The daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1863-1864, 1864-11-19
McClelIan's Future.

The Inisuigsacer of yesterday INDUCES IN !
quite little rhodomontade over the re-
sienation Of Gen. McOlsllan q . major
general in the regular army, and Fcphesies
the end of his political and military career
1t was to be expected that after the New
York Tribune, Cincinnati Commerciat> and
other healthy Abolition organs had vented
their spleen upon him, that this tail END
fugler should join in with the pack, and
help to swell the hue and cry. But when,
to cap the climax, it odds that 9as hestands
before the world he is entitled to our pity"
it certainly records one of the most disin.
terested specimens Of generosity and mags
uanimity found in the annals Of history
Pity! Oh George B. Mcclellan better for
you that you had milestone tied about
your neck and were sunk even to the
depths of the sea-" than that you bad not
found favor with that creme de Ia creme OF
Lincoln organs, the high toned and chival>
rous Wheeling Lntell9encer. 1t compares
his position when this "cruel war is over,'
with that of Grant, Sherman, Sheridan
Hooker, &c. Well, let US, for the sake ar
gument, look into the career of these
mighty men, these .stupsndous brilliants
which are to adorn the coronet OF the God
dess of Liberty in future history. First on
the list stands Grant-Uncle Sam Grant,
Omitted States Grant" "invincible GRAM"
and host of other pet names by which he
is known to magnanimous public. Grant
who unites and embodies the military
qualifications of an Alexander, with the
discretion Of Q Wellington, and the stub.
borness of q Rlucher. Grant, who is 90
wonderfully callous to castigation that che
never knows when he is whipped, 10 short,
Grant who embraces in bis small frame, the
heart, soul, breathing apparatus, teeth and
toe nails of all that is pugnacious in this
"gellorious country" The victory which
brought this hero into prominent notice
was the capture of Vicksburg. Hesat down
before the Notifications with as fine an
army a. the sun ever sbone upon; we'll sup.
plied with all the munitions of war, and
we'll disciplined under former generals; be
succeeded, after An immense waste of matsri-
al and prodigious sacrifice of life, in re-
ducing the place and thus nominally OPEN
ing the Mississippi river. Nominally, be
cause it has ever been depot of supplies
for the rebels, who ask no better prey than
the steamboats, which Uncle Sam is kind
enough to send. When he captured Vicks
burg the welkin rang again and he was
Immediately called north to take command
of the army Of the Potomac, the army Of
many defeats, now, however, totally reor-
ganized and effectually disciplined and
comprising altogether one Of the finest and
most effective organizations ever command
ed by a general of modern times. "On to
Richmond" was the cry, and on to Rich.
mond he went. He reached a certain point
with the loss of many thousand men, to
which General Mcclellan had penetrated
without the loss of man; and there he
remains with luis grand army crippled and
baffled. He avowed his intention at start
ing to flight it out on that line if it took all
summer" some time since the "sear and
yellow leaf" warns us of the approach Of
autumn, and now the chill and nipping
frosts suggest the proximity of winter, and
still that s'summer's" proceeding seems as
vague and indefinite as ever. He has had
every assistance which government of
inexhaustible resources could command,
and states in his letter to President Lin.
coin tn It if be is not victorious NO blame
can attach itself to the authorities at Wash
ington, as they have done all in their pow
or to render him every assistance. How
different General McCIellan's epistle to
the minions at the Capital, in which he
says that if he succeeds in saving the
remnant of that army which had battled
nobly for seven days, that he owed them
nothing, they had done all they could to
destroy his army. So much for Grant-he
is one of the men whose names, are to
live respected in history when the name of
the hero of Antetam shall have been for.
gotten.
Next We come to Sherman. A respecta-
bic nursery rhyme states, though the au-
thority for doing so has never been salts
factorily proven, that "the King of France
with forty thousand men, marched up the
bill and then-marched down again." OIL
course the mighty potentate of the French
must have had very good reasons for such
conduct, as his example has been emulat-I
ed even in our day. Sherman marched
down to Atlanta and is now speedily
marching back again. His capture of the
place was as barren in it's results as Cal
igula's bloodless victory over the sea. He
is also to have very high position accord>
cd to bin in the history that will be writ
ten before long, and posterity must accord |
to him much" respect /
And now we come to Sheridan, gallant |
Phil, whose forward and back dance in the |
Shenandoah Valley has gained him mighty |
name. He 10 to succeed Mcclellan as Mai. |
General in the regulars Perhaps this sud |
den accession Of good fortune may prove
too much for him and, by aspiring to the |
sext presidency he too may become an
enemy Of the government. His record in
history will be bright one. Coming gen
erations cannot fail to admit the character
of 10 = Al r.