Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-10-28
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, Ithas been question of much discus
sion ever since Mcclellan accepted the
Chicago nomination, whether the canoi-
date stood on the platform or on III ana
no, few of that class of Democrats VINO
like TO preserve at least the appearance Oh
consistency and common sense, have been
sorely puzzled to decide whether TO de-
clare themselves in favor of the PLATFORM
or of the candidate. or of both' or OF mel
Their. We will give few bret items Oh
what il said of him and his position oy
his confidential and influential irlendS'
and perhaps the doubters will be WISER
we are not:
The New York correspondent OF the
London Times says:
"He General George B. McClellan) IS
understood to have explained away SOME pas
sagos in n recent speech, which, originally,
co5yeyed the impression that he was IN favor
If war for the extirpation of Slavery, and TO
have otherwise made himself more aecepta-
HE than formerly TO that great wing Vi tue
Democratic party whose whole sYnpatnleS
are with the South"
4 writer in the Boston Daily ideeF'Ssr
says:
"Siuce that public letter, General McCiel-
Ian has written private letters to various ~
fiuential persons, very different from his let
ter of acceptance"
The New York Daily NewS says:
"Let General Ne Clellan assert publicly, as
he does privately, that he tciR taror an 'n'nie-
d;ate cessation of hostikt,eS and Convention
of all the States, and the Daily AeicS, and
we believe the entire Peace Party will admit
that he stands upon the Chicago platform,
and will give him their earnest support
The Chicago Times says:
"Sundry loyal newspapers are now IN
tensely exercised in an effort to ascertain
whether Mcclellan stands on the Chicago
platform or not. As he distinctly states ~
his letter of acceptance that he does, their
anriety seems to be an unnecessary one.
The Cincinnati Enquirer says:
"He stands on the platform erected BY the
Convention, as far rs it goes, and adds an
other plank to please himself.
"Our readers know we don't believe in that
plank, but we shall not quarrel with General
Mcclellan for regarding it with favor, simply,
because, wader his administration, ii could
nerer be required for use"
And last, but not least, the Hon. Fer
nando Wood says:
at is an error to suppose that General
Mcclellan and the peace men so widely dif-
fer. 1t is true that he does not use the pre-
else language Of the platform adopted ut Chi
cago-he says nothing Of an armistice-ot a
cessation Of hostilitieS, nor Of National
Convention-but he says nothing against
them, but does most explicitly declare SEN
siment, or, if you please, dogma, which
covers the ground"
And continues the Hon. Fernando:
"He is oar Agent, and the creature Of or
roice :"
A proud position. truly, for man to
occupy. who was once COMMANDMENTS
chief of the Army of the United States Of
America, and who might have been such
to-day had he not proved himself grossly
incompetent, if not full-hedged traitor
FIGHTING PHIL. SHERIDAN.
More than tiny other officer in the
National army, Major-General Phil Sher-
idan is at present attracting the attention
of the American people. Every item Of
information concerning his biography is
consequently of interest. A correspondent
of the S. F. Gail who processes an intimate
acquaintance with him says:
"Sheridan is about Ave feet eight inches in
height, spare built, has frank open counte-
nance, and his eye is beauty; clear and
commanding, it can, when he is excited,
make any man cover. Ordnance Sergeant
Loherly, recently stationed at Fort Point, can
attest the truth as to the effect his eye has on
men deserving reprimand. Sheridan went
East with his regiment at the commence
ment Of the war, and often wondered he did
not make himself conspicuous as a great
soldier before the present time. He entered
the contest as Second Lieutenant of an In
fantry Regiment, and therefore his prospects
for advancement we're anything but promis-
ing. II he were not soldier, tried and true,
and General Of more than ordinary ability,
he never could have exchanged the humble
Lieutenant's shoulder-straps for the Major
Generals handsomer ornaments. l think II
you consult the Army Register for 1856 you
will find Sheridan to be Irish by birth, and
that he went to West Point from MaGsachu-
sets. II not actually born in the land Of
warriors, he is at least OF Irish parentage.
Editorially the Call says.
"Sheridan was appointed Brigadier- Gen
eral of the Volunteers from Ohio; his com.
mission as such is dated July |, 1862. The
National Almanac gives Ohio as his birth.
place. 1t will be recollected that Grant rec
commended be be made Brigadier-General OF
the Regular Army, after his first decisive vic
tory over Early, in the Valley; and the re-
quest was promptly complied with BY the
authorities at Washington"
The Washington correspondent of the
Chicago Journal says:
"There is no waste timber about Sheridan
not much Of him, physically, but snugly
nut together. A square face, warm, black
eve, a pleasant smile, reach Of under jaw
showing that "when he will, he will, you
NAV depend on't;" black hair trimmed round
like garden border; no Hyperion curl about
him aiy more than there was about Crom-
wells troopers; and altogether impressing
YOU with the truth that there is about as much
energy packed away in about the smallest
space that you ever saw in your life. Men
ranging down from medium size to little, with
exceptions enough to prove the rule, seem tc
carry the day among the heroes. Moses was
something OF General, but not Falstaff
Alexander the Great and Peter the Grea'
were little; Cromwell wa, no giant, and as
for Napoleon-why, what was he but the
Little Corporal ;" Sheridan is a capital ex'
ecutive officer; perhaps he would be hardly
equal to planning great campaign. but
Jehu wouldn't he drire it With goot
piece OF his head behind his ears, and hardly
reverence enough for Mandarin, he is mo-
afraid of the face of clay. A chief of cavalry
he is indeed chief among ten thousand
Pleasant voiced, mild hammered, not given tc
long yarns, you would hardly suspect he is 4
+. thunderbolt in charge, and all emphatic
human syllable all over"