Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1864-03-21
Fn'ui the N. Y Post. tE'
The oPpOs.'Io", seaT ans RsFeslasnt-
An Article u OTh sensible 4 hsIt tJust.

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| Among snr CHARGES brought by The
| opposition NJ rIis' the present administers
tloo, aud cs:'"t, agaiusl the Presideut
- this, that NJ. l.'ucoIn and his rousIitu
ttonal adviser base uUI us,-i to The bes,
| adTHntaI" rur tIDInrb~e I"Irr aud means
entrusted to GheI IS tue nHIiIu. .Hs has
Tor tlces EtaI > had at liS disposal all HE
men and property he asked Tor. the whole
might OF tie country. aud yet he has not
crushed Ihe rebellion said recently an
opposition member OF Congress, aud SINH.
lar language is used by the opposition
press.
These charges ought to act as a warning
TO MIR. LIucOIn, and to all men in author
ity, 10 teach them the sure fate OF those
Who allow themselves to be persuaded or
in any way led by a political Opposition.
For ii is clear to every man who has care.
folly watched tte course Of the war that
wherever Mr.. Lincoln has failed, it has
been because he took the advice Of bis po-
lIIicAI opponents; and that If the Enal vic.
tory OF our cause has been put of, it is
because, during the first half of the three
years past, our military operations we're
controlled BY generals and politicians now
arrayed in the Opposition, uud who were
then uudisguised pro slavery democrats.
Every measure OF the war which has
since proved most effective was bitterly
opposed by these meu, who unfortunately
were able to keep tor while the Presi-
dents eari every effective, energetic com.
inanier WINS displaced or kept back by
them or at their insfauce; aud they were
permitted TO carry Uu Ine war according
to their own uOIiuns, until they brought
US to the verge of destruction. Mcclellan
10 the EAst aud Buell. in the West Joined
handR In mi h sd IL ;,,a 80
OF slRTeFy, which formed The main strength
OF the FsbsIs; sod ~ hile tlfl bfbteeted
And tEisd Is-seslRili dstSraiil lAsd irrl-
elatmabls malconteuts, they susceeded In
snubbing o. setting aside every military
man who diispiayed ardor, energy or gent
us. Poor MitcheIl was deprived OF his
small command, after a brilliant campAign,
aud seat out OF the western department, at
II time when he had just asked leave to
march upon and capture ChatlnnoOga.-I
He was sent to the obscure post OF Port
Royal, where he died. Fremont showed
enterprise and determination in Missouri,
and was prompt y displaced by Mcclellan.
Even Grants successful campaign against
Nashville, which swept the rebels, at one
blow from Kentucky aud half OF Teunes.
see, scaFceiy sutficed to save him from re-
tirement, aud be was retained as a subor-
diuAIe while Buell. was driven by Bragg
from Central Tennessee TO tue Ohio River.
R0secraus was transferred from q small
command in Western Virginia to one of
little more importance in Western Tenues.
see. Butler, mao OF energy and re.
sources, invented phrase which struck
blow at slavery, and wGs displaced; when
re employed be WAS sent out Of the way TO
New Orleaus.
In the East, under the immediate eye OF
General Nj CieIlan, all enterprise was dis.
couTaged; the enemy was allowed to be-
siege Washington for many months; his
cavalry raids" were never returned in
kind-0ur cavalry being dispersed through
the army. aud employed on picket and out.
post duty. instead OF being massed for eff
fectivc operations; aud the rebels were
constantly permitted To retain the initiA.
tive.
Tuus were the golden opportunities lost,
when the rebellion, Hs yet scarcely more
than an insurreclion. might, with vigorous
and confident handling OF our forces, aud
With equally energetic use OF the rnsmy's
weakness, have been crushed. Tue Presi.
dent, unwisely, as eVeuls have proved,
gave heed to the pTG-s!Avrsy Icaders; they
were placed IN the chief military cOm-
nEnds, and their Poiicy was supported by
him during this time. They opposed every
measure which struck ut the cause and
sources of the rebellion; and IL is their fault
that the war has been prolonged. That
they now cusI the blame upon him is what
he might have expected. They had NO
interest 10 his successi they were parlisans,
and many Ofthem would have gradged him
success They were animated by dislike
TO him aud iO the party which elected him,
similar 10 KIDD TO that enIeFtRiaed by. the
lauH linz ral,n1a Thav friRA unh nt5tii
with BeHuTrgArd, and talked of the cOnsli.
tutional rights of rebels with JET. Davis
We do not mean to say that they were
disIOyal, but they bad no true conceptions
of the nature of Ihe struggle; they did not
perceive the principle al stake; they saw
only parcel Of aGgry planters, who could
probably be paciied with kind words aud
promises of future good treatment, where
in tact there Was Determined band of
aristOcrAtS, sAyaRsIy bent upon destroy.
ing republican government and popular
liberty. $50 .i
1t was sad mistake to entrust the chief
command Oi our armies TO men so short.
sighted, and to shape the political conduct
Of the war according to their ideas aud
demands. Aud when they now turn upon
the President, and blame him for that
which was tbsir work, he has only to re.
feet that this is the inevitable result OF
such grave error. There came At last Il
time when the necessities of the case
forced the President to cast away the
couOsels Of this party aud TO adopt the
measures which they bad most violently
opposed. lie put forlh his Emancipation
Proclamation; he ordered slaves TO be re-
ceiVed aud employed in our armies, and to
be armed and used as soldiers. Wherever