New Oregon plaindealer. (New Oregon, Iowa) 1859-1866, 1864-10-14
WHOLE NO, zoe.
;ontsining the following clause:

! Poit VI A1io AI NY VI lNC tAo'u'V
that has net been sent forward to Cen
eral Pope's command. General Pope
commands tho army of Virginia. and
all the forces temporarily attached to
it,"
| A not two huadred men Of She Ar
my Of the Potomac remained under
MsClellan's orders, this disposition
left him but mockery OF command.
and was in fact the consammaticn Of
the design to get rid of him by rnorgr
ling his army in the Army Of Virginia.
! MAN proposes, bat God dispa.
sss." That very day General Pope
was defeated ard his army WIS then
fastening towards Washington in wild
disorder. -.'. j.
The next day, General Hal!eck in,
plores the assistance OF General Nc
Olellan in the following words, viz:
"Ibeg cfyo" to assist me in MH
crisis uith your ability and experi,
snce, lam entirely tired out"
On the next day, the Is. of September.
General Mcclellan at General Hat
leck's request, came to Washington.
In an interview with that General. he
was instructed to take command Of tho
defenccs of The city, expressly limited
to the works anl their garrisons and
forbidden to exercise any control over
tae troops operating in trout guIsr
General Pope.
In the afternoon Of the same day, he
was invited to an interview with the
President, who was greatly moved wish
the apprehension that the TROOPS vino
had composed the Army Of the pot,-
mac, actuated by resentment at tho
treat ment they and their favcrite Cen
eral hadrcceived, would not cordially
cooperate with General Pope. He told
General Mcclellan that he had always
been his friend, assured him that ha
alone could rcctify the evil, and begged
him to DO so by message 10 some Of
his old officers. Although the General
had, and expressed perfect faith in his
old associates, to crafty the Preside n,
ne sent to Gen Fi.z John Porter the
following message:
Il ask of you for my sake, ard thas
of the country, and the old army Of the
Potomac, that you and all MY friends,
will lend the fullest and most cordial
cooperation to General Pope, in al!
the operations now going on. The des-
tinies Of oxr country, the honor Of our
army are at stake, and all depends now
upon the cheerful cooperation of all IN
the field. This week Is the crisis Of
our fate. Say the same thing TO my
friends in the army of the Potomac,
and the last request have to make Of
them is, that for their countrv's sake
they Will extend to General Pope, the
same support they ever have to me.
L am in charge Of the defenccs Of
Washington, and am doing all l can 30
render your retreat safe, should that
become necessary
What took place the next day Gen.
Mcclellan describes in his report, as
follows:
'On the morning of the ii the Pres.
itcnt and Gen. Ialleck ca.ac to my
house, when the President informed nre
that Colonel Kclton had returned from,
the front; that our affairs were in bsd
condition; that the army was in full re-
treat upon the defences of Washington.
the roads filled with stragglsrs. d.;
He instructed me to take steps at once
and collect the stragglers, place the
works in proper state Of defence. and
to 90 out to meet, and tske comman.!
of the army when it approached the Vi
cinity Of the works: then to put the
troops in the best position for defence;
committing every thing to nay hands
Immediately took steps to carry
out these orders"
Thus, on the 30th of August, trait
orous abolitionism which hated Gen.
Mcclellan for his loyalty to the Con-
stitution, co operating with military
and political Jealousy, succeeded in de-.
pr,ving Mcclellan Of all command.
On the 81st the storm thickens snI
he is implored to ard the Washington.
authorities with his liability and expe.
rlence." .1J
On the 1st of September, the thur
der rools nearer and nearer. and he is
directed to take charge Of the de!enccs
Of Washington. -, :
On the End Of September; the storm
burst, and the recoil Of tho weak and
wicked policy Of not supporting Nc
Clel!an bofore Richmond ill its au-
thors with dismay, and they turn to
the persecuted General as the osly
man who Gun save the Capital frou cap
ture and themselves from sNarlastine