New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-10-05

brigadier in the column Of joseph Hooker. Gen. Ne
Cleans plan cOncocted by others AID put Into l,s
hands. It vas agreed on in ccuLcl OF wal. TI6t
plan was submittedi 10 the President It wa submitted
III TIE presence OF secretary Stanton. Stanton pat en
through strict cOuTsc OF exau..nouol one. Oen.
Bonke owned that he did not uderstand the pan but
would sus ain H. os he thought he had t. cbcy the man.
dates II his che; Gen. Nagee was OF those pTesent
and stanton observed that be had but ore star Sr,
said Mr. Stanton, 'y0G have right hero l an
repres, nting Gen. Hooker said ne 1t was erwrd
found that Gen. Nagee Was absent without leave.
and that Fighting Joe Hooker knew nothing OF the
council. lApplause.J'
Tie report from which you clip this extract does not
purport to be reybatim-nor was it full have. how
ever 10 special exception to take to tho passage yon
quote It cmbodics a fsir statement Of ny assertions
r as L goes. 1t refers what occurred during the
first week in March sG1 and must follow in tho report.
which have not read, M statement Of tho disappoint
ment weinformed men had experienced in the last
week Of February.
had told the audience Of tho hopes entort iaed by
the President the sccfe,ny Of War and leading Mem
bers Of Congress Of the Success Ok Ger. McCleltns
proposed surprise Of the Rebels The Inc Of rrouss-
vile You doubtless remember that tho Of chat
promised movement said by the General depend
the fact that it was TO be snTPrise That no saspi
con Of bis contemplated movement might DO excited
he proposed that Instead Of constructing poncors OF
hauling them .tbithor ho would collect in the canal
canabol;s Of which TO construct bridge rcrcss tho
Potomac. This he did ut h.5 leisure. IN WIS nov
ready. IF anything wanting, be had nobody but
himself to blame, q lie himself had said.
The morning Of tho eventual day arrived, AID 10.
diac4 y. and difficulty which 70 the seminent
engiuee. commanding the army WIS insuperable. II
had never occurred to lin to measure the outlctock
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and no Just at the critical moment they some
feet wider than the lock they ostinately refused to
pass through Was i. not vexatiousl also told the
meeting of the puerc excuses FOR the salnrc which he
offered In the presence OF the Hon. BENZ Wade. Of Ohio,
aud Andrew johnson. then Senator from Tennessee,
aud he, he in their presence proposed to make another
cbort surprise the Robots over u bridge which he
thought could be built IN ten days. Those who heard
nc viii remember all this aud an quite sue that Gen.
Mcclellan. inarm as his memory appears TO be. can
yerfy all ny statements.
further said, in Substance, that this fact following
tie Incident of the stoyepipe a; Mnnsous Eli and tie
wooden guns at Manassas, had exhausted even the
Presidents stock Of patience. But that he had IN .e
kindness Of his heart determined TO give Gen. Nc
Cellan chance to redeem liself from utter T.dicae,
and had given bin ten days In which 10 propose
plausible plan q campaign. IL then bat said
lie bad no plan and that When several of tie promised
ten dnys had passed he wcs sill without plan.
At this point Of tine, ny dear General, yoa cone
UPON tho scene, and iealrm all thai said OF you
without Attempting to reproduce tie language Of my
address, roGfIrIn this not the authority Of one
whom am proud to cal my friend, the Hon.E. ~ Stan
ton hut Of whose word you ought to accept as be
was . graduate OF West Po!at, brigadier-senera OF
volunteers aud enjoyed. in An eminent degrees. Che
confidence Of Gen. Mcclellan. then Comnander-in-
Chief Of the Armies IL tie United States
Indeed, my dear General. he was commanding bri.
saae updor Gsn. Hooker in lower Haryiand. shiloh
think y0ui position when goa received ooWnuni-
cation from Democratic Senator Nr. Latham, of Cal
ornie which. though L cannot give you its precise
language yet You know that Gen. Mcclellan was IN
denger OF removal because he had stipulated to submit
plan Of campaiyn within certain number CT days.
and would Dc removed II he did not ard requested you
TO hasten 70 Washington. I am quite sure, NY dear
General that you VIII rot deny this that in pgrsu
ancc Of that communication. you did hasten TO Wash
inston, aud chagriael at fading that Mr. La
than had left Cor New.York.
Nor further. that you found letter from him await,
lug you in which be regretted that duties in connec
ton with the Pacific Mail service imper.ously de-
mandcl his presence ia New.York that day. 1t.
however referred You to another Den0craiic Senator
81. Rice Of Minnesota, and told yog 20 confer freely
with him. you wond have done With the writer,
be understood tho docacy Of the Generals situation
aud might be conferred with frankly and safely Now,
say again. that you VIII contradic. Of
these statements aud ask You how NY valued AID hon
ored friend the Secretary Of War, could have given
me these facts which were meant be so confidential
Ny other assertions OF hsN yoa proposed the plan OF
the Peninsula campaign and politicians say.
packed" council OF war. all equally true and
wei known to you. You escape by artnIy sug.
e,ung that each OF the twelve Generals who ateuded
that council was entitled but one star Eleven of
them commanded divisions. II was called a council
OF division co,nmenlcrv, yet Henry NJ. Nagiec com
nander Oh brigade, there the iimsy prelense
that it not easy summon his division comman-
der, Gen Hooker IL was 10 communicate with him.
Now. my dear Genera. let ask you IN all eandor
were you reported absent without leave the
day on which that council met, TIE records in
errori
Perhaps have, By this time, excited yoar curiosity
20 the source from which derived such minute and
accurate information. II so, will crafty You. Al
tis information came TO me. not you ASSUME from
the Hon. Edwin NJ. Stanton, but from you Henry II,
Naglec late BrisaGier Of United States Volun
teers. On tho night OF the 20th Of March e6e you
went in the from Broad and Prime streets Wash
ingion. DO you not remember the buoyancy with
which you related al this and how yOa exulted in the
success OF the arce in which you had been pronI
ncnt an actori Ny dear General. your campGSn had
not then been tested bot that the result Is before
U.s. do you not COVER before the ghosts OF the brave
pds who were SLOW ly murdered by tne malaria of