Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1864-11-03

q delicate writer to indite son Hetsa to
/; 2 lsdyIs etebrexss choose NeC Clellsn,
s If Won wish Al rugged Anglo Saxon
! writer to rouse naip, ltake Iin.
eeln..s r. they sshonld eeeoanter
either physically or mentally, The
giant grip of the Bsft Splitter will
tear the polished, dandy fsen the
ground and hurl. him farther sthan
an Indian shoots his arrow Which
of these msn will you achoese to
guide the rolling ship insthe midst
Z or q Storm To brars itsaens they
say Mcclellan Is q gsp4ai TO peace
men they say he is not enough of a
general TO thwart their views i am
not about to revive his military his
tory. His first great battle that gave
him netoriety and raised him to the
head of the army vas masterpiece.
He fought and won 1t amid the noun
tains of " Westerh Virginia, at Che dis
tance of twelve miles Few military
men could shoot with a longer bow
/ pass over his pleasant campaign at
Washington. When he vent To the
Peninsula he took with him one hun
dred and sixty thousand fine sol
diers. He was delayed ct Yorktown
for thirty days By eleven thousand
rebel soldiers. When the President
gave him peremptory orders to at
tack their lines, break through and
march to Richmond. he refused to
obey, and went to digging. This
was not his first, nor his last dIsobe-
dience of orders. While that, old
hero, Lieut.. Gen. Scott, still com.
manded our armies, Mcclellan treat
ed him with contempt; and instead
of reporting to him, passed him over
and reported directly to the Depart
ment. General SCOTS letter TO the
Secretary of War shows how sensi-
bly, he felt the insult His grief at
such insubordination drove him into
retirement. The battle of A ntietan
was fought by Hooker .pnd Burnside
and other corps commanders, while
Mcclellan sat securely perched on
peak cf the South Mountain, three
miles in the rear When that battl Q
was won he refu ed to pursue the
enemy, but lay Idle for four weeks
until he escaped with the last wagon.
The President ordered him to pur-
sue and attack the enemy, but for a
whole month he refused to obey
/ have said that for some things I
blamed the President. Among the
chief of fthese is his permitting this
repeated disobedience of orders to
go UNPUBLISHED He SHOULD shaSe
ordered him under arrest, and had
him tried by court martial for his
life. After the rebels had withdrawn
from Yorktown and permitted
Mcclellan to proceed towards Rich
m0nd, he halted at a safe, distance
from the town. encamping for two
months in the pestilential swamp
of Chickahominy until fifty Thousand
of his brave men were sent to the
hospital or the. grave. He never
ventured to attack the enemy
When they got tired Of wditing and
ATTACKED him, lie. was seven days
fighting and running, dhtil far in ad-
vance of his army he found safe
place en- board a gunboat After
their commaHder- in chief had left
them our brave troops made stand
at Malvern Hills won a great victory
and might have entered Richmond
had they been permitted. But G en-
oral Mcclellan, from on board his
gunboat fapplause) sent them re-
peated orders to retreat to Harri-
sons Landing. This so exasper- |
ated them that some of them abso- /
lutely refused to obey The gallant
young Martindale shed tears. The
chivalric Kearny. the brayest of the
brave, in the midst of many officers,
said: 81 Phil Kearney, an old sol
dier, enter my solemn protest against
this order for retreat. We ought,
instead Of retreating to-, follow up
the enemy, and take Richmond
And In full view of the responsibility
of such a declaration, say to you
all, such: an order can only be
by cowardice or treason"
(Applause. This is not my. Ian
guage. 1t Is the. language of. the
lion hearted Kearney, speaking from,
his CORY bed. Mcclellan. a general
to lead heroes. (Cheers) He had
better marshal old women. Those
who train under him should put on
petticoats, take the distaff, and twirl
the flying spindle. He MAY be ain
excellent general for a peaceble war, /
but brave men win never choose
him 70 ieSd. in bloody strife. 1t
were more fitting for him to enjoy
his major generals salary IN the
midst Of nest. Of New Jersey Cop
perheads. Put these Democrats IN
to pursuade the .rebeis.. to make
peaee7 Why. did they not keep the
peace when they were in? Why did
they not prevent the South from. /
raising the bloody standard TO revoltf |
Such talk is idle folly. There can
be no honorable, lasting peace ex-.
eept through victorious war. You
are on the right road now. Bid |
Grant and HIS brave generals and !,
soldiers follow up their peaee-ma-
king measures. (cheers for Grant, J
and they will need no Woods, Val
landighams, and McClellans to help
them. The arguments of the