Litchfield enquirer., 1863-06-25
IrTCHFIELD, CONN., THURSDAY. ! JUNE 25. lse8.

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 rMuRsDAY. JUNE 25. lee8.
 General McC CleIlan.
 Amouu other difGcultiss which the reduction of our amy, by the return of two years sn0 ]. .piue n.ontls' voluutesrs, tho advance q Lee '.od his victory over sliIfoy, have broaght up- ou the Administration, must hs reckoned ths solenn appeal now being made hy the Opposi7 ton for ths recall Of Mcclellan to the com maud oi ths arny of the Potomac. 8
 Even when shs National lntslligencer, in T M tstnpsrate article, urges snch I step with s,paseut sincefjty, it is difficult to believe that she demand can hass been seriously made. The consequences are evidently well understood by fbose making the proposition. t is in elect askinc ths President to form new Cabinet hspinr conidence in McClslIan, and to restore Fits John Porter and Franklin to command since among the disisiOu leaders now in actIss service Mcclellan numbers very few believers.
 Such disinterested advice wonld.in fact,come in : much more plausible form if Presldsnt Lincoln were requested to abdicate, and allow Goy. Horatio Seymour, or Joel Parker, to con duct ths NatipDal Administration in future.
 In return fortbis wholesale change cf civl ] and military leaders, the Iatsuiasacsr promises us a General who Is peculiarly reliable on ths dstsns;vs. Supposiag this to be the fact, how long are we expected to remain on tue defen- sixs ! A very short time wsall hope, and then siteu we have . right 10 demand vigort us Q. fsnxips. are se to remove Gen. Me cClellan. and sspoint some one better adapted to that emer- gsncy, iis.nissing him to his present occupa- tion of peranhulating the country, undergoing as segesy railway station the fulsome adulatlon hsapsd On him by . faction, for political pur' posss.
 It is very hard to see how patriotic men can iu auy case wish him restored tc the chief com mand. He has had fairer and more thorough trial than any other of our Generals, who have from time to time, during. tue present war, shown themselves incompetent for large com mands, and he has failed more indisputably than any of them.
 We ask DO one to take our judgment of this matter, nor that of the Committee of Congress who have investigated the conduct of the war 1; but we wish all who have any doubt, would devote few bours attention oreadng the tss- tiuiony of the best officers oftbe Army of the Potomac, recorded at length in tie first volume vf the Report Q. that Committee. s&g
 Unless the crust of party prejudice is 90 thick as to be absolutely impervious, we think they will join us in maintaining that the fatal inac:ion Of tho Fall of 1861, the mistaken dis play Of engineering skill at Yorktown, the hap hazard engagement It Williamsburgh; tue un- fcrtunste division Of our army which resulted in the disaster of .Gainss' Mill, the want of anyI proper leadership during tho sssyen days fight, thslack of energy st Antietsm. al' lead to the irresistible conclusion that Gen. Met Clsllau has DO . aim to the title of a great commander
 That hs is . good sngiueer--that he Massat. tsdtivs to the personal comfort of the soldiers under him--tllnt be did q good work in disci- pIining the army that hs is iunless hs is weak enough to believe his political frieads) q mod ct man, we readily aeknovlsdgs: He appears tosbes just such { General as good abilities, thorough theoretical knowlsdge Of his art, ], and saexsssmel5 cSntious tsnper will makes with outths ilshtest infusion of genius. Hismod- ssty deseryedly made him . general favorits from the irst but III men of sense snspended their judgment Of lii military character till they should have euidencs that those qualiiies which go to the making ot . great general had been born in him. When therefore General Meclsllan, as would have been the case, doubt lessy with nine hundred and ninety y.nine men out of every thonsand; failed to show the req uisits ability for lii position, nothing vas len even for those xho islt most kindly towards him.but to acquiescs in his permanent removal flom supreme command. @ K s
 We Tear. however. that it is from no patriot ic motives that many ars clamoriug for the re. call of this General. He has. sincs his sus. pension, allowed himeelf to be used as | polit. ical engine in tho interest Of the opposilion ]: t is therefore becAuse of his capacity to injurs tho Administraticn. not because he had the ca. paeity to iRjare the Rsbelat that the bulk of this clamor is raised.
 It is no plessurs to sxprsss ourselves thus plainly concerning the military character of one for whom as | man - hare : sincere respect but the iaoppoftuns cry ior hss recall makes 1t the duty of every man to spesk his mind. with. out fem or favor: sa
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