M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1864-11-03

toward the southren bank of the Po
tomac, and in the misty twiligh. he
imagined he could SEQ Beaurr gard
and his lines on their way to Wash
ington.
NJ M'CLELLAN GOES TO THE RESCUE OF THE
CAPITAL.
The hero Of Rich Mountain and
Carrick's Ford, WAS appealed to by
Mr.. Lincoln, to hasten to the Capital
above all, to save the White House.
In less time than ever performed be,
fore, Mcclellan arrived, equipped,
drilled and disciplined one Of the
best armies ever led to battle. He
was given the chief command Of all
armies, and developed plan for a
grand and combined movement
against the enemy.
THE PRESIDENT MEDDLEa.
But no sooner did the President
feel secured in McClellan's strength
than he again began to NEEDLE in
matters beyond his comprehension.
lie insisted upSn submitting q plan
Of his own to a council OF war, and
his plan was promptly overrulyd-
Mcclellan was not present. The
vanity ofGeneral Lincoln was wound
ed, and as his plan" had been rcj'cl.
ed, he seemed determined that the
plan Of Mcclellan should not succee
And on the 9Th day Of March, 1862.
Mr.. Lincoln issued his general order
No g., assuming the control Of the
campaign against Richmond. AMI
after Mcclellan had gone forward at
the head Of his columns the Presiden,
withdrew from his command the corps
Of Mcdowell, the division Of Bienkcr,
and ten thousand more stationed at
Fortress Momoe; and it was Oh this
occasion that the President wrote to
General Mcclellan that he, abraham
Lincoln, as colnmandcr .Chef, hai
the right to issue such orders az he
pleased.
ID. HALLEoK AND BEAuREGARD
Mr.. Halleck had greatly diStin,
guished himself at Corinth, where,
as he supposed, he was investing
Besuregard, while that General qnrt
!y withdrew every pound Of his mu
nitions, and sent thirty thousand me
to reinforce Lee, whose army was al
ready larger than McClolIan'a In
the mean time the profound and ca
gle.eyed Halleck vas leisurely trac
ing the lines Of his trenches. which
were to become formidable to B ,au.
regard at some distant day, should he
ever again occupy Oorinth. The
Commander in Chief at the Ex cu
tive Kansion was struck with admi-
ration by the remarkable ability d;s-
played by Mr. Halleck, and deter
mined that military prodigy should
Mcclellan. And General
Lincoln was right for in an entire
army he could not have tounl an
other man whose military capacity 80
nearly equsled his own.
LINCOLN AND HALLECK.
General Lincoln is supposed to
have inquired ofGcheral naIIeck, by
what combination he had succeeded
in enabling Bsauregard to withdraw
his entire army, and send Loe rein
forcement Of thirty thousand men.
Haleck ls supposed t. have given a
most satisfactory explanation, and to
have suggested that nasmuch as Lees
army had been made stronger, that
therefore McCiellan's army should hp
made weaker by the withdrawal oI
forty thousand men; and General Lin.
COLI saw that the advice was good.
and the forty thousand were with.
drawn. To be sure, that male Il
change ofseventy thousand in Lees
favor but then it gave McC elan II
better chance for Immortality.
YORKTOWN. HANOVER c URT HOUSE,
WILLIAMSBURG AND THE CHloKAuuMI-
NY. ..
But the great soul Of Mcclellan
Grew stronger as the treachery at
Washington, and the treason at Rich
mond, augmented against him
Without murmur, he slvsncsd and
Yorktown, achieve the
victories OF Hanover Court Ious /.
and Williamsburg, aud against Il
force more than dOubie his own. he
touoht aud won series of brilliant.
battles. over ond OF the best generaIS
of modern times. At last, overwhelm
ed, but neither co''quered nor DIS
hearteued, he told the President, that
with 2OO00 more tneu-just half the
forcs taken from him he uli auJ
would take Richmond. But eittsr
from & desire to svenge the rejection
Al Hono.t