Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1863-04-24

party man, his loyalty and patriotism r'ses
superior to all these, and he goes Tor the
General whoever he may be, that shall anu
will in spite of Vaccinations OF halt loyal
men and opposing circumstances, lead the
Union army to victory
We commend the remarks of the Herald
to the loyal and thinking reader.
TnB PENINSULA CAMPAIGN.
The report Of the Congressional Commit
tee on the Conduct OF the War, 50 Tar as
the Peninsula Campaign is concerned ana
the act ON Of General Mcclellan as Com
mandier IN Chfet is connected Herewith,
has been during the past fortnight published
in the columns of the Herald, Tor the IN
formation OF our readers. The information
contained in this report is derived from Oh
| fetal documents and the testimony oil oihcers
under oath, which Is as near the truth as
/ anything can be obtained, and its reliability
cannot be called in question. Those wh9
have read this report can Judge Tor them
selves how far General Mcclellan has met
the expectations of the Administration and
/ Of the country. They can also judge how
I far the friends of General Mcclellan are
1 justified in their attacks upon all those who
could not agree with him IN their estimate
of his General McClelan's) military ca
pacitv. We have not written aud shall not
now write for the purpose OF nJarIng the
reputation of General Mcclellan, but 10
yindicate the course Of this paper IN regard
/ u him, we firmly believe lie was not the man
t. lead the Potomac army, and after due in
vesti-ation and patient waiting, in the hope
that our fears were not well grounded,
we were forced to the conyctlon that all
was not as it should be, and tina. the bright
anticipati0ns OF the country tat the Army
OF the Potomac would meet ard overcome
I the enemy in front of Washington, would
not be realized For stating this belief We
have been abused and ceHs trcl hy eGr
, friends, simply because it intarterei with
I their political arrangements Bat t. our
mind this was not a sufficient rsas n t. IN
duee us to withhold the facts from the Tei-
pie aud thus to all in dcceivin- item
. Knowing that We were right. We paid NJ
/ attention u tic buster Of those wAp, W.
were satisfied, knew no more, if As much as
we did, f5r the reason that thy had not
/ taken the pains to Inform themselves, aud
we had, Ii WAS evident % our mind that
j limo and thai the ,...,,,.r v,aiI n, aaly be
satilie,! Of the trutt ii Hint we hal slil.
hut Womb thank us r,r our Efforts and give
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as ind .rentl..nt Journalists W. dit not fail
t. meet thu. crIS,s. and we fe4y4 II for candid
and lnte3l5s,,nf= .,a4n ~ all utrtias. who l5ye
their country aJ54e utTfy,5aaI N,,3 ssI1,,ers
Is desire II crushing eat OF the rebellion.
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