, 1863-02-26
JOHN O'MAuoNy, H. G. F. B.
A War Democratic journal on MeClel-

"A W AE D6KuVgKsAt4S&S &SAA
The Green Bay 4ddrocdft, ono Of the leading
Democratic journals in Wisconsin, owned,
and edited by ycx-Lieutenant Governor Charles
Robinson, n,-always staunch in Its adherancc
to Democracy, and in partisan Opposition to
the present administration; although giving
earnest and patriotic support to the war, ind
'1cpndintiDg the Democracy Of all Wood-Val-
nndigbam peace fnctions-oxpresscs Itself in
this wiec concerning George B Mcclellan.
and the "dead weight" which he has made
himself upon thc country in its prosecution
OF the war: -
We hare been reading the prominent pas-
cages In the Report OF Geo. B. Mcclellan.
TLey arc the passages Which arc selected by
.euch papers as the New York World and 9th
.css favorable to him to give him the very best
show before American citizens, HIS letter
setting forth the plan ofthe Peninsular cam
paign ls he would have Ind 1T, is masterly u
it's Conception, and shows the highest mill.
tary talent in It's details. Tint is as it seems
to Us. Nevertheless the plan may have, been
fanlty; II certainly, was, fol-. good or for
evil, not carried out. It's protector las, for
good or for. evil, parted company with the
Ereat struggle for the Union, and seems to
lave thrown himself, with his heavy, dead
weight, upon all efforts to 60 On with the
wv What matters Il here, in this time of peril,
pans and theories, In 1869, were better 1t,
is precisely Of as much consequence rs the
question Of Grouchy's fidelity ut Waterloo.
| 1t is matter with which history hns to deal
mot we here In the trenches, resisting an
assault upon The life Of a milton.
Supposc Mcclellan to hnTe. been badly
| treated, Shall the earth and the sun stand
still until he is Intended TOT Give him q
courtmartial, or COMMITTEES Of inquiry,
he wants 1t; shoot him or. atanton---which-
ever Is found to be In funlt-do anything IN
| reat on that he wants done but let us go on
McanMhile with more pressing aud 1mpor-
| tant matters. ~, .-
Joe Hooker had us good right to grow1
aud grnmb1e, aud hunlph himself up. Did
he do it Go and osk lim down there. in
Tennessee, good-naturedly smoking his cigar
under the shadow of Lookout Mountain.
John Pope, Us brave fighting man as
ever lived, never had the hupdreth part OF
tho time, the favor, the putient waiting,
that Wus given to Mcclellan to do something
with the Army ct the Potomac-did he fall
back, glum aud cross, and demand that noth-
Ing should be GoEe until he was avenged !?
HI CAME from tie command Of great army
to 4 mere 1ndiau border war, ns gntly as
though It we're holiday excursion. Burn
icksLurg, and Wus summarily sent AWAY but
sought anotEcr trial md gave him hard
knocks at Knoxville Mcdowell, the earliest
victim Of ill-luck, has been vainly urging,
ever since. not the endorsement Of his plans
ut Bull Run, bnt command to lead once
more at the rebcI army. Rosecrans, the
beloved Of all, who was blown out after
CLickalnnuga, as yon would blow ont q penny
cardlc, referred to the druggist, instead Of
the Government, about the opium question.
Even Scott the greatest general living, who
wus set aside gently but firmly, takes bis
morning walks iu the Fifth Avenue, aud ifhe
locsn't encourage, he doesn't discourage
the attempts We arc making to save this coun'
try.
Up to the advent Of Meade, every General
WHO hiss had command OF the Army Of the
Potomac, has been relieved from 1t under
circumstances which they probably did not
. regard as tlattering. Bnt Of them all there
has been only one who has undertaken to
. inAict his wTongB-if they were wrongs
upon the county. That one is Geo. B. Nc
C1cllan. He asks the country to take notice
that not only his military plans but Is Ideas
es to the policy Of war, are different from
ttoec which have been pursued. Hepubllshcs
! old letters TO the President. He charges
Stanton, the existing Secretary Of War, with
having conniycd ut his defeat aud the dcstruc
! tion Of the army: He advocates the cleation
who decides thet the dratt Is uncon8titutton
al and he permits himself to be named as tht
Presidential candidate Of the Fernando Woods
the Vallandfghams and the other dead weights
hanging on this WIT. It ID one ofthe. fatal
: | ties, which seem to attend that class @
politicians, that they are making candidate
! Of thnt kind So long rs they keep contro
of the Democratic pn1ty, so long Will i
be beaten.