Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-10-27
LITTLE MACS CONSISTENCY.

LITTLE MACS CONSISTENCY.
Old Job, the man of Uz, had great
deal more than his peck of trouble.
With all his misery, however, he MAIN
tanned philosophic frame of mind, which
no number of sore boils or family Attic
tons could disturb. Bethinking himself
one day how he could get the bulge on
his psrsecutors he groaned forth, "Oh!
thaS nlne enemy would write book"
The non-admirers of the Hero of Chicka-
hominy have got better thing than old
Job had. Geo. B. Mcclellan has written
several books, and enough miscellaneous
documents to fill several more. So vari-
Gus and so contradictory in sentiment are
these, that were not his name signed to
them in his official capacity, it would
seem almost impossible that they could
have emanated from the same brain and
been written by the same hand. We have
several of them now before us, and as a
matter of literary and political curiosity,
we will place few extracts in close juxta-
position, just to see how they read. Take
this for a starter:
Military arrests should not be tolerated ex-
cept in places where active hostilities exist;
and oaths. not required BY enactments con-
stitutionally made, should be neither de-
manded nor received.
And then read this:
When they (the Maryland Legislature)
meet on the 18th, you will please have every
thing prepared to arrest the whole party, and
be sure that none escape.
II it is successfully carried out, it will go
| far towards breaking the backbone of the re-
bellion. 1t will probably be we'll TO have
| special train quietly prepared to take the
prisoners to Annapolis. l leave this exceed
| in9ly important affair to your tact and dis.
cretion-the absolute necessity of secresy and
success.
Don't sound much alike, do they: Yet
they are both from official documents of
Little Mac.
Now for another specimen, and upon
another subject. First read these:
Neither conhscation Of property, political
executions Of persons, territorial organiza-
ZION of States, nor forcible abolition OF slave
ry, should be contemplated for moment
|
A declaration of radical views, especially
on slavery, will rapidly disiutegrate our pres
| ent armies.
And then compare the sentiments there
in expressed with the following:
This principle Emancipation might be er-
tended, upon grounds of MILITARY NEcEs-
slTY and security, TO ALL THE SLAVES WITH
IN A PARTICULAR STATE, THUS WORKING
AANrMIssIoS in such State.
Do they read as though written by the
same man. Yet they were; and that man
was George B. Mcclellan.
One more example of the consistency Ct
the atomic hero, and we will drop the
subject for the day. Read the following
soft cooling of the dove of peace and COM
promise.
The Union was originally formed BY the
exercise Of spirit Of Cancellation and COM
promise. To restore and preserve it, the
same spirit must prevail in our councils and
in the hearts Of the people.
And then the following rip-snor,ing Of
Boanerges. the Son of Thunder:
81 believe that a necessary preliminary to
the re-eStablishment Of the Union is the en-
tire defeat or ritual destruction Of the organ
led military pocer Of the Confsderates
"Such rebellion cannot be justified upon
ethical grounds, and the only alternatives for
our choice are its suppression or the Gestruc-
tion of our nationality"
Let neither military disaster, political fac.
hon or foreign war shake your settled pur.
pose tn enforce the equal operation of the
laws of the United States upon the people Of
every State.
Arenot heforegoing specimens ofword-
swallowing and disgusting qualification,
enough to stamp George B. Mcclellan as
either an internal scoundrel, or dwelling
IDIOT: Verify the " enemy" Of the Amer
lean nation has " written book" That
the enemies of that nation should be we'll
satisfied to place at its head man whose
rascality or imbecility would inevitably
prove its destruction is natural but that
men who really profess love of that
country and who truly believe themselves
actuated by sincere regard for its perpe-
tuity, honor and welfare, should assist in
elevating to the Presidency such disgust
ing bundle of contradictions is truly mar
rellous.