Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1864-10-18

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restedg Applause
Through the whole war. Mr. Lincoln has man
Tested a want OF capacity. The President OF the
United States should not be a military man. but
be should either be a military man or be cor
sciou- of his own ignorance. enough 20 defer 20
those whose experience, snd skill, and power.
enable them 10 conduct military operations. Mr..
Lincoln had a plan OF bis own for taking Rich
mond. He wrote u Gen Mcclellan on the 81
Of February. le62.
MAoR GENERAL MCCLELLAN: Nv dear Sir
lou and ! have distinct and different plans for
the movements OF the Army Of the Potomac.
Yours 20 be done BY The Chesapeake. mp the
RappahannOck to Urbana. across. and to the ter
minus Of the railroad on the York River; mine
TO move directly 10 = point OF the railroad south
vest Of Manassas Laughter
If YOU will give me satisfactory answers to
the following questions. ! shall gladly yield my
plan 10 yours. Great laughter.
lst Does not YOUR plan involve a greatly
larger expenditure of time aud money than mineg
Laughter
I'd. Wherein is g ~victosy more certain bs your
plan than mine? Laughter
80. Wherein i a victory more valuable by
your plan than mine Great laughter
~ Az lhCAs NDulA Al iob Dt ic-- Naildfic III
this: That il would break no great line of the
enemy's communications laughter, whiis mine
tcould. lRoars of laughter.
9Th In the event of disaster would not 4 re
treat be more difficult by your plan than miner
Yours truly, A. LINCOLN.
Ii was much the best for the country that they
had not one plan, for if they had had one il
would have been Mr.. Lincoln's, and that would
have placed the country beyond the hope of re
coVery The President was "a good at issuing
military orders as he was at making plans. Mer-
riment He issued, in March. 1862. three army
orders called No. |. No. , and No. ;. The first
two We will pass over. but the third has no equal
in epistolary correspondence or military address
es. IL reads:
Ordered, That the army and navy co operate
in an immediate effort to capture the enemy's
batteries upon the Potomac between Washington
and the Chesapeake Bay" Intense laughter
Now, there l. one plan we can all indorse
Laughter From issuing orders the President
went to writing letters showing what my plan
was. He writes to Gen Mcclellan on the 25th
of May, 1862.
Can you not cut the Acquia Creek Railroad
also, what impression have you as to the en-
trenched works for you to contend with in front
of Richmond great laughter can YOU get near
enough to throw shells into the city 2 tRoars
of laughter
No wonder he removed McClellsn for no exc
cutting his plans CONTINUED laughter After
the grand and glorious battle of Antietam. the
President. like a great many othet military men
who are somewhat behind in the battle. but do
not mean to be behind in the pursuit (merriment)
wrote to Gen. Mcclellan thus:
WAsHINGroS. Sept. ID, ls62-245 PM.
Your despatch of to-day is received. God
bless YOU aud all with you (sensation) destroy
the rebel army il possible. Renewed laughter.
There was a plan now put in execution. and
Mcclellan was removed and Burnside put in his
| place. With what result AL the country knows.
| All this was the work OF the President
Two years ago they began to declare that they
would 60 Cor Gen George b Mcclellan for the
next President. (Applause) The assemblage
that met at Chicago. representing the conserva-
tive men aud the Democracy of the United States,
| presented his name as eminently worthy that high
| office: they believed General Mcclellan to be an
able and capable soldier. They knew him to be
a true and undOubted patriot, aud an accomplish
ed and excellent gentleman. Cheers When
| he is elected we can say that We have a gentle
men and lady in the White House; an Observa
| ton does not afford the land opportunity to say
that We have that now Laughter But what
is more. we will have an experienced soldier, who.
using the power of the Union for the security of
| peace, will cease the war the moment peace can
be procured by any other method. Cheers. The
| propositions ubmitt by Mr. Crittenden when
the war commenced will be the only basis on
which we can build up again the old Union; that
| the States can be received into the Union, either
| sincly or collectively. n they choose to return,
| and that after such action they shall be protected
in the rights thew possessed when they went out.
Deafening applause
| The different course of Mr.. Lincoln. indicated
In his "all To whom it may concern" proclama
| ton. j. that 10 proposition of peace will be re
| ceived unless accompanied nv the abolition of
| slavery. How does Mr. Lincoln expect to
| abolish slavery7 In he loyal States? No! He
| expects to destroy it in the seeded States at the
| South. while il is to be preserved in the border
! loyal States of Delaware. Maryland and Ken
lucky And the declaration of Mr.. Lincoln is
| that he will not receive proposals for peace on
other terms. Why, this course is unparalleled in
the history of the world. He will not receive
| ministers 10 treat for peace Without referring
to history at any length. Washington, al the
time OF the whisky Instruction did not re
| fuse to receive propositions from rebels in arms
| against the Constitution. and he did not refuse TO
treat with them before surrender, and expect
| them to surrender before he would treat with
| them.
A word about Gen. Mcclellan have it on
the authority OF POSTMASTER General Blair. that a
| gentleman. authorized by Mr.. Lincoln. waited on
| General Mcclellan a few DAYS ago. and offered
him an important mman "a the adjunct and
| equal of Gen Grant in the command of the ar
| mics, in case he would agree to certain stipula
| tons; and the Postmaster could have gone fur
ther and told US more fully OF the Presidents
| offer Why. as recently az the month Of August.
it i was stated to Gen. Mcclellan. bv a gentleman
| having authority from President Lincoln. that If
he would write a letter To the President saving
| that he was prepared to support him. and to re
| fuse TO allow his name To Toe presented for the
| Presidential Office, he should he assigned 10 a
| high command and supported for the succession
Of Abraham Lincoln's four years Roars of
laughter Now, this would seem TO inter both
| his military and civil qualifications. for il can
hardly be supposed that President Lincoln would
indicate a succession to the Presidential Office
and support him for it If he was not as well quail
fed as himself. More laughter.
Gen. Mcclellan j. known to the people of the
country. There Is a magnetism about some men
that places them out Of the reach OF newspaper
calumny and the opposition of men. There l.
something in a man which, when be is placed in
the preSehce of his fellow men. causes him TO be
loved aud respected. Gen. Mcclellan Is Just
| such a man. No one who has been intimately
associated with him has failed to love him. Ap-
plause Modest, disinterested, self DENYING /;
and in spite of the i~ntrigues of some of The off
GERS. the soldiers OF the army love him and will
support him.
allow Is the result OF the election TO he changed?
| The Republicans say that they will defeat his
election by the soldiers vote, and they make Ii;