M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1862-02-27

tAod tuS IOddo UcSH OIl luO Sloti VI
July last as they are now, my coll
eague would not have been able to es
capped the companionship Of my friend
from New York. Second when Gen
eral Mcclellan took command here
II say II without any desire to reflect
on Geleral Scott-he found things
.disorgsnized, and Oh combination be.
tween different parts Of this grand
army, He had to construct intench.
NeEts, aud pske the Army effective
in many details. This he has done.
lndetatigable even unto sickness, he
has accomplished what my colleagues
"brave Wade could never have done,
bad he studied tactics and war for a
century. And third, he never con.
lenplated movement on the anemy's
Intrenchmeuts, 1t is not too much TO
say here that he intended firstto have
General Buell. get the Tennessee road;
that for this end he has given all his
energies to aid him and hasten him
in this purpose. AL thar Buell. asked
for--arms, transportation, troops
have been furnished. When General
Buell. took command, he found HE
troops struggling and scattered. He
had TO gather them, and concentrate
land form them in divisions. BE has
had bad roads and bad weather; but
speak knowingly, when ldeclare 10
Ilhis Congress and the people, that no
ldelay of General Buell'S movements
are attributable to any orders from
| Mcclellan. On the contrary, he has
Iprdered him to hasten with all dispach;
not to lose day or an hoIr in the ac-
accomplishment ofthe design to seize the
| Tennessee railroad, to the end that
not only shall Eastern Tennessee be
lYpened to the army Of the UnioD; not
lbnly to give relief to the Union men
pf Tennessee, about whom my collea-
que makes 80 iujudicious a jeremiAd,
Ibut to the grand aim, to cut of this re.
bel army OF the Potomoc, not alone
rom the line Of their supplies, but
From tho Ens oftheir retreatl
In Kentucky we have more than
one hundred thousand soldiers, ready,
eager, active, and triumphant when
ever they have had any chance in
battle. McClellan's orders are for the
speediest movement there possible.
| My colleague praises the recent vic
tory OF our troops at Mill Spring. !
Isbare with him, as my constituents did
| with his, the pride Of that hard fought
encounter; but / will not shame my
State, which called Mcclellan to her
service, by p.uckiDg the laurels from
bis brow. when thele is not q soldier in
that battle who will not rejoice to see
| him wear them, as we'll for bis conduct
in Western Virginia as for the strate.
| ~ by which even the Mill Spring bat.
tie WIS directed, though at a distance.
1t wac, as | said, a part of his design
| upon the Tennessee railroad; and
there is no impediment, but every en-
couragement from him, for General
Buell. to forward the moveme ut to that
desired end.
| In Eestern Kentucky, Humphrey
Marshall has proved that while bis
| spirit was willing, bis flesh was weak
l-[laughter before the Ohio soldiers
under Garfield. ZollicofFe- has been
killed, and bis forces routed; aud no.
| thing but the impediments of nature
prevent our soldiers from lifting our
ensign upon the mountains OF Tennes.
! see, North Carolina, and Alabama.
In fear for the fate of Memphis, Beau.
regard is hurried out to Columbus,
Kentucky, to avert the northern ave.
lanche which impends their; while
| Buell., with consummate skill, is draw
ing his fatal lines around the confed-
| crates, as the lines have been drawn
in Virginia
i But it is said that the Potomac is
blockaded. So it is; but it is ofn O
practicable disadvantage. For all the
purposes Of supply. we are in co M.
munication with every part Of the
North. There are compensation, per.
haps unknown to my colleague, for
this seeming disadvantage. Would
that he would exercise his faith in
some things inscrutsble to him.
But is there no credit to be given
for the retention of Maryland; the re
scue Of the Virginia eastern shore; the
constant preparation and discipline
of an army of one hundred thousand
men here2 And all this with the Sec
retary Of War dabbljng in slavery
questions aud trafhcking in contracts.
Western Virginia we have held
against the hostility of the disloyal.
Floyd has been compelled to decamp,
and from the mountains TO the Ohio
our right there is none to dispute.
But, sir, although General McClel.
IAN has had charge ofall these matters,
and ls entitled to share their merit,
It was rot my purpose to paint-a pio-