Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1862-06-03

an almost constant interference with the
plans of the commanding general, and that
this interference has cost the country very
dearly.-Paoridence Post, Jane 2.
You don't kmOlc it. tits merely your theory.
You guess it. Yon assume it. You talk it
unscrupulously for political effect. But you
don't knoaC it, and you can't prove it, for it is
not true. Gen. Mcclellan has not been inter-
fered with. He has formed his own plans
of the campaign against Richmond, and
the war department has fastened to sup
ply him with everything necessary to make
them successful. In only one instance has
the president hesitated to grant whatever he
has asked. When Gen. Mcclellan asked to
have the whole of the force under Gen. Nc
Dowell added to the troops already with him
on the peninsula between the York and James
rivers, the president objected that this would
completely uncover Washington to a raid of
the rebels by way of Fredericksburg. And his
objection was reasonable. If the whole of Nc
Dowell's force had been removed, the rebels
would have been quite as ready to make a
sudden dash towards Washington as they were
TO rush upon the weakened force Of Gen.
Banks in the Shenandoah valley; and had
they done SO, no help could have come from
any quarter in time to prevent the mischief.
Finally, part of McDowelrs troops were
sent to Gen. Mcclellan, and then ten thou
sand men were taken from Gen. Banks to
supply their place.
We have taken pains to learn the exact
trutb in ri nj
our statement on the warrants of dispatches
and communications that have the endorse
ment of the highest authority A good deal
more might be added but there is a time for
all things. Nothing that has taken place in
connection with our army movements is more
unjust and indecent than the furious onslaught |
that has been made upon secretary Stanton.
Hurttul charges have been made against him
that have no foundation in fact, and which
his ASSISTANTS themselves do not attempt to
prove. We say it is unjust and indecent to
make such charges, and the time will come
when some of the journals engaged in this
work will be heartily ashamed of it. At the
proper time he will triumphantly vindicated
by the publication of the facts and documents
which he himself refuses TO have used AT
present. He can afford to wait, and we may
be sure that the presidents unfailing love of
justice and fair play will not allow him to
wait in vain. One journal in Boston so far
forgets propliety as TO demand lis removal
from office" His removal, forSooth! De
mand the removal of the president himself,
and you will be just as sure Of success. Go
to the president with your demand, and get
his answer. 1t Will do you good.
The journals to which we allude, have seen
fit to hold Secretary Stanton specially re-
sponsible for the excitement and panic occa-
stoned by the raid Of the rebels down the She
nandoah valley. They have charged that he
himself fell into an unwarranted panic which
he communicated to the country through ex-
citing dispatches. Their charge is utterly
without warrant, far as relates to him.
They had nothing to prove it; but this did not
check them. 1t easy to ascertain the
facts by proper inquiry at Washington; but
they made no enquiry; or, if they enquired at
all, they enquired Of gossips, and not Of those
official persons who could have told them the
truth. The fact is, that the dispatches sent
to the governors of the several States during
the night after Gen. Banks was driven from
Winchester, were either written or dictated
by the President himself Mr.. Stanton
had no more to do with them than anv
other member of the cabinet, nor than
either of the military gentlemen who met
and counseled with them that night. 1t
was their unanimous Judgment that such dis
patches should be sent; and this Judgment
was based on the tenor Of dispatches they were
hourly receiving from Gen. Banks and from
other sources. The dispatches sent to the
president assured him that the rebels in great
force were rushing towards Maryland and
Washington by way of both Harper's Ferry
and Manassas. Whatever understandable
panic there was in the case existed in those
who told the president such things by tele-
graph, and not in him or his counsellors, who
all believed those dispatches because they
were accustomed to put confidence in those
who sent them.
Secretary Stanton has earned claim to
the respect and support of every loyal man in
hS IIOlli udy WHcH Hc went
into the cabinet Of Buchanan TO fight the wild
beasts Of treason, to the present hour, he has
devoted himself to the welfare of the republic
To him more than to any other man we owe
Whatever was done to battle the traitors dur
ing the last few weeks of that administration
In his present position he has devoted his
whole energy and activity to the work of
crushing the rebellion, and all our more i'm
portant successes have been won since he be-
came secretary Of war. What a gain it was
to the country to exchange Cameron for him I!
There is no more talk of frauds and swim
ding IN the war department. Thieves and
robbers can not ply their trade where he is, and
the rebellion and all its sympathzers under
standthat he is one gifts abest most indefatiga-
ble, and most irreconcileable foes He is one
of the purest and truest patriots in all the land,
full Of energy, and deeply in earnest to crush
rebellion and restore the republic. 1t cannot
nc commendable motive that leads any loyal
journal to misrepresent his conduct and make
understandable charges against him Ue has
earned right to better treatment and ,y,.
mud inexpressible satisfaction in Lr,,,,,;.. A..
when the proper time arrives he will h,,.,