M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1862-02-20

ing this and reasoning upon this, now
that the night is upon ne, they will
keep their faith in him and no hostile
criticism Of the gentleman here can
shake that faith: The attack of my
colleague is like that Of tue apigmy
with a straw against a giant cased in
adamant.
Ny colleague is not Satisfied with
anJ thing short of an advance at every
hazard. lie ia not satisfied with the
President, for he defers TO Mcclellan;
not satisfied with any commander-in.
chief, Tor no one can command even
three hundred thousand men; not sat.
isfed with what has been done; hot
satisfied with what is to be done. He
woald discourage all our efforts, aud
make taxation Weigh like use,ess bur,
den on an anxious and saddened peo.
pie. His policy would disocganne
tie Army and realize his theology by
nakiHg hell on eartlJ Jlsnghter1 With.
ont giving us the satisfaction OF 70.
Iture state, where secession may have
its fit eternal doom. Taught er.]
So much for the critic. Now what
is the critieisms
First: he carries rs to Missouri,
and says thas General Curtis was sent
with some ten thousand men against
Price, when there vac almost u eer-
tainty OF Price's capture, when all at
once au order came from general OF.
ticer, either there or here which called
a halt, and nothing was done. Now,
either my colleague meant that Gen.
eral Mcclellan or General Halleck,
by their hesitation and delay, haVe
allowed the campaign against Price
to be suspended, il not abandoned. I
do not care which general he meant;
it is simply not true that either OF
them have been thus derelict. The
facts are these: Generals Curtis, Sligei,
and Asboth have been ordered toward
Springfield to attack Price, If it waa
thought best in their judgment. They
sent forward a large cavalry recon.
DOissan ee, and found that indefatiga.
bic and able General Price in snch
force that they concluded to hold 8
council of war, and decided that six
additional regiments were needed.
On notifying General Halleck, he at
once ordered them frcm General
Pope's command. near Sedalia, to
move to the scene Of operations. Gen.
eral Hallerk's opinion, in q letter re-
eeiwed by Geaeral Mcclellan onlytwo
dags ago, was that they would esther
beat Price or drive him Out Of Mls.
souri. Perhaps my colleague never
got as far as Springfield, aud be dose
mot know the almost matcliless strat-
egy Of Price. He has ventured to ap-
pear in foresin southwestern Missouri;
hrt lie takee care to be within conyen.
Iient roach OF the Boston mountains,
where he can hide IN that almost inae
cessiGle locality, and where il is easieI
for him to 20 than our generals to fol
low. But it is utterly unjust to Gen
eral Mcclellan to say that he has re
strained the eager impetuesity .ofth'
Missouri soldiers. General Hallecl
has received no orders inconsisten
with &he prompt movement in Mis-
sourI. When General Helleck tool
command of the Army in Missouri
} line found mountains of dificufty It
: over -come-as Buell. did in Kentucty
as Mcclellan did herein the organ
f cation aud equipment Of the troops
3 General Halleck found, it is true,
= fine paper organization. Ae has Il
. bored with q astatesman's foresight,
i apuhlieist's learning. "a solNer's skillt
: bring order .out.of chaos. He foaR
D troops without ,eeneeltrstop, and re
i CURED arms, transportation, and Au!
e plies, which General Mcclellan. In
i, STRAINED every neSveto ,0iford. ThsI
: has been 'noaeiay by any 'ordeSs 4
= General Mcclellan. lHiS 'ordeEs 4
d llRneck, ss to Buell., have been to hu
g Try his movements &c fast as it was So
and possible. i state these as Il
|. positive fsctslof,ths case; and ifgei
It tEtlemen want the facts, Let them go
( the iheadguarter and they can has
d them.
IT. Again, my colleague makes II
IS Eepecidc charge that he is iufortne
? by aathery which he is,not ,permittt
}. to .auestion.-aad i suppesetoguote-
}, thatsome ten .ordifteen Ghousandcd
:, fe6esats eGroeps, euesr Romuey, VIC
n in the power of our army IT aor
t. thousand. ;and thatthe-capti1rese'
o was nvtmade, because an oraer,esn
r, from headsuaIters'hesena'teaav
1: Iais.iS.e charge as sweeping as it
e irresponsible and .greandless. i
NJ not,caye @wAo is,his ,aHfhoriy, I,aue
N ton it here, andnow. My,colleagl
D. reads s>certain .telegrapl4s (which hs
a strangely ,esnae iutothis possessions
,e show that Lander. .anG Kelly III