, 1864-09-29
7Hn GUNBOAT aEFERAL.


We hare slrcady made some extracts from
shows What sort oi General Mcclellan
Wes.
As Dr.. Marks Is a regular minister in good
sfsDdiDg IN the. Ola School Plespyterian
Church, and is well kIoHn as gentleman
Of ulblemiehed character, We think 1t right
that our readers, and the country, should
have the full benefit Of his testimony. as he
wae IN eye witness OF most of the scenes
aid Incidents which he relates. In tbs work
alluded to above, spt aking Of McClellkn's
retreat. he ssys, page 255:
This vast body OF men. we'll trained, fully
eqEiaptd, aid cquali1g In courage any army
wh1ch the world has evtr seeen. eager for Tho
I'll ht aefipe nut ior centrals to lead thzal on TO
victory. was, after pay7ng almost knocked at the
door Of the rebel stronghold, 1etrca,tns IN haste
at the command Of one man-vho. however dis
1aJy tc,tnce, IN .rcry hour Of danger toas a chNf
ana In ece7y qre1t emergency toas opp.esstd t0sM
conscious t7e.paity, Alter the enemy vas re
BsSaer - sena ,as To- 'e aece.a s .. he
The Cbickahomiuy'' Cen Mcclellan 8 reply was,
tbe ma,n ltody Of the army On the reception of
this commend the ereateet consternsaoa and dis
plcetuie tel@Hee among both officers and men.
tbcmttlace in apy way rather than by disgrace
1ua retreat"
On page 257 Dr. Marks gives additional
prcof, at last ola circumstantial kind, Of
McClellan's absence on the gunboRt on the
occasion OF the battle Of Malvern Hill.
We quote:
ait may not be Inappropriate TO eay here that
no email part ot the praise for the successful 70
trsat OF our army Is duo 10 Gen. Sumner. *s
veIn Hill was known to have been mads by him;
and N the cattnc< Of zen, AZ C7s't0n, Gen Sum-
ner, aa,.no Me met Of @as "'t1"0ra6k dav com
Speaking c1 the disgraceful retreat after
the battle OF Malvern Hill, hs saJs, on page
o94:
In efIe1e and gloom our victorious army com-
menesd ae,. 5euf,hE '!om an enemy utterly broken,
"And whsn there was not foe within miles OF
us, We left ou1 wounded behind to perish, and anY
one Witnessing the WIG esgernets Of our retreat
would have supposed thst We wcrs in the Greatest
peril from v1gllsnt and trlumphan: enemy"
Again, on psge ooS the worthy chaplain
declares positively TINT If cClellan was On the
gunboat on the day Of the battle Of Malvern
Hill, and produces the testimony of Dr. Jas.
Rogers, who was on the same boat the same
d6y, in proof Of what he declares. He says
hour in the afternoon. 4 Dr.. James
Rogers, Brgnde Surgeon Of Robinson brig
ade, who had been Ill with fever for several
days. was likewise on this steamer, and
afterwards related to me the events and
scenes Of that day Is they came uuder his
eye"
McC1ellan's departure from the boat, q. 4
late hour In the afternoon, ia explained by
Dr.. Marks In tho following paragraph on
Iage $50:
''Gen. Helptzlenan had sent to him message
that the troops noticed hts absence. and 1t wa ex
c1u1 e depressing iLltnenca on them. aud he
rould not b. aus ~erable for the consequences Ii
lie lenrer bt Id hnseI 60 far aloof from the scene
OF action ard danger"
The testimony against Mcclellan Ia over
whc1mins. A man who would thus betray
Ills country and sacrifice the brave men who
for time actually idolfzed bin, will nat
certainly be deemed worthy, by any consid-
ereble portion OF the American people, Of
the bigh position Of President Of the United
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