The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1864-09-20
MCCLELLAN At THE SOUTH.

MCCLELLAN AT THE SOUTH.
from me TriiuHs.
The public we Judge, Il rather amused than
alarmed by the frantic, scrcechy objurpation,
wherenith General Mcclellan is defended by the
World and its compatrOts against the charge of
being at heart on The side of the Rebels and Of
having cvinccd this preference while in com unpd
OF the Union armies Such simulated mysteries
have 10 proper place in political warfare. They
deceive no one worm the trouble. That we do
most firmly believe that General Mcclellan, while
directing the forces of the Union against the
rebellion, was desirous not to crush the Rebels,
but TO delay, and temporze, and hold back,
until foreign complications, and financial en-.
barrassment and popular dscouragement.
should force our Government to compromise
WhlCh should rC-cstuDli-h the slave power in It's
tormer baleiul asccndency over the Government
ana politics of our COnutry-this is our immoya-
bic conviction, based on multitudinous facts of
unmstakabc import If circumstintial evidence
can prove anything, then it is proved that the
. General in Chief who rumlin0d Obstinatelv torpid
through the lOrg bright autumn and early winter
1 OF 1861, dOgEedy para yZing a magnificent army
OF one hundred and City 10 two hundred thon.
sand men, as brave and capable as ever shoul-
dered musket, whi there were not at any time
sixty thousand, and often not forty thousand
opposed to him-we say It is proved that this
General inChief did not CndeayOr nor intend TO
put down the saveholders' Rebellion
We make the point so simple that it cannot be
u betogged by abuse of the Administration. Mr.
Lincoln deserves what he has received for re.
tanning this man in command after this exhibit
ton Of his bad faith utter incapacity; and
: it1gere easy to show that the division Of com
mass in the spring Of 1862 was one Of those
weak eNpedients, splitting the difference between
right and wrong, which always result in disaster.
In view of McClellan's reluctance TO move in
the spring of lS52-hs long delay before an
utterly contemplate force at Yorktown-his
struggling advance To and disastrous fight at VIII
liamsburg-his snalike progress 10 the defenses
OF Rchmond-his waiting, and digging, and
permitting an exposed corps TO be attacked in
Overwhelming force and badly cut up at Fair
oaks or Seven Pines-hls waiting, waiting until
I Stonewall Jackson had concluded his raid
down the valley, and returned to confront him at
Richmond-his permitting one wing of his army
to be crushed at Games mill before ordering nm
adequate support-hiS retreat from the Chicka-
y hominy, abandoning or destroying millions worth
!. of mateyiei, when not half his army had fired
shot, and when II held strong defensive position
from which all the Ret in Virginia could not
4 have driven it, had it been blessed with fit
General, or none no all-his looking after lines OF
retreat while his glorious army was fighting, and
winning the battle Of Malvern Hill-and then
ordering II TO retreat again so the victory
was won-hOw any one can believe, or even have
the assurance TO pretend, that he ever wished or
meant to put the Rebellion down by fighting and
shauering its armies, we cannot imagine.
We find perfect explanation of his military
career in the remark of his subordinate and adj
mireT Major Key, who, being asked why the
Rebel army was not driven into the Potomac aud
destroyed directly after the battle of Antetam or
Sharpsburg, uUconsciouNy replied in substance
-" Because that IS not the game. Our policy is
to exhaust the Rebels and ourselves in indie
I cisive warfare; thus only can the Union be re-
stored ana slavery saved by an amicabe com
promise" And that is the policy which now com
mends General Mcclellan to the admiration and
I support of tens of thousands who have stead
fasty insisted that the Rebellion never could and
never ought to be subdued.
The pIeteDse of his supporters that the Rebels
do not desire General McClellan's election is a
transparent falsehOOd. The two or three articles
published in Richmond journals to conceal this
fact deceive none but natural fools. Everywhere
the Rebels are eXulting at the prospect of what
they term "peace"-that is, the triumph of dis.
J union--in case Mcclellan shall be elected. Thus,
the Charleston CO1uier-aways among the most
dignifed and deservedly influential journals of
the South-in an article copied into our last, says
"a of us perceive the intimate connection existing be
tween the armies Of the COniederaCy and the
that are working together Tor the procurement peace.
sdeTiLg, altogether dependent success on the
courage and resolution Of our fighting II their
generalship' sasacity vaor, and vigilance unable
obtain victories ana To arrest the progress Of the invading
hordes. the existing Administration will laugh
all the efforts Of the Opposition and in spite
powerful combinations, viii continue to hold the places
"our success in battle insure, the success Mcclellan
Our failure Will eyhb lad to his defeat II vic
torres mat nave crowned our arms since TINS year began
that have given csteuce strength aud harmony to that
mont again the despot his minions II is long,
unbroken series of splendid successes that has embOened
the few and honesty I'm YankeedOm raise
their voices In denunciaon OF the unconstitutional, base
foolish adopted and enforced by their Cavern
and they have gathered the banner their
exceptional men large number that they have good
hope being able to make head against the oppres
tyraLt."
He who does not know that the Mcclellan
party of the North is regarded by the Rebels as
their ally must be grossly, wilfuly ignorant.
They believe that Mcclellan, if elected, will at
once Concede their independence. Whatever
may be the fact, such is their conviction; and
they are eNhausting their last energies in an
effort TO hold out until after our Presidential
election. When their hopes shall be blasted by
the result we believe that the masses will con-
strain their reckless, desperate leaders to throw
themselves on the generosity Of the Government,
and that our long devastated country will enjoy
once more the BILE, scdness of peace.