Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1863-07-01

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In this moment Of painful anxiety
when the nation had lost eonhdenos i
The general nd the bead Of the Army d
tla Posoaaaa, and tbs AFxay itself, sf
ever believed In him, has faith In him nt
more And when the army and the peo
pie LOOK 30 the restoration of Gen. Nc
Clailmn 10 the command as the main hon,
of safesy, il ID tho duties of the miIssar,
autbolieies . Washington 70 pabiisE
McCleIlan's anal report Of his operations
in which be disposas Of the siaadeSs 81
Wade, Chandler and the other yadiea
menhsrs of the COMMITTEES 90 the tht
Conduct of the War. This is q neaossa.
~ act OF justice, and it will BE- as the SANE
sisns sound policy, In view of recent ana
coming events, which may compsl tn
Goysenmant in a few days, IL nos In .
few hours, 10 fall bsck apas shssE Easas-
raj whosn, In its prDgoand wisdom, i sd
cersnnouionsly rejected Ia the height soi
It's success. Like soldier and hero,
be hes borne hia wrongs In silence raaher
than iniare the cause of the Uaion by
discussing them in pablo, and the Last
that ws heard of him was that be is qai-
city assisting Gov. Seymour 20 organize
the militia whom the emergency dement's
from this State. But the proper tims has
come for MIR. Lincoln TO vindicate bis
character and his military reputation, and
TO expose the frauds and nachinations
by which the President was misIed into
the false step of removing hin froza bis
command. Ii Halleck and Stanton will
not make the a0aesads honor able, the le-
gaa constitutional commander -in-chief OF
the army and navy has the power to com
pei them, under pain Of removing them
from ONCE. Indeed, their removal would
be the very beat thing that Mr.. Lincoln
could do under the circumstances for
experience has already shown that they
would not only not work in harmony
With Mcclellan, bat that they would be
likely to ohstruct him as far as they
could, and mar oil bis prospects of sue
cess, His Eeportof his campaigns would
prove this If permitted TO see Light.
The popular heart beats high in Me-
Clellaa's favor, and the popular voice,
which has already spoken for him all
over the country, will soon give loader
utteranees. The Common Council of
Philadelphia, in their proceedings last
Tuesday, bad bat faint giinmaring Of
the truth, and by no meaas comprehends
the magnitude of the oesasioB, when one
Of its members proposes resolution that
the Governor be rsquestsd to send for
Mcclellan and put him at the head of the
Pennsylvania militia and a postpone
meat of the question is carried, instead
OF an amendment asking the President
to give him command Of the army Of the
Potomac. But the discussion, Of far as
il goes, 10 strong testimony In his favor,
and the only weak point in it 10 nists-
Ken notice about embarrassing Messrs.
Stanton Il Co. at q moment when the life
of the Republic is at stake. By teie-
graphic dispatch which sse publish else
where to-day it appears that Gen. Came
ron, at a meeting held at Hasrishurg, not
only denounced the government at Wash
ingson for its conduct Of the war, and its
neglect of the defence Of Pennsylsenia,
but called upon Governor Curtin to ap-
point zen. Mcclellan to take command OF
the forces Of that State in order 10 repel
the Southern invaders. Mr.. Cameron, 40
doabt, was we'll aware thas Mcclellan,
while a major general in the United
States Army, could not perform that role
unless ordered TO assume il by the Pres
ident or the Secretary of War. But be il
an old political stager, and be thought be
would throw tab to the popular whale.
He knows bow the people in Harrisburg,
PhiladeIphia and in every city and town
in Pennsylvania feel towards their die.
tinguished fellow citizen, tie hero of An.
sietam, who saved them from Invasion be-
fore. He knows that they are satisfied,
ii AIeClsllan we're even now, at the eIey-
euth honr, placed at the hsad of the army
of the Potomac, all would be we'll. But
why does not Cameron demand that this
be done, instead OF suggesting that Me-
CielEan's talents shoald be misused BIZ pat
ting him over raw leyies Of State militia,
whieB could be as well commanded by 9th.
er men, and placing him ia hnmifating
position, ia which he must play second
fiddle to General Couch, formerly one of
bis own division commanders? II ap-
pears from another despatch from Wash
fngton In Eo-day's Herald that even For
ney has advised the speedy resaowal of
Hooker and the substitution Of AIc0isllan.
Foruey is well aware that this is almost
the unanimous sentiment Of the people
Of Pennsylvania; and this, together with
the lmmineut peril. which threatens bis
own Stats, induces him to give way to
the popular will.
Ii is remarkable, loo, that the radical
journals, in the presence of invasion, no
longer assaiI Mcclellan, as Was their Gus
tom, nor make any objection to the prop
ositi0n to give him command of the Ar
my Of the potomac. On the contrary,
they indirectly prepare the way for such
. step On the part OF the government by
siighting Ehs capacity Of Hooker ia shis
trying emergency. The Tribune of Tuss-
day, for instance, says -" Lees presaaS
advance has been marked with great skill
and is iaisiated with decided rigor. II
was well knpwn ON eur side thAs asa was
up TO some splgltsd dash but that eish4
af Gen. HaEleck or Gen. Hooker knew
precisely what, we DO NOS bsiievS. IL
they had, woald aens. AilFoy q Rsynosas
k~se been left 10 struggle against over-
whelmiug odds, and 70 be hurled from
their ssrong, important positions with
losss Woald she rebel advance have
been suffered 20 reach Ohambsrsbasg au-
oLpesed2 We eaanat bailevs it. Tht
New York fines, tbs special champion oi
ssFighsing doe p aiso admiEs thai ssths
rebels have got beyond the grasp Or pur-
suit Of Hooker,n p in other words, that Les
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