Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1862-11-26

Iu.l I.. .H|HHI HUd HNIU |..IHr M .um.
th1i IHp Insl hnl mu. powerful uu.. .l
ND.'uInua om0y1I. BE- thu lulluu Wilton
hy Nuu ln'I..k lN Secretary .nulun
Nh.Uu lha Commander .lUiuI hfH N,
ohHrrg against Mcclellan. matters utur
which il 0o understand military usuNgos,
General Mcclellan had uo control what.
ever 20 one significant fact also we
wish 10 call particular attention, viz. Gcn-
,ru IlMlprk letter was written iu ans.
wcr 20 rulu nhyaguioriH that had been
nut hy ~ocro,.u stanton Now, then, 70
b, due to me public, tha' these in,croga.
tories, aud thu causes for putting themI
should hc made known.
Let tLo stream bc traced back to its
fountain head, and it will be found that ~
springs from Abolition hatred and envy.
The moment that Secretary Stanton inN
torrrrpd with NoNIpIGu's Original plan
and broke up his army into independent
commands, that moment disaster began
. 20 attend our cause. Had Mcclellan not
br.u meddlrd with, no one can deny that
he would long since have bcon IN Nch'
mond. But this would virtually have en-
GcG the rebellion, % cOnsummu,lon that
the AboitiOaists did not want,
In his letter General IIalIeck would
appear now TO be taking the same ground
against Mcclellan as the latter's yllltiers
A little scrutiny OF this letter vii. show,
however, that he does so either through
ignorance, or from partilan motives. IL
certainly .aunot bo lAe former, and we
are therefore forced to the conclusion that
/ Uallock has become proselyted to the
Abolition cause. He accuses Mcclellan Of
misrcprescu,mg the wants Of tie aImy
under his command, and unnecessarily
delaying his advance upon ee. If there
was any truth in those charges, why was
General Mcclellan not Immediately court
martialcd? for there could be no graycr
offence IN the face Of the enemy.
Unfortunately for General Hallocl,
however, the deficiency Of supplies to
. MCClelIan's army has been amply proved,
mot bv MCClelan's friends, but 10y those
who, from the commencement, have been
his most bitter opponents. Foremost
Iamong the latter stands the ~ !. Iubmc,
|aad Immediately after Ncylellaus victory
lat Antietam the correspondents of the
Trilmc lamented the want Of supplies IN
the army, and the gross neglect of respon.
sibe officials ia not supplying them. The
correspondents of the New York Times
IcorroJ0rate these statements. The com,
.pMint ola lack OF horses, also pojntculy
mentioned by IIallJak, has no! been u
grgandleas oGe. 1t is well known that
horses s1rre wautnr IN the army.
After stating positively that Gen. Aeigs
had attended fully to McClellan's "ants,
Gen Uaileck quotes from a dIspatCh oil
Mcclellan, dated October 18th, as follows:
"Gmr1i Hsps mag haze ordered hs's ar.
I. hclcs 10 be tJ7rudi; bH tbey mlytt rs lrsl
reuaa IN Nag York or ThauacLh.G as Jar as
ing army is c5Hra"cI.
Mcclellan, therefore, at that time could
not have received the supplies asked for,
!, ard il was certainly no part Of his duty to
look after railroad officials.
The strongest Ioint, however, that Hal
lcck puts against Mcclellan was his neg
Iect to make certain movements against
General Lee. 4 glance al the facts in the
case AS set forth in the official report Of
the Commission tia. investigated the sur
render of IIarper's Ferry, vii. throw light
upon the subject
, The defense Of this importau. post vas
in the hands Of Col. Miles, whose conduct
at the first battle of Boil Run, it has been
: said lost us the day. Col. Miles, IL turn
, entrusted the command of Mary LAND
b. Heights. the key of the position, to Col
Tom. Ford, an Ohio AboItionist VIII
knew no more Of military matters than
SAVAGE does Of civilization.
While Mcclellan was battling with Lee
to save the Capitai, word came to hin
Ilhat Harper's Ferry was closely invested
bv larger force under Jackson, McCIel
Ian Immediately hurried Franklin onc
=, Sumner to the threatened point, depend
, ing upon Miles to hold il until relieved
! hat il was disgracefully surrendered
owing to the cowardco Of Col. Tom Ford
the commission was fully convinced.
l. its report the commission say 9TH,
Gencral.in. Chief has testified that Genera
, Mcclellan. after having received orders tC
rencl the enemy invading the State o
MARYLAND, marched only six miles PEI
day, on an average, when pursuing thi'
. invading enemy. The General in'Chie
, Ia a'so to.ties that in his opinion, General
Mcclellan could and should have relieved
ond protected Harpor's Ferry.
IT, was not necessary that Mcclellan
should march his whole army to the de-
Tense Of Harper's Ferry, when the com
mission itself declares that the garrison 1t
contained was strong enough to hold il
against the enemy, and censures Miles
and Ford for "a shameful surrender Of ,hC
post. Mcclellan certainly could not IN
spire bravery whore it was lacking, MOI
imrart military knowledge to such boo.
bics n Tom Ford. To show that McClelN
Ian also did properly aud sufficiently sue.
cor Harper's Ferry, we need only remind
r the reader that, at the very moment thai
the cowardly Ford hauled down his FLAG
and tumbled his guns over the cliffs,
Fraukln's and Summers corps came NJ
Ito his relief. lae rebels instantly fled
not having time to destroy The stores, oi
even pqrol all the brave soldiers who had
, been So shqmeful,y surrendered to them
, Opinions may differ in theories, but there
can be no getting around facts, and the
iecls, in the present case, show positively
that Mcclellan has been again made the
, victim of the Abolition radicals, and that