Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1864-05-05
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~ - = HEOVEn0ohA RAA POR0f0l21A-
Ia 0resIss A. BtIRusVH; transformed by
she war from tAdieal democrat 10 rad.
lsAl republican. matnIiins his personal In
dependence Stiil and Vlslds . free aud
3 usreilsss pen 10 bis ReVisv. Iug a'recent
tGrtiols4hs gives hts opinions OF the two
men now most talked Of for the Presidency,
which are sugges'tvsit not just:
LincolH evidently kuSWs nothing
OF the philosophy OF history OF Of the high
er elements Of human nature, He imsg.
Ines that men act only from low aud
interested motives, aud does not suspect,
because be does not feel, the presence Of .
heroic element, the element Carlyle would
call it) Of hero worship, that makes men
admire and cling to, aud uphold bold,
daring policy, enetgettcally proclaimed,
firmly adhered to, aud eonSislently acted
90, though in-Ihe Taco and eyes Of their in
stsFest. His soul ,seems m9de1ot leather,
and incapable Of any, grand OF noble emo
ton. COMPARED with the mass OF men be
iS lipe OF, fat prose 10 a beautiful aud
spirited lyric. he lowers, he never ele-
vStes you. You leave his presence with
your enthusiasm dSmPed, your better feel
ings crushed, and yolt hopes cast TO
the winds. You ask not can this man
carry The nation through its terrible
struEgles2 but, eau the nation carry this
man through them, aud not perish in
the AttemPR he never adopts q clean
policy. When he hits upon . policy, sub
1lApliRlly good 10 itself, he cOutrives to
esiitile T. smeAr Il, or in some way to
stndsr d IAN, contemplate aud useless.
Eeen wisdom from him seems but folly
ID g not bis iauli' ootL6is misfortune. He
lea good lori OF n4u. hi1ueh natural
thfeVdnes. add Ils l.elable native abili-
tIe bon Be is uilp Need in the presidential
chelf. &c lTts aud moves in an order OF
kholRh . world many degrees below
thai ii Whtoh a great man lives and moves.
we blame him not because he is mole.eyed
aad not eagle, eyed, and that he has no
suspicion of that higher region Of thought
sAnd actionlt in which lie the great interests
aud questions he is called upon TO deal
with as president of the United States
He has done As much aS was in his power
70 make himself, and shonId be respected
for what he has made himself, aud the fault
that ho-iS-nOt 6t GOr-his- position is the
fault Of rs Who put him there. sHia own
fault ts, the misfortune of being uucon :
SciOuS Of his own un6tness for his place %
I'VE regretted, and regret, the act OF
the President relieving Gen. Mcclellan
fNA4" ~ AONgk4S Auu SSH
that be should have been relieved some
six months earlier or not al all. Never
had he proved himself so worthy of com
mAnding the army as be was proving him
aelt when he was relieved, aud no man
who has succeeded him has proved him.
self superior to him, There are officers in
the army of the Potomac working their
way mp who will prove his superiofs, bot
none OF them has as yet been placed In
command of that army. He had 10 the
beginning, like all our officers, no expert
enee in commanding aud mAuGuvreing
large bodies OF men, and never was he
able to bring al his forces into action or
to use them With advantage. The only
exception was the battle OF Malvern Hill,
which, unless We have been greatly misin-
formed, vas General FitL John POrter's
battle. Bat bic want of experience was
defect that be was every day overcom-
g, and he Is reported to have said
At Warrenton to . friend, day OF two be.
fore be was relieved. Il feel now, for the
hrst time in my life, that am able to com.
maud q hundred thousand men.' lis not
improbable that had be been continued in
command, that noble army would not have
experienced its fearful losses At Rrsder-
loksburg aud OhAnceIlorsVille. No man has
ever commanded that army who has had .
tuSter appEeoi0tion of military merit, aud
We may safely cay that the officers promoI-
ed 70 high commands by him OF his influ-
enee were among the very Rblest in the
ARMY, aud far superior to those advanced,
PToPrio nOtH, by the President. We do not
think the army Of the Potomac ever had
an officer superior 70 Fu1 john Porter
PsFhaPs he deserved dismissal IRON the
service, bat not more than Gen. MrClelIa
himself, Gen. Franklin, and others 60 ually
implicated, and all shQnld haze been die.
missed, or none. 1t would give MS pleas
urs TO see this able loGiceF restoFed to his
rank in the service, aud placed in com.
m0nd commensurate with his rank. Pow.
es. to be loved aud respected, must b.
equitabIe, Just, Impartial. not onnririnns nI