Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1864-09-22
The Administration Giving Ev-
idemce I'm Favor OF General
Mcclellan.

In view of the attempts of the Republi-
can papers to circulate slanders against Gen
eral Mcclellan, we give the following tes-
timony respecting his abilities and services
from various members of the administration:
WAsBINGToN, July 2, 1862.
Major General George h. Mcclellan:
lam satisfied that yourself officers, and men
have done the best you could. All accounts say
better lighting was never done. Ten thousand
thanks for 1t. a. LlNCOLN.
Two days afterward, when Mr.. Lincoln
had fuller information, General Mcclellan
received the following
wAsHINGToN, July 5, 1862.
Major General George b. Mcclellan Command
Athousand thanks for the relief your two dis
patches Of y and r NJ; yesterday gave me. BE
''' ''' '''''' ''''' - app a. IfScoLN.
In August, 1862, Mr.. Lincoln made a
speech at the White House, in which he
said
"rhere has been a very widespread attempt
to have a quarrel between General Mcclellan
General McClelan's attitude is such that in the
very selflshness of his nature he cannot but
know General Mcclellan wishes to
be successful. General Mcclellan is not
l believe he is II brave and able man,
and stand here, as justice requires me to do,
to take upon myself what has been charged on
the Secretary of War as Withholding from him.
Here is General Haleck's testimony:
WAsHINGroN, August 81, 1862
General George B. Mcclellan
beg OF you to assist me in this crisis with
your ability and experience. ! am entirely
General-n-C Chief.
WASHINGTON, d. c., Sept. Sept. 80.
| Mtjor- General Mcclellan, Comn,tnding etc:
the result OF the battles Of south Mountain ant
the the President They were not only hard Tough
battles, but well-earned and decided victories.
The valor and endurance OF your army in TN
sion Of the enemy from the loyal State of Mary
land, are creditable alike to the troops and to
! the officers who commanded them.
A grateful country, while mourning the Ia
mented dead, will not be unmindful of the hon
ors due to the living
H. W. HALLEcK, General in Chief
Says Mr.. Lincoln, referring to Antietam
WASHINGTON, Sept. Is, 1862.
To Mt.jor- General George b. Mcclellan
Your dispatch of day received. God bless
and all with you Destroy .hf ScoIY fsSe InrY%'
But the Republican Congress also gives
its testimony. On the 10th day of July
Mr. Edwards (Rep,) of New Hampshire,
offered the following resolution in the House
of Representatives, and it was unanimously
adopted:
l
presented to Major General George B. Mcclellan
and the officers and soldiers of his command, fol
the series of brilliant victories which by theil
skill ahd bravery they have achieved over reb
els and traitors in arms on the battle-fields O.
Western Virginia."
On the 9th of May, 1862, after the victo
ries of Yorktown, Williamsburg, and Wes
Point, Owen Lovcloy, the most ultra radi
cal in the House of Representatives, Offered
the following resolutions, which were unan
imously adopted:
"RcsoLucd, That it is with feelings of devou
gratitude to Almighty God, that the House o
Representatives, from time to time, hears OF th'
triumphs of the Union army in the great strug
gle for the supremacy Of the Constitution ant
the integrity of the Union.
| "ResoiUed That we receive with profound sat
isfaction intelligence of the recent victories
achieved by the army of the Potomac, associa
ted from their localities with those of the Revo
luton, and that the sincere thanks of the Hous,
are hereby rendered to Major General Georg,
j. Mcclellan for the display of those high mill
tary qualities which secure important result,
with but little sacrifice of human life."
Let Democrats bear this testimony il
mind, and when efforts are made to belittle
General McClellan's great services to tn,
State, let the significant testimony of Mr.
Lincoln, General Halleck, and the Republi
can Congress be produced.