Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1862-07-08


Rry people 50 As for moment TO obscure their
perception Of the eyias agaiasl The aatlon, tehieh
has made THE change Of tassWi from tlnptS'on'-
ly nsessssyy. This crime ls the refusal 10 Te-en-
force Mcclellan.
/ don't care about the queation--Whlch legis'
la!ors, sOldiere, and politicians have DEBATED
of this Generals fitness for command. The
York aud James River Peninsula was not the
place for that discussion. The hour OF the
junction OF Bsauregsrds and Jackson's forces
TO those of Johnston is not the time for such q
debate. ! care not for any criticism OF General
McClellan'a campaign on this Peninsula or on
the Potomac. / have blows, but not word, for
the untimely casuiss, In or out OF administrative
office, who, under the roar OF rebel cannon
sW eepipg our ranks With shot aud shell, meets
the demand for aid to this armv with chrome.
logical measure Of delays at Fort Monroe, at
Yorktown, at WilliAmtburgh, at Seven Fines.
dont care whether there we're delays or no de.
lsys--wbether they were McClellan's delays,
the Quartermaster. GeneIaps delays, or the de-
LAYS of the element! No man, no party, no
interest, shall, with my assent or my silence, be
permitted to mix up with the sacred right OF an
outnumbeFed American army to demand help
from their couuttymen and 70 promptly receive
it, collateral questions Of fitness, OF vigor, OF
fidelity 10 comm inders. sqrE.S
When loyal New York regiments, lifted from
their feet BY the hre of rebel brigadea, cry out
of their wounds and death for help; when the
choicest OF New England and Michigan and
PenpsyIvAnia troops, ouDumbered In front aud
on both tanks By Whoe divisions OF the enemy,
beg for re-iniorcements, cay that the blsckest
crime that power can commit is to stalk upon
the hsld OF peril and ssy, "Soldiers, have no
faith in your commander! Let your martyIdom
prooeed!' Aud 90 says this army OF the Poto.
mac. And IL registers tonight VOWS OF ven
geance as il marches in the dark from position
which their diminished numbers disabled them
from holding, but which is copsecrated TO them
forever by their spferibgs, theis lahore, aud
their wrongs. The sgpliieIGhs and Statesmen ,Oho
left US here 10 be Outhumb,red and cut eft from our
supplies and tho possibility Of retreat are doomed
rn.n.
We here knew that the
rebel army before Richmond was being REIN
forced With the most desperate energy. We
knew that Jackson ives to come. WekneW that
the whole power Of the Confederate rebellion
was being put forth to accumulate q force here
which, j1at by lie weight, should crush the
Union army. Why were not corresponding ef-
forts put forth by the Administration at Wash
ington 70 strengthen our army at least TO en-
tQOaVLy WIN buab vi hhc euNIos' w SeiH6
su uoerior to the rebels 10 population, wealth and
eli resources, the neglect to send iuto any and
every field prepondera.ipg advantage on our
eide is In ltsslf crime, which, had We Roman
virtue, would be iuexursbly punished with the
axe. The pickets Of both lines firing Into each
others bosoms day and night Tor whole month
Of deadly aDluosity, and ours feeling every suo-
cessive night and each scccessive morning,
tha. the enemy grew stronger while we grew
We4ker--cfflcere, men and civilians keenly con.
scious that when the rival brigades or diVislons
locked together 10 combat, the enemy outnum-
| nered us 10 a constantly increasing ratio, and
developed their settled policy 10 be 10 attack in
columns In mas, because they had the troops 10
do it Wi!h-all Of US demanding reinforcement,
and demonstrating its necessity, We gnashed
our teeth at receiving from President.makers
aud Convenlion.e gineers, instead Of corps
d'srmee, O question for debate: Can civil en-
SiueeT be good genera7 We had no tine to
debate whether Mcclellan was q good general
or q bad one. He wds our general, and the
strong grip Of the Strengthening foe Was upon
our tnsoats, and we wanted help, We did not
care whether il came 70 US under Halleck or
Burnside, or was committed to Mcclellan. Not
single man of % who 10 not fool or slIve,
is fighting here for the glori6cation Of any COM
mander. We 6ght for SUCCESSIVE fight TO
save the Republic, and to lquelch forever on
this continent organised rebellion against the
Democratic principle.