Year: 1863

notwithstanding all the praise heaped upon


The gallant General Meade, upon bis accession


TO command Of the Army of the Potomac, and


bis brilliant victory at Gettysburg, it is evi


dent from the grumbling of the radicals, that


ne does not meet their idea Of the j." coming


man" Another change Of commanders will


soon take place. OF the twenty changes that


the Abolitionists have announced their deter


mination to make before restoring Mcclellan.
fourteen yet remain. If they are determined
to find the coming man in the political
ranks of the radicals, it is not improbable that
they may yet conclude, before exhausting the
number of changes announced, that the com
ing man is done up in black package"


Whether this shall be so or not, it is certain
that the radicals are dissatisfied with Meade.
and the mex. battle will be fought under new
commander. His appointment was not well
received by the Republicans, notwithstanding
bis victory, as soon as it was known that be
was of the Mcclellan school of Generals
They now say his victory was only carrying
out Hooker's plans. and that when left TO bis
OVID resources. he failed. The people of the
Atlantic States, however, blame the Admins
tration for allowing Lee TO escape with his
army and plunder. There were troops enough
in Washington TO have cut of his retreat had
the authorities at Washington had the courage
to bar To loo ba oil P,,t ha
politicians of Washington could not dispense
with their body guards for even limited pc
rod ard the fruits of great victory were
lost to the country, and the war prolonged for
an indefinite period. The Administration
pauacea for all this blundering and misman
agement, is a change of commanders.


Cas,ine,' the Washington correspondent
Of the Sacramento Union. speaking of the
Army Of the Potomac, after the Gettysburg
battle, says


The ruling thought with the men before the an
ticipated battle at Wiliamsport was that Lees
army would be cut up, Richmond's fall would
follow that of Vicksburg and that they would.
then and there, 10 that little elbow of the Poto-
mac, substantially end the war, and be at lib
erty to return 10 peaceful homes before many
months should pass. We are in for the war.
aud here goes for another two years at it, was
the general cry when they saw the rebel army
fleeing wide into Virginia again. This depress-
ing thought, superadded to natural chagrin
which every soldier feels and to bodily fatigue
which the poor fellows have experienced, will
have an unfortunate effect upon the armv
And right here | may as well say that, despite
all of The convincing proofs of his uniitneSs for
command. | must believe that more than three
fourthS Of the Army of the Potomac. have
profound conviction that Mcclellan IS their
only legitimate commander But after all
military men say that it really does not make
much difference with the men who their chief
leader is.


How easily these President making Aboli-
tioniss satisfy themselves for all their misdeeds
in prolonging the war; " 1t really does not
make much difference with the men who their
chief leader is" The " brown package com
mander would do as well ! Was there ever
such trifing with the patriotic heroism and
bravery of an army before? If the people rely
upon the army to put down the rebellion, the
army has the same right to rely upon the peo.
pie to see that they are protected from the
enervating Influence of Abolitionism. that has
thus far, done nothing but paralyze the army
that it might be made subservient to their
partisan purposes.