Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1862-08-12
President Lincoln again takes -iSs Respon I
bllty


As the recent "ar meeting in Basbngtcp
Plcsident Liacoln mode the ioilovis.g chgra
teristc speech
ftAop- Cifeeos It,iieye there y no prece
dent % my appearing before you W Shls occa
son, (,pplause y but % ~ also true 5aere ~ 10
precedent Tor your belag here yoIrssipes, Gap
plause md lauZhter.) and offer y ,ustlhca
ton Of myself ana oi you. that upon sxAmina-
non have tourd nothlnE IN the Constitution
against : (Rtne'yed applause } | Eage, how
ever, an Impression that there are younger gen
ticmen who Will euterta5a You better ,Foioes--
" No, ncir-nonc can he It better than your
sell 49, 90 on nud better addrcs5 yaar un-
standing inaH | klll or e,Ald
propose but g. deta.ts You a momeat 5lnger
(Crlgs, - so on--tar nd feather the 1chsis )
am very Int Inclined ~ any OCCASION 10 SAY
anything unless hope u yroduce sore good BY
IT, "a yc.se, " ,n-do i6Ai-go on. Yhe
only thing lthuk OF uet now not hzHly 40 be
better said by some one els. IS matter n which
we have heard sonc other persons b&med for
what did myself Nola=s-" W bat sH2'
There haa-)een 1. nerY asAe-spread 2G,9npI 10
have d qualIc letween 6-sa Mcclellan and Abe
Secretary o. War Ncw occupy a posipon
that ensbIerme 10 behave 81 least these lNo
gentlemen are not rsTlY - deep in tho quarrel
as some pretumng ,g' be ahsir iIienSs (C5les
OF good y
Gen. Mcclellan . attitude is such thai is. 'Ae
very soiishn,ss of hena,sYe be cann4tbut Wsh
u be successful. and hsps be viii be and the
Secretary Of War iggrscisely in the .ma 81 1A-
tlon II the military Iammanders - the ield
ba kul ba -
War but myself, iol the time beng The master
Of them both. 1ennut hni be failure Na@gh
ter and appl2hse.)
know Gea. Mcclellan wishes Is 5e sutaess-
full, and krDrg, he Ices not wish - any more
than the >ecpal4Iy 81 War tor hiT.. and bo,h
OF them tOgeiher NJ 'no7y than | WI Il. zap
plAuse and ciles .ol 't.3yd.') Sometimes We
have dispa.9h lnsut bow many men eeu
Mcclellan h4+ had, ADD those wins woul4 dis-
parage MN ri , he had a very lAgs n2latsr
and those who wy,sid dmpArage he Ses7etal J
Of War, INSIST .hai ben. Nc Clel@n has yery
small nunber.
The basis tor .hys y. there is always vide
ditleren ,e--asd on thls occasion, perhaI ,, WI
der one--beIween ils grand total OF Gen. Me-
i CleIlan's rolls ahI the men actually fit 'oE DUTY
and those who gould jisparage him talk f thu
grand total Oh payer, and those Who wNAl DIS
par1ge the Secretary OF War yak Of those Al
present tit iog duty. Gen. Mcclellan bAs some.
times asked .os things lhat the Secretary 81 Wal
did not give ann
Gen Mcclellan ~ not to blame fox asking fol
what he wanted and needed aud ths Secretary
OF War is aos to blame for reo giving whom h
had none Is give, (apphuse snd laughter, anC
] -, % - 4 ~ ..,1 / nv :
lar as EaoN the Secretary Of War has with
held no eae thing ata any Ane IN my pnwer Il
give hin. (Wiid appause'and Yo'ee, " CIV
hlla enough now.
brheye he is brave and able man Zap
plausel, and stand hers aS Justice require
me ~ do, to take upon 2lHSeA what has beef
charged upon the Secreta?y % War, as with
: holding from him. | haze talked longer than
expected to- (cries of-,Nol no 70 OMAN
now avail myself OF my privilege Of saying n
more.
We have some curiosity 10 zee what the 5i
ter malgners of Secretary Stanton will sa1 t
this straightforward and uuequiyocal ds.apl
p ton, Acquiring Secretary Stanton OF amy inter
meddling with Gen. Mcclellan plans. y Ion
: time ago We 'old these sharp critics ,aat the
: ought to strikeat the President rather than til
: Secretary, if they aimed at anybody, and the
d cannot now !ail to see that their abuse OF Star
;, ton, was equally IN abuse OF President Lincoh
II They ought TO learn wisdom from this reyel
n uon, which we trust will Mt least silence tt
o enemies OF MIR. Stanton, unless they are at II
: same time the enemies OF Nh Linoon.
B., One Of Sigel scouting party loud betwe,
: wenty and thirty negroes IN irons about twel
o. miles from Madison, in u nearly starved cond