Year: 1862

TIE great body Of the people, whose confdenr,
IN him has never Jagged, bat who have no powe
to help him, wish ham longer 70 contend agains
obstacles so iDsurmountsbe1 Lat him retire
and let il be seen how well the war viii gs
along without him We trust Ia heaven it nav
go along we'll. We trust there are other mill
tary leaders competent to move vast armies
conduct q successful campaign, and who viii
escape the Abolition fre-in -ths-rear. We cannot
name them, however Burnside is unquestiona.
bly, good general OF division, but nothing
mora. P0De is not that, but since TIE former SO
lection of Pope as the successor Of Mcclellan
what conf lence can bs felt in future selections
of the administration


No doubt the removal Of Mcclellan was some
time since determined upon, but the sdministra
ton did not dare to announce it while the elec
tiOns were pending. They were afraid Of the
expression of the popular indignation at it
through the ballot box They might well be
afraid.


His removal is an act of def4nce Of the popu.
lar will which leaves little ground for hope that
in other essential things the admins tratiou will
heed that will simultaneously with the re-
mOval of Mcclellan the announcement comes TO
US that the emancipation proclamation will not
be Withdrawn! Scarcely less startling would
be the announcement that the President had
indeed suspended the Constitution" and as
sumed tbs powers Of the Car of Russia y
Scarcely less startling would be the announce
ment that tho recent elections had been set
aside, future elections prohibited, and Congress
abolished.


The removal of Mcclellan will give him a yet
firmer hold upon the affections Of tbs people
Whom the aboEtionists psrsecuss--whOm the
administration seek to strike down in obedience
to abolition pressuTs"-the people will rally
around, defend and sustain


Later intelligence advises sthst Gen. HaIleck
Is among McClellan's > RssAilants We are not
surprised at this Since Gen. Halleck, as ths
apparent price of the generaLin-chiefship, ate
his own famous order number three, and since a
couple ef Abolition Senators were SO pleased at
an interview with him that they could not re-
tfaln from sending report Of the result Of it to
the newspapers, We have no doubt that, with
respect TO the possession Of him, nine points oil
the law were with the Abohhonsts. Aud when,
the other day, the telegraph announced il ss bis
opinion that war with Europe would not be
Calamity, and that the resources of the country
were abundant to sustain such war-that, in
fact such war might be dssirable as the nnears
Of uniting the people Of the North, (so that the
power OF Abolitionism might be psrpetuatsd in
the government, we suppose we set him down
as among the most zsslous of Abolition fresh
converts


When General Mcclellan resumed command
of the Army of TIE Potomac, At the sntreaty Of
the administration, sfter its terrible disasters
under the Abolition General Pope, it was upon
the express condition, as is well understood that
his arrangements and plans and strategy should
not hs inferfered with from any quarter. How
the War Department has attsmpted to interfere
With them, the letter Of General Halleek shows
For disregarding such interference, DO doubt
Mcclellan has abundant reaso1s, aside from the
breach Of faith Of the administration in the in
reference.


We s'e, also, that the administration seek to
saddle the Harpsr's Ferry disaster upon McClel-
Ian. The fsct that Harpe1's Ferry was not
within his command, and that there was an sbun-
dant force there, had it been properly used,
to successfully resist any attack, would seem
to relieve Mcclellan Of responsibility in that
mater


The administration need not expect that it
will break down Mcclellan at blow, however
we'll that blow may be aimed. He may make
no defense whatever, and tho country will sus-
tain him. When he should make his defense,
We predict that the imbeciIgty Of the administra-
ton and the infamy of abolition will be more
apparent than ever before.