The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1861-11-22
Mcclellan and Beauregard COntrasted

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Mcclellan and Beauregard Contrasted.
Mr. Russell of the London Times, who has
seen and conversed with both Mcclellan and
Beauregard gives his impressions of them in
latest received letter to the London Times
1T is significant enough to the relations
between the state and the army, to see Mr.
Lincoln walking over daily, more than once,
to visit Gen McClellan's quarters Pray do
not think desire to insinuate that the gen
eral is in any way desrol> that the chief of
the state should adopt that course, or that
ne would consider it beneath him to wait on
'iie executive, instead of the executive wait
lnS upon him. Young as he is, and sudden
ly elevated to such a giddy hight. he is per-
tecty modest, unassuming and unintiated,
though quite selt-possessed, calm self-re-
spectiug and reticent But his reticence is
very severel Y taxed, for the president desires
to know all things. and hang ME, if were
Mcclellan, if Id tell him, or any man, NY
plans. The great abyss which lies between
the sovereign and the subject in our deluded
and ridiculous old countries does not exist
over here, and the president and the general
stand very much on the same plane The
private soldier saunters intos THE drawing
rooms Of the White House on reception
nights, and shakes hands with Mr. President
as atiably as If he We're not sovereign and
pre>ident-maker. am bound to add, the
private soldier, in his hcdden-sray, behaves
himself perfectly. There can be no 'snob-
blshness about mans manners. when he is
IS great as any one in the room. and cannot
try to be greater # Ii, would. 1t would as
tonlsh Us very much # a monarch, visiting
one of his own generals in war time were to
be told he could not see him, as the general
had come he me- tired. and was gone to bed :
but III this country such thing would be
perfectly natural, and it would not if it oc-
CURED, be far to infer that the general in
tended the least diSre>pect TO the head Of
the state.
"When had the pleasure Of convcrsins
with Gen Mcclellan for the first time he
asked mc several questions. with eviLei, in
ierest and friendly curio>ty-not unusual on
the part of generals in reference to their al
tagonis,.-rcspectug Gen HcaurtgArd. Ia
his case there was all the more reason for
such inquiries, in the fact hat they were old
tel l.ow- students and classmates. To ny
mind there is something of resemblance be
tween tn, men. Both are below the middle
hight. They ale both squarely built, and
famed for muscular power >ince their college
days. Beaurecard indeed. is lean and thin
ribbed; Mcclellan is full and round. with
NapoIeonic tendency to cm5onpott, sub
dueI by incessant exercise. Beauregard
sleeps little; McEieilan's temperament re-
quires full share Q: rest; both are spare
and Spartan in diet, studious. quiet. Beau
regard is rather saturnnr, and. if not mclan-
cholic, is of a grim gayety Mcclellan is gen
al even in his reserve. The density Of the
hair, the squareness of the Jaw, the tirmness
and regularity of the teeth, and the outlines
of the features are points of similarity i'll
both, which would be more striking if Beau
regard were net of the true Louisiana creole
tint, while Mcclellan is ir-complexioned.-
Beaurtgard has Il dark, dull Students eye.
the dulnrss of which arises, however, from
its formation, for it is full of fire. and its
slances are quick and searching. Mcclellan
has deep. clear eye, into which YOU can
look far and deep. while you feel it searches
far and deep. into You. Beauresard has
something of pretension in his manner-not
hauteur, but 4 folding armed, medi,ative sort
of air, which seems to say, Don't disturb
me: I'm thinking Of military movements. =
Mcclellan seems to be always at leisure; but
You feel at the same time you ought not TO
n,rude too much upon him, even when you
seek in vain tor the grounds of that impress
sion in anything that he is doing or saying
Beauregard is more subtle crafty and astute :;
McCle Ian is more comprehensive. more learn
ed, more impressionable. Bcauregard is a
thorough soldier; Mcclellan may prove he
is a great general. The former only looks
to military consequences, and disregards
popular manifestations the latter respects
the opinions of the outer world. and sees po-
litcal as we'll as military results in what he
orders. They are both the creatures of acci-
dent, SO far as their present positions are
concerned. 1t remains to be seen if either
can control the current of events, and if in
either the artilleryman or the cavalry officer
of the old Uaited States army there is the
stuff around which history is moulded, such
as that of which the artileryman of Brienne
or the leader of the Ironsides was made"
Expenses in Raising Vermont Regiments.
Gov Fairbanks in his last message to the