The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1864-03-18

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The Han on Horseback as Last-Gens-
raj Grams ana sths New military . nd
PeiiticaA Situation ut wsshington.
The man on horseback. with his 'headquar.
i tors in the saddle" has como at last Accord
ing to General Orders No o." from the
War Once. major General Halleck ia. at his
own request. relieved from duty a. General-in
| Chief Of the army, and Lieutenant General
U. S. Grant is assigned to the command Of the
armies OF the United States" and "the head
quarters Of tho army will be in Washington.
and also with Lieutenant General Grant in
the field"
| This 10 tho arrangement effected in the
Generals late visit to the national capital
Az Generalin-C Chief he is not to be shut up
and tied to desk in the War Office. but is to
be free to visit in person our different armies,
in shaping and directing their movements
Instead, therefore, of losing his services in the
field by his promotion to his present position.
they are extended around the entire circle OF
tho rebellion. With this enlarged sphere Of
authority his responsibilities are correspond
ugly increased; but his brilliant achievements
In this war have satisfied the country that the
combinations, the strategy and tactics of Gene
raj Grant will still be found equal to every
emergency. The loyal States and the army
have unbounded faith in him, and from the
almost unanimous vote by which the bill
authorizing his promotion was passed in both
| houses, it is evident that all parties in Con-
gress share in this confidence of the people
| The Secretary Of War is said to be an enthu-
| siastic admirer Of Grant as soldier, who
''smites the Amalekitss hip and thigh" and
General Halleck, it is understood has been the
friend Of Grant when others have doubted,
faltered and turned against him. Thus far,
then, the coast is clear
| But how is it with the President We have
his own testimony that in the management of
the great vicksburg campaign the glorious re-
suits proved that he was wrong, and that Gene
raj Grant, in following his own judgment, was
| right. From this frank confession, and from
| the spl sndid successes of General Grant in his
late Chattanooga and East Tennessee opera
tions. we are free to assume that President Lin
coin believes that with Grant as his General in
Chief the right man is at last in the right place
We know, however, from their official reports,
| that General McClellans plans and combina-
tons were superseded by those of the Presi-
dent and that General Halleck declined to have
anything to do with the movements of the Army
OF the Potomac under General Hooker. Still,
as experience is good teacher, we are inclined
to the opinion that, II not interfsred with by his
political Directory, President Lincoln will CO.
operate with General Grant, and without at
tempting to improve upon his military arrange
ments by changing them.
The new military situation, then, under the
comprehensive and special direction of General
Grant, is satisfactory. 1t suggests unity, eff
cheney and activity over the whole field Of the
war, East and West and inspires the public
confidence TO reasonable anticipation OF quick
work and great results. It is the fixed convic-
ton of the country that the approaching cam
paign will extinguish the rebellion or give it a
new lease of life; it is the fixed belief of the
country that our armies in the. field, with our
powerful cooperating fleets, are abundantly
able to put an end to the Davis confederacy in
this campaign. This is the opinion of the coun-
Of it; General Grant knows it, and we doubt
not shares in this opinion, and is shaping his
plans accordingly. He has some difficulties be-
fore him. but the immense advantages which he
has gained, and which he now holds, make him
the undoubted master Of the military situation.
Next, the political situation at Washington.
though still somewhat enveloped in fog, is
coming out into holder relief. President Lin
coin has quietly laid his financial Secretary, as
a rival candidate for the succession, upon the
shelf but General Fremont and his German
legion are implacable and the Chase faction
are by no means disposed to submit to their
late defeat without an effort to repair damages.
They have, too numerous host of republican
outsiders and expectants ready to support
them in any family movement promising
change in s'the powers that be-" The late visit
Of General Grant to Washington has revealed
to all these unsettled parties their man and
heir opportunity. Let the movements of our
mics, therefore, in the interval to the meet
:. of the Baltimore Republican Convention in
e ., strengthen or sustain the military repu
49,. Of General Grant, and the Convention
nj = irresistibly borne along to his nomina-
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