The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1862-11-27


to convict man of murder than has al
ready cone to light showing tha: the ad
mnis.ration have for many months plot
ted the destruction of Mcclellan, and this
at most fearful cost to tie Union cause.
The review of the Peninsular campaign by
the Prince de Joinvills discloses that the
administration or the influences which
controlled 1t did not mean that Mcclellan
should take Richmond that they meant
that he should not take t-and that REIN
foIcements. which might just as well have
been seat to him as not. were withheld
from him for the very purpose of prevent
ing him from taking it. These are terri
by grave charges, we know, against the
notwithstanding which if true,
will consign them all to eternal infamy-
but we appeal to the realsr if the facts al
ready in the possession of ths country do
not abundantly sustain the charges.
The Peninsular campaign, BY the means
of the administrator alone, having failed,
the administration did not doubt that the
destruction Of Mcclellan was already ac-
compisied. and they proceeded to degrade
him by transferring his whole army
to the command Of the abolition General
Pope. Military history does not furnish
an example OF more contcmptuous treat
ment Of a commanding General than tl.is
treatment of Mcclellan. 1t was the direst
neces ,ity-no less Il necessity than the
safety OF Wa hingion. and the security Of
their own carcasses that drove the ad :.
ministralion 10 place him in command Of the
army which had been rou ted, disorgsnzcd
and dcmoraiized, under Pope, aud under
take the expulsion of the victorious rebels
in Pennsylvania, Maryland. and the vicn-
ily Of tie capital. That when they thus b.
sought him they designed again to degrade
him SO soon a, he had answered their tenn
porary uses. subsequent events most con
clusively prove.
If his EN- barraSsments since the battle
%! An,etam have not been SO alpabe AS
those upon the Penihsular. they have been
scarcely less vexatous and injurious
To have moved when Ialleck 'perempto-
rally ordered him to move would have
compelled one half of his army to march
without shoes. blankets, and overcoa;s,
aad without that preparation which was
indiSpensably necessary To success. That
this 'percmpiory ORDER was sent to him
for the sole purpose Of embarrassment is
rs apparent as the noon day sun in a
clnudess sky.
The administration pretence is that he
WAS removed because Of his failure 10 OBEY
til S per, mpory order 1t was not until
four weeks afe: his failure t. promptly
obey this Grder, and not until his army
had been MANY days on the march towards
Richmond, that the order for his removal
was male That it would have been soon
er made but ior the pending elections we
h.ve no doubt.
Ii was an after thought with the admin
istra'ion to seek to make him responsible
for the Hsrper's Ferry disa ,ter. The pas
sage in the report of the Harper'' Ferry
Commis,ion in HAT behalf was injected in
10 II after 1t had been completed, the re-
port itself sho.iuy th.' he not only was
not + sponsible fn the disaster, but that h
had provided amp.e relief for the garri
son.
When the order for removal hal been
issued 1t was several hours before the ad-
mnistration woaid permit the fact to be
telesraplei To the country. They were
waiting for the preparation of their own
version of The transaction. And when the
fac: was permitted to be telegraphed. mot
word, is the testimony OF our Washing
ton correspondent, could get over the
wires favorable to Mcclellan or his
friends.
Is it not true that no jury would want
stronger evidence 10 convict man of mur
der than has already come to light show
lng that The administration have for many
months pl tied the destruction of McCol-
Ian, and that at most fearful cost 10 the
Union eau ,e?- Chicago Ttmes.
ES- Napoleon gave as a reason for his
always beating the Austrians, that ''Ihey
newer knew The value of half an hour"
, Oar Generals may not need the bene-
tit of this remark, but it can do them no
harm.
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