The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1864-10-04


it was agreed by his friends he might
express IS his own They know that
he will not, if elected, separate himself
from his party; and they are also
aware that there is not rebel sympa-
thizer in the north but belongs to bis
party, and that the control Of its ma
chinery Is in the hands ofjust such men.
They know how weak he was as a
military commander; that even when
circumstances compelled him to defeat
the enemy, or rather to allow his sub
ordinates to dose he always delayed,
through one excuse and another, till his
antagonist could repair the damages
done.
On the DIST Of April, 1868, the Rich
mond Wing, not knowing then that it
might want to use THE little gentle
man, to further its own interests, pub
lished an article Jon his military quail
fieations, in which it showed how, by
his incapacity.and cowardice, he failed
TO accomplish anything, when he could,
by decisive course, .have crushed the
Confederacy. 1t says;
A review ofhis career from the time
he claimed Roseerans' laurels in the
little affair at Rich Mountain, down to
the time Of the battle of Antietam,
would be instructive to the nation Of
liars, who accepted him at his own lying
valuation, end discarded him because
his falsehoods, gigantic as they were,
produced no yisable impression upon
the rebellion. 1t might also profit the
Confectionery to trace in the career of
his braggart the oyerruling power which
has never failed to darken the cOun-
sells of the wicked, and to cause all
things TO work together for good in be-
half of the just cause. Nothing Is
easier to prove, than that the election
of Mcclellan TO the position of Com
mander-in chief of the Yankee army,
was all that was needed, after the cleo
ton Of Lincoln, to insure our indepen-
dence. The recital of few facts will
show how greatly we are indebted to
him.
In October, 1861, he had 10000 men
and the most overwhelming array OF
field artillery that had ever been seen
upon this continent Before him was
an army of 10000 Confederates, occu-
pyine Mason's and Munson's Hills and
defantly daring him to come out OF his
Notifications The roads were good
and weather splendid, he had but to
advance in force to gain an easy victory
so, at least, thought his master, Lin
coin But he knew his men were cow
ards and he was afraid of his reputation
He did not want to fight he sought
merely TO push Us from one position TO
another by dint of enormous numbers
hence the flank movement By way Of
Leesburg, which ended so horribly, and
benumbed him with fright for three
months.
Driven by an imperative order to ad-
vance again, in spite of the winter mud,
he entered the entrenched camp at
Manassas only to find it mass of sur
rounding ruins.
lie shipped round to the Peninsula,
taking ll2,000 men with him. Magru-
der opposed him with but 1900 men,
held him in check, and forced him.to the
use of the spade and and pick, his Ia
yorite weapons. He made seige and IN
due time occupied our deserted lines.
The battle of Williamsburg followed
His advance was whipped by Johnston S
FEAR guard, but owing partly to the g
noranee of the country and the bad
handling of some of our troops, he was
enabled to gain enough advantage on
one wing, TO put some eOnceit into his
men He acknowledged, however, at
one time it looked as if the Bull Run
rout would be enacted again.
Space will not permit US to follow the
Young Napoleon through the narrative
of his career The Yankees might have
taken Richmond after the battle of the
Seven Pines, when our forces were in
confusion After the battle of Hano
YER Courthouse he might have done
the same thing. After the battle of
Antietam the same.
But why should the Wing be so severe
On one who had so served its friends by
his incapacity ? Simply because it never
supposed he would be of any future use
10 it and them. The Wing saw that he
had sunk in the estimation Of the peo-
pie of the North; it believed that he
had played his last farce, and had re
tired forever from the stage and there
fore no harm could come Of telling the
truth Indeed it prefaced the above
facts, by telling us so young Napo-
con" il said, us dead-dead beyond |
In the iiesh he may still
walk the earth, but in spirit, in power, /
n the hope Of glory, he is defunct. 1t |
5 noteworthy fact that the ulaloos
md hullabaloos over this person have
'eased in Yankeeland. For two or
hree months after his dismissal, he was
he pet object of Democratic sympathy |
nd conservative sympathy; but now
ven Beast Butler has grander oyations
han he. His name is seldom heard
.mong men He is no more"
The facts set forth by the Wing, rela-
i've to the opportunities possessed by
and the manner in which
e let them slip, are incontestable; and
lhen il regarded him as in disgrace, and
shelved, itspoke the truth,
lhich it had carefully concealed, while
e was in a position to serve the
sbels; and the very reasons that i'm
elled il TO desire 10 see McCLELIAN at
he head of the army, now causes it to
rdently desire his election to the
resiGeney.
G. B. MoCLELIGS, once published an
rider 10 conductors, when President of
Railroad company, directing them,
hen a passenger refused to pay his
IRE, to stop the train, ant back up 10 he
lace 'ohere The party got on, and put him
Fl The matter created considerable
at the time, and was pub
shed in the Cincinnati papers; and
/. B., was dubbed "Go Back McClel-
II" After Malvern Hill, he was call
I "Guns Boat Mcclellan but on the