Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1862-11-10
THE REMOVAL OF GENERAL MccL


THE REMOVAL OF GENERAL MCCLELLAN
Ths readsr Is referred TO the Star elsewhere
to-day, for the particulars of and circ umstanees
eSendinE the removal Of Gen. Mcclellan from
Gle command OF the Army Of the Potomac It
Nas clearly the right OF the President to take
The step. IL in his judgment the public interest
rnlnirrd such action, and None who know him
viii dolbt MAJ such was his sincere cenvic.
G3n. ..... g.. p.
i. Is clear from the prompt publication Of the
correspondence between General i'm chief Hal
1eck, Quartermaster General Meigsssand the
War Department upon the subject OF Gen.
hcC's complaints against alleged want of
supplies for his troops, that the specific charge
ua'!er which h. was displaced was q declen.
Sian OF his part 10 make the campaign a. il
VAS carved ou: for him here. No sensible
man Will Scce''t the Republicans theory that
he was removed because the drift of the recent
elections CALI for il: the recent elections hav-
i"S gone oSvTw helEaingly against Nose who
f. ygar rasI have been his bitter enemies in
s'ss N end out OF season. and for those who
hav" aSstr"dily md Professionally placed their
tn: ~ IL" p, -dy success OF our arms i'll
hi-r, md ;.inaU> IN h.m only.
Nor will Ih, country any more READILY accent
q 'i,ror. cnuHcia" d yesterday by the Chroaicls,
th;.. AC ." a I, moved on account OF astounding
dFyt lOpnPl,tS resulting from recent iny-stirS.
h3ES, &C. which. If meaning anything tlcroga-
t'Ty 60 General Mcclellan, apparently meant
al ssrtrs'cn nion his loyalty; which tina, Jour
ri, We aIH happy 70 perceive, promptly re.
tTft.s
bile ii Is very true tha; there has been,
D. "Iiy ever since he was called 10 the command
O. 'ht scattered. broken and di-pirited forces OF
fcre' IN issue heiwreE General Mcclellan and
'ht RlihiarS authorities here. with reference 10
the suficieny Of hi> supplies. ESPECIALLY of
hoTS' III for cavalry and artillery ser, ice, We.
-" satisfied t.i; the tTuc reason for his DELAY
Ii chvyine ;h Or,isr to-ficbt the battle which j.
Probably 20 decide the result of the war, when
= - where Ee was ordered so To 10 hv General
ltsii'Ck' Is very different one That order
U'E't''d LIN 10 fight Al in the valley, hue. is
u ~ identity believed, he " ould be deprived of
fhe assistance Of perhaps fifty thousand of his
Gccp>, regarded by him : necessary to be krp,
O. the Maryland side. q, the ford>. 10 ,sI.
h IT and Maryland and PENNSYLVANIA from
III disastrous consequences OF another raid OF
S:"STt's cavalry; which would almost surely
bring about hs defeat hen the enemy accented
b>ttlc IN the valley, II by that time Stuart had
suc'Ss 81 IN cutting OF his communi alton
with " ashington and Baltimore, and DESTROY
lug his supple, necessarily accumulated and
lei: on thi> side # the river III. must also
haNe been influenced by the fact that if rpr.
mite 4 20 follow his own plan Of cannaicn. he
could obtain the assistance of from thirty IN
nifty thousand troops who could not be- spared
from guarding The National Capital 20 long as
Lees army WAS between hi own ami Wash.
snSi0n; ~ il would continue IL he, had hp
e-~ayed 70 march directly from Harper's Ferry
upon l.. in the vslley.
r.
h'raie ihe fac, that however his provarbial re-
tC"lCt may have induced him 10 keen the
s"crr. OF his plans in his own heart (for fear
dis. If any one here knew them they ieht nos.
bly, come 10 the know ledge of thu enemy. and
thus 10 plead embarrass ment from want of
supplies which may not ha W. -eriou -ly existed
D. deciension 70 move when ordered so L. Ito
Was reaii, oecosioned by his conviction that If
NJ "ait"i until the rise of the yer made him
c'@' stronger for the movement from his i'm
ms iste command and 10000 stronger from thi,
S'tlh!'y, ne could fight, not only with the as
ahct OF victory, but just ,cherc rictory ,ru,.ld
g h&e'y TO s"d the ,rur IN Iaror Of the Union.
bsd ne essaysd the battle in the Valley
ithout thase additional %, 900 troops, hc must
nave fought when and where Lee chose Had
NJ De'n Victorious IN ~ the result would have
Simply ben more or less ioss OF men and ma.
Hr Sai ON bo'h sid"s, aS at Antctam; with many
O'h'f subsequent battles A. they fell back, al
HOuh'hin passes, IN all of which the rebels
would have had choicr of position. tItai eyi.:
dTntly preferred 10 wait until the element.
I-rmitt~d hum 20 move In greatest force In
II progress TO NE roin, where II. proposed TO
heh' thr rnrTny-whsrs hs knew we'll the en-.
CIV must tight or ,oon surrender p;ch,,or,
v 'hou' battir-he left A. every gan tbroucb
v ''rh Jsrl~on (who remains in IN. ya,,sv
" FROM 1."' q 2.Oop troeps) might possibly
u "ts'"n hi rear, a sufficient guard To hold ~
que long enough 10 secure his communications
Ni'h hts bas" OF operations and supplies, and ne
s.''Hly pushed hi army on for the field of his
on 'hoic" We refer TO the banks of the Rap.
inNn IN" threat of becauseit is the de.
30" OF ~ orGons,ille, through which the rebel
cHr''si Receives thrr-fourths OF H. supplies ,f
- y Scrirtion. He knew as well thai Leo
M highs tArry thc sacriiiC,. OF his last man
D" s'e defence, n thst If victorious there Rich
mono would speedily b. - much n his mercy
g. Washington would BE- n Lees with the pn-
tomae - closely blockaded n James river -.
is comm unicatiop with Frederick nv tprrn,ka
a. s'r'ousiy ihrra ened as Petersburg now j.
frou Suffolk. aud with Annapoli, Junc,,op !,
enc hands OF . victorious enemy.
We're such the situation of Washirrt,, a.,
lime for which IL coold continue 10 bo,a ~,
could ts-llS b. counted by hours; and II Is ,,i-
q ntto Ne fhat tfrn. Mcclellan plan of cam
y ,'sn contemplated getting Richmond into ,ha,
. nation within week from to -eiay ri furthast
1'utr has been determined by his super,ors
d. command that the cause of the country will
j" ss:r in other hands; and with his advance,
" ram hirty-two miles of the point where the
battle mast take place thar will probably de.
eid- the fate or the War, he is prompt 10 obey
tb. order direeting hun 10 repair 10 Trenton.
Ee~ Jersey, and there await further orders.
Though We have not We; .een his farewell
address &c his sru-y, We learn by telegraph
sna; IA IL he does his best 10 nerve 1t 70 the pro
Ter rdisehaTe~. OF ITS duty IN the momeutous
s.Trssis which, NJ says is on theeve Of coming