Civilian & telegraph. [volume] (Cumberland, Md.) 1859-1875, 1862-04-17
Gen. Mcclellan the Man for the
Crisis.

:. The Rev. G. NJ. Butler, d. D., lectnred a
. Concert Hall, on the evening of the 18th inst
on The Dark Days of Washington City
Its Great Pcrils and Delverance." TIL
% speaker graphically pictured the incident
occurring fIom the time the Pennsylvani
" troops rushed to the defence of the threaten
It cd city, to the present.
;. in conclusion, he expressed his conviction
f OF the ultimate success of the Union cause
Many fear that reconstruction of our Gov
eminent is impracticabe on account of the
o hatred of the Southern people towards tin
+ North. But admitting the hatred to be in
cXtinguishable, the fact remains that it is q
unity of interest and not of affection which
binds States together. .
Though it is said that before the South
will submit they will die to the last man, ye
t no nation in history has stool after its army
has been destroyed. Moreover, reaction is Q
law of history, as it is OF nature and indvid-
uals and those who talk most loudly of de-
tcrmined resistance will be the first to expe-
rience its force.
Men, in paroxysm of anger, often make
resolves which are abandoned in their cooler
moments. When the deuded victims of
scbeeming politicians in the South fully
realize the deception which has been prac-
ticed upon them, those who have sown the
wind will be apt to reap the whirlwnd of
popular indignation.
The speaker believed that the instinct of
the nation had found the man that was to be
her saviour. His name is GEORGE b. Nc
CLELLAN. Applause. He is greatest not
now when the results of his magnificent stra-
tegy are unfolding themselves but greatest
then and now, because, calm and silent un-
der popular pressure and abuse, lie kept and
keeps his own counsel, natures his own
plans, and acquires the ascendancy of his
noble. mind over the noble minds around
| him. he leaves it to men such as the mag
unanimous Burnside to say that he planned
the victories they gained. The Commander
in-chef and the indomitabe Stanton are
such leaders, at last, as the crisis calls for.
The one is the complement of the other
The fiery energy of the Secretary is modified
by the steadiness of the General.
The patriotic President Lincoln great ap-
pausel who had the Judgment to select
these officers, is one of those rare and pecu-
liar men whom Providence selects to serve
nations in periods of peril. Sagacous as
conservative, he battles his enemies by his
moderation, and satisfies his friends by his
consistency. President Lincoln will be re-
cognizcd in history, not as the helmsmap
who slept at the rudder and fell into the sea,
but as the wise pilot who weathered the
storm.
We may depend upon it that these three
men will prove equal to a New York editor |
Laughter and applause.
These were some of the speakers reasons
for believing in the ultimate restoration of
the lIDjDn lIut ret hp
full, else we are unworthy of it. They arc
our own kindred who are suffering from the !
delusions which have been imposed upon
them.
There should be no compromises. These
are frequently but the means of raising
future and more disas trous war, under the
guisc of present peace. No peace is bless
ing that is not founded on the basis of honor !
and principle. This world is only worth
living in as being the theatre on which right
maintains its perpetual battle with wrong.
GEN. 1ALLEcK's OPINION OF MCCLELLAN.
A friend of Gen. ualleck thus relates a
conversation which recently occurred be-
tween them in relation to Gen. Mcclellan
and his war policy -
"What Is General Halleck's opinion of
General Mcclellan p
'Sir, said my friend, II have heard Gen.
lallcck say, in substance, repeatedly, that
he considered the military skill science and
penetration of Gen. Mcclellan as second to
hat of no man living: that whatever has
been done in the West and elsewhere, vas
but the carrying out of McClellan's great
? Ian of the war; that the general idea of {
Zach and every of these movements was the
'ruit of his foresight and knowledge of war
md its appliances, and that Mcclellan had
ough hewn the whole werk, and only left J..
he finishing touches to the department and
division commanders" q
This, coming so direct from Gen. Halleck, G
ed me to push my inquiries still further. !
skcd: Can you give any reasonable solu- c
ion to the mystery that hangs 50 heavily !
ver the operations of the army on the Po-
omac ?" .. .- .. ,
He replied-'I cannot explain anything;
nut ! may advance an idea to you that re-
eived from Gen. Halleck not month ago
n conversation with him, made nearly the
anne interrogatory you have just propoundcd t
0 me, and the Generals answer to me must i,
e yours 1t is this, as near in his own VI
lords as car repeat them This is a war a
which success rests upon considerations !
hat do not generally enter into mems calcu- y
atoms. You are aware that the revoltod G.
tales occupy vastly different geographic n
al position from the loyal ones. Health in ],
ldent to climate, food, water, habits, &C., Il
as different in the two sections as could be ii
oncelved Of that of typ distinct nations
ertaIn hySienic principles are to be studied
carrying on campaign as well as the
'orc external appliances of war, else defeat II
nd disaster will follow. An army must be ;. 81
ound physically as well as patriotic. En- VI
prostration and climate maladies
lust be avoided if possible. Nj. ...ft u
'Now tho Seeded States are eminentlv 81
nhealthy during a certain portion of the d
ear. The months of August, September S
nd October are those during which the trop- "
,al diseases rage, which SO fearfully dec- r
1ate even the native population, and the l.
,ore generally carry off those habituated to -
different cline. The yellow fever RACES io
through the South periodically every two or W
hree years, and as that malady has not APP tt
cared during the last two seasons it may m
aturally be expected this year. In view D,
this state Of well established facts, far y
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