Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1862-11-21

he loss of whole summer, gavc a faint
fvryal to the expiring hopes of loyal
. 4fople. The West had sent its nob!est
i bns in hundreds Of thousands to the
q fscue Of their couutryss flag from des-
Honor, and its institutions from distruc-
lon at the hands Of traitors. 1t had
Poured out its treasures like water to
Saustain them, and looked for corrcspon-
Wing results. But alas it looked in
faia. Month after month was wasted,
nd the noble army wasted, too, in the
8neemprehensiblc campaign, under Gen.
Hpaell. The whole loyal North became
bot ealy impatient, but alarmed. Every
body bat the President saw clearly that
|fiiher through treachery, or fatal i'm
lbeeility which betrayed like treason, the
Pause of the Union was being merci-
.lessly sacrificed under the management
|ofGen. Buell. Still the President, in the
|fuHuess of his firth; or charity, contin-
.ned him in command. At last, howeye
he raid of the rebels to the very sub
erbS of Cincinnati startled even Lincoln,
and Buell. was superseded. But the
f. Border State conservatives, and the
Democratic press raised such storm.
au.t declared that Buell. had just perfeo-
tod his plans, and would have crushed in
another week, the whole rebel forces in
tie South They declared it un-
juet to supercede him then, and let other
Generals reap the laures he had so
ne.rly won. As the President, as vel,
as every body else, knew perfectly we'll
t',at our army could capture the rebels
and destroy their power if permitted by
their commanders to do so, the confd-
is President, willing to give Gen. Bu-
ell an opportunity to retrieve his lost
ilne, coaatermanled the order aud gave
over the immense army again to his COM
mand Our readers know the result
The rebels were permitted to retire with
d pluudcr train, such as never was col
leeted in any country, and which alone
Enabled them to maintain their forces
This was too much, and the order at
last came for his pre-e emplory removal
In all'this, no one doubts the honesty
and patriotism OF the President. And
We doubt if any one now sees more
clearly than Himself the great mistake |
he has made. With the patriotic pur-
pose of uniting all the people Of the |
Free States, he appointed to nearly all |
The high commands, men opposed to him ,
IN sentiment. lie thought this unex-
ampled generosity and exhibition of per-
feet freedoms from partisan feeling could |
uot fail to beget spirit of like confidence |
and patriotism in the party that had op- |
posed his election. And he clung to
this belief, long after erybody else
saw that most of those SO appointed
used their positions to thwart his plans
aud bring bis Administration into such
disreputc as would enable the leaders Of
the opposition to regain the power they
had lost in Congress, for the sole pur-
pose of requiting his generosity with
which should compel
disgraoeful compromise with the rebels. |
1t is not to be denied that this policy of /
the President'l,ad well nigh lost him
the confidence of those upon whom
alone he could rely for support.
But the final removal of Buell., re-
vived the failing hopes Of loyal men,
and they began to look forward to
better day. Still there was another clog
which had, for whole year, obstructed |
the progress of the war in the East, as
Buell. had in the West. That was Gen.
Still Lincoln held on to !
his 'little Mac" as he called the Com
mander-in-Chief, and could not let him
20. True, he had sacrificed one army
and untold millions, and he had lost
year in doing it. But he made large
promises, and Lincoln relied upon them
unit, it became evident that Mcclellan |
did not intend to do anything that he
was determined to go into winter quar-
ters without striking blow. Halleck, |
Holt, Stanton, and all patriotic Democrats
protested against this, and Lincoln made
two personal pilgrimages to Mcclellan |
to induce him to move, but all in vain.
He had dismissed Maj. Key from the
service for stating that it was the
''ga ame" of the General not to whip the
rebels, but to wear out the res ources of
the North, so as to compel 4. compro-
mise that would save slavery and rein
state the old leaders in power. And
now, that the game had developed itself
past all denial, with sorrow and regret,
little Mac" too, had leave to retire!
For this all loyal men are moved to
gratitude, and with hopes revived and
confidence restored, look to see the
same policy pursued, until our armies
are weeded Of all but those whose hearts
are in the cause and, are determined to
it. And the spell being once
broken, We believe the rebellion will !
yet be suppressed. True, the summer is
,opa ,nJ tho lonn ond ,,la,cout c,n :,