Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1864-09-02

(,cn. Mcclellan CROSSED the Ohio river, and
BY the 18th Of July ell Western Virginia
Fas tl1broush,y pdrsed Of forces hostile to
the Federal Union.
The frightfal reverse OF Bull Run occa-
s;oncd his call 10 the chief command Of the
Union armies, and he At once set himself to
organize the undisciplincd mob which had 30
conc,usively proved at Manassas, that BRAY
cry alone will never win victory in this age
of scientific warfare. How thoroughly he
accomplished the vast task set before him.
let the subsequent history OF that army vat
ness Though often defeated, il has never
been disgraced though often led by blum
dering Generals to certain disaster, 1t has
ever shown how completely the work oil 'he
,nast,r.m,nd had been done; and in the
midst of the most untoward ciacumstance''
j. bas not once wavered in It's magnificent
annexation of selfish ideas. All honor to
those noble veterans who have never ialied
in generous devotion to their greatest com
mander even when most unjustly and dis
gracefully prosecuted.
We regret that we have not the space TO
nermi, our following Mcclellan through his
campaigns in Eastern Virginia and Mary
land. Though hampcrcd at every step by
the Ebecility and jealousy Of a stupid Pres
ident and an inpracticablc Cabinet, he
showed conspicuously his great skill as
General, and MS unequaled power Of com
mandng the respect and love Of his soi-
| dicrs
Suddenly and unexpectedly privcd OF
his control over all troops of the | mon save
those under his immediate comma d, his
plans baked at every point by orders from
Washington, deriva scinlorcements on
which he had relied, and which he had
been promised, and opposed by the concen-
trated forces Of the Confederacy, it really
seems impossible to escape the conclusion
that the President was bent on running Q
man whom the yoicc Of the people was al
ready beginning to name in connection Will
the Presidential chair Should any one fee
inclined to law the blame of the failure o
the attempt to take Richmond in the spring
of 1862 upon Gen. Mcclellan, we mo-,
earnestly commend to his pcrusal the Ollie
ial report of the campaign, and tht nara
tives of tie Prince de .Joinville and all 9th
cr competent and disinterested military ob
servers, who shared in its dangers.
His superiority as a General is well cyi
denccd by the fate Of his SUCCESSORS, Pope
Burnside, Hooker, and Grant. The last, al
ter having made an ionominous failure il
carrying out plan which ',r A. Lincoln
grandioquently claims as his o,cn, is nov
substantially trying that Of Mcclellan
Supported as he is by the whole power .
the Government, las Mcclellan certainly wa
not) the hope OF his success 50 sanguincl
expressed a few months ago, is gradually dy
ing away, leaving an aching void in tn
hearts OF people weeping for the loss {
dear friends and reIai ons, ruthlessly sacr
feed TO the demon Of political ambition.
Then followed the las; grand service tn;
: he was permitted 20 render to his believe
: country in the fieli-thc battle Of Anti,
i tam. After having been allowed, grud!
: ingly, to save the Washington ,;ovcrnmei
5 ment from the natural consequences Of il
a own superlativc folly, he was hcartlessl
cast aside by IT to make room for a MOI
t energetic General, Ambrose f. Burnsd
e who straightway conducted the glo.iot
> Army Of the Potomac to the useless butcl
: cry Of Frcderi ,ksburg.
= Since his dismissal he has lived in quie
r never even raising his voice against d
: petty prosecutions inflicted by upstar
: dressed in a little brief authority - al
he now comes before us for our suffrage
G the model of a courteous and higli-mnd,
+ soldier, and conservative and liberty 10
J. ing statesman, and last but not least.
n gentleman, a character which it will be
immense relief again to see enacted by Il
q Chief Magistrate OF our country