Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1864-05-09

ICuVgB u no leupthIlQno otiNSAt1u 0E pONeEI
which Gan seduce the int ktt!y Of AbrahAm
~ In -b d a-s5,aiiisi yaiiaf f4zIa
GsneraI aEantt. n R6iiss.IsS.-Iis oFGnd
PEomllSs
PtOm the NsE YoEk finsL zf2
According 70 an = ts,sEn story, q prince
OF Persia once asked a philosopher of his
court Whstlhs required bartender him per-
fecs The sage replied vilhmots sincerity
thau aattsry, 1.-THE srts tsof, ,sileaes." The
prince was q weak man, or he Wonld haze
had 40 6sed olheltold dis. The ksepibg
great connssls, when imada always goes
with Ihs:ability to makelthsm RIrst-rate
capacity never babuIes.i Etts always self
Contained. That sort otfid Ielleetual fibre
which eugendtEs great ooncep mons iSl sure
to be strong enough 10 keep them back
| q 1Iil their hour had come. That sort OF
wal, too, which aIonG Is equal to the nigh.
est mastery is sure, fest Ut all, to MASTER
ILselE. Il II your loose natures that carry
loose tongHes-yoUr pEetenders that are
Jhs least TeIIcenI ."My hand OF iron was
nOtiAt the extremity of my ARM it was
Immediately connected with my head"
said Bonap4rte. He kept his plans 70
him seIt. He eou6Ied nothing. He was
at DO mGn's mercy. Il was IhuS.IhAt he
was never betrayed, never surprised. Il
was thus that he -a.thousand Iimes struck
bis enemies vita the audiences OF Lhun-
deFbOlt.
During the two mouths 10 which Lieut..
Gen. Grant has horne tte prime responsl-
billy, he has been conceiTing his designs
and maturing his plans with Ea imp penetra-
Bile reserve. While displaying ths utmost
euerRy 10 bringing the iustrumea. With
which he is TO do bis work 70 the hIgbest
perfection, be has yet made no disclosures
IL regard to the time Hhen, or the place
where, or the manner bow, that iustru-
meut Is TO be used. H,s plans have been
as unknown TO the PHblte men 10 Wash.
Iugtou as to the psop.e at large, and bis
renel enemies have acknowledged their
utter inability 10 get any satisfactory clue
to them. This is entirely new condition
ofthings 10 the operations of the Army of
the Potomac. Under Mcclellan, not a
movement, great OF email, was undertaken
which was uOt well known 10 advance by
bis enemies, and prePsred for just as u1.
derstaudingly as 1t every detail OF il had
been ,rumpsIed. He was all the while
mediIaling surprises, and vas all the while
hImselt surprised by finding the enemy
''iu overWhsImiog force" just where he
didn't expect him This constant b sHiiug
At last became such Z scandal, IhaG Ne
OIellan's friends fuRlly sought to thsSR
the responsibility of il upon the To-
quaeiIy OF the auIboFitieS 10 Wash
IbRton. zRgenp. bad IL beea true, It
-U6ald have 5ssn,o6 spttifaie exe1se.s Had
Gen. MeCieilaa The force % character l1s
tieJtina ahla M irlteat 1mHilnd ef, q ttoald
AaVe i6SisIedI As Gea. Gtant bas tdode,
on being the sole originator aud ethei sole
.,E Mi ha Wn1Nln ha
MADE that an absolute condition OF his
retaining command. The demand would
have been so reasonable that IhesAdmin-
isIrAIiOn Would not have dared TO with
hold, even II it had been inclined TO do so;
for when McClelIan drSt took command of
that army he3UaS As strong in the conf
deuce OF the people as even Grant is to day,
and this even though he had not been
tried at all. Bnt the truth is that McCiel
Ian's secrets were babbled 10 bis own
camp, through meu To whom be himself
voluntarily ,confded Ihem. TAe conclusive
evidence Of this is found in the fact that
tue letters Of the army correspondents OF
ihe time constantly Pre6gursd very move
meut before it was msde-Gen. Mcclellan
neither stopping their Observation-Disclosures
nor closing up their sources Of iuforma-
ton, Il would be difficult 10 say which
contributed most to mis- dePiorable failures
bis Lack of resolution or his lack OF fetl'
cence. Ia fact; both wGt6 souly sdtherent
mAnifest6tions Of the same naI6ral ls1ity.
Thank Heaven, the Army Of the Rsto-
macIs now uuder very different lead.
A soldier is at its head, who IL alike mas
ter fit, and of himself. He has already
begun bis active work, yet the eOmbtna.
lions by which he will effect It are still
but q matter of surmise and c'pjecturs
The prople, and the army Itself, will not
CLEARLY Understand them, until read With
that most instructive of all eommeptartes,
the actual result. For THAI Development
the people will wait with intense solicit
tude, aud yet With strongesE expectations.
they look lor great things, and with REQ
500. All the splendid prestige that Gen.
Grant brought to his new hetd from the
southwest has not only been sustained,
out has been made the more Impressive
ny the mauuer 10 which be has taken the
Army OF the Potomac in hand. Though
that army IL at least three umes larger
Shan any force ever before under bis com
n aud, bis method OF reorgAuizing ItS The
facility with which lie has 'e0mpEenended
tnd provided for its necessities, has At I
tested his rnasterly capacity; and with q
eou6dsnee never felt before. the army uoG
march forward 70 the exeeution:of his yet
unreVeAIed plans. We shall sooa have
mighty battles-doubtless one at least o.
i imagnituds never yet before sseu 10 toe
war. 10 all human pr. liability they will
be the decisive 1b6ttI63 OF the SsLr1gSle.
q cd grant that the auspiefousl begin Ing
NAV nave q triumphans, SobsummGtion.H
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