The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1864-08-11

GRHOot
ina-Yts Crus InterprstAtiOn.
There was IN immense gathering Of the
people at Union square last night upon the Pre-
sdeutal question. Advertised and organized
as Mcclellan movement 1t has, nevertheless.
q far deeper signideaucy. The great underly
ing, outcrorping and controlling ideas of this
meeting were, first, the dismissal'of the present
incompetent and laundering administration;
and, secondly, Presidential candidate upon
whose distinguished services, commanding abili-
ties and Overshadowing popularity We may
safely rely for glorious success In the Novem
Der election, and in the execution OF the her
cuiean labors which will deyolvs upon the
next administration in our domestic and foreign
Affairs.
Such, Invested of its superficial DISCUSSES, Is
The true Interpretation of this impressive popu-
lar assemblage Abraham Lincoln has been
weighed in the balances, and found wanting
His election was rash experiment, his sd
ministratiou is deplorabIe failure. Public
opinion, looking to the safety OF the country
demands change; but clashing ciiques Of
schenng politicians, looking to the spoils, are
laboring to be.ray the hopes of the people,
Without uuion of the opposition elements
they can expect no success, and to secxre their
union they need a candidate whose superior
claims, merits and qualifications will silence all
discords and carry everything before him.
With such man all this useless rubbish Of
party principles, party platforms and old
party politicians may be cast iato the sea, while,
without this Indispensable man, the old demo-
cratic elcctioneering clsptrap of the last thirty
years viii be accepted only as q mocksry aud
a delusion.
Is General Mcclellan, then the man for the
crisis, Admitting that his merits as soldier
are great: that his services in the ational
cause challenge the gratitude OF this country;
That he has been unjustly dealt With by the
administration, and that he has a strong hold
upon the sympa;hies Of the people are not
bis claims. after all, rather Of a negative than
positive character? DO they not rest more
uron what he might have done if properly
supported, than upon what he has doae This
must be admitted, Had he possessed in any
active degree the positive Jacksonian qualities
not the power to shape events according to his
will when in the fall 0! 1851, with devoted
army Of two hundred thousand men around
hiin. he was the champion and the idol Of all
parties in the loyal States, ard his wish was
the law even TO the administration We fear
that there can only be one answer to this qles-
ton.
Nor can it be doubted that the nomination
OF General Mcclellan at Chicago, instead of
fusng the opposition elements into harmo-
NOUS and victorious coalition, would make con-
fusion worse COMPOUNDED. beginning with the
democratic factions. Surely this thing should
be avoided, as the danger is already sufficiently
great that the fierce excitements of this Presi-
Dental couysssmay be inAamed into scenes of
insurrectionary violence and civil war in the
North. Who, then, ~ an independent Presi-
dental Union candidate, is equal to the demands
Of this crisis. We cannot find aim in the list of
such negative avalables as Judge Nelson
Fillmore. poor Pierce or Guthrie, of Kentucky
With any such competition against Lincoln the
election must go by default
General Grsut, we contend. is the only man
competent to meet the necessities OF the times
aud the wishes Of the people The record of
his services covers a great empire in extent
regained from the rebellion. He has exhibited
in this war a breadth OF military genius skill,
energy and Success which casts all his warlike
contemporaries OF both hemispheres in the
shade. AZ the same time he has shown rare
degree Of political sagscity in avoiding any
entaagling alliances with intriguing politi-
clans. He has bsfied them In all their efforts
to flank him, and his hands are free He too,
has been embarrassed in his military opera
tons by the blunderers Of the War Ofice but.
never fnching never failing, he has, against
all obstacles, front and rear, worked his way
TO victory. As he stands he is master
Of the political and military situation.
Like Napoleon the First, he has shown the
world not only how to win battles. and how to
capture impregnable fortresses but how to
manage scheming politicians and tue govern
ment Directory He is using them when they
think they are using him, as in the case OF
General Butler. He Is. in q word a man OF
great genius, great skill and sagacity Is q sol.
dcr and as born diplomat and statesman--a
clear beaded, farseeng, resolute. energetic.
positive man: and he is wthal an incorruptible
patriot, and as honest as the sun.
This II the mau who can take the forlorn de
mocracy out Of the Slough Of Despondi at
the Chicago Convention, aud give them that
new name and password required to lead them,
as the advanced guard Of great political re-
volution, TO . glorious victory. Let the mana
gers at Chicago try to lift themselves above the
petty squabbling factions OF the hour, and they
will see that Grant is their ticket Otherwise
their labors will result in an abortion and the
independent Buffslo Union Convention. under
the standard Of Grant, will sweep the field. ..,