Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1864-10-07
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IGNORANCE NMU NAhAhSmltys
There ISIS combination Of ignorance, stu
pidity and malignity opposing General
MCCLELLAN, truly astonishing and revolt
ing. A characteristic specimen of the style
OF warfare made by the Shoddy ignoram-
uses and mallgnants may be found in
HURTS State Journal Of Wednesday MORN
ing. The editor of that paper, in wretch
ed attempt to review McCLELLAN's career
and position, says:
He McClella is vet comparatively but
youth, too young TO hare borne q part IN he
,rar in Merico, and hence we do not look so
far back for evidence Of his military quail
ties. The great rebellion at its commence
ment, found him quietly plying his vocation
as civil engineer OH one OF the numerous
railways leading from Cincinnati; and the
fact that he was West Point graduate De-
ing brought to the knowledge OF Governor
Dennison, was a Sufficient warrant to the
Governor for entrusting to him the COM
mand of a Regiment of Ohio Volunteers;
and as the rebellion developed its proper
tions the army was increased, and McClel-
Ian soon attained to the rank OF Briga-
dier.
This is ''most tolerable and not to be en-
dured." Here is fellow editing paper,
who says MCCLELLAN was "too young TO
take part in the war with Mexico" when
the facts are (and every school boy knows
them), that MCCLELLAN did bear very con-
spicuous part in Mexico; was engaged in
several of the most desperate battles OF that
war; was three times mentioned in General
ScorT's orders for bravery and meritorious
conduct; and was twice promoted for gal
lantry OH the field. "Too young to partici-
pate in the Mexican war;" was he? This
Journal Dogberry is doubtless prepared to
assert that GEORGE WASHINGTON was too
young to have participated in BRADDocK's
defeat! M
Governor DENNIsoN entrusted him with
"the command of an Ohio regiment" did
he? The individual who wrote this may
be pardoned for declining "to look back
to the Mexican war for evidence of Nc
CLELLAN's military qualities" when it is
evident that Dogberry is totally Ignorant
of what occurred here in Columbus less
than four years ago, and at a time when
this Dogberry was one of the State officers
of Ohio. Gov. DENNIsoN will be glad to
assume the credit Of having appointed Nc
CLELLAN Major General, and giving him
command of all the Ohio troops, the first
thing after Sumter fell. "McCIELLAN at
tanned to the rank of Brigadier" after the
rebellion developed "Then," continues
the Dogbcrry of The Journal, "when it
was found that the labor of conducting the
war was too much for the physical strength
of the veteran ScoTT, and after the repulse
at Bull Run, the attention of the President
was directed to Gen. MCCLELLAN, for the
Commander of our Armies, and he was in
vested accordingly" a.I
Here is a man of "no military qualities y
promoted from the Colonelcy of a regi-
ment to the command of the armies within
three months Surely the comptrolling
editor of The Journal would be a marvel
ously proper man to write history. His
thorough knowledge and remarkable ad-
herence to truth would shame Baron
MUNCHAUsEN or Sir BOYLE ROACH.
From the extracts we have given from
that learned and truthful sketch OF Nc
CLELLAN, by the editor of the Quarter
masters organ, the whole of it may be
judged. Upon these premises the learned
historian concludes that MCCLELLAN was
failure, and AYERS that he did nothing for
two years but worry the President, whose
sublime military genius cannot be too
highly appreciated. The historian pro-
ceeds to belittle the achievements of the
Potomac army and pronounces the PENN
sular campaign, the Seven Days Battles,
'Antietam and South Mountain, holiday
parades and magnificent reviews. Without
attempting to snalyze this historians effort
further, suffice it to say that it contains no
more accurate statement than those we
quote. In the space of half column we
count twenty-seven deliberate lies and
blunders! This, we fancy, is sufficient.
There are hundreds of Republicans who
read The State Journal and no other paper,
and is it surprising, in view of their feed
ing on such manifest and ridiculous lies as
are uttered in the article we have quoted
from, that they are enthusiastically for
LINCOLN? Such dense ignorance and au-
dacious lying, taken as a daily diet, easily
accounts for any amount of spurious loyal
ty and fanatical Abolitionism. To the in
telligent readers of that paper, such an ar
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