Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1862-07-11
CONGRESSIONAL.
WASHINGTON, July
SENATE.

calling for all the orders Of Gen. MeClel-
Ian, his correspondence, the number Of his
force, Sc. He then modified the resolution
so as to request the President TO furnish
this information if not incompatible with
the public interests.
Mr.. Wright said he had beon mortified
at and regretted the tone Of the Senator's
| (Chandler's) speech When he (Chandler)
offered this resolution it was not to his
] (Wrights) taste in this hour Of the
\ country's trouble, to make any changes
against or throw any obstacles in
the way of the Generals in the field
In the opinion of the Senator (Chandler)
Gen. Mcclellan must have committed an
atrocious crime, worthy of the severest
penalty Of the law. General Mcclellan
has not been newspaper general, written
up by correspondents, but he has been
most indiscretly denounced by them, yet he
has never made any reply. He Wright
would not go back to the operations of Gen.
Mcclellan on the Potomac, but venture to
say that Gen. McClellans ten days' cam
paign in front Of Richmond, fighting an in
! furiated enemy, would arouse as much ad-
.miration among the people of foreign coun-
tries, as it has awakened confidence and
hope among our own people He (Wright)
! was IN favor of the vigorous prosecution Of
/ the war, and in favor of strong Confsca-
tion bill, but he would do nothing to divide
| the true Union men of the country. This
was not the place to pass such resolutions
as this, sanctioned as they were by the
| speech of the Senator from Michigan. If
President Lincoln can trust General
Mcclellan and Secretary of War Stanton,
ne Wright was willing to trust them.
he would stand by the man, Gen. McClel-
Ian, who was fighting the battles Of the
| country.
Mr. Chandler so;l - rne senator from
Ir.sI.---ss- TWTight) must have mistaken his
! (Chandler's) remarks. The press Of the
country has been filed with denunciations
of the Secretary of War for what they said
was a military crime nn bis z-s-,l-
| ing reinfOrcements to Gen. Mcclellan. It
was intimated that this assault upon the
Secretary of War should be deadly, and
lead to his removal He denied that Seere-
tary Stanton was guilty of the crime, and
he simply called for the evidence in the
case. 1t is plain to every man in the land
| that when the army was sent off to the Pc
ninsula there should have been force suf-
fcient retained to defend the Capital.
He had the evidence of Major Generals
| taken before the Committee on the Con-
duct Of the War, in which they said it was
absolutely necessary to retain a force here
for the defense of Washington General
Richardson, in his sworn statement, said
it would require 10000 men, and a corps
Of $4,000 men, to stop the movements Of
the enemy above OF below the city. Gen.
/ IL - Q
900 men would be necessary, and the 9TH
ers said $4,000 to $4,000 men must be left
here for the proper defense of the place
4 When Gen. Mcclellan went to Fortress
Monroe, it was found he had not left sol
itary regiment here, except the 18th, and
that he had not left a solitary gun on
wheels for the defense of the apital. Had
this gone on, the enemy would have taken
the Capital before the month of April But
the President interposed, and stopped 1t,
and kept q corps for the defense Of the
Capital Was it not proper that these
facts should 90 to the eountry2 Was it
not right for the people to know how the
facts really are The President and Sec.
retary Stanton sent every solitary man
every musket, every sabre and every bay
onet to the Army Of the Peninsula that
could possibly be spared from the defense
of the Capital. Nothing was refused tC
that army that could by any possibility b
spared. Was it not fair, then, that tht
press should step denouncing the man
(Secretary Stanton) who was opposed t
this division of the army, but who was il
favorof marching the army straight int
Richmond?
Lane of Kansas, moved to postpone tn
further consideration Of the resolution un
til December.
Mr.. Trumbull was in favor Of the pas
sage Of the resolution. Let the facts go +
the people of the country. He was willin
to trust all the people with the facts
Wilson of Massachusetts, said he woul
not vote on any speech that had been mad
on the subject but simply on the resolu
tion calling for the facts, which ought t
go to the people.
Mr.. Cowan thought such a resolution
: should not have been introduced, but no7
that the issue was made the resolution
, ought to be passed that the facts nigh
come forth.
Mr. Henderson thought this resoluio
! was going to have the effect to make tw
parties in the country in regard to the oT
erations of the Generals in the field
: If reinforcements are sent TO Mcclellan th
rebel Capital can be taken in montl
Cease, then, these mischievous resolution
which only tend to excite party feeling
: If any General is incompetent let the PFC
sident remove him at once; but he had see
no incompetency in front Of Richmond
! We are always apt to underrate the fore
of the rebels. We must have more energ
and larger force, or we shall never pr
down this rebellion. 1t is useless to clos
our eyes to the fact that the rebels are q
. strong as we are, and the people may q
= well know the fact. The newspapers has
ing been saying for months that the Soutl
ern army is starving.
:, Is it possible that there is such ignoranC
:. as to suppose that with the climate an
. soil Of the South the rebels can be starTe
out It is perfectly idle to attempt to cor
ceal the facts from the people. They Ougl
\ to know everything connected with thi
war. The South is as well furnished wit
cannon and implements Of war as we ar
n and they will continue to make them. Il
wanted to inspire little more zeal in th
country. Let them use all their energy
n suppress the rebellion; let the Who'll
country Join as one, and let eertai
prominent leaders Of the Republican part
D cease their schemes Of emancipation
Not but that he believed them honest
their views, but he believed they wei
D mistaken. There had not been snfHcien
confidence placed in the men Of the bordC
States. BE Henderson, had heard il sal
D thatthe men from the border States ,WeI
not az loyal as they should be, becaus