East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1864-10-12

which he placed before me, and said /:
" Read that; I have just received that
from Mr.. Stanton" With his consent,
! made copy Of the letter, and, re-
turning to Washington, placed it in
the hands Of those who had heard the
,denunciations Of Mr.. Stanton, and
who had advised me Of them. They
desired to read it to the Senate, and
to publish the outrage and the vindi-
cation, and they telegraphed to Gen.
Mcclellan for his permission, which
he declined to give them. The fol-
lowing is q copy Of the letter: "a
sa .tviis. = WAn DEPARTMENT,
{ Icl WASHINGTON, July 5, 1862.
To Major General Mcclellan: l;..
DEAn GENERALr--I had talk with
Cen. Marcy, and meant to have writ
ten you by him. but am called to the
country, where Mrs. Stanton is with
her children, to see one of them dia.
1 can, therefore, only say, my dear
General, in this brief moment, that
there is no cause in my heart or con-
duct for the cloud. that wicked men
have raised between us fortheir own
base and selfish purposes. No man
had ever truer friend than have
been to you, and shall continue TO be.
,You are seldom absent from my
thoughts, and / am ready to make any
sacrifice to aid you. Time allows me
to say no more than that I pray Al
mighty God to deliver you and your
army from all peril and lead you on
TO victory. VIA
Yours, truly,
td vi' EDWIN M. STANTON. y
judge, what think you of this
man, who. made Secretary of War. by
the request and influence of Gen. Nc
Clellan, was villifying, and abusing,
and uttering falsehoods against him,
and who could, at the same time, SIT
down and deliberately write such a
letter?
sr You have referred to the council OF
war held in Washington in March 81
1862. Every effort has been made,
in vain, to bring the proceedings OF
that council before the public A bill
was made for them in the House OF
Representatives, and was tabled by
the republican party. A request made
by the recorder of that council, of Mr..
Stanton, to allow him to have the pro-
ceedings made upin proper form, was
refused in a most rude and insulting
manner, and the papers have never
been allowed to leave his possession
since. Now, judge, for your especial
benefit, will relate the history oi
tnat important event. that you may, il
you will, do justice to all concerned.
'] The council of war consisted Of
big Gen sunrie4, Brig. Gen. Keyes, 'i
Brg Gao Mcdowell, brig. Gen A, Porter,
Brig Gen Friinklin, Brig Zen h smith
Brgs sen / u Porter, Brig Gen barnard, s-
Brig 6sA. MeCal Brig, Gen. Blenker,
Brig 9 en- IleihtEeInan. Brig Gen. Nsgleo
Each -ontitled to but Zone star. p
Itwas called together by order of Gen.
Mcclellan ON the night Of March Z,
low, w SonNohS ~ ~ a; NJ, ol tiie
following day. Gen. Mcclellan came
into the council room at the hour ap-
pointed, and, placi & on the table a
large map, explained his proposed pc
ninsular campaign, which, before this
time, 1 believe to have been known to
no one present excepting Gen, Frank
lin, and probably Fitz ], Porter
Upon retir ng, he left upon the table,
for the consideration of the council
the following inquiries:,it. rpaI 40
!, Wheiher it is advisable that the
base Of operations be changed, tia,
transportation being ready ut Annap.
oils in all of next week. 80
Ii. Whether il is better. to make
an advance to the front before Chang
ing the base, should such a, change b,
determined upon. '' Nff ~ .rFl's'
q III Whether a forward movement
with the object of destroying the river
batteries, is advisable, and when il
can be commenced, and whether the
naval force, with the assistance of tn,
Erricson ] battery, can alone raceom
plish that object. r.Jea5 odt .,li.ms
After a session Of three hours tn,
council were summond to appear be
! fore tho President He advised their
! that he was quite unwell and exceed
ingly nervous, that the pressure has
beeu intense against Gen. Mcclellan
liHe expressed hi,nseit gratiiied TO have
the opportunity to see and know th'
officers OF the army, and 70 be in.truc
ted by them in regard to army mat
4 ters, which were to HIM very neon
I prehensible. -, = Il t-sgsIn' "a 81
informed him that as recorder o
the. council of war, which had held it
session by order of Gen. Mcclellan,
would advise him of the result of th,
proceedings, and then read them t.
him. What said he, !" T" have th'
:. council decided by,a y,te of eight t
fpur--two to, one--in favor Of tn
I Peninstila Campaign fp' He tlren ask
ed many Questions rin' regard to tn
same, until Mr., Stanton came in an.
l proposed to read the proceedings I,
rhih. He replied, "Give ME the pa
pers, I'll read them myself,H dnd, afte
l reading them over and preparing hi
notes, he, as you say "put them (th
council) through the strict course o
isxaminasion," I" which you refer to-
. This examination, made for the pur
pose of neutralizing the effect Of tn
decision Of the council on the mind @
= the President, and thus to carry ou
the objectsiof those who had beon in
sistingIppon the removal of Gen, Nc
Clellan, lasted for four or fyc hours
during which time it was only inter
= riutted Ny an occasional expression {
the.President, indicating his satisfat
ton and qualification at the many 9,
plantations of military movements cor
templated, and which no had not bs
, fore jbeen 'ableDto comprehend. 10