Year: 1862

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join our army Is prf~Sate, and fight bis way to


Richmond with musksf- So now, when the


President has issued psools&ssion which Is a.


ineffective Is "the Pope's but, 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 procls-
nation, it is their duty and his own to cheer
fully obey the 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 act Of man whom . week or two
ago the radicals denounced az a traitor, and
accused Of attempting Dictatorship, but
whom they are now compelled to recognize as
. pure and earnest patriot. Before many days,
doubtless, Greeley and his revolutionary horde
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 ef 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 vexations of
routine and red tape. If 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 q
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-men of ability and
honor, who will not permit the constitution to
be nullifed, 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
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 misfortunes that
have afflicted the nation.


Had there been statesmen in Congress for
th0 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 standing army, and to restore the
harmony that once existed, and prevent Q
recurrence of future outbreaks from the same
causes, by placing the peace on broad and
lasting basis, will be the task Of the men 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. TIE 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-
ton. II will probably be deferred from the
commission Of the same description Of crimes
which it has hitherto perpetrated, by the full
of the fact that the people are wide
awake to its doings, and are watching it 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
ne cessarily 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-
tons of peace will be laid SO deeply that they
cannot be overturned again in century.


AMBULANCE CoRPsFoR THE ARMY.-The necss-
sty of an organized and disciplined ambulance
and camp hospital corps for our armies is 10
generally admitted, and has been SO often urged
in these columns, that 1t is unsccountable that
no adequate systematic arrangements have
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 oblioea To lie on tho 6ald FOR davs