, 1864-11-01
BEN. VALE ON McCLELLAN.
Epteryiews Between Hon. B.. F.
Wade, Chairman On the Conduct
of the War Committee. and
Gen. Mcclellan Cop
perhead Candidate
for President,

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Gen. Mcclellan Cop
perhead Candidate
for President,
& sCoRCHING REViEW 6F THE
| MILITARY CAREER OF 4
| C0WARD OF 4 TRAITOR.
Before IN immense Pitts9urg Audience, on
Oct. 9Th, Hon. 3. F. Wade spoke as fol.
oWB:
In the fall OF 1861, Mr.. Chandler aud nv
self feeling that the army was laooring nnder
sone serionB defect somewhere, by reason
Of which no progress was made, went of to
the army to safety ourselves, and If possible
discover where the difficulty lay. It WIS: at
WRs almost In 8 state Of siege, when foreign
| nations began to look upon Us rs conquer
ed people, and when all the friends Of the
Eo7f frnment were overwhelmed with shame
and humiliation. smarting under the elect =
camp and tound man Who wes the General.
in Chief of the whole army Of the United
States. We found him in command of
100, COO OF the best men that ever mar3hatea
nnder the banner Of battle, Never was M
1
ism and intelligence that were found under
that General. 1t was the first rally OF the
patriotic host-the flower Of the Republic to
save the nation from destruction. Go aud
conEcrse with the soldiers aud you will find
men there more worthy to govern than many
Rho are elected to govern them.
told you that there were 19o, 600 Of such
Of France said that the like was never seen
on the faee OF the earth; Such On army and
army Of The same strength wonid anosist
upon what Was wasted. Aud set the rebels
| were almost In sight Of the capital. fouttns
their rattlcsnakef faSs in our very faces, How
could on ask nB to submit to this degrcda-
ton without at least kno wing the reason for
Gen. Mcclellan, and demonstrated with him
for pt pt1mttttng this disgfnce ana aishonor Of
great nation. We t1horted him, for Cod q
sake, to at least pus1 b1ck the defiant trail
tors- Why can't you do it,
"ob. hare not men enoughs" (Laus1'
teri
;: aoT 81 w msRy s1s men have sou' I keow you
swell, you baye got nearer tie number
than others have"
| And more, I know that Jou hare 19o, 900.
aoT st'Gn tsV pr p ti 90 5s1es OF more
they are behind fortincatlons stronger than
those OF SebastopoL"
Well, could not dispute with him Oh thst
point, because had not been there to see,
but tld not believe wordof It, neither
does any Democrat in the United States be.
lleye 1t. [Laughter.1 1einply told him that
to have got together such q number as that,
antto have supplied themselves with for
midab1e armor, the rebels must possess some
Of the qualities Of Christ In making bread.
! iGreAt )aughter'l
'tBelievs it or not" said Mcclellan, II
have It On the best authority gentlema IN
ained with me Yesterday direct from Beau-
rtgnrd, and he reported that number"
~ .Whs[e ln:,. t. thai gentleman now:"
with Benuregaro to-day and telling him ae1.
actly how many men youAave got. [LaN,h-
ter and prolonged applause.
Ne complained to Abraham Lincoln, and
urged The necessity OF making eome chaugs
In the COMMAND OF the army; but Mr, Lin
coin TepEied that Mcclellan WIS 60 ID Gen
eral, Whom 1t would not do 10 disturb, aud
with this VT we're compelled to leave the
White Rouse, Hith the raltlesnaketlag Aauut-
Ing it's contempt Ia our Very faces.
Well, Congress met and %e tu1nad to that
body with some hope that an impression
would be made. There were 200, coo fight
Ing men by this time in the Army of the
Potomac. know the e1act number from
the records Of the War office, and speak by
the book. And there was an enemy con
fIODftuE cur EDleOu10 most, ana there " -
Iot u man over 40, 600 Of them.
We waited upon Gen. Butler, q man who
generally knows what be Is about [tremen-
uous aPpIause], and asked t9rn if ne knew
anyth1Dg about this enemy that Is SO dlshou-
orahle, and putting us to ahame- Gen. But:
Ter had posted himself greatly to our salts
faction. The Governors Of the rebel States
bad communicated to their Legislatures tue
number Of troops that their States respec.
lively had turnished. You know that the
Governors could MT be likely to understand
, the number, for each one would be cisposed
to make his State look as large as possible.
Gen, Butler had gathered these facts, and,
t putting them all together, there were but
10000 Of them all, In round numbers! !
then waited upon GOV. Johneon, protest.
him 10 60 down to Gen. MccTeilsn snd re-.
monstrate against this diEgracs. We went
together, and what did VIC Ind? We found
Gen. Mcclellan constructing some pontoon
bridges, 60 that they might have the means
OF Fate retreat in case something should
| happen [Great laughter and applause.
Knowing that there were 200. 900 Of our men
against 40, ,0O0 rebels, I was somewhat lndig
J nant, and told Gen. Mcclellan that would
t burn those pontoon bridges in the fees o.
the soldiers, AID let them know that thej
had get to whip the enemy or be lost. Bu1
tlat policy did not su1t Gen. Mcclellan.
was haety-unmilitary and iDjndicious.
Nov there are some cfrcumstancea tha
= I'D MT to doubt his being true man. vii
} not cali him n.itor, but will give 80,
facts and you eau judge whether be was
trsItor ora coward.
We took the testimony Of the corps com
manae1s, calling up each one as questioned
about the situation. General Mcdowell
{ what do you know about the strength Of til
ene1p5? Their reply was, that rney wer
Should deserter or contraoand come "int
our lines, the corps commanders are forbid
den to question him about the euemT," bu
the order was imperative to send the witnes
Of s,'a t. Ws5'hinstqn a.5f to Be examined oF Gene
What does all This mean? General sumne
] can you tell us what this means?
1 "No, cannot tell, bnt such is the PEI
t emptory order"
h | The only explanation Of Whicheuch an o.
q DIR was susceptible Was that General Mt
j. Clellan desired to exclude the facts from e,
cry dS else, SO that he could exazgerate tn
/ number Of the enemy, ana thus deceive tn
3 President, Congress and the country! f1n
e dfenation cannot come to my other coz
q c1nsiou. He had some purpose tn THAT, an
o leave you TO judge Of it ID the light Of th
d many other curious facts in tnis General
: military career on the Potomac
o When General Mcclellan WAS solicited fG
the sake OF the distressed country, to eros
# the river, he hesttated, doubted, and said
s | WIS dangerous [great laughter it might 6rsa
l. Wig, Genefaf Mcclellan, I thought tht
/. was what yon desired, as you are 30 stronl
e fortified in the American sebastopol.
n thought you would be glad to get him OF
j. Of his iItrenchments and meet him on T.
z / terms. But no, he would not move.
T. At last thiEgs got SO desperate that no or
l. could etand tt any longer, except Gener
& McClt lian himself, and those Just Ike hto
+ [Applause.] So, old Abe finally got his bae
ir up, and gave Mcclellan positive orders
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