Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-10-07
McClellan's Last Great speech.

oNSt tiiC ltut, OluNS SOlOlcIS anu DctLTl-
otic citizens were called out to mingle
theirvoiccs with the eXultant multitude.
On Tuesday evening last, Geo. b. Nc
Clellan, holding n Major-General COM
mission in the army, and the Democrat
ic candidate for President of the nation,
was visited in Newark, New Jersey. a
soldier of the Republic, what else could
he do but congratulate his friends upon
the great victory, and eXtol the Gener-
alsiip ana deeds OF his brother officer,
Sheridan: He made a speech, and here
is what he said. every word OF it ::
my Friends: Icannot refrain from express
Ing my .ratirication tor your kindness at this
grea; demonstration in behalf of the Union,
you ior the honor done me. You surely will not
expect ne TO address you ut length ut this lime,
and excuse me for not making speech and al
low me to retire. Gentlemen again thank
you and bid you good night
What do you think of it, soldiers >
Isn't that sublime for Il Major-General
who draws his salary of nearly $1,000
per annum for doing nothing? Not a
word of cheer for Sheridan's heroes
from the Democratic candidate for Pres
ident. Not word of congratulation to
the country. Don't tell us that such Il
thing can be elected President.
IL ti,e War Failure.
Says Lieutenant General Grant
The end is no; far d .stant if we will only be
true to ourselves. Al we want now to insure
al early restoration Of the Union is u deter
mined unity OF sentiment North.
Says Major General Hooker:
This Union must be preserved, and there is
no way of preserving it but by the power OF
This rebellion is totlerng while speak; il is
going ,ioyn and will soon tumble into ruin
Says Major General Meade:
DisniSsira,. as now useless to discuss, all
questions as 10 the origin of this war, we have
daily aud nouriy evidences that it exists, and
tll:it it only be terminated by hard lighting,
and by determined efforts 10 overcome the
armed enem 'es otthe Government.
Says Major General Burnside:
Would it not he cowar,ily for us to say that
this rebellion cannot be crushed. and tie
tnority OF the Governments sustained? There
is in my mind no question OF it. There can be
no suc:i thing as laying down OF arms or ceSs;.-
tton Of hostiities until the entire authority OF
the Government is acknowledged by every cit
izen of our country.
Says Major Genera, Logan:
The greatest victory. OF the rebels. greater than
fifty Manassas. and the only one that can give
them particle of hope. will be to defeat the
war party at the incoming campaign.
Says Major General Dix:
Ny desire is to do all in my power to sustain
the Government i'll its eif,rts to put down the
rebelion-an object to be effected. i'll my judy
nlent, by Il steady and answering prosecution
Of the war;
Says the old veteran Major General
Wool:
Nothing for aught that / can discover, will
save the Union and its Government, but the
successes q: Grant, Sherman, Farragut and Sher-
idan,
Mcclellan iu sias, Cosa.,any-.-a Good
illustration.
George Dawson, Esq, of the Albany
JOuYnd in a letter from Washington,
gives the following excellent anecdote:
Col. \. I. Reynolds, for three years
III command OF the lst New York cav
airy, an old Democrat, whose devotion
TO Mcclellan has been conspicuous, said
to me the other day: Sc used to tell
an anecdote when l was on the stump
for Buchanan which exactly illustrated
my present feelings. An old farmer
died, leavingtw sons, and among other
valuables a large flock of sheep. In the
dock was valuable ram called Billy
Il pet Of the younger brother. Aware
of this, the elder brother, an avariciOus
fellow-in dividing the flock, placed all
the good sheep IN one pen and all the
scaley ones in the other, being careful
to give Billy q conspicuous position
among the latter, supposing the young
er brotber's fondness for Billy would i'll
duce him TO select the pen where he
was. But instead of this, as if aware of
the arrangement, he quietly went up to
Billy, took him around the neck, and
said to him: BILLY, you and l have
had a great many jolly times together,
and it almost breaks my heart to leave
you, but I must bid you good bye, old
THAT" said the Colonel, lis my
case exactly. think as well Of Nc
Clellan's generalship and all that, as
ever, but cannot go with him, pOliti-
cally, he keei1s smch miserable cOmp0'ty.
When | make up my mind to be a cop
perhead, | will go one step farther and
be rebel.'
ext i. nanserous;so stand OIL the Plat
So readeth the legend on the doors of
railway cars. Little Mac, desiring to
be consistent with his record as a rail-
road man, is disposed to adopt the same
motto in politics. He always had a pc
culiar talent for keeping out of danger.
Some Of the engineers, however, think
that their conductors nerves should be
steady enough to enable him to stand
anywhere, and are greatly chagrinned
that he don't "come out" But Little