The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1864-07-22
The Administration Persecution of
Gen. Mcclellan.
From the Y. Y. JGurnai of Commerce

| DoSlilbn AT W est out, because Oh HIS Joil-
| ing in the request 20 Gen Mcclellan to
deliver the orat;on AZ the Battle Monu-
mpnt celebration, is exciting remark in all
parts of The country and arou>es the in
dignation of good men Of all parties. The
Springfield RepuJl can> an administration
paper, cannot believe the statement true
and insists that it must be copperhead
invention" Bv this time the editor has
| learned the truth, and there IS a special
point u the further remarks which that
paper makes, that there was no reason
why Gen. Mcclellan should not deliver
the ora'ion at Wes, Point; indeed, a
more suitable selection Of orator for the
occasion could hardly be made, and the
oration was n patriotic and cretltahle per-
| formance If the removal Of Col. Bow
man has arv connection with it. then
somebody has done an uhJn nst and con
.enptibe thing, which can damage only
| himself" We are afraid the last sentence
is no, strictly correct. Such acrs do
SOMETIMES other damage. Col. Bowman
NAV suffer seriously. Many people in the
habit of thinking that whatever the ad
ministratlon does is right. may form very
erroneous ideas of the merits of that GAL
liant officer. who has been made the vie
tim Of an "uui ust ana contemptible act.
The intention OF Mr.. Lincoln in directing
the removal was evidently 10 charge on
Col Bowman an offence as an officer, and
the harm done is not likely TO be wholly
repaired bv auv eGort even of the honest
and fair nil ded men IN the radical press
Gen Mcclellan is of course not injured by
it. 1t is true tha, The act is sort of no
tce 10 the army that officers mus, not paw
special attention to their Genera, the
highest in rank until recently, and the first
soldier in America bv universal verdict.
1t is a curious method of teaching discl-
pline in the army, but tha Washington
people have curious WAYS Of doing many
things
We agree with the Springfield RePub-
team, hat the selection of Gen Mcclellan
rs The orator wa, suirahle--a more suila-
be could not have been made. 1t was
enineniiv proper that a monumen, to the
brave dead should be dedicated by the
presence and the voice Or the hfavest and
best of the living. by the man who was
best of all beloved bv the gallant men that
| have fallen, and who is more than anv
other man in America honorvd AID es
teemed by the living soldiers of the cOun
try. The persecution of the President
makes il especially the duty of all who
have the interest. of the army at heart to
read and circulate the Grafton of Gen
Mcclellan that the army ami the c1nntry
may know for what il was that the Wash
ington authorities dismissed Col. Bowman.
The Monument Association have placed
the Grafton in the hands of sheldon Il Co.
| and it will be published for the bench, OF
the fund. We trust that some gentleman
will purchase largely Of the edition. and
see tha, it is circulated among the sol
liers. 1t is reading which .hev will like
/; comes from the man thev love more
than anv other. Ii is an oraion that has
never been surpassed bv any public effort
If the kind in America Its Classical
beauty Of diction. its scholarly II'ustra
tons. It's clear and comprehensive states
mansh;p, AL stamp it as the work OF an
accomplished mind. fitted for he highest
purDOses 10 which men are ever called -
Those who know Gen Mcclellan well have
said that he is man of extraordinary
scholarship, and that his reading and stu
dv have been Of the most industrious char
acter: that there are few scientific or ut
erarv subjects which he has not thorough
IL mastered. and that be is and always has
e l. loICf n
the systematic pursuit OF various studies,
not Immediately connected with military
suh;acts The West Point ora'ion con
firms this statement It's gra-p of thought
il immense. and the language empoged
is ALWAYS so admirably chosen to express
the idea in the simplest Saxon. that one
who studies it cannot fail TO he Impressed
with the conviction that the Genera is as
familiar with the writers of purest Eng
lish as he is known to be with military au-
thors in most Of the modern ianguages.-
We return to the idea that this oration
will afford excellent reading for the SOL
iiers, and that il is due to them. TO West
Point, and to the people Of these United
States. to send hundred thousand copies
of the oraion to be distributed among
the regiments. We have not vet heard
that Mr., Lincoln has suppressed the pub
LEGATION, but possibly that may come next.
Er Had DoUGLAs lived" exclaims
a LINCOLN newspaper, she would suii
stand where he stood at the time Of his