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THURSDAY, APRIL 1G, 1868.
POPE AND mcCLELLAN.
The"lide Of a rhinoccros is not easily
;:ierced. The mind Of Mcclellan wor~
shipper is inaccessible to any Of the ordin-
ary mental processes that would convince
a Judgment Of average fairness No
amornt Of reasoning or evidence is OF the
slightest avail. The hide is impcnetraole
We propose now, in view Of this state OF
things; to furnish these gentlemen who arc
rafting for the facts, with weapon so
tranclaut as easily to pierce the thlckest
amor Of their sceptcism, and let in a
flood Of daylight on their cultivated dark
ness. General Mcclellan prefaced his
Report Of the Antetam Campaign by stat
ing that, -. 4
were meanwhile ordered forward to reinforce the
army urder Gen. Pops, So completely waa this
order carried out, that on the 3oh Of August had
Of nDout one hundred men Everything else had
been sent to reinforce Grn. Pope. In addition, I
exhausted nll tue means d4trGS1t 10 fQrWa{Q
supplies to that officer my own headqu8tter teams
cvcn being used for that purpose"
Is this true; or is it delusion and Il
snare? Did Gen. Mcclellan really send
troops and rations to Gen. Pope in his
sore distress? Did he send them, know
ing or expecting them to reach him? Did
he desire that they should reach him :?
Now, we shall not answer these vital
questions with the testimony Of Gen. Pope,
or Of any his army; nor shall we answer
them with the inexorable array Of facts
and crushing logic Of the Committee on
the Conduct Of the War. We propose
simply that Gen Mcclellan himself speak
ing in his official dispatches, shall reply to
them: On the eth Of August, 1862, Gen.
Pope, in compliance with his instructions,
after fighting the enemy five days on the
Upper Rappahannock, fell back towards
Washington. Hallcck, who knew the en-
tire rebel army was upon him, had prom
missed heavy reinforcements from the army
Of tie Potomac. Upon their reaching
Pope depended the safety Of his (Pope's>
army, and perhaps Washington. No one
was more kcen1y alive than Gen. Halleck
to the importance Of Strengthening Pope, !
and accordingly on the morning Of August
9th, 1868, he telegraphcd to Gen. AcClcl-
Ian to Aan Franh2ia's corps naarcA tn the |
direction Of Manassas as soon as 1'ossiblo.
Tie order is clear and definite. If 1t
had been obeyed, Jackson's forces,' de-
feated and driven by Pope, on the 9th,
would have been met near CentrcyilIc, the |
next afternoon, By Franklin, aud crushed |
Now see with what fertility ofdericc, prodi-
gality of invention and GOODNESS Of assump-
'tion-with what unyielding tenacity, shame
less preya1ication and rank insubordination
Gen. Mcclellan carried out lis stcadfast
purpose, that Pope should not hare man
of these reinforcemcnts an ounce Of
powder, not a loaf Of bread; andthat with his
-extenuated force Of less than 10000, strug-
Cling in death grapple with that same rebel
army that had discomtitted McClellan's
10000, he might be left to get out Of his
scrape. This choice phraseology, we has
ten to remark, is not ours, but that Of Gen.
Mcclellan, who proposes to the President,
"to led1s Pope to get out Of his serape."
Plnin enough was Halleck's order, get it
was never executed. Thus it fell out. At
1o:4o Mcclellan replied that hc had sent
orders to Franklin (not to march, butt to
prepare to march, and to repair to Alexan-
dria in person, to inform him as to his
means Of transportation. Singular, that,
in order that Frauklin should march rith
his corps, he,shou1d begin by leaving it,!
Was there no quartcrmaster to attend to
transportation AT IL m, Halleck tele-
grapbed to Mcclellan, "Franklin's corps
should move out BY forced marches, carry
ing three or four days provisions, ITO which
Mcclellan replies that Franklin had gone
to Washington, anu thai his mid gave the
order to the next in rank; and later, that
81 franklin artillery had no horses"
'sWil1 1t not be we'll to pnsh Summers corps here
BY water as rapidly as po:tibIe, to make immcdi-
IL a for eeenf Rea tosoR es MG# IL @ ?.
tween Pope and ourselves. Can franklin without
iront: Should not Bn1nede At @ once take .teps to
eyacuatc Falmouth and Acquiac and at the same
sine ce,sr te retreat Of any oi P9pe.s troops who
We have force enough on hand to form connection
with Pope. whoac exact position We do not know.
Awe safe In the direction Of the Valley"
True to himself, and sensible to the last
Sly in the works-the front is a danger.
ot:s place! Sitting at the feet OF such a
Gamaliel, is it at all strange that Porter
learned to say, as he told Mcdowell, point.
Jig 10 the enemy, "We cannot go in there
without getting into fight" And 50 tic
s::'1l Of August passed away, and brought
r. no reinforcemcnts.
cGrsr 2S.-On the morning ofthc 28Ih
H::!:eck telegraphed directly to Franklin
*on parting with Gen. Mcclellan, about tive
we to move with your corps to-day towart
:~:rsssas Junction. to drive the enemy from, III,
ri oad. ! hare just learned that the General ha
=" :ctiirted TO Alcxandria. II you have not re
x: cd hia order act on this.
It los. Mcclellan, not Franklin, IN
81 cred:. ::
Your dispatch to franklin received. / hav
ttcn doing llroeeib1e to hurry artillery and ca,
.'ly. TIE moment Frssk1in can BE- started with
h'esnt q f,easa ssas a. he fa1na sas f. on
aurc the works toward Chain Bridge are pcrfcctl
secure, Hook upon those works. especially Etha
Allen and Marcy, as Of the first Importance
Still harping on my daughter. "Bc sur
the works are perfectly eecure!' At SO
p. m, Halleck becomes impatient, and tel
cgraphs Mcclellan:
mot moment must be lost IN pushing As 1arg
n force As possible toHAtd Manaesas 20 d. to CON
1nrricate with Pope before the enemy Is roin
forced"
The day wears AWAY, and still Franklin
does not move; so at $40 Halleck, NOR
impatient, decided and imperative, tell
Mcclellan,
There mutt be no further delay 10 moving Frank
morrow morning, ready OF not ready II we dela
loo long to get ready there will be no necessity i
20 ut ALL for Pope will either be defeated or yicto
rious without our aid II there is want OF wagon
the men must carry provisions with them till th
wagons can come to their relief.
To which Mcclellan replies at 10 +. u.
been ordered to march Mt 8 o'clock to moro,
morning: Sumner has about II 600 infantry, witt
out cavalry OF artillery here
And 20 Gen. Pope is left to get out of hi
scrare. Gems. Mcclellan and Frankli
sleep comfortably within snug quarter:
and the 2etli Of August, 1862, passes int
history.
Aueuer 29.-At 1880 Gen. 3Icclella