The New York herald., 1864-06-18

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scot free. An chat Stanton has de-
frsaded tie government of, even allow
ing the charges preferred against him to
be true, would not prove . 1.-THE Of the
losses by frauds, mismanagement, piundering
contracts. the dishonesty Of those who have the
handling Of the currency, &c., which the na
henai treasury Is annually compelled to suffer.
IL 10 safe to say that ene-third the annual OK
penditures Of the government goes into the
pockets Of thieving contractors and plunderlng
shoddyists, or is obtained In some dishonest
way or other. This is q melancholy and hu-
initiating statement but II ID true; and Con-
gressionai committees would do better service
to the country BY fsrretIng out these gigantic
frauds rather than by wasting months Of vala-
able time In substantiating some two-penny
charge OF malfeasance on the part OF some
humble public ofhcsr. ot
GENERAL MoCLr1LAs JosrrrrEp BIZ GEsHRA1.
GRAHr.-From the dilemma Of the uncou,forta-
BILE necessity Of siege into which General
Grants campaign from the Rspidaa to the
Chickahomny had apparently brought him he
has brilliantly emerged on The banks of the
James river, where be now initiates an entirely
new series Of operations against tho rebel
army. Grants movement to the James, and
his establishment Of new base there, 10 .
magnificent judgment between the administra-
tion and General Mcclellan It endorses
General McClellan's man@nvre, and jnstihes
in fhn ,laoH Ill xI>.k
said Of that soldiers great genius. When
General Mcclellan was practically In the posi-
ton that Grant is now In, and when, with q
suitable reinforcement, his chances to over
throw the rebellion would have been exactly
what Grants chances now are, be was ordered
away from that great vantage ground by the
President, or the military nonentities who
advised that functionary, and then followed
series Of awful disasters. Mcclellan was
ordered from the James river by the new
Alexander who hsd assumed the command of
our armies, and ordered the weather to
be propitious and the roads dry on q
certain day early in that year. Mr.. Lin
coins reason for ordering General Mcclellan
from the James river was this:-We had fifty
thousand men on the James river and fifty
thousand on the Rapidan, and the rebel army
was between these two bodies. Consequently
to operate effectively, the two bodies should
unite. If the army on the Rapidan went to
that on the James, Richmond might be taken.
If the force on the James joined that on the
Rapidan. Washington could be defended,
though it was not threatened, and Richmond
could be menaced, and menaced only. Conse-
quentiy the argument was in favor Of sending
the force on the Rapdan to the james. But II
that force were joined to McClellan's army he
would still have the command; for his outright
removal at that time would have alarmed the
country and made panic. But If his force
were withdrawn and added to the force In the
valley he would be quietly put out Of the way,
to the infinite delight of the radicals. So
Mcclellan was ordered from the James; and
that was perhaps the most important exercise
Of his military prerogative and genius that the
President has given. His other military acts
and reasons have been like 1t in character.
Mr.. Lincoln's smutty jokes have sometimes q
little point; but his military reasons are la
mentable. 1t is pleasant to the people aud to
the soldiers who adore General Mcclellan to
see his plans and ideas, 30 bitterly denounced
ard jeered by the administration, approved by
the unprejudiced voice Of events, and by the
we'll pondered acts of 80 great O soldier as
General Grant