The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1864-10-20
THE WAR RECORD OF GEN. NC
CLELLAN SHOWN UP.
The RIuMdeTs and Grimes OF IIIc
Peninsula Campaign.

Extract from q Speech of Hon, II. f.
Wade, Delivered at MoadviIIe, Pa,
Sept. Igth.
want the Democrats to understand
now, that | tell the truth at all haz-
ards, and | wantt them to rec Give and be-
licve what say about this coward Nc
CleIlan. have announced the facts
about Lincoln, now | will announce
somo facts about Mcclellan, and when
| have done choose We between them
How is it that we find men so much in
the mist about platforms and issues 2
Was it not easy, ifthe Chicago Conven-
tion meant to uphold the Government,
for them to say so? Couldn't they
have put it upon paper, so that all
could understand it? They arc either
for war or against it, are they not? ? Is
it not easy to set that forth? But the
Democrats are divided. One part of
them is not yet so dcpraved and de-
moralized ms to be willing to get down
in the dust before the South, and cry
"peccdci" daughter and cheers.)
But the larger portion Of the party had
fallen so low as to Lave done it al
ready. They had to reconcile these
differences, and they put a big shoul-
der-strapped General on a peace plat
form. And God knows they couldn't
have found more pcaccablo General,
| Laughter. In war be is the very
Prince Of Peace. [Continucd laugh
ter For neaIy two years he was the
gencralissimo Of all the armies Of the
United States. He had q staff like q
regiment. / have seen him myself,
when he gallopod out with his cavalry
stringing along behind him, to take
some elevated position and have all his
troops march around. That's what he
called 0rg0ai:iag an aFmy Renewcd
laughtcr) You know this as well as
|. We had battles under Mcclellan
plenty Of thom. In these battles the
boys fought and conquered and fell as
gallantIy and dcvotcdly as man ever
did. 1t was the duty Of the comman-
ding general TO lead his troops to bat
tie, and share their danger, or his staff
to carry his orders to and fro, where
death is thickest. After year and Il
half of battles, Mcclellan and his staff
and their horses came outas sleek and
fat and fair as they went in. Iaugh-
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THE FALL oF lool'
, When speak Of Mcclellan spcal
Of Il man know, for l was on Com
/ mittec to watch him. When he tool
the reins Of command the first thing
r he did was to draw on the Western
/. armies to swell his magnificent armie
/; in the East. lie took 25,OOO from Fire
a mont to re.cniorce his own grand army
in the East For this we have th'
oath OF his officers, and Sou can re"C
u it atyour leisure in the book.
Things passed on until October
n when Senator Chandler and myseI
+ feeling that the nation was disgrace'
by the inactivity of the Union armie
a the largest and most magnificent,
J, equipped that the world ever saw, big
n ger than those Of Bonaparte-whiI
y the rebel flag across the Potoma
i hauntcd the Presidential mansion il
/ the very face, went to him and said
" For Gods sake, save this nationfror
o nicflacabIc disgrace. Take your mag
niiiccnt army-every man in it is 4
9 good as Bonapartes ola guard, zap
). plausc)-bettcr and truer men neye
h marched to the field OF battle re
5. ncwcd cheers and whip the enemy.
g He said "Oh, | can't do that. They ar
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