The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1864-09-30
THE WEEKLY PIONEER AND DEMOCRAT

last August. Had the administration stood
by him as it has since stood by Grant, and
had the people been as patient then as they
have since learned to be, how different
would have been the result. Tens of thou
sands of homes that are now desolate,
would rejoice to-day in the presence of
those who now fill a soldiers grave.
After Gen. Mcclellan was recalled from
the Peninsula he saved the government by
gaining the victories of South Mountain
and Antietam, after which he was entirely
removed from command, and our brave
soldiers by the thousand have since been
sacrificed by being placed under the COM
mand of such favOrite Generals as Butler,
Banks, Hunter and others, who are re-
tanned in command because they endorse
the new policy Of the President as to the
object and purpose Of the war.
The administration and its supporters,
conscious of the great wrong done to Nc
Clellan and the country, have ever since
prosecuted Gen. Mcclellan with fend
like maliciousness in accordance with that
trait of depraved humanity which prompt
us to hate those we have injured.
One complaint against General McClel-
Ian was that he was too slow, and afraid
to lead his men against the enemy. And
in order to show what could be done by a
dashing General, they appointed first Burn
side, and then Hooker, who dashed some
forty to fifty thousand brave soldiers to
pieces against the enemy's entertainments
at Fredericksburg and Charlottesville to
appease the rawlings of the mad politicians
at Washington, and which only served to
demonstrate the wisdom and military ge-
| MUS Of Mcclellan, who knew what could
and what could not be accomplished with
out such costly experiments. ss- --.
Finally the Administration disguised
with itself, collected an army of $50, 900
or 100000 and placed it under the COM
mand Of Gen. sGrant, with directions to
proceed against Richmond over the route
that had been disapproved by Mcclellan.
He started last May and after two months
marching and fighting, during which time
he lost more men than Gen. Mcclellan had
under him in his campaign, and found
himself finally forced into the very line of
operations that Gen. Mcclellan had advis-
ed, and which he could have gone to by
water with his whole army without the
loss of a single man. ' .s'
In fact, all the efforts of the admins
tration to prosecute the war contrary to
the plan and advice of Mcclellan have
only resulted, in demonstrating that he
knew and advised the best plan and have
thereby proved him to be by far the ablest
and best General in the country.
But why need we discuss the military
qualities of Mcclellan We propose to
elect him President not so much for war
as for peace. True, we will accept no
peace except upon the basis OF restored
Union, but peace upon this basis is at
tainable with the Democratic party in
power, but unattainable SO long as Lincoln
and his party are continued in power.
The people have to chose between Lin
coin and Mcclellan which really is choice
between peace and restored Union upon
the one hand, and continuance of the
war to compel the South to abandon
slavery upon the other hand With Lin
coin reelected it is war and draft after
draft, increase of taxation, depreciation of
currency, increase of prices to end in ulti-
mate bankruptcy and ruin. With McClel-
Ian elected it is peace and a restored
Union, decrease of taxation and prices,
improvement in the currency and revival
of our national prosperity. Let the people
divest themselves Of party prejudices and
attachment and judge between these two
candidates, and vote as becomes American
citizens who love their country more than
party.