Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1864-10-08
.TURDAY MORNING. OCTOBER 5, 1864.
which had never been half defended , be-
FAIR OAKS AND SEVEN risKs.

FAIR OAKS AND SEVEN PfNKs.
m When Mcclellan got to the Chicksh I'm.
my be divided his army, putting half on
one Side the Chickahominy and half on the
othern A food came, and the two wings
of the army were serpated. I'D The enemy
sssailed he half beyond The Chick ehomlny
and oyerpowered il in spite .of most glorious
bravery. But the next day General Sum
Ter, without waiting for orders, hurried his
men across the Chickabomiuy TO the asst
ence of the sest They fought the battle
OF Seven Pines. and, then, as ever when
ihey baye any chance, our boys were glori.
ously- triumphant. The brave Hooker was
-iD iiSpt, as he always Is, and the enemy
were flying )confusedly before him like sheep
before dogs. We were within four, miles
Of Richmond But Mcclellan came up
ngaiD just in time to call a halt. Oar off
GERS were swearing aud onr men cursing
Hooker begging TO make the attack, aud
the people OF Richmond. packing up to de
part. And still weriballeG and threw up
embapknents big enough for any railway.
Aud now, with Jackson with u power
fu iorce in Western Virginia. Mcclellan
stopped and comme0ced bowling for more
troops But II we had given him more,
Washington would have been lost And
if you had given him all the armies OF the
world, yon couldn't have whipped him into
Richmond Applause. Voice-He is
good on reliest j No. not SO good on q
retreat eitber--be retreats TOO fast. Ap.
pIause ! make the charge without fear
Of contradiction, that Mcclellan, 10 his
whole military career was never under
fire. Why, he believed in long.range guns
guns that could carry seven on eight
miles-and he took precious good care TO
keep out of their way The young Napo,
leon rever crossed the btidge Of Lodi 4.
Applause.
Immediately af-er the battle of Gaines
Mills, which, by some inexplicaGle bluuder.
was fought by ope corps only, in the im.
mediate vicinity Of three or four Others.
| Colonel Alexander, testifies that he visited
McCIellan in his tent, and that the hitter
vas SO disheartened by The events Of the
day that he had orders drawn up directing
every man to destroy all be bad, aud save
him. elf as well as be could. Thus our
slorious'y .cqlipped army OF hundred
| thousand men was in iDmenient peril Of
being destryed by the cowardice of their
.mmauder. So Colonel Alexander testi
ies. and | would believe him against any
| Copperhead on earth.
I,"c uLD Nor," say. General Mcclellan,
look in the face Of my gallant comrades
| OF the army and navy, who have survived
| % many bloody battles and tell them that
| heir iabors aud the sacrifice Of so many OF
l H. thrar huA hao
IN that we had abandoned ttat nion
| for which We have 40 Often periled onl
ives."H OF course you wo I'D not. bu. how
AN you look in their faces, nov tina
y IL nave accepted a nomination from u
Conv .n,ion which declares that those "gsl
nj comrades" had labored, sacrificed AM
oled TO no pu pose and that the first tbioe
| o he done vast make immediate efforts
lyor the cessation of hosil!ties? How eau
YOU look into their faces, kuowing, as you
Ia. that you are used as tool by party
hich is doing all It can 10 prevent ID ,se
.onrades from being reinforced, which il
esdy 70 sacrifice them in order 10 couc hau
he public enemy, which is fomeuting thos,
divisions in the North ON which the rebels
ely more than on their own power, whicl
as nothing but soft words for the crime
+ The Confederates, and no words at all to
;our i"gallent comrades" now upheldinl
he nation in the feidf -....,. -
Aa'' 1H' THE REraEAF.
Then came the attack of the enemy
They fall ON rs in full force, and our sea
tered forces being overpowered, were o
i iered to retreat to the James Riser.-
| IN, ho uhp a
Of the retrealipg columns. Running away
! he was in front. Laughter Men nev
] sr fought more bravely in Gods @orl
than our lion, hearted soldiery iu that re
: treat. Amid unequaled privatIons ap1 FOL
li,ude they reached The bank OF the Jame
River. There the battle was TO DO Tough
which would decide the fate Of magnihcen
; army. There q true general, and not
cosard. would have led on his soldiers an
triumphed with them or died in bis tracks
There, surely, WAS the last dltch"-"tb
; Il wall" to which the enemy was TO be dri'
en-,he James River, ion the one side au
the united forces Of The conlederacy on ID
osher.. But Mcclellan rode along The I'm.
ii the army half an. hour before ibe batt
commenced, and then withdrew on board
Sunboat aud hid himself Aud the rcsu
IS shown in, General Sumuer's testimony b
D lore The Committee on The Conduct Of u
: War. He says that the command deyol
Led ON him. aud he suffered terribly fro
e anxiety, because. not kuowlng fully be d.
. position of our forces: he had to select
re endorsements by guess. Bot jadgiI
that the fighting was the hardest on /
right. he threw resuforcements from
} left. He hsppeued to be right, aud ii
II iebels threw uOwu their arms Ia ierror.-
u Hooker aud Sumner agreed in tesiitiu
70 that there was Bolhirg 10 prevent our u
o lowing up the victory and taking klc
J. monds But Mcclellan dispatched cou
ier'to them from his gunboat---not TO sci
n them ON, but to order them back
IL Aud, iRke,a beaten army, instead OF
ir victorious heroes which they were. they
" uled to Harrison's Landing oa Genei
~ Hooker, iu his examination before thelOo
Us miutee ON The Conduct Of the War, on
n ,ng asked, .To what do you attribute
Or failure OF The Peninsular campaignF q
y. pounded. $40 The incapacity OF 'hs co
u imauder in cbiefpa Aud this man got ,
as nomination at Chicago on account o'
Is, mill,ury powersl Well. the coward