Year: 1862

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join our army Is ff>ate, and fight his way to
| Richmond with muskeG- So now, when the
President has issued psocisaSstion which is o.
ineffective ss "the Popes bull against the comet.
| General Mcclellan does not resign. He writes
an order to his soldiers, instructing them that,
no matter what they may think of the procla-
| nation. it Is their duty and bis own to cheer
fully obey tho commands Of their commander
in-chief. This is an example which the radicals
would do we'll to study, remember and initiate
This is the aot Of q man whom . week or two
ago the radicals denounced az a traitor, and
accused of attempting a Dictatorship, but
whom they are now compelled to recognize as
pure and earnest patriot Before many days,
doubtless. Greeley and his revolutionary horde
will again attack Mcclellan as Of old; but the
insincerity of their motives is now evident, and
the people will not fail to recollect and en-
dorse the radicals present praise Of Mcclellan,
and consequent contempt for Fremont and Clay.
The New Congrsss-Ths Duty Of the


People.


The rumored changes in the Cabinet and In
the generals Of the army, if they have no
foundation in fact spring from the popular de-
sire that the war should be conducted hereafter
with efficiency, instead of permitting it to Ian
guish, and every interest Of the country to pine
and suffer under the delays and vexatons of
routine and red tape. II these changes should
take place. they would be only evidence Of the
new vigor that appears to have infused itself
into the war for the Union. The recent vic
tories in Maryland, in Mississippi, in Missouri
and in Kentucky are all proofs Of the same
tendency. The launch of the new Monitor, yes
terday, and the other formidable preparations for
active operations by sea and by land going for
ward in every part Of the country, all 60 to
prove that the complete triumph Of our arms in
the war for our territorial integrity Is only q
question of time, and that time very brief indeed


The restoration of the Union, therefore, in
few months, perhaps in few weeks, may be
regarded as il it were now an accomplished
fact. But after the rebellion Is suppressed the
delicate and difficult questions that are to
come must be settled 1t is true that the
constitution then settles everything by it,
own operation. But we must have the
right men in Congress-nen of ability and
honor, who will not permit the constitution to
be nulli6ed, and who will insist on carrying
out all its provisions. If radicals and Jacob ms
should then be in power, they would continue
to trample ON the constitution as they do now
and the affairs Of the South would not be
settled as long as they remained in power.
Such men do not know human nature, and
ought never to be invested with political power.
We want, therefore, not only better men in the
Cabinet, but higher class Of men in Congress
statesmen, instead Of the miserable politicians
who now disgrace the halls OF legislation, and
are tie prime cause of all the misfortunss that
have afflicted the nation.


Had there been statesmen in Congress for
ths last two years there would have been no
civil war. And to bring our national troubles
to peaceful termination, to prevent the ne
cessity OF q standing army, and to restore the
harmony that once existed, and prevent
recurrence of future outbreaks from the same
causes, by placing the peace on a broad and
lasting basis, will be the task Of the mon who
are to constitute the future Congress Let
only honest and capable candidates be selected
and eleoted-men of enlarged ideas and free
from all sectionalism. The new Congressman,
it is true, will not take their seats till
the 4th OF March; but their election, If
they be Of the right stamp, will have an impor-
tant influence upon the present Congress for
the three months that remain to it for legisla-
commission Of the same description Of crimes
which it has hitherto perpetrated, by the full
knowledge of the fact that the people are wide
awake to its doings, and are watching il with
a sharp eye. If the present members should
continue in the same course which they have
pursued since the time Of their election, they
may calculate upon heavy retribution at the
hands of their. indignant constituencies. If,
therefore the rebellion should be crushed
before the 4th of March the election of the
right kind of men 70 Congress this fall will
have a potent moral effect upon the proper
settlement of the vafious questions which will
necessarily arise. If the rebellion should hold
out till after the new Congress assemblies, then
we hope that statesmen worthy of the name
will represent the nation, and that the founda-
tions of peace will be laid so deeply that they
cannot be overturned again in a century.


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AMBULANCE CoRPs> ron THE ARMY.--The necss-
sity Of an organized and disciplined ambulance
and camp hospital corps for our armies is 30
generally admitted, and has been so often urged
in these columns, that it is unsccountable that
no adequate Systematic arrangements have
heretofore been made for the proper care Of
our wounded. Every care has been taken to,
prepare our soldiers for the battle; but after
the battle ceased some Of our wounded men
have been Obliged 10 lie on the field for davs