, 1864-09-25
GEN. FLARNSWspRTH STUMP.
ING In NEW JERSEY.


iug report Of the meeting from the D1s!y
.dd,r,tiser Of that city: -
! The principal speaker was Gen Farns-
worth, Of Illinois, most substantial repre-
Sentative of the great West, whose long nc-
qnaintsnceWith tbe President at home, IN.
and ser!iees in the battle qelds, qualified him
well for the yerY full and Instructive expo.
sit'on he made Of the great questions Of The
hour, and the characters OF the candidates
1ow before the people. With remarkable
freedom from dcclamasory. appeal, or in
famed rhetoric, his speech was glowfngly
Of Vel condensed iacts, ana held he audi
ence In Ntapt attention for IN hour. He
xevieWed the origin and progress of the war
80 conceived. and began by Southern con-
gpfratols, vindicated the character OF tho
President, Whose heart. he said, beats.
impulse IAN and tinally I'd dIscassea % ihat eSs Of Gsn
Mcclellan, under whom LIE had served In the
army. He traced him from~a subordinate
position On an Illinois railroad to the head
Of the army, spoke Of the hope his promo
ton Inspired; the Efforts on the part Of tho
aRa Sm Ss Rs1 es PeoR's o o6n
the unstinted supply Of all the men and
means he ever asked for; and his organization
Of the most splendid army the sun ever Ahone
nponi yet With all:that pfotuston OF eympa-
Thy and .aid, this "little Napoleonn com
pletely failedi- His campaiku n Virginia
Tas sketched With mailer hand, showing
that when decisive conflicts were fought be
was miles away doing Quer.ermahNeks
duties, aud that Richmond might hsve been
taken repeatedly By other GenerAle; bat, for
some- reason they could not understand,
they were always checked By his command
while on the eve Of the conflict.
Gen. Farnsworth, who was comm .nder
Of the 6th Illinois Cavalry, then geve most
Ecathlng rtvIeW Of Gen. McClelian's military
career, exposing all his tailures-- In Western
SUCCESS, although it was reported that Rose
Grams and Lander did thefighting.. After tho
battle Of Bull Bun he vas called to the
Army Of the Potomac, and from August,
1861, to March, 1869, be had everything be
asked for butmade no movement until Ma
Dassas was evacuated and the rebels carried
every thing of From thence the army pro-
ceeded to the Peninsula, entrenched d before
Yorktown, fought the battle4of Williams
burg, marched to The Chickahomtny and
suffered It's fearful dSclmatton by disesse in
the swasnps there, The campR'gn closing With
sonal knowledge that there WAS never any
vigor or energy manifested, and had McClc1-
Ian possessed ono title Of the>alaerity which
commander Of the army should have, and
been In the front, as was Sumner, Kearney,
Heintzelman and Hooker, instead Of always
In the rear, and mics away doing quarter.
masters duty. RtchmQnd might have been
taken, after either the battle Of Williams
burRh or Fair Oaks or Malvern Hill
but although these gallant generals were
chatting to follow up successes NO orders
Easted,' and Instead famlsg dispatches OF
t'another glorious ylctory,n or 'successful
changesof1 1base'' were -tefegraphed to deceive
the people. On the retreat IN June. 1862 We
lost 40 pieces Of artillery, but nothing was
! said Of that, and Mcclellan, instead Of being
with The army, was at aarrison's Landing
,prdinates; and especially Fltz 1ohn Porter,
and led to the defeat Of Pope At the battle
| Of .Antfetam the same spirit Was manlftated,
and though the soldiers won tho fight thu
| commanding General lost The success, aud
took Two weeks to cross 1oEd wheh .1et =
The many delays- and lost opportunities O.
| success, Of the rcd tape clrcumiocutton, ths
bri1uance- and ine1citncy Of the stat, th'
location Of headquarters behind the army
the GLOW marching, Sc. all clearly demon
sttatea The & nttcr A ineihslensy rs ot t ths M Gem na
that he had not been properly sustained
Coming from participant In those memor
able contests and from ono whose com
mAnd was every In the advance,
could not 1all TO, convince tho mos
sssssst .dyosa:s Of Mcclellan ;o Ct nl. atse f.
i.not impugn General McClellsn's persona
I courage, General F. charged that be lacke.
moral courage and had lear Of reapoDsl
billtg, which completely nulltded Ill bis bel
ter qualities. Tie army, be charged, ba
1ost their lore for him; II sherman's COIN
maud he would scarcely get a vose, white 1
the Army Of the Potomac, under the gsAAn
Grant, our soldiers were fighting for victory
and had long since learned the difference b.
tween the policy Of the two leaders. ~.
Speaking OF General McClellanr twant {
mofal coufkge, his formalitles and hesitation
In this face Of little obstacles which neve
impeded the shoeless enemy be ought to hay
Ing eont1ast between bis splendid cam
81 eunipage, which Was always ID the rear OF a
ADVANCE With that, of General Grsnt, VT
!. went On his triumphant career down the Nj
sIssippi, With no baggage on earth buta 81
\ / gle ehirt and combt