The daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1863-1864, 1864-09-22

IA victorious army, sft.rths disaster of Gen
etali Pope, Halleck wrote to Mcclellan
/" beg you to assist me in this crisis with YOU
a5i1ityI and experience. fesgIi.s segl slf1
nAfter such endorsements, but little time
need be consumed in defending his military
reputation.
But we do not base his claims for the
Presidency on that ground alone. 1t is
not to be forgotten moment, when both
are IS. so ignored at Washington, that among
the duties especially taught At West
Point are the law Of nations and Constitu-
tional law, We can have no fear that one
early indoctrinated in the commentaries
of KENT and SroRr will follow Mr.. LIN
doLs in inaugratipg his Presidency by res
pudiating the supreme Court, to disregard
of whose Constitutional authority more
than to any other cause is, to be ascribed
our civil war. In Mexico, beside the pro
fessional knowledge obtained from the cam.
paign, our..candidate could not have failed
to have noticed the fatal consequences Of
the exersise of despotic power under the
guise Of Republican institutions. His Wis.
it to the Crimea during the Russian war, not
only gave him personal knowledge OF the
great incidents connected with the seige Of
Sebastopol, and fitted him fer military pos
sition which he was subsequently called to
FIJI, but his residence in Europe afforded an
opportunity not only ofstudying the civil in
stitutions of these countries but their po-
litical relations with one another, and Sith
the United States; subjects Of primary in-
portance to one charged with the foreign
relations of the Union. During his mills
tary career he demonstrated that he COM
pretended the magnitude Of the war, aud
understood the civil policy which would
speedily overcome the rebellion. His in.
structions to Generals HALLEcE, BUELL.,
SHERMAN, and Butler, point out the true
object for which the war shsuld be con-
ducted aud If the spirit OF those instruction
had governed military operations, the war
would have been ended and the Union re-
stored long ago. The brief sentences which
occur in General MCCLELLAN's instructions
to General BuKLL in reference to the civil
policy which should he pursued, express the
true principles that should have controlled
the conduct of the war
.Bear it in mind that we are lighting only ts
preserve the integrity Of, the Union, and to up.
hold the power Of the general governmsnt,P od'
Pfessrye the strictsst discipline among the troops
and while employing the utmost energy in mill
tars naoxsnsits be csrsfRl % 70 treat the nnsFn'
cd inhsbitants "a to contract, not widen, fle
breach existing betwes us and the rebels. "s'sse'
AT sho,ild be our constant aim to make ii appa
rent that their property, their comfort, and theil
personal safety, will be best preserved BY adhs
ring to the cause Of the Union. CIT -
The letter written at liarrison's Landing
treats more folly Of the civil and political
aspect Of the rebellion and proves the wrI'
ter to be a statesman Of great ability. II
is indeed astonishing how the mind Of this
great general at that early day, grasped the
great civil questions growing out Of the re.
bellion:
nThis rebellion" he wrote. ,"has assumed the
character of u war, and as such 1t should be re-
garded; and it should be conducted on the high
est principles known TO Christian civiz alton. 1t
should NOT be war looking to the subjugation OF
the people Of any state, in any event. 1t should
not be a war upon population, but upon armed for
ces and political organizations. Neither eontisca-
ton of property, political executions of persons,
territorial organizations Of states, or torcbe
abolition Of slavery, should be contemplated Tor
moment Military arrests should not be tolerated
except in places where actual hostities exist and
oaths not required by enactmsnts constitulionally
made should BE- nsither.demanded nor received"
The administration Idisregarding these
wise and timely counsels, has pursued the
very opposite course, and by so doing has
brought the country to theI very verge o'
ruin