New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1862-01-28
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u The New York Times contains q letter from
Washington, dated the 18th inst, written by a.
person who speaks from the highest possible au-
thority, relating to the plans Of Gen. Mcclellan,
from which We make the following extract:
Z Your suggestions 10 attack Manassas, even at
the risk Of defeat, on the ground that we had bet
ter be beaten than rot 70 pieces, ID not like your
usual , good sense. Any. military man would tell
you that TO hurl our forces against those strong en-
'trehchsnents would be sheer madness, But Gen,
Mcclellan has caught them in their own trap
They are Ike 9 fox in q burroW with one hole,
where they must soon be forced out, and then
Gen. Mel lelan will fall upon them like q thunder
bolt. The public Will not then complain of his
want Of energy. tell yonit will be so fearful as
TO have Wailing and mourning from every Southern
household Knowing what | do, and have hut
thus barely limited at ~ the grand plan Of the cam
paign, 4 repeat that the rebels are doomed, and
secsssion4will never again raise its hydra head in
the, land. The folds Of the giant constructor are
now Tightening around the rebellion and the com.
ing month win see il crushed out completely and
foteVer. Again 4 say, look out fora g short war
and despera one. 8 M f. Il 81 ssg5 1 Ia a
There now We feel bad. The Southern people;
feel bad. W Everybody and his wife and children
1eeI bad. n All the world and the rest of man
kind e feel bad. Oh, gracious goodness that
| giant constrictoru' We are choking; every
body suffocating; we're all going to be smoth.
cred ID the noisome folds !, Of great, Big snake
Cen. Mcclellan you are in very bad company
NOW, and ought to be ashamed Of yourself for
being in 1t, but we have heard you spoken Of as
| being clever, brave nun. If You ever were a
clever brave man, you will listen to and grant the
request of dying people. When people are about
70 a peg out they have claims and rights that
none hut mean men and towards refuse 10 recog-
nise. Now, on behalf of the Southern people, all
of whom expect to " shuttle off this mortal coil u
whenever their time comes, we protest against the
use Of that 81 constructor The !" deep damnatiQn
Of their taking off will be many fold multiplied
il that snake ia allowed to be in the neighborhood
Wesare all willing to die for our country if need
be, and II we. must die, we have q right tot he
killed decently. are only select in regaH e.
the manner Of execution. The guiIlotine, pdwder
and lead, blowing from the mouths Of cannJh, Or
any other bic mode Of being Bnpfed out, p
we dQnot objectto. There's something heroic in
thai ofstyle. Even the rope, provided twas
silk eplds have something disti,ague about ii
But your snake, your alligator your constrictor'
way Of terminating the present, war, has nothing
redeeming Of schiyalrie aboutsit. We are entitled
70 better treatment, and therefore We cannot and
viii not endure this serpentine proposition. Con
found that " giant constriotor Y j 81 + !,
Gen. Ciellsnt You have broken our bread
and partial sal, and many Of us once Thought
you WerseA his lily honorable man, Now, sir, If
you want ~ 70 die peaoeably youtmust kill US OF
respectfully. When wy make np our minds to ex-
Pre- IVA will leave this sphere as quietly
sslambs, The lditons eeifsa baing respected;
but attsmptto use constrie in our
taking Of there viii ~ the biggest, longest, aud
bloodest fight the annals d tbs world Hear witness
to. Therefore take warning N time End beware
Of the Y. conssrictor.b I'LL