The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1863-06-05

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on four signal occasions aftor they had He'd
failed to pursue them with that Eigor which,
in tho opinion Of nbe officers Of his army,
would have driver them into RichmoHd, and
insured tho capture of that city And ho
was finally compelled to abandon his Pom.
insuar campaign, without having effected
anything thereby bat tho sacrifice Of thou.
sands Of lives and millions OF treasure. lie
was not in ono of tho many battles 10 which
tho Army Of the Potomac was engaged while
nuder his con mand. Ills chief service during
the progress of a battle. seems to have con
sisted in issuing orders from tho rear which
generally bad the effect to nontralzc the
vaor nf the troops, and tho skill aud energy
of the corps commanders. In consequence
of these orders, {witness Williamsburg and
Antielam.) bis foroes voTo more than once
so disposed as 10 enable the enemy. With all
his available strength, TO eight them in
detail by brigados aud divisions, nnSap.
ported by reiniorcements.
v. Not until Gen. McClellans policy bad
cost tho country ono magnificent army, and
ultcr ruin seemed almost inovitsblS if ho
should DO retained In command, did tho
Government determine to remove hm.-
Aud. aftor his removal, as fitting com.
mentary upon his professions and achieve
ments. he Publiciy expressed his sympa-
thy wiihtho "ConsorSatve,' or what ia now
called tho "Corpcrhcnd", movement, in tho
Norihcrn S,a,es ...
: These arc facts which are 10 form o part
Of tho history of the ogent!ul times IN which
wo live. Aud this is tho man Who wo arc
told should DO ro-nstaied in command Of
tho Union Armies, in order to insnro victory
aud restore poaco and unity to our distracted
country What an insult to the Govorn
mcnt and people who have borne with hin
so loug and patiently Suppose other aDd
! botter Generals do meet with roverses-
. does this provo his superior filnoss as mill
, tary ioader ? They are not all due alone OF
: chiefly to tho Generals themselves. Thor,
are rsmote causes, more potent than the
immediate. for the great trials to which, al
a nation, we are now sui jected. In t. o late
disasters TO our arms, VIC but witness som'
, of tho bitter fruits of MoClollan's vauntoC
strategy" Had no. from whom tho Gov
orn mont and people expected so much anc
received so little, done his whole duty, in al
human probability, tho strength OF the Re
bolton would. have been brnkon ono yea
ago, and Burnside Hooker. Grant, and otbe
brave and loyal Generals, would not b,
codlpolled to fght,at such disadvantage, Tho
I great aud powerful armies his "masterly
strategy" has enabled tho RebeIs TO organize
aud concentrate. But we do not despair
even after all the Injury 80 has done to III,
cause OF tho uuiou, Tho work goes on
lIo and his disloyal supporters may fe,ard
but they cannot avert, tho hour of triumph
i, What Gen. Rosecrans Thinks of
.g slavery. ...l. ri la. sfr
S A controyorfy which has boon progros'
!, ing for several weeks, past, between Tl
d Catholic Teirgrdph of Cincinnati, apd
y Pro Slavery Catholic Journal Of that city, h,
c!ei,cd the following noble letter frol
d Major Gen. Rosecraps. Tho editor of n
% Telegraph, in which paper tho letter ~
D. pears, says: lilo (Gen. Rosccrans) hi
,. uevor bocn an Abcltionis,, aud has, like on
A. selves, stood up for the Democracy" "
: may add that heis ono of tho many Feder
D. officers who, previous to tho breaking out
n tho Rebellion. had always boon known
!, Pro Slavery Democrats. but whom tho W
~ has educated up 20 the Anti,Slayo
= standard. Had all our Generals fslt, at d
al commencement of tho war, as Gen, Ros
ISL crans now feels. ia regard to Slavery, 4
=. SlaVohoIders' Rebellion would havo been
4 brief duration sfts2 NFa fati1 e
~ IS MURyREEspoRo', April 27, 1868.
oy MY DEAR FATHER EDWARD The rel
a els grabbed the last letler1 wrote you, b,
H. they will draw very little consolation fro
ID its contents. ~ Al
s. happy to see the splendid stand you too
d, in The Telegraph against Slavery, with /
IN horrors. .barbarilies and base immoralitio
A. Slavery ia dead. Nothing can resuscita
ds il. 10 learn this fact fully, you chou
pay US a visit. There is not negro
:" the South who does not know he is fre
% Around here they have squatied on 4
's plantations. and refuse to work for a
on one but themselves. They have so'
o. hule crops Of their own. and the mast,
Nd have ceased to exercise any control o'
Va. them. ,r1 aSs '' Nh". t'
ian AS M indication, will cite a stro
too case The lady OF the house where |
,org staying attempted to punish one Of
49,. regro women this morning. had
'"' '' step in to save tho mistress from be
''m m badly used ur, as the dartey was beIab
the ing her with the stick intended for
the own punishment. s"krUfo disee ontnc
ins, 1t is needless for me to say thai applt
ent every sentiment YOU have expressed
Of The Telcgreph. Your course is that
in .he prudent navigator, who. watching
had black speek on the horizon, sees it
nov pane into porIen,ous storm. and G
- up his crew to take in sail and prep are
''NN a contest with The elements. The ste
= will pass away and you will be fol
py sailing in full sail, while those who I
Dna' not heed will be scaueTed by the gall
nies -. ! am heart