Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1862-09-19

! MCCLELLAN AND THE Army The Wash.
ington correspondent of the Chicago Tribune
who has heretofore ha d many harsh things
to say OF Gen. Mcclellan, writes in his last
/ letter
~ have disbclievcd the reports of the ar
my's affection for Mcclellan being entirely
unable to account for the phenomenon.
cannot account for it to my satisfaction now
but | accept it as fact Even zen. Heint-
zelman, whose entire disbelief in Gen. Nc
Clellan's ability is well known, said forty.
eight hours ago, he was the only man in
whom the army, as whole, had confidence;
the only man who could lit it out Of its pres
ent decentralization. Gen. Heintzeman, a-
we'll as other witnesses not especially friend
ly to Mcclellan, testified to the enthusiasm
with which the soldiers welcomed their old
commander
The phenomenon of which the Tribune
speaks, may not be as plain as the nose on a
mans face, and yet the close observer of the
81" course Of events " for the past eighteen
months, need not be at much Of loss in &C
counting for this fact, il it Is one.
Some politicians have been lahoring to
make great military reputation for L" Lit
tie Nc " before he has earned one. An ar
my Of newspaper correspondents have been
enlisted in the enterprise, by some influence
to the public unknown, and these have never
ceased to season oil their letters with full
some panegyric, Of General McClt Han /;
while in all battles that have taken place.
unless the last ones in Maryland are an ex-
ception Hooker, kcarncy, Porter, Reyes,
&c, &c. have done all the fighting. 1t is
also fact. that the best fighting Generals
under Mcclellan, do not believe in him.
Heintzleman has no especial regard for him,
as this writer says. 1t is also said that the
fighting Generals in McClellan's command,
offered, while before Richmond, to take that
city in six hours, il the commanding General
would let them. He did not give his con-
sent. Perhaps it was wise that he did not
and perhaps otherwise.
The Agent OF the Associated Press at
Washington, weaves into all of his dispatches
as much OF gratuitous praise as possible, and
times emit rely oyerdoes the thing. He
can't squeeze out single line in praise Of the
Generals who do the fighting bu. it is all
" wild excitement for General Mcclellan. :"
The reading public, We apprchend, are pref
ty we'll surieited with such interpretations. -
The people certainly want to render praise
where praise is due, and will do 50 ere long,
when the truth can be reached. Gen. Nc
Clellan has certainly had a whele year OF
splendid failures, and the same amount of
time has been spent in hurrahing for him -
Let us hope, that the year now commencing,
will he a year of successes and that his
generalship, good fighting, personal bravery,
dash and energy, will be as conspicuous in
the future, as his failures have been in the
past. For one, We have done singing p;eans
to any one, until We know for what. Our
case is precisely that of the masses We
have all, at some stage Of the war, worship
ped Fremont, Hallcck, Pope, Butler, Mitch
ell and Mcclellan. In most OF these instan-
ces. We were " growing before being out Of
the woods We don't mean to 20 off in
that way again. If Mcclellan proves him
self the conquering hero. and true man,
in every sense, We will, after seeing it, shout
for him.
The Boston Posi- saws