Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-11-04
ONE OF LITTLE MACS ENDoRS-
Frs ON THE WITNESS STAND.

--%So S@N ALL @4ANSS9S SAxA1NDs
The COpperhead papers are clarifying
abundantly ove- the acquisition of mill
'ary endorser oil Little Mac, N the shape
of General E. d. Keyes,. This keyes has
been induced 10 write political letter to
D. D. Cotton, Chairman e the McClel-
ian Central Club. That let.er has been
extensively copied into the Ccn2erneao
papers as q final and conclusive PROOF Oh
Macs vast military superiority over oil
other commanders, ancient anu "Ouet"'
l. appeared in full in the COM sas'a's rO"
,f,t, ION las. evening. In that he declares
! b,os,,r IN faror of the Grave Digger for
The Presidency, and disagrees with Cen
,.o, NeDowc!l as to Macs military
ability. He says:
-. ..,;n,te of & neral Mcclellan as
rmmm.pdcr. j. based upon his mill
~ Ia a greater ur less extent; and
-, ,,,,:ur comp ,rcd hi> plans and conduct
In th,-.> o; o;hpr officers, the result Is, l
,,,rd hin. a. the most able commander IN
~ army.
Nov. 1t 50 happens. unfortunately for
=, vYao:'v. honor and consistency of this
Go plhead General Reyes, that he was
orinc.o,l WINS, before the Senate Com
iair.ec ~ 1.-THE Conduct of the War" and
General Urge i. McClellan's Peninsula
campaign. This testimony was given
whtn he events were comparatively
recent, when me witness had not yet fallen
MO di>gra,e with the Government, and
,v5,u, cun,e9 Iently, he had no motive to
eo!Jr hi, v,eNs or bias his judgment. The
i.r.owing are extracts from his evidence
II nat occasion:
! sstiuu-Were the enemy pursued from
! wa. ulshurs:
) sMcr-fhe enemy was not pursued BY
| a. e: the forces under my command any
( iartn,, an the city of Williamsburg.
/ Qle, ,Sp-Do You know whether they were
! pursued by any OF the other forces?
I Ans ,er-My knowledge upon that subject
! IS n, definite enough to enable me to testify.
Qae>:lcu-Do you know why there was not
IN Immediate and general pursuit OF the
en 'ray after that battle
. \ ;wer-I do not.
i 2 .r>.ion-In your judgment as military
N IN, should or should not there have been IN
immediate pursuit:
3 An>wer-Afy opinion, as military man, Is
: thg; the most vigorous and immediate pur-
. mix should have been made after the battle OF
! Williamsburg.
! Olestion-In your Judgment, il an imme-
lia:e aud vigorous pursuit had been nude,
what would have been the result
Answer-If an immediate and yiorous pur-
suit Of the enemy had been made, think we
should have overtaken portions OF his troops,
and have been enabled TO capture such bag
gage US he took with him. think also II
would have haStsned our arrival in the neigh
5Jrhood OF Richmond and we should have
2een able to attack the enemy before he had
made preparations for defense and obtained
The endorsements which our delays gave
ni,a the opportunity Of doing.
/ 0 le<tion-What was the effect upon the
..remy Of the two days fighting At Seven
Pines and Fair Oaks:
4. l>wer-rae p;Fect was to dtie1. them, and
,grpp>e that it is perfectly To- .Eir!sse to IN,
Is. 60 = they were more c. 1855 iemc i2ilzsd
II ,g4 s3usace Of tina; defeat.
CLssU n - We're the eIemE pursued IN
fss. 't,r nat defeat:
ia,rsT- Gysy tcer. not. ECnerr: i!ookcr
tel: - - rts- / SOP. Little distance
bayoi.L :hc line t.. b. 0eea occ"pied by
Csc. ! : ple<s:s before :A@t LATHE; BAT, when
| visited GcrccI, lockers front w. OK
,hra, lays .s IT, battle fcGrd that his
pick, L. rs ,.Or SO f. ..,iv-Icet ny some
TWO !. r.. yaE1s IS nine hai .eca.
C.cs'...-E ~ we're :. ' IA: r-17s@ea;
~ :, II yc", d: ntut 80. ",ai have oe7n
a. E.aNs - -
AlsN WY they were not r.rsueg an
Mt ac'e - state; but, it is nv optuty''- thlr
: they hat Hc"n vigorously pursued ny a.. ~
fJIeN> ia. Be pursuit, our army my! q
6Ics g. e IN Richmond.
At wh.sA tine WAS General E. D. keyes
iell.n: the truth AMI expressing his honest
vonwc;iuns: Was II when he was
solsa,a!y testisiag GpOa his honor as
so.diert Or VA, It wher, ~ he last days
Of u Presidential cam ,nign he was induced
to 50 down and wsi;e poiit;c;.! iettsrf
At which time was he n, honest man and
tie cunpe;>nt judge. anu Il! which time
lid lie tell u wilfal lie: Ge2e:al keyes
las told cen rad:c:ory s'oriss a>out the
-.lla. anu StISttt
,ci.aeSS. His testimony is good nO where.
Further along in tine sane examination,
General kcyes was asked:
C.estion-Is there anything you desire to
adj - your testimony: II so, please state it.
Au~GsG-I desire merely 20 add that, in
my np,n,.,., he cG!y possible way to end this
gtr i o. hchtAS. | do Il 1t believe that any
re meditation Gt brought about by hard
b.p,yS Will eSGr end ;his war. And | consider
.Eat the possibility Oi closing the war is Just
IL urugDstiOn to the union Of all parties and
sect NJ the North in 4 determination to sub
due tus rebellion by hshtiaS, and BY fighting
alone.
GIN. rui Ktye., who gave that answer
tcspre the Commission is now Peace
DeMg:rgt and goes for George B. McClel
.t1 iJr pre.i,Ieu. Who this keyes Is, we
Ian from he Flag, which says that he
has 5se,s isiss:e'e! o,t of the service; that
he i 10 longer Major :" that
he Is, n Fatr, no longer an officer in the
se-vlce OF the United States. Having
been deprived Of his commission, on the
srou;i Of Incbmpetency and cowardice,
ne resigned HI, position as Colonel, and
~ Longer belongs to the service in any
capacity whatever. Take your beautiful
,g.,nesS, g.n iemen.