Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1864-10-01
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Itnsed to, be admiringlT quoted BY pol.
iticians, in speaking Of The merits and ca
. pabilities of ofice. seekers-'is he honest,
she capable, is he trusiWorthyr" That
! was Thomas Jefferson's phtfoFm OF merit
Later timea, among certain elasses, haVeini
q trodueod important changes. The inter
rogatories put by the ButteFnut party. are
about IS follows WAs yoG ever General
IN the Army2 Are yon god on . retreat1
Do You think Abe Lincoln tyrant and
despot, and VallandighAn martyr, and
jeff Davis saint2 Arc you in favor Of
allowing Dan Voorhees, and Father 0lds TO
have perfect Iiberty Of ipeeoh,' and to go
around the country, claiming Of the IN
human treatment ofkheiI ibrethrens in the
ISonthTps An Affirmative RnsWer to these
questions places an intalligant butternut
4 on the 5high.foad 70 dhloyalpopnlafity.
he ia landed to the nklc1 Alongsfds. Of
these brilliant lexponenis cf ihe nations
shame, the heEoes oi thn. II 6inf fnto OH
Al Ioodfttys MUOIBiiaa ltha aus sstarad 49,
| qubations-he hasn't missed single ques-
tion IN the oOPperhead eatsehtm--his for
\ mer individuality has been completely
transmogrifed, through the Procustean
processes Of the Chicago Convention. To
the interrogstory as to whether he has
been q General, he pantomimically points
to his shoulder straps. When asked II be
ia good on Q retreat, he refers you TO his
campaign on the Peninsula. The Benti-
ments he entertaius in reference to the
mArtyrdom Of VallandighAm and his fellow
disciples of the new gospel Of Peace, are
fully exempllHed in his acceptance Of q
nominAtion ct their hands. he is pro-
nopneed sound. The signal is giVen-the
"open faucets Of prepared orAhOns" pro-
ceed to empty themselves in laudatery
4 a.
rian cry of this king of the Shanghai ID
echoed and re-echoed by the immaculate
Wicklife and GHthrie, standing and flap
ping their wings on the disloyRl dunghills
of brave old Kentucky. Hail mighty chief
tAinI Glorious Mac! Verify, thou hast
gone TO bed mortified Major General, and
woke up o candidate for the White House,
More startling has been the trsnsmogrif-
cation of thyself, than the fear aud wonder
that shook the legs Of Rip Van Wrinkle,
while walking among the scenes once IA
miliar to isvision. .-.5.. --.,
There was splendid chance for McClel-
Ian TO have made a man of himself. but
unfortunately he has let II pass away.
6ompAnionship in politics with such men
Rs Vallaudigham and Olds, Is enough 70
blight and ruin the reputation Of the finest
intellect OF the nation. There 10 % much
force In assimilation in politics ag In any
thing else. You may drop caustic on your
hands to try its strength, but you viii
bear the mark of the experiment. for many
days. Before Mcclellan wrote his letter
of acceptance, people said-''he won't ac-
cept the nomination at the hands OF the
Chicago Convention; he is too good ana
triot for that.n But the fAtter4 ~fifh hum
lations of politicians, made his comPeYsr-iE
- fNok "a
Don Quixotte fought the revolving wheel
Of a wind. mill, believing Ito be q yisored
Knight, has Mcclellan entered the races
for the loeVes and fishes, believing he is
one of the greatest Generals and finest
statesmen Of America. It Is the sugared
pill that he has swallowed, that has added
his perceptions of prosperity. II is said
by Asop, in his fables, that Q fiy alighted
on the spoke Of Q chariot wheel, Ia the
midst Of It's revolutions over the earth, and
| exclaimed, "What dust am mAkingH
ApY one can see the application; Great
pity It Is that Mcclellan should have lit
/ On the Chicago Convention, for tha6bFit-
] Tie car Of JuggeruAutis over with
/ corruption and fith, and reekiug. g.Bith the
i sweat of crime, is going TO the devil as fast
4 as the windy capacities of SUCH "iron
4 horses, as Seymour and his coadiutors
will possibly permit.
i SO far from Mcclellan being i'll used at
the hands of the present administration. he
| has been given wider opportunities for the
ldisplay OF true military bkill, more extent
ded scope for success, than any other Gen
| eraI up to the time of Grants appointment
Il would have beei the extreme Of folly to
have retained him in official command, Af-
ter experience had clearly demonstrated
1 his ineficiency. The nation would have
uttered its oondempation.a Europe would
il have pointed a. ,us, the finger of shame
and scorn. We done all we consistently
could. 1t was reserved for ne 70 see, after
the disastrous campaign Of the Peninsula,
when mourning aud 1lamentation Was ma
king fearful the eyes OF the natf6u, aud
when the exultant cries of the enemy were
lwaking treason, to renewed labor in crime
land devastation, that the commander Of
our armies was the persopation of inefi-
cheney DRESSED uIii in eoldieFa clothes. IL
wal hut a gt6at doh baby dressed up in
4 all the pAraphernAlia of General, and 50
CONSTRUCTED that under the admonitory
lpressure of o little Democratic thunder, IL
etoWed and clApped its hands and four
ished its sWOrdsaUith all the dmpetuosity
and glee of q newly appointed corporal in
1.-THE army, AioClellan was splendid on pa
rAde, ,tbGt ttihiid,, pAie eiand affrigh when
the sound of rebel cannon was borne 70
bis ear, while he stood and counted the
spires aud towers in the city of Richmond,
He lbt6ody shiVefihg and irresolute on the
banks of the Rubicon, and neither expos
, thIalion of the old hero Generals undeI
his command, nor the frantic appeals Ol
the self. sacrificing patriots Of the army o
the PeninsulRi could move him 20 take thI
decisive aud important step. Yet it is saiC
; he had not been used rightly by President
lincoln aud the members OF the Cabinet
Rosterity Willa not be hall 80 geueFous.-- =
History stands forth as his Accuser BY 1
historical narration Of his achievements