Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1864-04-30
Mcclellan Reviewed.

The North american Rerielc, edited
by Professor Lowell and Mr.. Norton. Is
ons Of the most able Quarterlies publish
ed. The second number for this year
contains q spicy aud vigorous review Of
Gen. McClelIan's Report We take
pleasure in laying before our readers the
little Napoleon % disseeted by the able
reviewers:
What Specified Nc Cisliam
We believe that Gen. Mcclellan has
been ruined, ike another General whose
name began with Mac, by the "All hail
bsreafter Of certain political witches,
who took his fortunes into their keeping
after his campaign in Western Virginia
He bad shown both ability and decision
in handling a small force, and he might
with experience have shown similar
qualities in directing the operations of a
great army, bad not the promise Of the
Presidency made him responsible TO
other masters than military duty and
unselhsh patriotism. ThencetorwRrd the
soldier was lost in the politician. He
thought more ofthe effect to be produced
by hls strategy on the voters behind HIM
Ghan on the enemy in his front What
should have been his siagle object-the
suppression ef tbs rebellion for the sake
Of the eountry--was now divided with
the desire Of merely ending il By some
plan that should be wholly of his own
contrisance, and should rebound solely
to his avn credit and advancement lie
became giddy and presuptuous, and lost
that sense OF present realities, so ease n
I tial 10 commander, in contemplating
the mirage that noated the White House
( before bis eyes. At an age considerably
beyond that OF General Bonaparte, whei.
he had triumphantly closed his frat ltsl
ian campaign, he was niekbamed the
( young Napoleon, aud from that time
( forth seems honestly to have endeayer-
ed, like Toepilers Albert. to resemble the
ideal portrait which has been drawn for
him by those who put him forward as
their stalking-horse And il must be ad
mite that these last managed matters
cleverly II little eoarsely They wen
to work deliberately to Barnumixe their
prospective candidate. No prima donna
was ever more thoroughly exploited BY
her Hetrew fmpresarlo The paper
swarmed with anecdotes, incidents, say
! ings. Nothing was too important, ant
the new eommander-in-ehief pulled OF
bis boots by telegram from Maine I,
California, aud picked his teeth by spe
special dispatch 70 the Associated Press
! We ksd him warm iorsapPer in she yer.
latest with three exclamation marks, an
cold for breakfast in last evenings tele
\ graph news with none. Nothing but
: patent pill was ever so suddenly famous
His great misfortune was that be be
gan.his iml o tant campaign with repU
taiioa 20 save instead Of 10 earn, so sha
he was hampered BY the erowaing dis
advantages Of age in a General, withos
the experience which mi ght nsatralize i
Nay, what was still worse, he had Nv
regulations to keep from damage, th
one as soldier, the other as politician.
. A General who is conscious that b
has an army Of one hundred and 6fl
thousand voters at his back, viii be a
ways weakened BY those personal COZ
siderations which are the worst cons,
quence of the elective system. Gener;
8 MeClelian's motions we're encumbere
in every direction BY huge train of p
: litical baggage This miseoneeption ,
|. his own position, or, rather, his con
, pounding the two characters of possib
candidate and actual General. forced Il
. growth Of whatever sgosisni WAS latel
Ia his nature He began ere long
+. look at everything from personal poi
: of view, to Judge meSl and measures
! their presumed relations to his own i
terests, and at length fairly parsuaal
{, himself that the inevitable result OF b
y y own want of initiative were due to 4
in hostile combination against him OF "
NJ Lincoln, Mr. Stanton, and General HI
= leek. Regarding himself too much
* considering the advantages of succei
ne he regards the other too little in awal
e e ing the responsibility of failure.
:, HIS SELF GlorifcatiOa.
/ The intense selfconsciousness of Gs