The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1862-07-19
Debate in the Senate on McCIellan,s Move

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The following debate occurred in the Sen
ate on the 10th inst:
| Mr.. Chandler called up the resolution
calling for all the orders issued by Genera
Nc Clellan, his correspondence as to the nun
Der of his force. DC. He then modified the
resolution so as to request the President to
| furnish this information if not incompatible
with the public interests.
Mr.. Wright said be had been mortified al
and regretted the tone of the Senators
| (Chandler's) speech when he (Chandler)
offered this resolution. It was not to his
(Wright's) taste in this hour of the coun-
try's trouble, to make any charge against OIL
throw any obstacles in the way of the Gen
erals in the field.
In the opinion of the Senator (Chandler)
Gen. Nc Clellan must have committed a no.
torious crime, worthy of the severest pen
atty of the law.
Mr.. Chandler said that the Senator from
Indiana (Wright) must have mistaken his
(Chandler's) remarks. The press of the
country has been filled with denunciations
of the Secretary of War, for what they said
was military crime on his part in not
sending reinforcements to General McClel-
Ian. 1t was intended that this assault on
the Secretary should be deadly and lead to
bis removal. He denied that Secretary
Stanton was guilty of the crime, and simply
called for the evidence in the case.
1t was plain to every man in the land
that when the army was sent off to the Pen
insula, there should have been force suf-
6cient retained to defend the Capital. He
had the evidence of nine Major Generals ia
ken before the Committee on the conduct of
the War, in which they said it was abso-
lutely necessary to retain force here for
the defense of Washington. Gen. Rich
ardson in his sworn statement said it would
require 40, 900 men, and a corps of 10000
men to stop the movements of the enemy
above and below the city. Gen. Franklin
thought that from $4,000 to $4,000 men
would be necessary, and the others said
from $4,000 to rs, 900 men must be left here
for defense of the place. When General
Mcclellan went to Fortress Monroe it was
found he bad not left a solitary regiment
here except the 18th, and that he had not
left solitary gun on wheels for the defense
of the Capital. Had this gone on the enc
my would have taken the Capital before the
mouth of April. but the President interpos-
ed aud stopped it, and kept corps for the
defence of the Capital. Was it not proper
that these facts should go to the country?
Was it not right that the people should know
what the facts really are ? The President
and Secretary Stanton sent every solitary
man, every musket, every saber, and every
bayonet to the army of the Peninsula. that
could possibly be spared from the defense
Of the Capital. Nothing was refused to that
army that could be spared. Was it not fair
that the press should stop denouncing the
man, Secretary Stanton. who was not op-
posed to the army, but who was in favor of
marching the army straight into Richmond?
Mr.. Lane, of Kansas, moved TO postpone
the further consideration of the resolution
until December.
Mr.. Trumbull was in favor of the passage
OF the resolution Let the facts go to the
people of the country. He was willing to
trust all the people with the facts.
Mr.. Wilson of Massachusetts. said be
would not vote on any speech that had been
made on the subject. but simply on the reso-