Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1863-04-21
The Late Geo. B. Mcclellan.


Young Napoleon is ,dead-dead beyond resurrection.
In the aesh, he may still walk the earih but in The
sprt IN power, R TIE hope Of glory, he is defuneL It
IS noteworthy fact that the uluAtioUs and hulabanoos
over this person have ceased in Yankee land For
or three months after his dismissal he the pc, Ob
se Of Democratic i.y and Conservative" sympathy;
but nOw-even Beast Butler has gyan5er OvatOns than
be- His name is seldom heard among men He is no
more.
A review Of his career, from the time be claimed
ROsecrans aures in the little affair Ut Rich Mountain
down 70 the time OF toe battle Of Autetam Guild be
instructive to the nation Of liars Who accepted him At
bis own lying valuation, I'd discarded Kim because lis
fAlsehOOds, gigantic they we're produced visible
impression on the rebellion. I. might also profit the
Conederaey to trace in the Of ills braggar the
overriding Power which has never failed to darken tie
oounses Vf the wicked, and to all things Sork
together for good in bShlf Of the just cause. Nothing
= easier Of proof than that the elevation Of Mcclellan
70 the position Of COMMANDMENT Chief Of the Yankee
Army, was all that needed, after the election Of
Lincoln, 70 insure independence The recital Of
lev facts win show how greatly we are indebted to
him.
In October 1861, he had 10000 Man. and The most
Overwhelming array of field artillery that had been
seen on this Continent Before him nas an army OF
10000 COnfederates occupying NasOa's and Mun.ors
hills, and de6anty daring him to come outside OF his
for6eatiOns The roads good the weather sp,sn-
did he had but to advance in force to gain an easy vic
sOry. So, az least thought his master, Lincoln But
he knew his men were towards, and be was afraid Of
his reputation. BE did not want to fght he sought
merely to push Us from enc position to another by diz
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way Of LCsburg which ended 50 horribly and benuubed
him with fright for three months
Driven, By an imperative order, to sayasee again in
spite Ct she winter mud. be catered the enrenched
camp at Aspeas only to find it mass OF smOulderiDg
rsinS
He whipped around to TIE Peninsula, taking liz, 900
mSP with him. Magruder opposed him with but $500
mer, kept him in check and forced him 10 the spade
and Piek-bis AyOrits weapons He made siege, and in
re tine occupied our deserted lines The battle o.
Williamsburg followed. His advance was-w hipped Ly
JOhustOns rear guard but owing partly to the ignorance
Of the country and to the bad handling Of some of our
troops be was enabled to gam enough advantage en- one
wing to put some eOneet into ais men, He aeknowl-
edged, however, that At one time, looked as if the
Bull Run rout would be enacted again
Alter this battle event occurred, which bias been
forgotten, but deserves now to be recalled Confed-
crate Surgeon, LEFT in charge Of the wounded told Nc
Clean that his gunbOats might possibly reach Richmond
but that his infantry never would The little NNaolcon
smiled as Z in pity Of tie Surgeons ignorance. The
Surgeon told him further that the Abotiopis,s were
making tool Of him, and that they would throw him
aside, proclaim general emancipation OF the negroes
and put an AbOlihOnist in his place. Mcclellan replied
Ia va In No faar If h.,
command Of that army but he added, If they do
throw me aside and set the negroes free, shall go o
Europe and cease 10 have anything 70 10 wta the war
BoW literally the Surgeons predictions have been full
aled. Mcclellan is kicked cut Of Office, the nsurrec
ton PrOeapAoa has been issued HO0ksr pure bloodeo
AbOlitonst has command Of she Army Of the Potomac
and-it has not been two weeks since Mcclellan, in
public speech, urged the people to sustain Lincoln!
How dsbased the creature Isl Why is be in Europe
and Why does be longer live here except in hopes Of
new appointment under the Abolition despOtsm'
space win not permit US to follow Young Napoleon
through the minute of his career. The Yankees say
he might have taken Richmond after the battle of Seven
Pines when our forces were in confusion. Amer the
battle Of Hanover Court House. he might have done the
iane thing, after tAe battle of Antetam the same. In
bis report Of the battle he conVicts himself Of alsehOOd
10 the most glaring manner. He excuses himself for
not renewing the battle, the morning Of the 18Th, by
saying his losses Wers great and there vas so much
dsOrgAnizAdOn in some Of the commands that he did
not think proper, especially he suTe.Of the
rival that day, Of $4,000 fresh men. He "happens to
EecOect" the returns Of bis enemy, HOOkers eorps,
vz $500 men for duty, and four days Afterwards the
'ams corps showed 500 Yet after this admission Of
and DISCRIMINATION, he closes BY claiming great
victory With the capture Of Is guns 80 cOlors $4,000
Z nall arms and 5000 prisoners
His bOubasic dispatches from Western Virginia Sc
cured bis elevation his reputation vas founded on lies;