Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1864-09-24
WYsox, Sept lG, 1854
The National Tptelligencer on
Gen. MCCJeiIdn'S Nomination

Gen. MCCleMdn'S Nomination
We commend the following article 40
all whom it may concern out more es-
peGia,ly to those who once gioried in the
name Of "Whi5," Read it ye old Iiue
wings, who once so proudly followed the
leadership Of the immortal CLAY and god
like WEBSTER and hear what the rccog-
nized National organ Of your then gIori-
Gus old party has 10 say Of The nCmioa'
tiou of General Mcclellan. Read it, aud
then hand to your whig neighbor to read ;
lhe reader will learn from the lntclli-
gence given in another column that the
Chicago Convention, rctiacting, we dou t
not, the vastly preponderaut sentiment ot
It's constituents, and responding to the
wishes and expectations of multitndc'
among the loyal citizens Of the United
States not fOrma y represented il Ihat
bodJ, has placed before the people in nom
ination for the next Presidency the nauc
OF Major General George L. MeClellan.
The expression Of the popular prefer
cnce for this distinguished soldier has been
so marked during the last few months that
! the decision oi the Convention can he SAID
10 have done hardly more than give organ
! ic shape aud form to IA sentiment pervad-
! ing that great mas, Of thu people 10 the
/ loyal States who have become dissatisfied
witch the conduct Of the present Admiuis'
/ tration. Aud where the indication OF thi;
/ sentiment has been go universal, and 1t,
/ expression 80 apoutaHeOus,i it would be easy
to infer the presence of natural causes ad
equdte TO produce such results, for pub
lie sentiment SO widespread and SO gen
uine is never Tie offspring of tactitIou5 in
tluenccs These natural causes lie upor
the surface, and constitute in their ner,
recapitulatlon at once an explanation ant
a defence Of tue decision which the Con
yentlon has reached.
( AS man, it is universally coDcede(
that Major General Mcclellan possesses il
the highest degree those qualities which il
spire respect, confidence, and admiration
Uniting to purity aud probity OF privat
character, as enjoinGd 10y the moral law
the virtues and graces engrafted on tha
character by the code of the Christian
faith, he presents in his person the EN-
bodiment of a patriotism which takes it
animating impulses not only from per
ception Of what is due to man, but from
profound sense OF responsibility TO God -
Ard IN this day Of mutation aud uncor
taIty, wFen 50 many found atons Of 1T
man hope have brco d stroyod, It is mucI
to know that the man on whom We rely
a man who regulates his conduct accolC
ing to the principles and preccpts Of Chri!
tiauity, as received not merely in the III
, derstanding, but as made the rule an
guide of his life.
And III every position in which Generi
Mcclellan has been placed tits safe to sa
that the successes Of the cause which i
represented, have heen in proporlOH
the degree iu which his advice was follow
ed or rejected by his civil or military St
perors in the conduct Of tho war. If tn
fact was Tor time obscurtd from the POI
ular mind, which looks more to resul
than to their causes, it has been set rle'
light by the subsequent progress OF Il
WaV) III NluuIS'VH9 wv h'''aIg ""'"l"'
tratlon of General Mcclellan from Il
disparagement to which it was iguorant'
subjected before men had the opportunit
oil comparing it with that of his successoi
10 command, And not ouly has hi, pra
ticaI sense in the management of large
l mics in the field been thus approved t
e the comparative Judgment of the peopl
o but his penetrating insight into the uatuI
aud objects Of tho war, aud therefore int
the principles on which it should be 90
, Quoted, has proved him to possess a ole
head as we'll as strong hand. These Il
" qualities which the people know how
10 admire, aud the value of which is seen
o be as great in other fields of executive a
is minis,ration as in the conduct Of srmi