Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1862-05-01
THE MccLELLAN coMMorIoy.


TIE MCCLELLAN CONNECTION.
The commotion among the Mcclellan
papers indicates desire to hold somebody
else responsible Tor his present POSITION
Their statements are so conflicting that it
is impossible to make ont from them how
his plans-as they are called-have been
interfered with, but it is evident that in
their opinion a military necessity exists
for transferring the responsibility to other
shoulders. Secretary Stanton is named
as the head and front of the interference,
but the papers are by no means clear how
i, has been done. 1t is but few. days
since the same papers were claiming that
in spite of the Abolition hostility-as they
called 1.-THE President was determined
that Mcclellan should not be interfercd
with in carrying out his plans, and in the
advance upon Yorktown they saw the tri-
umphant elimination Of them.
Now. when it is discovered that the road
to Richmond by way Of Yorktown is a
hard one to travel-in fact the very hard
est one that could be chosen for approach
to that point-they seem to think McClel-
Ian has not been so free and uninterrupted
as they supposed. But on the contrary it
is affirmed by respectable Administration
papers which assume to know. that Nc
Clellan is carrying out his own plans; and
this is sustained by the evidence which the
Mcclellan papers gave till within week OF
two. Some Of them now assert that the
evacuation Of Manassas was brought about
by pushing Banks across the Potomac con-
trary to McClellan's plans. which were to
permit the rebel army to remain there while
he went around in their rear by way OF
Yorktown. 1t is very singular. but the
evacuation was then claimed as the tri-
umph mt result of his strategy.
Some assert that his plans have been
foiled by putting the troops he relied on
to attack the enemy by the rear-while he
was advancing by way Of Yorktown-un-
der ihe sepera.e commands of Mcdowell
and Banks. Yet he could not command
them in person. and head the column to
Yorktown at the same time; and Mellow
ellis corps is marching on Richmond as
fast as it can in the bad condition Of the
roads. so this does not seem any inter
ference with the plan, although it may
have been with McClellan's selection OF
commanders. f4 # Het
The public will be interested to hear
now, that after eight months strategic in
action on the Potomac. the plans were
entirely overthrown by Banks crossing the
Potomac. 1t seems that the strategy was
not calculated to bear movement. We
are compelled to say that after canvassing
the statements of the papers which are de-
voted to the creation OF young Napoleon
in Gen. Mcclellan. we are not able to see
by them that his plan. as stated by them.
has been interfered with. and of course
they failed utterly in their charges that
Secretary Stanton or anybody else has in
terfered. The monster Abolition is invok
ed to help Gen. Mcclellan out OF his pres
ert position. The frightful word has done
great service in its time, but we see no
prospect Of relief from il in this case.
General Mcclellan, according TO the
representation of his own noisy advocates.
is progressing to Richmond by his own
route. The stay Of the enemy at Manassas
was a thing be could not hive secured
without their consent. inasmuch as the
road to the rear was open. General Nc
Clellan has an army larger than he can use.
and probably two or three times as great as
that Of the enemy. If he has chosen a
route easily fortified. and SO narrow that a
small force can defend the approach. it
! is his own plan: and the only rcsponsibili-
lty his friends can throw upon the Govern