Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-10-30

M0Te PriD0te Letters PriUGts Conversation Re-
ported The President, HaiLcek. Hooker, etc.

to his Spirit Of this week, from which we extract
the following:
Seward and Blair, who for a long tims past
have been Little Macs only supporters in ths
supreme council Of the nation, are now very
doubtful Of his qualifications or availability.
Mr.. Blair, who was formerly so hot in bis behalf,
that be could hardly restrain himself within the
bounds of courtesy when the qualities Of his
Pocket Napoleon we're discussed, now charges
upon Seward the mistake OF retaining HIM in
command, while Seward, for himself, preserves
a dogged silence on the subject, and viii not
respond TO any conversation which relates to the
evil genius OF the war HGlleck merely shrug5
his shoulders, as if to say, " I have done my
duty in the matter. He would have been i'm
peached ere this, had not been restrained -
while the President, on his part, tells the story
for Stuart, of g three times round and cut but
/ Ie'apsiDg into his strong common sense, sOiace8
himself with the consolation that all things are
for the best. That if, in short, he had dismissed
! Mcclellan from the army after his failures in tba
| Peninsula there would have sprung up a mighty
effort for his restoration, which would have seri-
/ ously complicated public operations, and had a
most disastrous effect upon the coming State
elections. HIS eIceilency nov, however dOuOt-
/ less, thinks from the universal verdict of every
military man, and even from the action of the
! previous Mechanism in the Cabinet that when
q true soldier IS ready for the place the bogus
! Caesar may be quietly put aside, as some broken
! piece of china, and no one ever speak Of him
! again, except when looking over the curiosities
/ of the household
I The President, we are sure, feels deeply NOR
/ tilted at the blisteriDg disgracs upon our army
+ by this last uninterrupted raid. Ia his good ns-
/ tUrsd way, be assumed the responsibility Of
restoring Mcclellan to station after the failures
Of the Chicksh9miny and it was therefore i'm
I portant to him personally, that his future acts,
I l. 4 Al L
tietsm, where, with double the troops. ne allow
/ ed the enemy to sleep upon the field, and then
I quietly retire withoa5 annoyance 10 Virginia,
was hardly such proof as a doubtful case re-
quIred; while the strange apathy which bound
hIm for weeks to the vicinity Of Sharpsburg,
soon became an object of alarm.
Thus impressed. the President after consult
ing with the Cabinet, set cut for Shsrpsburg, to
stir up The spell-bo commander with the
unanimous desire Of the government, that he
should press forward after Lee. The President
was Grseiously received by Mcclellan; be hon
ored'hin with ssvos of artillery, and when he
passed with him alone into bis tent aud the
fallen tent yelled the two great mysteries of the
ustioa from vulgar eyes, heavy line OF guards
preserved the sacred vicinity for forty yards
around, from any profaue or impsrtneut intIu-
I sion. There was no person present at that mo-
nentous interview but Mr. Lincoln and the
chief marshal Of the army, yet it 50 happens thai
we know, exactly, what transprsd, and IN great
pert, what was said
The President opened By commuuic sting the
decisions Of the Cabinet, and the official IeQui-
sitions of the government; and beng, at last
well through with this constrained task, ne re-
laxsd into his usual easy, happy familiar man
ue-
Now, Mcclellan" said Mr. Lincoln. I
want 60 say something 10 you for myself; some
thing that is not from the Cabinet, and that has
not been prompted from any ether source.
/ wish TO call attention y c fault in your charsc-
/ t9T-s fault which is the sum Of ny observA-
/ items In You, in connection with this war. You
merely get yourself ready TO do a good thing
/ 10 man can do that thing better-yOu make sll
! the necessary sacrihceS Of blood, aud .ime and
/ treasure, TO secure a victory, bus whether from
I tiuIdity, sef-disuust, or some other motive iu-
! expicabla 70 ne. you always stop short lust on
/ tory throughout this war This is my own re-
/ mark, and wish you, when sm gone, TO exam
/ inc yourself, aud ses if this is not Hue!
These are es near as may be, the words
tered by the President to George B Mcclellan,
Ia his tent, and if any one has doubt upon the
+ matter, let him ask Mr. Lincoln, or Mcclellan,
/ on the subject.
Since this lecture and sdmonition was given
7 by the President to George, nothing has trans
/ IiTed but the Stuart raid, and its subsequent
/ paralysis; aud it, therefore, should not appear
singular that that worthy and weil-iatentioned
/ gentleman, Hr. Lincoln, and even the McClel-
/ Ian portion of the Cabinet should have become
+ heauly sick of him and Of his plans.
Editorial from WILKES Spirit
/ ANOTHER LETTER FROM TIE DEAD KEARSY.
/ We print in an adjoining colann another let
/ ter from the lsmented Kearny, giving bis esti-
mate Of the military talents of George B. Nc
! Clsllan.
/ An attempt has been made to get up feeling
against General KeaTny for his sweeping cen
demnsliJu cf what is roundly termed all his
/ brother generals. The fact Is be nsmsd six
/ ont of ffty, snd those six were MeClellsns sat
elites, who we ali of US have seen fl cure, though
rather family, outside Of poor kearnys letter.
I Au attempt has been made, also, 70 include
( Hooker IN the category OF tncSe who met his
( sueer. Nothing could be more untrue. or
( Hooker, Kserny had the lOftiest opinion, and ia
a long and very carefully considered letter on
I Mcclellan, which we have not yet given to the
/ public, he in referring to the burnt cut NapO-
/ leon says: 90 In vain viii he imPute to Gene
, raj Hooker the committing himself to 4 general
/ fight Cat williamsburg involving the whole
I army, when a few regiments would have sUfficed
to hold his own until the designs Of the com
/ mauder-in-chisf, were made known; for if that
I chief is miles in the rear when his army is IN
full career, there are very few generals, how
ever superior their taleuts-and Of sueh class IS
General H0Oker-who, under the long-kuown du.
pIicity, fayOritism, aud despotism OF neral
Z Mcclellan, would have ventured to risk his
/ casting opprObrium on them for hesitation; or
( do any more than the least they could, aud rely
or him for justice"
As to Kesrny not intending the contents Of
these letters 20 be made public, we quote from
I the last named letter, which was earlier in date
than the one printed ls5t week, the following re-
mark: 80 I am not acting from peTsonal motives
in this matter, but 70 Uayeil to tie country, when
opportunity shall permit, the weakness aud IN
/ reliability Of the general IN commend" That
opportunity came when the lsmented Kesrny
fell, and Mr.. Hsstead has carried out his
wishes, and performed a noble service TO his
country by giving his dead friend and psJion's
borO an opportunity to appeal to our blinded and
apathe;ic people from the grave. There are
more of these letters, and they shall appear in
due time, however much the retaineTs of Little
Mac may sq1irm.
ANOTHER LETTER FROM GENERAL KEARNY ON
MCCLELLAN.
The following letter. which it viii be observed
was written in the Peninsula, and bears an
earlier date than the famous letter OF General
Kearny's which we gave to the public last week
has been handed US by Mr.. Hsistsad tor publ
cation:
HEADQUARTERS 3D. DIVISION, ~ CORPS,
CAMP CUMBERLAND LANDING, Nay Il, le62
O. S. HALsrEAD, JR.-DeaT Sir: / present
nv cousin, Mr. L Watts DepeysteT, whom you
have already met Pease to put him in the way
of obtaining a commission in the reguiaIs'
especially the cavalry. He behaved well a.
, Williamsburg.
Mcclellan has painfully disappointed even
those who expected very little ffom him-even
ne. who have sifed him from the 6rst. His
talents for mathematics do not seem TO apply in
any one respect. Every calculation Of bis is q
Lstupid, sleepy failure, or most srtess, yet dan
gerous risk Sill, L never expected to fld him
Introducing a want OF fair play to th'se who