Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1862-07-08
The NOnsRs InfoEcs ment of the Army
of the Potomac,

Wherever and on whomscever the blame
msy rest, Il seems to be generally conceded
shat toe cause of the recent check received by
General MocLELLAS and his army, is due solel,
70 the want Of adequate reiniorcements. o.
army before Richmond vas outnumbete ed two
20 one or more BY that of the ebemy. Why
were not reiniorcemsnts sent forward i5 snth'
cient numhsrs TO enable General MCCLELLAN
to retain the position he had taken, to carr.
out his original plan and advance upon Rich
mond7 This is question that remains as yet
unanswered.
The Radicals have made the country ring
with their denupciations Of MCCLELLAN, and
with their quaker gun stories. They denied
that there was any enemy ct Manassas; they
denied that there was any large force at York
toWp; they ridiculed the demand for reinforce
menta for MocLELLAN before Richmond. seDs-
tors, Representatives and politicians innume'a
bic surrounded the Administration and pressed
their views on the War Department The Pres
ldert ard Secretary of War were influenced TO
some exIeOt, doubtless, ~ this tremendous
pressure. The consequences are before the
,ouptry; bus the past can not now be recalled.
Bat different course for the future is demanded
by the people.
Some days ago, few sentences relative 10
the consequences Of the neglect or refusal to
reinforce MocLELLAE's army, taken from the
- W." correspondence of the New York
T,t6sas. reached US BY telegraph. That cor
respoudence is dated "Oa the March Through
the White Oak Scamp, June %, 1862" and
published In the Tribune OF TaursdAy, July 3.
We have before Us the entire letter from which
the exrAcs alluded to was taken, and have cut
from 10 the follOWiDg passages:
b. Outuumbered, surrounded, lisble at any mo.
ment 10 be cus Cd from our bise of suppliea,
and 20 have our possession Of the York river
railroad wFenched from our grasp, Mcclellan
came out at sssr.rsing from the 6ght In which
be sbsTed the periIs Of the common soldier,
With Napoleonlc conception Of the only ealvs-
tion fer his army from annibilstion by FIRE, or
loss by capture. He ordered new roads to be
instantly cut through the swamp that separates
as from the Charles City highEay, and eommu-I
nIcated to bis Gener,ls his purpose to change
bis base By rapid m0vementto the james rV.
or, and while saving his present proximity TO
Richmond, to take position where bis coure ,tioo
With Baltimore, Washington and New Yo'k
could never be cus--Where be could never be
surrounded--aud where, per1dventure, he could
cover the removal Of the obstTue iopg 10 the
James liver TO the ascent OF our Irou.cIad feet
90 the du,y and policy Of reducing Richmond 10
ashes. Orders had been previously issued to
ship every pound Of public property away from
White House Point, aud 10 lend every vessel
under Government cnSEser out Of the PAumun
81 aud York Eivers, Afoaod 60 the James river
and 70 the vicinity Of Fort DIrliDg.
We march now through the White Oak
Swamp. to change, 10 twelve houre, the base Of
! ereas afmy--doomed where II wac, and hav-
log row bat little grace of delay accorded 10
II BY 90 active snd brave enemy, numerous
enough to eneirole Us ct aDy point and 70 out
number us OF ell. The movemtns is bold, sci
der like and brilliant, and eminently hazardous.
/, is made BY the light Of the burning OF every
one Of the bridges which We have so painfully
thrown over the ChickahomiDy, and within hear
ing or The destruction, BY our oan hands, Of the
rdilroad which gave rs supplies and vas to Ie-
cure us fttftas. TIE movement will pEobably
be euccesaiul. though its trail vii be bloody
7He Weyld wH S,gtrd Il 40 anastfrty stroke Of
gtnias Tue atmy viii 90 regard it, and will
reel for its ccmma0dcr the eadmirahon and graf.
ituds thA. easloss oi men ever enkndle 10 loyal
hearts. Bat ihe brilIianoy Of this movement
will not for an iastept dazzle the eyes OF the
WFoDged and Wtesbfdl men Of the army Of the
Pctomsc, nor win itdaEzIs the eight OF the an.