Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1863-04-14
Uresu I'll, frtenla,
MONTPELIER, VT.
Tuesday Morning, April ~, 1903


cd, 49, ID ll' NAKED ana unlfsueo ''''' ''''''
most terrible Indictment OF 'ne management y
the Army OF the Potomac ana = nov '''''e
condemnation o. McOIsIan' "tuou8" " P'o'''
more Ihln the most un'omPfom''''s c'"|'u'','''
OF that oiheef geneTa'shP ever cua'ssU ~ '''''
him. but IL reaches n'sner ana l'''"' 'Dl .''o"
that president Lincoln came s''e'! '.oi' "
uhg u pr4c'oe MS own oP'"'o"' VI
incompe'ency' ana re'1'leo III 0''e'' III
against whose me'houS Oh c'"U"o'"t "'' "N
continually protesting anu "'o's '''""'''' e''
tory strategy De was a'''oS' 0'''' "'s''"6 So
ooih oy Ietet ana v! "eS''P" ''.'
some OF the la'''' as 'As! appear ~ '''' ''r'''
All through ihe Winter ana spring OF IoOl--
the President cha'cd al the delays on t'e Io'o-
mac 10 January be began to oFaef FORWARD
movements As s'on as he commenced 10 m'he
these orders Mcclellan commenced uisTegIalns
them. Though ordered to move on the ZZnu Of
February, be did not move unuI the mIdale o.
March This delay only provoked rem9hstraneei
but no sharp command Inc President tens Nc
CIeIhn that be thinks the route oy '1e way o.
Manassas and Gordon'y.I'e the oe'''o hehmond'
Mcclellan chooses the Peninsula Inc President
demonstrates, ana acquIe'ces- Inc PRESIDENT
tells Mcclellan, when The h''or commences lhe
SLOW segs Of Yorktown 100000 troops against
10000 that 1t viii be the Oh story OF Manassas
over again. and orders him to 90 ahead. Mcliei.
Ian sends back an argument asks ren'ore'ment''
bu' makes no haste with the attack Inc ffe'''
dent tells him that he has no more troops to send
him. Mcclellan says he VIII do as wei as be
can With what he ha', and leave the respon'bdi'!
for defeat, when 1t comes Whefs II belongs. Inc
Presdeut mildly pockets ms insult IIom MS SUBJ
ordinate ana ieehngy 'eN' MN thA' -" pans
him TO be TAXED TO ID mat way ana 50 on 10
the end Of me al'graceuI chapter Nhen the ftes-
cent Twelve months 700 'a'e' stoPpea arguing
with subordinate ana "'Suoordina'e oihcef VINO
had snubbed him from lifst to last, and lermlna-
tea AcClelIans connection "lth me Army o. Ihe
Potomac'--a connection wren had cost me Va
Ton loo'OOo li'es ana hVe hundred millions Of
treasure 'rul'les'ly wasted ana whose EVIL results
the Republic has yet by no means escaped.
HI' plan rom TINS record tha' ire President,
ID MS relations 10 'ne Army o. tue folomac' mas
all the time ne too much or not enough. There
was Out one way 10 zeal with MCCLELLAN. lie
shou'u' on 'ne nr'' appearance Of Imposition 10
u''feS"a'u ''e I'''ueu' o'uefS' e''oef nave oeeh
AT once gwen 10 understand tna' mere was no al
te'na'Ne ou' ooed''hce or rem val or else he
snou'd nave osen a''o"ea 10 nave everything Just
as ne wanted II MS VIII oe'Hg MADE 'ne supreme
law N''her 'he algn''y Of Tue thIeI Magistrate
ana Oommanuef''n-Oh'e' nor lhe safety oil the
county, WIRE CONSISTENT VII" any muu'e course
But instead Of 'h'' method We ma the President
continuity expressing to General Mcclellan DIS
SpPfool''on Oh ms military pans ana movements
ana arguing arguing arguing When he should
nave commanded or Kept silent In snort, the
President dealt win Mcclellan as ttnderly as a
man would uea' WIN oelo'su 'nouga di'ootgF
en' SON. "'uoul seeming 70 nave con''uefea 'hat
ing away ne AT me ume protesting gave him
money ana men, anu months OF ume apparently
forgetting that IL was The vitality o. The Republic
OF ~hleh ne was 10 proalga, ana not h's own pr
'a'e estate Ana yet he was all the while no
better satisfied with the course OF tins dlatory
General than the people who continually cried
out against him.
1t is OF but little consequence now to speculate
upon the reasons Tor this conduct OF President
Lincoln. We know that 1t sprung from no in
difference to our military successes, and from no
tenderness towards traitors IN arms. From the
'O'''11'"' ''O''' " ''' ''''''e"'' We 'A""o'
suppose " arose from any tenderness Tor the Pc
ou'a' p'o-''''ef! notions OF Mcclellan ANA We
cannon charge u a" upon zoe president good ma
'a''' w u. u'u "o' 'Pi'e Fremont pu' removed
"'"' ''' '"e "'s' 'ne''e' FROM OH tne 'ic''
""''" w nave ""u ''o'h 'ne i't''uen's "h''e
.ou'''' We are 'o'''u 70 oe"e'e .oa' controlling
''"u'"'' u Tue 'So'"e' A'p' M'O'tiah ~ ibt
"'u' ''"'"'N'"! "'eSO'S Tue ueste 10 10
"'o'e n'"'' '''u u's'"S asa'h'' 'he Ifes'den'
'O0'''"on'' LUIS however, 'sn''"' o0' A'ae the
'e'Po'"on'' upon MI l1Ic'ln' shoulders, loT
OOu"V' was "O''' "'O'e '"'n O"o'oe'' vas Of m
H"''e'' '"o'e consequences 'n'h any mans iesi'
Jugs a"a oP'"'Oh'' II "4s oeeo unfortunate
'"Ous" 'o' ."e 'Oun''! 'na' 'if' seward vas CIV
Gu '"' p0'A'''0 VI '"' ''''' department without
u" costing Tue country III ADDITION, The burdens