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DSg" The New York World attempts
what the State Sentinel denominates a
searching analysis Of Gen. Halleck's re-
port Of Pope's campaign in Virginia.
The effort ofthe Worid, to our mind is a
most pitiable failure. Its analysis is
largely made up OF Justification of facts
and unwarrantable deductions from lis
false premises
Itsays the question between McClel-
Ian and Halleck was only question Of
$4,000 men, How does the U-orld know
that? Mcclellan first asked for $4,000
men. This request could not be COM
piled with in time to avoid the disastrous
fevers that are always prevalent on
James River, at that season Of the year.
Mcclellan then concluded that be would
finish up the job with 10000 reinforce
ments. Halleck consented and returned
to Washington to hurry up the promised
assistance. But Mcclellan changed his
mind again and demanded $1,000
What assurance had Halleck that if he
complied with this request, aud com
menced forwarding the men, Mcclellan
would not again change his mind and
demand $4,000 By the time the half of
this number could have been forwarded
the army would have been Frustrated
with fever Who has counted the graves
of soldiers who persisted of disease in the
Chickahominy swamp8?
There is another fact which the World
overlooks altogether When Mcclellan
undertook the advance on Richmond by
the Peninsula route he was confident he
had sufficient men to accomplish the
work. Finding he was mistaken in this,
he asked for re-enforcements, and the
President strained every nerve to COM
ply with his request When Mccall
PENNSYLVANIA Reserves arrived on the
Peninsula, Mcclellan wrote the President
letter thanking him for his assistance,
and stating that he now had sufficient
force to take the rebel capital and would
proceed to do it. How he proceeded, and
the success he met with is we'll known.
There is another statement the World
makes that is not correct It says
Lees army ventured into the neigh
borhood of Washington after McClel-
lan's army left the neighborhood Of
Richmond" Pope's command was ad-
vanced to Culpepper as if with the in
tention of marching on Richmond, to
enable Gen. Mcclellan to extricate bis
army from its perilous position.
Gen. jackson was sent forward to de-
lnolish Pope, but was so successfully met
by Gen Banks at Cedar Mountain as to
induce the rebels to believe that Pope 5
movement meant something serious, and
they Immediately advanced againsthim in
full force, confident that they could over
whelm him before McClellan's army
could re-enforce him. This accounts for
the undisturbed march Of Mcclellan s
columns from IIarrisons Landing to
Yorktown, although they were exposed
to a flank attack the entire route Pope S
army struggled galIantly, and facts show
that--as Gen. Halleck asserts-it would
have successfully resisted the rebels had
it been supported by one or two OF
McClellans best corps.
These facts are too plain, it appears to
us, to be successfully denied. 1t will re-
quire more ingenious analysis than
that furnished by the World to overthrow
Gen. Halleck's report, or convince the
people that it is merely a special plea
over bad case.