The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1862-09-06

to have found occasion for delay every
time. We do not know how this NAV be:
but we do know that the people will de-
mand of the President full and explicit
statement of the reasons of this extraord-
mary failure. Ii Halleck, who is COM
mander in-chief, has failed 10 perceive
the emergencies of the position, let more
vigliant and active commander be put in
his place If Mcclellan has allowed his
habitual Incidence or any other motive to
interfere, let him be cashiered or If any
other subordinates have been lax in the
performance of their duties, let the same
example be made Of them that was made
of Colonel Mason and the officers who
surrendered Clarksvile, Tennessee. It
is trifing with the dearest hopes Of the
country, to regard the position or favor
Of any man who, in this time of extreme
peril, is found wanting.
From the N. Y. Times, 2d.I
We have no disposition to canvass the
reports concerning Gen Nc Clellan, which
were rife in the city yesterday. If they
are true, and he has, Intentionally with.
held any aid which he could possibly give
to our gallant soldiers struggling within
cannon shot of his camp, there is no need
of anticipating the punishneu which will
be inflicted upon him BY an outraged and
indignant nation. For the present, grave
as are the appearances against him, we
prefer to believe that this delay iu NOV
ing forward has been due to other causes
than his own.
1T VIII be seen that the Government
has virtually deprived him of any actual
participation in the pending conflict, as it
has restricted his command to chat por-
ton of the army OF the Potomac which is
not ordered to join Gen. Pope"
AS nearly the whole effective portion of
that army has already Joined Gen. Pope,
his command will be limited to very
few thousand men, and will be without
importance. The Government would
scarcely have taken this step without
some serious dereliction Of duty on his
part.
General McClellan's career has besn
one Of the most remarkable incidents Of
the war. We shall have in due time. as
a matter of course, full exposition oft,
with all the documents essential to just
Interpretation Of his relations with the
Government. Until that time any deci-
sive judgment upon it would be prema-
ture. But he has utterly lost the conf
dence and high consideration which he
once enjoyed at the hands of the Amer
lean people.
Washington Cor N. Y. Tribune, L.
Gen. Mcclellan il universally and Bit
terly blamed for this reverse. If his
troops had been sent forward when they
were ordered, Pope would not have been
compelled to fight with half his army
against the whole rebel force.
Sumner and Franklin, who only reached
the field last night, too late fol. the fight,
should have been there three days ago.
Mcclellan was three times ordered to
move and refused, aud by general order
this morning is removed from the COM
nland of all troops, excepting those re-
manning in Alexandra.
When applied to by General Pope on
Friday to send supplies to his starving
army, he returned word that he would
not send them unless Pope sent cavalry
escor: for the trains. And at this time all
| fMdtGieilaH,s forces were held idle at
Alexandria.