Maryland free press., 1862-11-14
REMOVAL OF GEN.
MCCLELLAN.
TIE PROBABLE CAUSE
Opsssons of fire Press.
LETTER FROM er.'t. HalLEcE

LETTER FR0M GF. hAllsCM E
q, 9tn removal Of Major General NcClpnsn from
%he command Of the army Of the Potomac nssu-
rai~ excites considerable speculation. The press,
,in their comments. assgns variety of reasons
therefor. some of which give below:
rFrom the Washington Chronicle.1
+, The order by which Msjpr General George B.
VI. Clellan has been relieved from the command
Of the srmy Of the Potomss was toe result Of long
end patient constellation the part OF nu- high est
military authorities and must be regarded pursly
as military question. The necessity for active
oprrsfiops IN Virginia had become so imperative
that, for reap which appeared conclusive, this
important cbsnge was made. These reasons will
doubtless be made public, should the interests of
the country demand their disclosure; and when
they are discios d. while nothing will appe that
can affect the 10y atty oi Gem al Mcclellan; or his
capacity for organizing and equipping great
army for the field al his honest lends will admit
that when the President sanctioned the recommen.
cations Of his immediate miitrry advisers, he did
GO ON the sincerest desire that the WRIT might be
prosecuted with renewed vigor, and our fellow
cit gers In the field rescued from the horrcrs CT
another winter campaign. "a. e. ...ag
[From the New York Herald, CD. E..
TIE act of his removal will creste profound
sensation throughout the country. Among the
abolition rad Gals it will be hailed with fauatical
inv bile among the conservatives of thu NOrtb b
IL will be accepted with doubts and sPprehensions
tfe,il. The radicals have urged this movement
az demanded by the late elections, while the con-
scrvstives will conteLd that the people, in these
elections, have spokcn in favor of Mcclellan.
We do nc pretend to know the exact spec
ifcations against hi; nor is this know ledge nec-
essary Tor our present purpose. 1t is sufficient
that be has fallen victom to the macibnations OF
the radical abolition faction Their intrigues have
pursued him from the dsy that hs was first called
to tie command of the army of the Potomac to the
present hour; and his uppai donable crime has
been bis reisistant refusal to make the cause of
the Union secondary to tho cause OF negro etnan-
s:pation.
IFrom the New York World.l
Itwas not upon the friends of General McClel-
Ian alone, nor upon the opponents of the admin
;s,rstiop, which has been so assduously rspresen-
ted by its partisans and his enemy, that this new
fell like the sound of passing bell. Every lover
If lis country, every man = whom the hnsl vic
tory the constitution and the laws is dsarer tnEn
any triumph or passion of party, every thought
full student of the actual situation Of affairs, wss
started as from dream Of bope and courage by
the strange and sudden tcings. sr
From the New York Tribune
COP WILL SAVE Us YEII
At the fsst honr-too late to save his friends,
but rot too late, we trust, to save the country
the President has relieved General Mcclellan frc m
] the cummand of the army OF the Potomac. Gen.
Ambrose E. Burnside succeeded him. Gen. Me
Clelan retres for the present from what 8, bv
courtesy, termed active service.
1t does rot necessarily impsach tha loyalty oi
Gen. Mcclellan that the rebels have uniformly
spoken OF him as cur greatest general, while every
sympatbiz:r with treason in the loysl st tes has
been his noisy and constant idoiator. Thegr atsr
and more obvious his sbsrtcomings, the louder
and more unmeasared have been their cnmmenda-
tions. They saw that he was working out their
cherished ends, and that suflced them, no matter
what were his own purposes. Wnat Gen. Howe
and Sir Henry Clinton we're to our revolution, he
was to the Shareholders rebellion. These gener.
ais lacked not 10y atty but energy.
1t has been Gen. McCleilan's misfortune, and
still more the country's that his intimate friends
and trusted counsellors were nearly all at heart
opposed to an unqualified dscomforturs of the
rebels. Thre are Uniopists after their fashion
I they would not have 10 conception #, no liking
for, any other settle ent of troubles than one
which shall b. based on conpromite --tbatis buy
of the traitors form persistence In their trea
son By new concessions. new GUARANTEES, to slave
Rfry. lbeir ideal bond of Unicn is chain around
{ the slaves neck with gag in every frceman''
mouth. s. ~. H..
from the New York Timrs1
d;at. of ia
Gen. McClellan's refusal to advance against the
enemy, even under the most peremptory orders
Of the general in chief 1t will be seen by letter
ffrom G n. H.leck to the Secretary OF War, which
we pubishsd in another colhmn, that the LIST of
j Oc.ober Gen. Mcclellan was urged ay Gen. Haleck
to cross the Potomac and give battle to the enemy
f-being at the same time remind d of the disad-
vantages of delaying until the Potomac should b.
swollen, and the roads impair by the aulumnal
rains. Finding that this produced no effect, Gen.
Mcclellan was "persmptorily ordered" by Gen.
Halleck, on the 9Th OF October, to "cross the Po.
tomac and give battle 10 the enemy or drive him
South." For three weeks this order was not
obeyed, and the only excuse given Tor not obeyipg
It, far as appears-the want of shppies-is
shown by the letter of Gen. Halleck to have been
utterly without Foundation. The disclosures OF
chat letter. concerning Gen. MoClellsn's constant
md reiterated complaints of lack of supplies, are
fery remarkable and deserve special attention
q We presume that this particular instance of
diss bsdence of orders, though the immediate oc-
eason, is not the whole cause of Gen. McClellan's
Removal. 1t is pretty generally understood that
tbis is only the elimination of systematic disre-
gard of orders. .-,.--..
Unle,s we have been mls.pforred, President
4incoln has, on two occasions, written to Gen.
IcClellan, reviewing In detail bir military ope-
fatous, and demonstrating bis lures to resi- pond
o the wishes and just expectations of the govern
nept One of these papers was prepared after
Mcclellan had landed on the Penisuls, the other
after the battle of Antietarn; and we have heard
10Th spoken of as masterpieces of military criti-
eism. 1t is melancholy satisfaction tolearn that
he President of the United States, who is the
1pmmander in chief of all hs armies, and whs is
fespopsble. before God and the country, for the
tehavior of all its Generals, did not keep Gen.
HcCltllsn in command OF the Army of the Poto-
nac from any confidence in his capacity or his 6t-