Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1863-06-30
Sarcastic.

10 recent article on rbe "restorat.on a
Mcclellan" the New York Post indulge:
in the following biting sarcasm:
M 'St unfortunate would il be 70 ,I,ce
McCl lien at the head of the army of the
Potomac at the present moment, on accoup,
! OF the difference in the mode Il deaIino
With an Invading enemy and q Of Gen
! Hooker"
There is truly difference between Nc
Clsllan's and lockers mode of DEALING
with the enemy. No ChancellarviIles stand
out in blOudy relief in McCleIIan's cam
palgns; no giIttering promises, which daz.
z'e the eye and bewilder the ear, but turn
to ashes ct bitter DISAPPOINTMENT en- his
lips. Mcclellan never sat for three weeks
biting his hnger tips, in helpless ;mbecili-
ty, while rebe! hosts were plunderinp and
Devastating in loyal State. There is a
difference IN his mode of dealing with an
invading enemy.
General Mcclellan was removed from
command OF the army Of the Potomac No.
vember I. 1862. On that day our military
situation was as follows:
F"St.The confederate troops had been
thoroughly expelled from Maryland aud
Pennsylvania.
al DAY aIus Win his ad>
vance, held Flint Hill. Commanding posi-.
ton IN nappahannOek county, Va, sixty.
five miles from Washington.
ThiTd--Genersl Pleasanton vas at n
point on the RappahanDock river more
than nifty mixes from Washington, and held
securely the railroad bridge.
Fourth -SOieker's, Ashbys's Thorough
fare. aud Manassas gaps were in our pos
session.
FyM-The Notifications and we'll ap-
pointed garrisons about Washington made
the national capital perfectly secure.
S'rM-The Vigation of the Potomac
Is unobstructed. =,
Serenth-Ths Potomac army was under
the command Of general who held the IN.
divided attachment and confidence of the
troops. I'd
Of four condition to-day any man NAV
Judge. The contrast does not need 10 he
drawn. And in the dark back ground lie
the battle-6elds Of FredericksburR and
the wilderness aud Their brave and
noble dead. =. :
But Mcclellan will not be recalled, at
least, not until the guns of the enemy are
heard laundering at the very gates of Bal.
umore or Washington. Though the cry
" VIZ FOOpio BOcc up 10 bOe capitol with
one voice. demanding Mcclellan as did tie
Romans CinciDnatus, in the hour Of their
extremity. the partisans who control our
military affairs will see the fair fabricaof
the Union buried in ruins before thew will
yield. Iocompetency, when coupled with
bigotry and abolitionism,iS sure passport
to their favor. And while they zee this
settled determination to pile fresh heca-
tom5s OF slaughtered patriots before the al.
tars OF their obstanacy, the old soldiers
stand back, even 10 this hour OF peril aud
excitement, and refused to be immoculated
upon the shrine efstupidity and ignorance.
They desern the vast difference between a
general like Lee, and brsggat like Hook
er; they know that the more men the lat
ter brings into action, the only Sesnlt will
be an increase Of slaughter; and thev de-
cliae to volunteer where death NAV be
their portion, but not victory. ilefli
The President displays back bone suou0b
In the cause Of folly and abolitionisu b1t
while he turns deaf ear to the demands
of the people and the soldiers. loyaI men
are suffering from the ravages Of the rebel
foe,and Lee is accommodating supplies which
WIa carry his army, 10 the enjoyment of
every necessary, through another years
campaigns. - -asT az
Perhaps, when it is too late, Hercules
will be asked to put bis shoulder once more
to the Wheel.--State Register.