often proved false
we have no hesitation in asserting that
1 in this instance the journal has added one
more conori to its large flock. We feel assured
that on the contrary Macmillan has no idea Of
going to Mexico, and that Napoleon wisaes he
were well ont Of thai scrape To add to the
| importance of this rumor, We are also informed
that Marshal Forcy visited President Lincoln ia
Washington and obtained from him a promise
that the government would not modest French
monarchy in Mexico Forey having assured Mt.
Lincoln that The Emperor Napoleon's goyera-
ment would show no more favor to the rebel
Davis and his followers
We need scarcely add that all this is bosh.
Our government never could nor has made any
such promise To add to the utter improba-
bility OF the whole story. il must be borne in
mind that Marshal Forey did not 60 to Washing
ton. All he did when here was to visit Niagara
Falls and be photographed by Brady. These
| rhmOts take their rise in the necessities OF
the adventures who surround Napoleon the
Third. AMI who at times work the money
market by the issue Of false news, with view
to their personal Ieneft
It must be evident to all that our govern
ment could not ignore TIC Monroe doctrine
We may. from the force of circumstances. per.
init the encroachmcnts of other Powers upon
this continent, now that we are Involved in a
struggle which taxes all our energies; but
when. at no distant date, we shall have sue
ceedcd in obtaining peace, the North and South
combined will then demand aad obtain. from
both France and England, such PREPARATION for
their insults as shall appease our wounded
national pride. As for Mexico, we will at the
close Of the rebellion, if the French have not
left there before, send fifty thousand Northern
and fifty thousand Southern troops, forming to-
gether grand army to drive the invaders into
the Gulf That is the way we shalt tolerate a
French monarchy in Mexico
A TASTE FOR THE FINE ARrs.--Wc under
stand that q we'll known Wall street speculatoi
having an interest 10 one OF our city journals.
has been purchasing some OF the pictures car
ried off from the residences OF the Louisiana