The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1863-06-24
arcCIellan z. and his soldiers. :.

I Aswe we're coming down from Fort Wayne
on last Sunday mornings train, we Overheard
yeryaahimatedf and emphate discussion by
party ifnm ediately opposite tusiit One was
regulars old Blacksuake fromathis qconnty, and
idhe o hersan iuvaIid soldier from the Potomac
army after passagc lof minor qdosrions BY
Blacksuake9 he hskedd he soldier how thew
| liked saFighting Joe Hooker T's9e1 eweb I'll 4
fI ssWe don't lik HIM at all said the soldier,
hhc isra very good division commander, but We
/ deem him entirey incapable of commanding
and leadiags on toivietory an army like that OF
the Pot0alae.J I'VE shave not confidence in
him. 10 He needs master min 4 tor olosik for
I him. In my opinion (and it is the Prnsailing
l;senFfnsent Of the whole Army of the Putomac3
hthere is but Que inansfit to Ybe conmanderin7.
| chief az our army, and that ohe9is Major Gen /
ll,eral George B Mcclellan. lou may talk as
Smuch aboutyou Burnsides and Hookevs as
iayou please, but the men wllo haye tosfshtun
/ lIderthe understand dtffefenee
\, sAeG1csfdn q Hat ha, ha,, laughed the.
Blacksnakc,witif the utmost seofn-aHd-
tempt1s Why, he is tiesbiggestf traitor that
Eever had command of our armies =
f. This rails d the ire of the invalid soldier to
a boiling heat, and hefroared out, I iggL
"Stop, srl The1man who tells me 10 my
face that General Mcclellan, is traitor, say
the is G-d-d liar, and q low lived contempt
ttry, his birthrisht for the supremacy Uf the
Chicago platform over the Constitution, and q
nigger pottage p .ot,s.t. .e,sa4sas
The blueksnakc four d he had walked up the
wrong passenger for the. purpose cf coming
over the pet lingo of the biacksnakc party in
traducing brave and worshiped officer of the
Union army. But he couldnt help .venturing
another Of the worn cut abolition hobbies Of
the day, and said 2 '2ii 'sss 7tse q R93f's e
s, seThe copperheads and soldiers are trying
80 make great man of small material out of
Mcclellan in order to ru7 him as- their candi-l
date for the next president" .ss...
"And should he be a candidate, replied
the soldier, rising to his full hight, ST am ono
of the soldiers that will voto for hin, f. my
lifegi spared s. and if had d hundred sons,
and they did not do the same thing, I, would
shoot every mothers SON of them. Now, sir,
I have but afew words moro to say to you -
Il am a loyal man; belong to a loyal army, and
L don't waHtsyon or any other man2toi be talk 4
ing treachcry apd, treason to M, yilifyirg the
idol of our souls, for whom We would all die
and die gloriously. I fought Under him in
all the seven days battles before Richmond
with confidence and scouragc. Later, 4 foush
again under, Pope at Bnll Run.F We had no
confidence in. our commander. there the army
was demoralized, and was defeated. s Then the
great heart of the soldiers went forth to the
President in oncavoice for the restoration Iof
our great ehieftains9 He was restored, and
again we confidently met, the enemy on, the /
bloody field of AntietaE,, routed him with
great l,ss, and victoriously drove him into his /
old quarters Is that the record Of fraitor?a
Afsait4-lfe- -rcff.ovea.- Look at the record
of our army since that time = what is it but |
defeat aud disaster? In all our battles under
Gen. Mcclellan We were victorious, and in
all others the Army Of the Potomac has been
defeated Tell me- If you dare. wherein Ger
craI Mcclellan has ever provedttlsibes traia
tor " by, sir, if you should go into the
lines Of the Potomac army and say what you
have said to me here, you would be tarred and I
and drumn,ed out of camp by the
music of thotune gotten up expressly for such
men as;you are-the Roeuc's March, aud the
verdict would be--seryed you right. Now, T
sir, I have done, and you vii please not dis I
tarb me any niors."