New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-05-06

in arson and robbery, under those OF Gen. Nc
Clellans housed What is il that makes Little
Mac universal fayoute among those who in
sist that the Rebels are substantially right and
can never be "sllliugated ?" Are not these
questions worth an answer
Among The leading subscribers to the McClel-
Ian sword at our Sanitary FAR were the Editor
of The Clic0go Times, who has been one OF the
most thor0ughgoing advocates and apologist' OF
the Rebels, end the wife Of New-fOrk Editor
who, We were long since advised, has never
made any secret Of her entire sympathy with
the Rebellion. And So all about rs, are men
who insist that the Rebels can never be put
down, and never ought 10 be, and that Gen.
Mcclellan ought TO command ON armies. How
can we help putting th. and That together
We cannot see bow "a soldier who has been
under bis command" should be an exclusive
Judge OF the value Of Gen. McClellaao services
to the National cause That Con. NJ. was
called to the command OF the Army Of the
Potomac in July, l56l-that said Army then
-, eco, was rapidly swclled 70 $50, 900, and in
by Gen. MS own yauntcJ Report. Now that
this vast Army remained for months coopcd up
and virtually bes eyed in and around Washing
ton, b. Rebel force interior in numbers, which
closed the navigation of the potomac o. the one
hand and olstruc,cj The Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad on The other, are facts which admit Of
no dispute. We say that the Rebel force which
thus bcsicgcd him wa, not h0J so large a. bis;
Gen. Mcclellan makes il about tico-thirdS; the
difference il material: how does soldier VINO
served under that General know which Of us Is
right And how is "evcry soldier who ha,
been under his command" implicated ia the in
capacity, imhccility or treason, which kept orr
great army idle and bclcagucFcd, though un-
sheltered, during those memorable months
Tie ". J. EIp,fss, in the very issue whence
we clip ,hc above cy'ract from The Mars, has q
letter from an Office in the Army Of the Poio-
mac, dated BE- Culrcper c. H., April Both,
l-6l" wherein be- says.
"0ur men age in good piri's and almost a1si.u for
v-o,lI et. rs iii., Nacr The old armv IA. n0t 81
u
of tho Ioin,ull South Mountain. ord hutei0m. where
thoy iFi d l.m ald ie was yci found wanting
"trioiirHfiriy for our common cause ~ isri7i'-
fr1fi0a ri1 0f ftm Hih him command Pence
might r1rf f.1 t1r craiH strsiaigrs and 0era.
WHO 49, filling their pockets with the spoil5 Of wa.
ever particle Il HA.ch Is dlencled and bought ith
tie heart blood Of thousands Of the best and brase
men pl or once happy and prosperous country Goa
only knows wAen 90 where this unnatural struggle V4
c.ls. Many fear before IT ends The name American.
which four short years ago was the pride and wonder
%! TIC world. viii be numbered among Tie things That
Werc.
God grant that those fears may not be realized. al
though it docs seem if ~ prsTHf CoHRrCss and ~
riHisraiion ir iing h,ipfuq hand ~ rrsH IN he
dlf osr glorious bsH.er ofIretdon."
Now, these grave imputatOns upon those
70 whom the People have intrus,ed the cLicfcon
duct Of their public Attain. are an essential part
Of the grounds whercon Gen. McClellon's res
tolation to command l. required. l. it true that
our authorities are trying TO protract the War
l. il trHs that the interest of "spccuiators' is
preferred by them to the overthrow Of the Re
bellon If it is, they ought to be hurled from
power az once-by revolution, if necessary.
But il il not true; but base wicked, fendi,h,
reasonable SANDER. Our Government is not 20
strong as We wish il was and hope il may be; but
it is honestly e2crting all its power to pr; down
The Rebellion. There is not another man in all
this land who would more gladly hear of
IL overthrow than would the President of the
United States; aud. next to him. his Cabinet
are earnestly solicitous for the earliest possible
honorable close OF the War. Could it help the
country in her present straits to put power into
the hands Of men who think and talk Il, this
officer does Yet these are they who want
Gen. Mcclellan AZ the head Of our armies.
THE OPENING CAMPAIGN.