Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1862-02-09

hava reoIled 10 thsse complaints 10 detail.
Ma. f,,r these general complaints OF 70 mQve'I
msot. 40 olibly rohearsed by the gentleman.
n 4 complained that Mcclellan has mol NOV
al. fhat nothing has been done, aud that po!n
inr Is about 10 be done; that he doea %. ies
curious people know what he 10 about. a ne
Il doing nothing, es they alege ne nas nUsplhs ps
N doinz aomething, the very way 70 UNDO y -
a iol hem know h for they are az. leeky ~ -
IA nrsrentl weather, or Oregon, where u 's saiu
koifaip fiity-tW0 weeks OF the year,
-. Nat has he done nOthinQ9 Ifay that he mas
dore an that he could safely. Mcclellan mas
nof merely perfected the deienaes o. " aaplng-
ION and me Potomac; but, considering lns iacs
that the force and spirit 81 tne SCUM are oon-
cenfrated here on the fotomae' ana Iear ous
y ,oItal. ana conslderiDg the uptoward season,
-sstber and roads, Is 1t nothing that be has,
AZ, RIcbmond paper ASSERTS, held Beauregard
: and hls army az Id q vice; and that TOO When
the enemy haye all the advantage OF an equal
army. q railroad for concentration In the rear,
and q power Of ofconbination Impossible Tor ous
But he has DELAYED too long here; and ne is
taken 10 task nov because he does not move MS
. army 10 certain destruction. by assaulting an en-
ems equal in number to his own, and that too'
In their intrenchments
~ MUHWtf
frst. that my colleague himself gives reason
i,-hv 20 movement could have been maae the
y Ssitfhree Weeks, because he says that the ar
. ttllcsv would 20 under the mud. Very weiij
Is aSrs ha want that done2 Had the roads been on
Ne aIst Of Jaly last as they are now, my cor
q Ierrue would not have been able TO have escsp-
q ed ihe coppahicaship ct my friend from Ne"
York.
! 1ooi IN
Acct on General 6cott-4he found things disor-
canized. and no cotnbinatiors between different
parts Of this grand army. He had to construct
! intrsnchments, aud make the army effective IN
q rsanv details This he has done. lDdefatiga-
BE even unto sickness, be has accomplished
what INV colleagues 'brave Wade" could new
er have done, had he studied tactics and war
for century.
~ And third, He never contemplated q move
ment on the enemy'e intrenchments. Il rs not
TOO much 10 say here that be Intended first to
have General Buell. get the Tennessee road !;
that for this eEd be has given all his energies
% aid him and hasten him In this purpose All
z that Buell. asked for = artns, Transportation,
tro0ps--have been furnished. When General
Buell took command, he found his troops ssrag
rlingand scattered, He had to gather them,
q and concentrate and form them IN divisions
He has had bad reads and bad weather; but
eoeak Knowingly when declare TO this Con
eress and the people, that no delay Of General
q Bnell' 8 movements are attributableto TO any or
ders ifofn Mcclellan On the contrary, he has
ordefed Lin to hasten with all dispatch; not 70
lose day OF ian hour in the Accomplishment ol
the design to seize the Tennessee railroad, to
the end that not only shall Eastern Tennessee
be opened to the army OF the Union; not only
10 give relief to the Union men of Tennessee,
, about whom my colleague makes SO injudioious
a ieremiad, but to the grand aim, TO cut of this
rebel army of the Potomac, not alone from the
line of their supplies but from the line OF their
u retreat!
sts In Kentucky we have more than one hundred
thousand soldiers, ready, eager, active, aud tri-
y umphAnt whenever they have had any chance in
q battle McClellan's orders are for the speed
e lest movement there possible. fl
Nv colleague praises The recent victory OF
our lroopsat Mill Spring. share with him,
as my constituents did with HE, the pride OF
& that hard fought encounter; but will not
shame my State, which called Mcclellan to her
service, by pluckiDg the laurels from his brow,
when there Is not soldier in that battle Who
will not rejoice to see him wear them, as well
for bis conduct in Western Virginia as ftT the
strategy by which even the Mill Spring battle
q, Was directed, though at distance. ltUss, as
said, a part Of his design upon the Tennessee
railroad; and there is no impediment but every
= encouragement from him, for General Buell.
M 70 forward the movement to that desired end.
~ In Eastern Kentucky, Humphrey Marshall
has proved that while his spirit was willing, his
fssA was weak laughter l-befoEe the Ohio
soldiers under Garfield. Zollicofer has been
killed, and his forces routed; and nothing but
the impediments OF nature prevent our soldiers
from lifting our eneign upon the mountains of
Tennessee, North Carolina, and Alabama. In
fear for the fate of Memphis, Besuregard is
hurried ont to Columbus, Kentucky, TO avert
the northern avalanche which impends there;
while Buell., with cOnsummate skill, ,is drawing
the fatal lines around the Coniederatee, as the
lines have been drawn in Virginia.
Bat it ia said that the Potomac is blockaded.
So it 10; but il Ia of no practical disadvantage.
For all the purposes Of supply, we arsin com
munieaiion with every part of the North.
There are compensatons, perhaps unknown to
my colleague, for this seeming disadvantage.
Would thaE he would exercise his faith in some
things inseFutible to him. 100 t.
Bus 10 there no credit to be given for the re-
tenlion of Maryland; the rescue of the Viz
ginia eastern shore; the constant preparation
and discipline of an army of one hundred
thousand men here2 And al this with the
.seeretary Of War dabbling in slavery questions
and trafiicking in contracts. f,.
Western Virginia we have held against the
L hostility of the disloyal. Floyd has been com
pelled to decAmp, and from the mountains to
the Ohio our right there is none to dispute.
But, sir, although General Mcclellan has had
charge of all these matters. and ia entitled to
share their merit, 1t was not my purpose to paint
q picture Of our successes We have gained
as jet no great bloody battle commensurate
with the armies in the field. Indeed, sir, |
would prefer that the war should be carried on
and ended By bloodless tactics han by bloody
carnage, IL it were possible. / would leave as
little hate as possible as the legacy Of ths con-
AIct. II It we're possible to close this war by
the melting away or capitulation of the Confed-
crate army, the country would prefer IL; Cen
eraI Mcclellan is not making this war of Ven-
geance, but war for the restoration of the
Union!
To this end be has, by bis comprehensive en-.
ergy, siezed the coast from Ship Island to Fort
/. ress MJnroe. There is no example in history
OF q sea-coast 30 extensive, and country OF
such area, surrounded and closed in by such O
superior force as is the rebellious part Of our
land ss5.s 6.e5isgc.sI
As the curtain lifts and this procession Of
facts trAnspiFe, we shall see the Union element
Of the South dilstiDg aud emerging from its
despOndency. We shall see the loyal men COM
ing forth and gladly seizing the musket to rally
70 the old aAg.es sal .l. s.nst. t7
~ The great mistake on the part of these mill
tary hedelings, who cfitloise the conduct Of the
war, is, that they habitually undergste the.
/, extent and the strength of the rebellion, lust
az they underrated and contemned lthe alleged
4 or fanoied grievances of the South and their
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