Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1864-10-24

and ned IN dlsmay
Bat our object in alladiDg TO the bat
tie of Cedar Greek is for the purpose of
contrasting the conduct Of its command
er with another officer who, in his day,
was rsputsd to be Little Napoleon. and
to-day aspires to the Presidency because
Of his military achievements; for ,hiG
most inf ~ted followers never think of
basing bis eIzn.--2on any other founda-
ton. History noacAers records that
Gen. He Czsllan rushed to the fron! at
The sesasd Of the enemys guns We
have never read that be sven recon
neitered, in person, the positions taken
by his adversary, and which be had to
storm before the object of his campaigns
could possibly be secured. Atthe battle
Of Williamsburg he permitted two or
three divisions Of his army TO struggle
all day With superior force without
once visiting the scene of unequal strife
And when, late in the afternoon, he did
reach the battle fsld, it was only to dis
parage the gallaBsry OF the men who
had fought so hereically by awarding ell
the credit of success to 9 division that
had borns but o small part Of the brunt
Of the battle. At Fair Oaks his army
was surprised ~ was Saeridan's ct Cedar
Greek Notwithstanding il was taken
unawares, and the division attacked was
composed largely Of raw troops. il still
/ fought nobly. For long hours il ssemmed
the tide OF rebels that was surging
against ii, but at no time during that
bloody day was it eheered by the pres
enee Of it's eommAndsr-in-ehief he
was far back 10 the rear telegraphisg the
War Department. thai the very men who
we're thus struggling against oyerpower.
ing numbers had behaved baldy. Thanks
to General Sumner, who vas always At
the front when the missiles Of death asw
thickest, General Casey aad his gallant
division we're saved from annihilation.
| Daring the celebrated " change Of
base" from the York 10 the James
River, and the ssven days' battle result
ing thsrefrom, does any Que remember
Of anywhere reading thA, Gen. MeClel-
Ian passed down the entire lines from
left to right, swinging his bat as he
went, and then leading the boys TO vic
tory7 We have nowhere 90 resd IT, On
tbs contrary, be was always far to the
rear, hunting a place Of retreat The
Sighting Of his army was entrusted en-
tireiy TO subordinates he seems never
TO have been At the eritieal point a. the
critical time When bis subordinate
officers, Notwithstanding the absence Of
their superior, repulsed the mad as
ssults of foemen flushed with victory,
and drove them from BLOODY 6eIds, il
was only 20 receive orders from their
commander, fer to the rear-vho, from
the nature Of his position, was unable to
tell how the battle vas going-,o retire,
leaving their dead and wounded com
rades ia the hauds Of the enemy. No
wonder that Phil KeArney, in al the
agony of his great soul, at being thus
compelled 70 retreat from victorious
baitie-6slds, raised bis arm to heaven
aud selemnly declared thA. such orders
we're prompted BY eowRrdice, or what
was worse, treason.
Sheridan at Cedar Greek and McClel-
Ian through all Of hisYirginia campaigns
are the antipodss of each other. sheri
dan plucks victory from the jaws Of de
feat. Mcclellan converts even vietory
into disaster Sheridan, when he get
an advantage over an adversary, pursue
him with relentless and iireless pert
naeity. Mcclellan never used al
advantage to the detrinent of his oppo
: uenls Sheridan fights with bis men
Mcclellan seldom saw even his me-
: fight Sheridan always fights his arm
in mass-hurliug artillery, cavalry an
infantry upon bis foe at one and th
same tims-erushing their lines By th
2 very weight of bis onslaught McCls
u Ian aghts his army by driblsis-permi
ting his vary adversary to beat him i
detail. be never fou yht the entire arm
: Of the Potomac. He only permitted di
= ferent divisions and corps TO fght o
: their osn hook, under the eyes Of the
respective commanders. In short, Sher
q dan wins victories Mcclellan only an
= narrowly escaped continued and incel
: SAINT defeats
's These points of difference, which "
have briefly and imperfsctly given, mui
8 strike the minds of ell who ha'
I thoughtfully watched the progress of Il
r war and the ae.iOns of the different mi
u tary commanders who have figured mo
~ prominently in it. "a a 4 - 3
is We need hardly add hat man po
Is sessing Gen. Mcclellan peculiaritiss-
n his inability to act in great emergsnei
,e ia not the man to make President
iy the United StatsA
- Ballot-Bsx Stufing.
= The Philadelphia Telegraph OF Il
"a l4th inst, says:
IA The effort Of the Belmont Copperhes
"A Committee TO I'll our bsIIot-boxes wi
fraudulent votes, failed 10 its object. o
- streets we're thronged with gangs Of Ne