Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1862-08-02
Gen. McCIeIlan's Army.

The n CIV y orK lples zap NSSNS /
ersiness in regard to the army under zen
Mcclellan. and thinks that it should immedl-
saately be reinforced by 100000 men, or With
drawn from the peninsula and placed on some
other line of narcotic Richmond. 1t says the
present situation of that army CLOCKS unfor-
tunate if not prsearii9ds: A cor constant activi7
ty of the gunboats is necessary to keep open
accommodation. with fort Monroe, while
with ga largely augmented force" 1t would
now find it difficult if not impossible to adj
vance successfully against Richmond from
that point. 3s.a3ig Ire. -.i...-e5 r Is .g5g a.1 /
1t may be so, We cannot show the con
trary, 1t is however, reasonable to suppose
that Gen. Halleel1 and his advisers at w ash
aington Understanding situation much better
thanwe or the New y ork Times, and that the
proper measures viii be taken in regard to it,
-,Neverthele most people would undoubtedly
regard it as good news to hear that the army
of the Potomac had been safely removed from
, James river to Fredericksburg or Warrentonj
or some other point between Washington and
Richmond. With theatid of the yganbeats it
eanrundoubtedly defend itself against any att
tack to which it may be exposed! iButits
business is to do something more than stand a
siege and defenditsef successfully. Its only
purpose on the peninsula is TO capture Rich
nIond; andH this cannot now be done With
out such a change OF position as viii put it on
more feasible road to the rebel capital, the
9 soonerthe changelis made the better.
We can all see very well that Gen. Nc
3 Cl3lTaa's army isl now isolated, that he is
AWAY from the reach of assistance fIom Gen.
Pope's army, and that the force of both ar
mics is weakened by their inability to act in
concert. The concentration of the rebel
army in and around Richmond enables it to act
strongly in any direction against our divided
forces. If the present situation is to be MAIN
tanned we need to carry on the campaign against
Richmond twice as many men as they have;
or, at least, that Gen. Pope should be furn-
ished with an army equal to their whole force
with which to march on Richmond without
concert with Gen. Mcclellan. Very natur-
ally, in view of all this, the situation of the
army of the Potomac seems to the Times
of this unfortunate position now belongs to
Gen. Haleck.
1t makes one sad to think how little has
been done by the splendid army that lay in
front of Washington last winter and spring.
1t was an army of brave men who have shown
the noblest herosm both in battle and in the
endurance of hardships; and yet it has not
been led to the accomplishment of such
grand results as seemed possible to it
Why this is so we do not now attempt
to explain, but history will explain it with
out fear or favor. The government and all
others concerned it is to be hoped have learn
ed a lesson by which the service will profit
hereafter. 1t seems to us that all must feel
and that history will say, it was a great error
to divide the army with the view of going to
Richmond with part of it by way of the PENN
sula. Through this great error chiefly, but
not wholly, the campaign has been brought to
its present result. We shall do better hereaf-