, 1864-10-30

o!ekG. hna siege ne Wonld nave at auy tate
Bns:anaily be was as much astonisaed be
fore Yorktown, as be had been before tn
Quaker guns at Manassas. He woke ~ on
morning and found that the rebels had quiet
Y moved out and gone beyond Ais reach
This aschievement was dispatched by Gen
nccae1an as glorious victory, and begge
me privilege Of inscribing "YorktoWn'
npon ne banners OF our brave soldiers
EGreat Langhter.J Great God! These sol
oiefs would have scorned to disgrace Chem
selves by any such inscription. That "glori
ons elctorY," they were anxious TO forge
as soon as possible, and they # Il knew tia
"4orktoWn" On their banners would dia
grace them to the end of their da5sl IAp
pIause," History must forever tell the plaiI
sto,F: tnat small squad detained McCell4l
~ miln us great army at Yoskto III, In orde
- galn t1me ior completing the defenses O
Rlcnmond and .he Contamination Of the rabe
army.
This evacuation WAS followed By She batsl,
81 Williamsburg. Some Of the, forces hat
IolloWed the retreatipg rebels, and encoun
tered the enemy in considerable strength q
tnat place. But there was 80 much quarrel
inE among the Generals that they came nigl
being. defeated. 30 said Hooker, saune
and kearney.. But We won the fight withou
the Commander-in.C Chief, as our brave boy
are always bound to win when properly led
[Great applause Where Was Mcclellan
He remained At Yorktown, tHhereit IT xas per
tectg safe. 'Gtnerl Sprague came back TO
him, but be Wouldsnot go, and said to h'n
~ should think the Generals might settle I
!. little matter like that!'' At night, however
just az the battle was woD, Mcclellan ar
lived, and Hooker aud others testify unde
oath that by q vigorous effort Richmond
might have been taken. Mcclellan got ther1
just In time to order 4 halt. [great laughter,
and, again. while he WalttS, the enemy coa
tinueo to forttty the rebel city,
Ard Tow, With Jackson in Western V1r
einia, with q powerful army, Mcclellan CON
merced bowling for more troops. To CIV,
bin M0re would have been to lose Wasting
toB, and Judging from his operations thu!
far, he would not have taken Richmond witt
all the troops in the Worldl
The battle Of Gaines' Mills was by somt
great blunder fought By one Corps only in tht
1mme ediRte vicinity of several others: Col
Alexander teetifles that be visited Mcclellan
In his heat quarters and found him 80 dis
heartened tnat he was preparing to abandon
the campaign. He hnd already drawn ut
orders directing every man to destroy whaI
he had, and save himself as best he could
(Grtat CESSATION Thus was our splendid
army In danger Of being destroyed b5
Then came the attack Of the enemy. They
fell upon us indorce, and our scattered army
Vas oVerpowered and ordered to retreat tC
the Jamts River. In this retreat, Gen Nc
Clellsn, for the frs. time In his life, was
1ound in the front, [upruarious laughter and
spplause], ranning away as fast as hts horse
Sopld carry him. This achievement be pub
lished to the world as the greatest feat In the
annals of waE-changing his base In the face
Of the enemy. fLRughtar1
A General who Was not a coward Would
have now led bis soldiers and triumphed
with them or died in his tracks. Our forces
concentrated ut Malvern Hill Gen McClel-
Ian eimply rode along the lines Of the army
half an hlur before The battle commenced,
and .hen withdrew with his staff on board a
gunhoat.
Gen. Sumner had the command, and he
testified before the committee that be suffer-
cd terribly In anxiety, because, not kno sing
1nl1y the deposition of our forces, he had to
Select his reinfoIctments at random. He
happened to make the right movements, and
the enemy vas Eepulsed, the rebels tbro x1og
down their arms IN terror. Generals Hooker
AID Sumner agreed in testifyIng that there
Has nothing to prevent our folio wing up the
victory and taking Richmond But Where
YES Mcclellan? There he was, On gun-
boat, amidst his wine and cigars, giving no
attention to the operations In the field. The
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he was, ard his situation was such that ne
could know nothing Of them.
. Then came the battles Of Fair Oaks aud
Seven Pines. The great General. uaughter)
divided his Army, and put halt on oae side
and half on the other aide OF the Chicks
hominy. A. food came and the two wings
were separated by the torrent.
The enemy assailed the half beyond the
river aud oyerpowered It in spite OF great
bravery. The next day without waiting for
orders, General Sumner hurried bis men
acIoes the Chickahominy to save the army.
Then was fought the battle OF Seven Pines,
md our men were victorious. The brave
Hooker was In fro1t, as he always is, (great
They wefe within four miles of Richmond,
but Mcclellan again came up just In time to
order haltl Laughter.] Our officers
sWore and our men cursed, while Hooker In
Eain begged the privilege Of going into Rich
mond. But while the people of.that city
Pssaes s up 9r sEgo
Laughter and applausf.l
When Gen. Mcclellan was before the Mill
tary Committee he Ha8 asked where he WAS
3uffng that engagement, mud bis reply Was,
bat be could not remember where he was!
Great laughter.] But Colonel Griswold
10 was. There he was with his staff drink
ne wine and smoking csgars, and mealtat-
ng surrender Of tue army. He said to
hem: "IthaA hare 70 surrender this army;
q shaA ha,s to aekno.e<dge fh<sr sadependeacs;
A<y hars ta''ty seofa It and he must sur7sTerf
de had taken refuge On q gunboat SO that
ahen the army surrendered be would not be
'ompeilea 70 surrender himselt. Tais treach-
Ious lnlentlon 10 entertained till cour1ers
lnnoanced that the rebels were repulsed at
very point, and thRt he dare not surrender
!, vlctorous army threat appause-l And
= naI Z, man r. yoa ta!k about making Presfdent
u tne onlteo etates; Moi neVer.t
defe agal4 ne tolo nls generals they had
.Hno en9asn san o1uGteu t1ell letfeat TO
aaftlsuns y 1s Laaubg, 1ae oio Waf-~orn ne
., ger: heatny, eala thaI - man who
soaaa geve snen an 9saer % 1hat was elthera
oHa1a ,naa Or llaltor! tapplaase.1 Ihss sol.
leis Tetreateo pfeathlng curses against the
ioel, s, anu lnsy were 90 demoralzed BY 1t
y W. s.t lolSe o. len 1nousano men could have
elg4Ieo Inen .-..,
wen, Gen: rope was eenf down to Fred
fic3soalg - watch the enemy that they
algnt not 1tn upon zen. Mcclellan IN his
etreat ato destroy him. NoW, much has
cen sad against Gen. Pope, but say that
Q Has one OF the truest and most efficient Of
NJ oncers. lApplause.l say This In op-
,sst sa1 believe will some day BE- nsds to sp.
Gen. rope Was ordered to dispute every
IL re-inforcements ehon1d arrive. Zen Mc-