The Xenia sentinel. [volume] (Xenia [Ohio]) 1863-186?, 1864-10-18
Why NcCIeIIaa Kag supereeded.

mander-in-Chief President Lincoln, il
negleeting orFefusing to obey his peTemp
tory order to Commence active operations
With the Army of the Potomac on the 22d
Of February, 1882, and also in writing 4
disr5spectful letter to the President while
commanding that army, making base
charges against him of willful misman,
agemenf
Because he was insubofdinate to his
:. superior officer, the constitutional head
of the War Department, Secretary Stau-
Z. ton, in refusing or neglecting to4obey his
orders, or to make reports to him, and
showing his eontsmpt for the depart
ment by reporting directly to the Presi-
dent, thus leaving the War Department
in entire ignofahce of all his operations.
] Because he lost seven months of the
most valuable time in the history Of the
war in mere preparations, which at the
end Of the time asked for he alleged to
be incomplete, aud because even then he
was unable or unwilling to move until
forced to do so by peremptory order, al
though other generals in the west and
south west moved promptly and gained
victories
Because be Systematically exaggerated
+ the rebel strength, stating them at 200
600, when the rebel official accounts prove
them to hive had no more than 50,000;
and this ALLEGED to rest upon information
derived from spies.-Beca1se 10 like
manner he magnifed their defences, max
ing The quaker guns and skeleton fofee at
MunSoa's Hill formidable battery back
ed by an enormous strength And so at
Yorktown, wasting a month in besieging
Withzl30,000 men place defended by
only 5000.
Because he suffered his whole position
before Redmond to Ue taken in reverse
by single corps Of the enemy, ordered
reJreatwithout any cause whatever, when
ecould have Tepulsod the enemy and
held bis works
Because By this disastrous retreat he
lost the labors of a whole campaign. sa-
crifcad onethird of bis army, and infused
new life into the rebellion, apparently
with a view to throw odium on the Ad.
minisirdtion for refusing to send him IcE
D0Weli's corps, when his army was so
largayas to be unweildT IN his hlnds, and
his movements too tmdy to be effective.
Because whenever. a battle occurred in
which his forces were engaged, he was
uniformly away from the field, and never,
until Antietlm saw the action, or directed
IN any way whlte1er beyond the merest
original drectiJls for plseing corps, SO /
that 10 case Of disaster he was not on
hand to romdy It, and his corps commau-
ders had to manage for themselves.
Because he omittel two great opportu-
mites of taking Richmond, when he could
have done 50 with ease, that isy aftet
battle of Fair Oaks, end after the victory
at Malvern Hli, thus indicating an in,sl
competency to- imPrlye az aIVantqgs3
which was more sigually exhibited az er
the vistory at Antietsm.
Recause .afer he had routed the rebel /
army at Malvern IIill be ordered a dis /
astr,us retreat, leaving his wounded in .
the enemy hands and demors3iziug our I
army when it had restored its prestige.
Because after Antietam Hrepresen'ed /
thathis army could not move for want [
of shoes, &c, VIXEN Burnside took the /
same army and moved it with the great
est ~celerity, showing that Mcclellan
sought to throw upon his army the burden
Of his own indsposition to fight
Because bewas-i tent, not upon the
crushing Of the rebellion, but upon a
political campaign for the Presidency,
which distracted his attention, weakened
his military policy, give aid and comfort
to The enemy, strengthened the copper
heads, ond antagonized the national .Ad-
minstration, so hat insteal Of being the
general-in-chief in a war against the
rebels, he WIS merely a copperhead can
didate for the Presidency,
Because he SURROUNDED himself with
copporheads traitors, opposed to the Won
and in sympathy With the enemy,
Conducted his affairs to suit thems
his letter and policy, al
it imposibe for the Adl
tration to carry out its own yeiE
though responsible for managenl
affairs.
Because he bad tampefed Wit9ARsoy
sentiment Of tie Army Of the Pot
making it a mere personal machir
voted to himself and willing tC
under no general except of. his cE
instead Of serving under the natit
and without regard to men; his q R y,
such course being evidently toS' SS'
the government from removing
incompeteucy or Furnishing an
insolent safe lites, likePrter. II
81 Because, instead of doing auyt
crush the rebellion, his letters aud
showed that his whole mind Was
upon giving lessons in political
upon general policy and civil Al 0
President Lincoln, General B&I y
HaIleck, aud in fact all within his
Thus, instead Of telling Halleck
attack the foe and where, he
ious only that the war be conducN
pro-slavery basis, and in ike mf
orders to Buell we're wasted NOR Cash,
stuff, while Grant was gaining -
ry Of Fort Donolson in the samDUCE.
mant though under Hallec
We copy the above from CALL:
delpbia North American, and
stated therein will be prov
official documents, many of
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