The Union. [volume] (Georgetown, Del.) 1863-1866, 1864-02-12
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General Mcclellan.

We copy the following from the Philadel-
phia Press, as written by its correspondent
Occasional"
The effort to make General Mcclellan Pres
ident of the United States is characte lied
and accompanied by somo most significant
developments. II the men VINO h0yo tA.s en-
terprise in charge weron not veteran politicians,
there would be some excuse ior the ridiculous
position they allow themselves and Their ia
vorite to occupy. In a word, General McClei-
Ian is put forward as Presidential cardi-
date, ia the coming election, solely ON the
score of his military achievements, solely be-
cause he led some hundred thousand Of his
countrymen in battle; and yet the chiefs aud
managers of this movement oyorywhere-in
the press, in the courts, and in the Legisla-
tures-oppose the right of the soldiers to vote
in the elections, and when an attempts made
to give this right the sanction of law, they re-
sist it with bitter and persistent hate Now
| call this something of an an,maly. Run
hero fer Office, and deny to his own troops the
pleasure of voting for him! We have had
some odd performances within the last three
years, but nothing equal to this. We have
seen the Democracy tSased into an anti-war
party. We have seen the old leaders turn
ing their backs upon betrayed, ,debauched'
and deGled organization, and their places
filled by men who had been outlawcd by their
own party or who had lost individuality with
the death of temporary combinations. But
that military character should be made
Presidential candidate only because he was
military character, and that those making
him a candidate should steruly refuse the sol
diers who fought under Mcclellan to vote at
the elections-this novelty was reserved for
the present stage of the rebellion. The good
General, himself, is not u little to blame for
the sad fate which has beiallen his managers.
When he was charged, more than two years
ago, with certain tonder yearniugs towards
the pro-slavery aristocracy, whether OF Rich
mond, New York, Philadelphia, or Charles
ton, especially that branch Of this Ttefe pa
trician school who fed from the army and
navy and ioined the rebel hosts, thore was
deal oe very angry denial and torrent OF oo-
iurgation. 1t was to insult brave and q
tried soldier to cay 50. But as events unfold
cd themselves, and the excellent General al
lowed himself to become the beaefciaiTe OF
some and the guest Of others Of the most
avowed of the sympathizers, these early
charges looked more real than rash. And
when, at last, he took strong and eloquent
ground in favor of Judge Woodward, the most
offensive of the verdigris Copperheads, VINO
haughtily refused, as Supreme Judge OF
Pennsylvania, to allow Gen. MsClellan's sol
diers to vote for Governor; when George b.
Mcclellan wanted this person elected Caioi
Magistrate of our good old State nobody Won
dered that his sincere feelings on that side
should have cropped out so early in the war
But it will be an outre show of general run
ming for President, without the votes OF his
own soldiers-not only without them, but ~
the name of his friends. refusing them. Scs
il is probable that General Mcclellan is to be
nut mp on other than military grounds
Here, indeed, he might be most formidable.
In the present trouhlous condition ol p@oAo
concerns why should he no. be ir,c al'.a.-7
of all civic greatness and ins. Id .a1---a
statesmen. diplomat, fnancier, and Phihat-
pher oombiuedf Why nsti oaaesa VIII
never cease, and this wpClo moo % Aa-4 s1
marvellous as running genera 'og t.o-.--
dent and refusing his own soldiers a chsnos
Ia vote fas him