The Portage County Democrat. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1863-10-28
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RAVENNA, OHIO.
wednesday,....... october as, 1853
MCCLELLAN PLAYED OUT,

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g Little Mac" has finally dropped the cur
tain He passes into ignominious obscurity
His political dastardliness exceeds his military
lnefficiency, to use no harsher term
One would have supposed that General
Mcclellan would have been desirous of dis
sipating the suspicious that had been cast up
on his loyalty in the hour of trial. But, as
ne chose to make a far bolder strike POLITICAL
! ly than he ever did in military life he by
that act gave his case to the public for vcr-
| dict. Only one verdict is possible to be de-
duced from the evidence. II is, that George
B. Mcclellan is in active cooperation with
those who make no secret of their determined
hostility to the Government.
To show the full force of his declaration
that his views agreed with those of Judge
Woodward, it is only necessary to quote the
following from the New York Tribune as to
Woodward's exact position:
George W. Woodward has not dared to
deny that he advocated. in conversation
with Hendrick B. Wright, the essential doc
! trine of the Secessionists with regard to State
Sovereignty, and the lack of power in the
Federal Government to "ceerce State to
remain in the Union. Nor has Wright. al
though neighbor, friend. and supporter of
Woodward, denied-as he certainly would if
he could-that such was in substance Judge
Woodward's position.
"Nor has Judge Woodward, nor any friend
for him, denied the charge of Hon. VIM. D.
Kelley, backed by specific reference to abun-
dant and indisputable witnesses, that he
(Woodward) declared in conversation held
in his courtroom while the secession of the
Cotton States was proceeding, that, in case
the Union were divided, he wished the line
of separation to run north of Pennsylvania.
Nor has he, nor any of his satellites for
him, denied that, when riding in stage to
Gettysburg, few days after the battles there
last July, and after he had been nominated
for Governor, he declared, in the presence of
Gregory W. Hart, a Democratic merchant of
Philadelphia, as also of the Rev. Edward
Strong, who unites with Mr. Hart in attesting
the fact, that he (Woodward) felt no inter-
est in this war, nor in the successes or defeats
of either party"
The General is dismissed to oblivion with
these caustic words from the N Y. Times:
:" 1t is, indeed. somewhat singular that Gen.
Mcclellan, who has been so stocal regarding
his military credit, should be SO exceedingly
sensitive concerning his political repute He
submits unmoved to the severest, and if we
are to. believe his friends, the falsest state
ments concerning his military career, without
making sign; yet, it is no sooner given out
that he is in favor of the reelection of
Governor who is a friend of the Administra-
ton, than he is off like a shot to put down
the lie. 1t would seem that the General can
stand anything but the suspicion that he has
parted company with the Copperheads Itis
manifestly an object of prime concern with
him to keep himself identified, as completely
as possible, with the men who are not war
ring against the rebels, but quarreling with
the constituted authorities eff the Govern 4
ment. Of all the score or two of Major-Gen-
erals of the United States, in service and out
of service, there probably is not another one,
Whatever his former political associations,
who would have treated as slander to be
publicly repelled, a story that he was for sus-
tanning the Executive which gave him his
commission. Major-General Mcclellan has |
this peculiar distinction. Whether it be ow-
ing to resentment at his displacement from
the command of the Army of the Potomac,
or to an ambition of being made, as has been
talked of, an NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. candidate
for the Presidency, We shall not conjecture.
His motives are known only to himself. But
we do say that.is not conduct which would
become true soldierin his peculiar POSITION