Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1862-03-26
Gen. Mcclellan, tho Preside.s. the Sec
lelary 0i War aud TIE NAVY
(Specisl to the World.

1eQ0Ty O6 W ~ OuO VIC NS'y
(Specisl to the World
WAsuIxoroN. March 10.
stated in my dispatch OF yesterday,
that / had high authority for stating
,h.t The Pres,dent stasds BY Gen. Nc
Clellsn. l have to add on equally good
authority. that the Secretary Of War is
totally opposed to the warfare which
the radicals age against the late Com.
nander-iu- Chief, whom he will support
| in his efforts to suppress the rebellion to
the full extent Of his power.
It would not be safe for the opponents
| Of Gen. Mcclellan to visit the armies
South Of Washington and attempt to
dlsparage the merit or services Of the
| Commander in. Chief. From the time
| Of Bouaparte to the present hour. nc
General has enjoyed more unrcserved
| by the confidence and affection OF his
troops than has Mcclellan. Not only
in the army under bis command - this
the case, but in every corps now serving
! under the colors of the Union, officers
! .nd privates are unanimous in the op'n
ion mat the assaults made day by Gay
in tho ,.sdicsl press against the cbarac'
ter and capa city Of Mcclellan ought to
w. $3.50 =, To-, ,.atil he has met the foe
in battle.
New DIRK Merchant.l
ur.nor.RTsRs ARMY OF THs roTOxAC, !
March IA, 1862. }
CxnAa nf Ntru,nla Ia SuY-
o.. ,dered to the Rappabannock, and W.,
49, ,bus obtained all the fruits OF
great VI. Tory without the loss OF a single
~ Tsoso who think that war consists
onlv in fybt,,~. and producing ind''
v,dual suffering Al. d misery instead Of
military results, will o. course s', raw 80 =,
usual. Those who have ~s1 h'sio'y ""o
UNDERSTAND it, will think Otherwise s'I
Marlborough had ten campaib III
fought but five pitched battles, and ~
comparatively limited results, while Nc,
Clcllan's winter campaign has extended
the flag of the United States over
10000 miles Of territory lately held
by traitors. The wise. intelligent and
humane, who know that the Union can
b. restored only by the least exaspera-
ton and alienation, will applaude the
Commander who achieves for his coun-
try great ends by peaceful means.
We might, it is tree, have fought
great battle at Centrevillc, and possibly
have won it. But the place is very
strongly fortified, and the quarters
which extend for miles around it-can
accommodate 100000 men. We might
thus have manufactured thousands OF
widows and orphans in defeating the
enemy, with scarcely possibility OF
capturing any considerable portion OF
them, they having two rail roads in the
rear by which to retreat, while the ef-
feet upon the termination Ct the war
would have been no more decisive than
that now achieved by strategy. The
rebels have lost all the resources of one
third Of eastern Virginia by our blood
less victory, and failed tc gain anything
by their sauguinary success at Bull Run.
The malignant blockbeads who pour
their mendacious ISLANDERS upon McClel-
Ian through the appropriate tunnel OF
the Tribune, cannot comprehend the
conduct OF war except through chan
nels Of blood, nor Judge OF its effects
except AS seen and heard in the cries
and lamentations OF broken hearted wo-
men and children. Let them rail on.
Thus far McClellan's strategy has been
emneptlv successful, and has exempli-
fed and illustrated the highest qualities
of a commander.