The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1862-02-08

INC IcpeIs VIII % compelled 10 "skedAd-
die" or be whipped, or botK.
Gnrley,s speech.
The following extract from the cele.
brated speech Of Mr.. Gurley, of Ohio,
delivered in Congress few days ago,
gives the pith Of his charges against Gen.
Mcclellan. Mr.. Cox, Of Ohio, replied to
Mr.. Gurley in strain Of ridicule wholly
unworthy Of the occasion, and without
answering a single charge made by Mr..
Garley. Mr.. Gurley said:
The great cause Of satisfaction among
our troops was that they were not permit
ted to striks at the rebels. He preferred
no charges against the commander in
chief, but 10 his judgment the man did
not live who could successfully command
OOU,OOO men, scattered over territory
OF two thousand miles. Yet the DESTINY
Of this republic had long hung upon the
will Of single man, No other Govesl.
ment invested its generals with such IN
limited authority. No man had been
found great enough to use the supreme
command OF even three hundred thous-
and soldiers. A part Of the tremendous
burden thrown upon the shoulders Of our
General should be removed and divided.
so as to call out the best energies Of the
best officers, and secure greater unity of ne
ton. Thus far our commanders have
been the victims OF some fixed unalterable
plan, the fruit Of one mind, which plan
had accomplished but one marked result
1t had prevented five hundred thousand
men from attempting precisely what they
came together to accomplish; that was to
light and whip the enemy. The very
men who must receive the shock of battle
were those who complained most Of inac-
tivity. He said that if the question was
left TO them, ten ont of twelve would say
there had been no necessity for the DELAY
Of the past four months.
He revealed no secret..when he. stated
TINT the great plan vas 70 strike 1t al
points II was simple impossibility that
every arrangement was 10 be made in
Missouri, Kentucky and Virginia, 80 tha,
BY single click Of the clock all would
rush upon the enemy at once, and crush
the rebellion at single blow. Whstcye,
our army accomplished must be as oul
troops in Kentucky had lyloriously done
not BY signal from Washington but by
striking boldly Mt the enemy whore they
might be found. Why should the prea,
army Of the Union be idle when soldier,
and civilians everywhere were implorinp
for action East Tennessee had asked
for 10000 men for defense against the
rebels. The prayer had been answered
by the announcement that no troops could
De spared from the army of the Potomac
Yet there we're absent f.om that .rmv =
few days ago, ard it was abou. the general
average, on business Of pleasure or other
objects, nearly 1000 officers and 1000
Privstes, an army Of themselves 10 large
as WAS required to save Ternessee. It
was not necessary to 60 TO Tennessee for
an illustration of the want Of enterprise
and daring on the part Of the controlling
manager Of the army.
de had It from authority, and it could
not be questioned, that some three weeks
ago irom ten to fifteen thousand confe der
ates, IN the neighborhood Of Romnev.
were virtually in the power of division
q our army, numbering about 40, 900. -
Gen. Lander SAINT . messenger to General
Kelly saying, in substance, s.join me. y
and Gen. Kelly, without the knowledre Q,
sucn . messenger, sent one OF his own
bearing similar message. Meanwh lille,
one 81 these Generals telegnphcd to Gen
Banks to advance on one side while he
advanced from the other; but uniortun.
ately. they telegraphed At the same time
to headquarters in reference to what wa,
going on, when an answer came IN tht
form OF an order. "nct 10 ADVANCE" sa.
compsnied with rcprimand for even an,
suggestion Of the kind. That BATH.
would have sadly broken in upon some
great plan was quite probable. II might
have finished the '.grcat anaconda. !, !,
the newspapers bad ex pressed it. But !,
must not be forgotten that the n ammoth
reptile that WAS to draw within his fold,
and crush the rebellion at single sweeI
Of his tail had already swallowed up al
our contemplated victories, and eorg, j
himself with the substance OF the peonle
70 no purpose. Less than thirty dsvu
ago, Gen. Halleck sent forward 5 100