The weekly Butte record., 1863-11-07
The Radical Assanlt On Me eCiellan.

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1864, the radical press exhibit fever
ish excitement and malignant deter
mina-ion 70 Kill of every possible can
didate who does not stand upon their
platform. They have thrown Greek
Fire" at Seymour for the past four
months, and, having exhausted their
ammunition, the. now --rn upon General
Mcclellan, tie man who twice saved
the capitol Of the nation from the grasp
Of the rebels, when the insane policy Of
tie controlling politicians at Washing
ton had well-nigh lost il. The occa-
sion Of this is the announcement that
McClellen preferred the election of
Woodward over Curtin, as Governor
Of Pennsylvania. With them such an
announcement was quite sufficient to
destroy him, no matter how many In
ion armies he may have organized, or
how many victories he may have won
against the rebellion.
The Sacrament Union thinks this
announcement Of NcClellan's prefer
ence for Governor Of Pennsylvania, SIS
important, not merely to politicians, but
to all who seek TO comprehend the his
tory Of the war, and why Richmond
was not taken and the contest closed in
June, 1862" This may be satisfactory
to the Sacramento Union and its kind,
but it is not the cause Of McClellan's
failure to take Richmond in June, 1862.
The evidence adduced before the Nc
Dowcll court-martial, placed the res
possibility of the failure and disasters
Of the Peninsular campaign, right where
they belong, viz: Upon the meddling
influence Of those insane radicals, Wade
and Chandler, the War Committee, and
the politicians controlled by them
The testimony there adduced, shows
that Mcclellan had no sooner started
Cd the Peninsular campaign, than these
Republican politicians found it neces-
sary, in order to secure his defeat, to
create Mountain Department for Ere
mont, and, to supply his Depart
ment with troops, drew them from
Banks and Blenker, whom Mcclellan
had left to protect Washington, and
marched them into the mountains of
Virginia where no troops were required,
as evidenced by the fact that they had
to march back into the Shenandoah val
ley before they found any foe to com
bat. Taking these troops for Ere
mont's command, left the Shenandoah
valley exposed and invited Jackson's
raid. The President supplied their
place as guard for the capitol, by de-
taching McDowelI's corps from Nc
Clellan's command, and that is what
caused the failure of the Peninsular
campaign. Werefer to the evidence to
substantiate these statements.
This disposition of troops left by
Mcclellan for the protection of Wash
ington, was done to prevent McClel' an
from capturing Richmond and closing
the war in June, 1862" They did
not have the niger question prepared
for closing the war. Where is FIRE.
mont and his Mountain Department
now! Having fulfilled the purpose
for which they were intended, the De
partment was abolished and Fremont
was shelyed. These facts ought to
convince all who are willing to be guild
ed by truth and reason and justice, and
who honstly desire to be patriots, and
aid in saving the government of their
fathers, that it cannot be done by serv-
ing such malignant partisans, and obey
ing the behests of these bad men, whose
folly, and rashness, and madness, has
oyerruled the better judgment Of the
authorities, and forced the country to
the verge Of rain.
Constitutional governmental III America
is to be "nobly saved or meanly'' lost,
and it can never be saved by the in
competent and iliboral partisans whose
pressure is upon every department Of
the government and the army, and
ready to sacrifice everything for the
success Of their poltical marty.