The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Fayetteville, N.C.) 1864-186?, 1864-07-19

AMOS KENDALL ON TIE WAR.-This ole
politician and political intri guer has agai,
come before the public He is new en-
gagged in endeavoring to make somebody
the next president of Lincolndom Here
is late letter Of his addressed ito the
American citizen who longs for a speedy
restoration Of peace, liberty, and ti4e Tn
ion:''
In 1872 when Geacral Mcclellan was
before Richmond wi,> th,. ARM Of the
Potomac, there were tive .jor generals
in the State Of Virginia with seperate
commands, viz: Mcclellan before Rich.
mond Wool at fortress Monroe, Mellow
ell at Fredericksburg. Banks in the Shea-
andoah Valley, anl Fremont in Wsstcr,
| Virginia. The President himself d the
Secretary of War gave ore.cls direct to
ieac|, ofthcse Generals, consta;;tly inter-
| tca711s witt. their plans, ana especially
those Of Gen. Mcclellan.
The number aud dc.cription-of troops
necessary, in that generals opinion, for
the capture of Richmond, had been def
nitely fixed up..n apparently with their
approval. Rnt when BE MAS about to start
the President took from ilim 10 600 men
of these troops, Blrnker's division, for the
purpose Of increasing the command Of
Gen. Fremont. Before he lett Washing
ION he had been authorized to draw To-
oso nlan from Fortress Monroe to aid him
in his enterprise: The day after his ar
rival at that post, that authority was with
drawn from him.
Thus, before he advanced upon Rich
mond, be was deprived Of %, ,0oe men Of
his contemplated force.
Gen. Mcclellan believed that without
the aid of Gen. McDo~eli's corps Of So
900 men he was still strong cnoug!, to
take Ae..rebel capital. He fought his way
to the very gate and Mcdowell was On the
point Of joining him, when he too was or
dered upon another service, and the rebel
capital WIS saved.
Now who can doubt that if Mcclellan
had been allowed 10 retain these ffsy-hv
Thousand men, and to manage the cam
paign in his own way, even without the
power to order reinforcements which
Grant now possesses, Richmond would
then have been taken and the rebellion
driven farther Souh, perhaps entirely
suppressed? Who then is responsible for
the subsequent calamities and the indef-
mite prolongaton Of the war Who is re-
sponsible for the awful consequences of
thus deprivins Mcclellan OF the force
deemed by him necessary for the capture
Of Richmond Who is responsible
For the blood Of Malvern Hill and 9TH
er fields during McCiellan's retirement to
Harrison's lancing?
For the hlovd Of the second defeat at
Bull Run2
For the blood Of Antietam
For the blood Of Fredericksburg?
For the bleod of charlottesville !?
For the blooG of Gettysburg
For the blood that is now flowing in
rivers between fredericksburg and Rich
mond?
Yes, who shall answer for all this car
mage when God "maketh inquisi,ion for
blood %
Not. surely, Gen. Mcclellan, who would
have preveated it had he been alone. And
,he JOY that aEimatess eYcry1oxak-<--r1
an hcasisg sxJunds q Yt:tu1 .roaR tbs ]
.zss.aSs ross.s.i5, rs ssvertc,s>a ~ the
reflection that the blood which, it cost is y
sacrifice made necessary by military and
political jsaousiy, now intensified into
pers onal hatred, which would sppcarent-
~ rather see the Union perish than that
Gen. Mcclellan sheuld in a subordinate
command, aid Gen. Grant in saving it.