The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1862-07-19

go to the people. su' to
Mr.. CoWau thought such a reso,u..
ought not to have been made. Tbo .0Ton
ton ought to be passed, that the facts ~ eSo9'
come forth. '' might
Mr.. Henderson thought this resolu,;o
going to have the effect 10 mako two on was
In the country in regard to the onoro, parties
the General in the field. If reinfnr ~s,onS Of
are sent to Gen. Nc Clellau, the rOboI nentS
tai can be taken in a month. CO capt.
these mischleVous resolutions .wb;ch 'nen'
tend to excite party feeling. '" only
Ii any General is Incompetent l.. !,
President remove him at once. bnt bs L Tue
seen no Incompetency in front of Ricbn,o naI
We are always apt to underrale the fnro"
the rebels. We must have more enor OF
larger force, or we shall never NM 81 ana
this rebellion. Il is useless to elose o W.
eyes to the fact that the rebels are asIs,o Uur
as we are' and the people may as well lug lug
the fact. The newspapers have been saw avn"
for months that the Southern army is s;..I
ing. Is il possible there is such ignorsn'.
as to suppose that with the soil and clim.,o
Of the South the rebels can be starveJ o",s
1t is perfectly idle to attempt to conceal tbo
facts from the people.
Mr.. Trumbuil said he was astop;sbod tho.
Senators we've so united in praisinu GenaraI
Nc Clelian and were yet so unwilling to beor
any different opinion concerning him. The
Senator from indiana (Mr. Wright. with
strange forgetfulness, says that Gen. McCleI.
Ian had not defended himself in the news.
papers. Has the Senator read the papers
The papers have been full of the praises Of
Gen. Mcclellan and his great stragetic skill,
and how he is driving the rebels into a tran
Gen. Mcclellan was placed in command
more than year ago, of all the army, with
full power. If the Senator from Missouri
Henderson, had been told that General
Mcclellan was to take command of the ar
my, and remain in one position not only all
the fall but all the winter, without making
an attack upon the enemy, would that gen,
tleman have chosen such General?
Mr.. Henderson said he had thought that
Manassas should have been attacked, but he
also thought the Senator from Illinois, like
great many others, had moderated the
force Of the rebels everywhere.
Mr.. Trumbun said we had always acted
on the defensive. We were putting down
the rebellion; but has the General in whom
the Senator has such unbounded confidence
ever made an attack ? Is this rebellion to
be put down by digging trenches and &C.
ting on the defensive
The fact is, taking out the loyal slaves,
there are only about eight millions in all the
States now in rebellion.
The rebels could not raise as large an
army as the State of New York, and they
have to watch the slave population.
Let the Union army stop watching the
slave. He was not going 10 express any
opinion this morning, but the country will
know whether digging trenches a year is the
way to put down rebellion, aud then when
attacked leaving the trenches and doing the
fighting outside of them. He believed the
people were ready to make any sacrifice to
put down the rebellion, and he believed they
would do it.
Mr.. Davis was in favor of the resolution,
but believed the Secretary of War was in
triguing to supplant Gen. Mcclellan.
mfr. Chandler said Gen. McClellsn's plan,
as submitted, was to leave the enemy at Ma
nassas and the Potomac river blockaded,
and the whole army was to shipped off by
way of Annapolis. This plan was oVerrul-
ed by the President and Secretary of War.
The facts ought to be stated fairly.
Mr.. Wilson, of Massachusetts,, said the
Senator from Kentucky (Davis) had made
some statements which ought not to 60 to
the country. He (Wilson) should without
hesitation or qualification say that the SEN
ator from Kentucky (Davis) was utterly
mistaken. He (Wilson) did not believe the
Secretary OF War was engaged in any in
rigue against Gen. Me Clellan.
His (Wilson's) position as chairman of
Military Affairs, gave him advantages for
hiding out if such was the case, and this
vas the first time that he had ever heard of
t. There bad been considerable difference
n regard to the plans of taking Richmond.
1t was understood that there were three
plans. On was for Gen. Rosecrans to 60
oy the Valley of the Shenandoah to Rich
nond. and he believed the Secretary of War
approved of this plan. Another was to go
Town to Richmond via the RsppabanDock.
The third plan was to go to Richmond via
he Peninsula, which was the plan OF Oen'
Nc Clellan.
Mr.. Chandler's resolution was then pass
ed. Yeas 80; nays g. Nays-Messrs'
Anthony, Foster, Lane. OF Kansas McOou'
gal, Salisbury and Wright.
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