Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-04-12
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GEN. .RToCLELLAN. I5bHV
The Cincinnati GG=ctte of Thursday, has
a very severe article on Gen. McClcllon's
management of tho Potomac army. 1t
states among other things, that the Presi-
dents first order "to move" was not heed
ed by the General, auj that the President
then gave Seen Mcclellan pcremptory no.
tice that he must move within ten days
or be removed, and to prepare the army
for either event he issued his order of
March stbi dividing therarmy of the lPoto-
mac into five corps and appointing their
commanders.
After making this statement, tue Gaseuc
goes on 10 say: fa-s5
The. last order of the President lakes
about two.tifhs Of the army OF the Poto-
mac from Gen. McClelnn's control, and
places them On separate lines of action,
benring in tho same general DIRECTION
Should Gen. Mcclellan remain behind,
Richmond and all Virginia will be taken
without him. The result Of this release
of the two corps, and of the wholesome
competition it has created, is beginning TO
appear. All this is requisite to the COM
plete triumph of our arms in Virginia is,
that the enemy shall be found there in
force, which Gen. Wool regards MS very
doubtful, thinking they have Withdrawn to
n line further South. SrEgL
Geu. Mcclellan, with the engineering
ability which has distinguished his generL
alshiP, hns discovered tint the Contcder-
ftes are very strongly fortified at Yorktown,
but shpuld this result,.us their fosmidable
position Mt Manassas did, in his delay for
greater preparations, the corps OF Mellow
ell aud Banks will come down Upon their
rear; but should he permit his men TO 20
Mt them, there need GG no doubt of the re-
suit. The qualities Liu8eloped by our men
iu this war show that all they need to vim
dicatc the military reputation of the North.
cru people is to meet the enemy, and that
it is not their fault that our gsncfalship.
has permitted our military character to
suffer in the eyes of the world.
The things we state are history We
state them because they are facts, for which
and their consequences we are not rcspon-
sible. But of linen, Gen. Mcclellan has
least reason to complain, and most cause
of gratitude for his present position. He
still retains command of the largest, long,
est disciplined, and best appointed army.
1t is command large enough for the great
est General in Europe, yet he is almost iu-
experienced in the field. lie retains this
command in spite of the conviction of the
President and Cabinet and of the leading
members of both Houses OF Congress, tE,lt
up to this time he has failed both in plan
and performance. +
He owes his present opportunity tomake
q reputation to the Presidents kindnes of
heart, who was reluctant to remove man
in whom so much confidence had been
placed, although he had become convinced
that he was unequal to. The position. The
recent dispositions of this army collapse
the whole bubble of mysterious comPre-
heusivc strategicnl plans. These corps
are moving under command of the Prcsi-
dent Although convinced that he had no
plans, and Obliged to resort to percmptory
measures to overcome his inertness, the
President, almost solitary aud alone, has
insisted that Geu. Mcclellan should have
a chance to make a character, even though
tho spur OF peremptOry orders was TeIuir-
ed to make him move. "a
To this end the report of the Commit
tee on the Conduct of tho War has been
delayed, at the Presidents request, that
Gen. Mcclellan may have an opportunity
to redeem himself before sHch revelation
of incompetcncy in tho generNlsEip of the
VI Luc AOGOAltNG lIAuG W kuG PSO-
pie, ard that public confidence may not be
destroyed in u General whois still entrust-
ted with great command. Certainly no
general was ever before treated with such
extraordinary kindness and,forbeafance.
But these orders and movements show
that the war in the castiS now ordered by
the President. The ineriin has been over
come. However reluctant to move, a Geu-
cral will hardly remain inactive while 9TH
cr Generals are moving inthe same direc-
ton, and will accomplish the work wheth-
er he moves or, not. Gen. MrGlellRu's
army is made of such material, and so we'll
Offered, that defeat is hardly possible. II
lie will only let them go at .he enemy, a
victory will be won which will rebound to.
his glory, and make him a reputation in
spite of himself .5.ss..s-., s,.t;5k,
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