Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1864-11-19

soldier, en- able commander, q patriot, and
SVEN a Statesmen, though badly comprom.
ised by the Chicago Platform, by his asso
ristion with Pendle'on, aud by the chsrsc-
ter OF certain among his prominent suppor.
ters; and we, who thought otherwise, were
stigmsti lied es narro~ minded. unchafitsble
higo's, who could see nothing good in any
one Of politics adverse 10 our own. Espec.
tally with tegsrd to his Chicks shomipy cam
paign aud his retreat thence TO the james,
we have been accused OF treating Geu. Me.
Clellan with unreasonable barshuess aud
ssrerbi,y.
Now, we fully agree that Gen. McCleli
lsU's uD6 ness for the Presidency 10 esse nii.
ally political, not military.-,hst he might
have been ever SO loyal aud ever so able
commander, aud still |, would have been
un~ise Ut this time 10 put him in the place
of President Lincoln. We never Designed
nor oe,Iied 10 make the recent contest one
" personalities rather than of principles.
But the tiuth is always TO be spoken shen
anything is. and the fact that Gen.. Nc.
Clellan was Presidential candidate solely
on the strength Of bis alleged Military
qusli'ies and cbievemens---and especially
Of bis Cbickshoininy campsign-rendered
IL expedIent aud proper that the p,e
tensions OF his supporters on this head
should he scru.inized aid veniilsted-tbs,
the truth and the whole truth, should be
made manifest. And we most Il mly be
lieve that those Uuiousts who treated mD
as su able aud thoroughly loyal soldier
gave his supporters an advantage TO which
they had no jus, claim.
That Gen. Mcclellan sincerely desires a
restoration of the UuiOn We have never
doubted We do not doubt that Gov.
Rpdmsn NJ P,ics de.ired tha, same ~hen
he wrote his published letter. urging that
New Jersey sl.ould unite her fortunes with
| th, sc Of The Southern Confederary; nor
hat Judge Woodward did so, even when
he dcclsred that il ibe Uuion were devided
he wished the line of operation to run
north Of Pensy lvania; nor that Horatio
Seymour dill 50 Even when he suggested
tbs, NeS York might wisely adopt the
Confederate Constitution. That Gen. Nc
Clellsn has always desired aud cOute mplat
ed sp ultimate reunion Of the Sts'es, we
believe; also. that thousands who have
fought desperately sin the Rebel rapks
cherish similar aspirations. Of that theory
Of the institution, hitbert, pred ,miuabt
at West Point, which mukes the conserv8 a.
tion aud perpeIust'on OF Slavery the chief
end Vt that in,irumen,, We deem Gen NJ
u stesdtast adhersut. But that he ha.
ever desired aud sought rec0nsii uci ion
of the Rcnel armies, the overthrow Of the
ReUel power, we do not believe; fu- his
whole career as q cuiutnpnder aud politi-
eau seems pervaded aud controlled by q
desl and purpose that be Slave Power
should not be discount ed, but should be
buught rtf fl ON It's effort to achieve d SUP.
lon by the proffer sui pro.pecl of greater
privalcges and advantages 10 the UUion
tDan 1t couli hope TO attain 10y its dsrup
ton. lleuce his persistent dasding, hold
ing oack, refusing 70 strike, hoping to wear
0ut thc National st.ergth and break the
National Leert by delays aud disappolnt
mcns until the pi eSsure Of conscrption aud
Taxation, Of fuancia! di,ordes and currency
deOasement should cohstrain a majority Oh
ei het side to camOr Tor peace on aUy
te ms, aud thus induce cOmprt Id Sc
wherein ,he slAvy huile,s should cou,ent tu
reunion Oh the basis (sirtuaiIy) Of the Con
ieierate Cdusli u'lon. involving ~ tecosai.
tion oi lh~Afign' 10 hold slaves iu every
poi tim ol the Republic.
Such We und-rs end 10 he a true explaua-
ton VI Geu McCieiau's otherwise unac.
couu auie as we'll ~ baleIul Military ca-
err-N Y Iaibume