Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1864-09-15
Tn. Trsachsrous Memory One. More

We gave yesterday some curious instances
of McClellan's remarkably defective memory.
The Chicago Convention adopted Its "cessa-
tion of hostilites" and submission to JEFF.
Davis resolutions on the LIST of September; on
the next day Gen. Mcclellan was, on the mo-
tion of Mr.. Nallandigham, and through the
earnest efforts Of McClellan's friends, unani-
mnusly nominated for the Presidency upon
that platform, of which, to quote the World
"he Is now the recognized exponent, and with
which no word or act of his life Is In conflict. :"
Yet only six days afterwards, on the Sth of
September, when Mcclellan accepted the nomi-
nation, he had already forgotten all about the
resolutions, so wretched is his memory; aud
this though, according to the Daily NetUs "the
platform with Its peace planks was presented
to Gen. Mcclellan, and was by him approved,
both in It's letter and spirit" y" early in July
last"
Unluckily, the Chicago candidate has for.
gotten not only the Chicago resolutions, but
some more important matters. Several In
stances of this iorgetfulness occur In his letter
of acceptance, and they are of kind which
show how dangerous It would he for the coun.
try TO have President without a memory.
In that letter he writes: "The preservation
OF the Union was the sole avowed object fol
which the war was commenced This as.
| founding assertion shows that Gen. Mcclellan
has forgotten some OF the most important
| events In our history. He appears to think
that the Government of the United States and
the Administration of Mr.. Lincoln began the
war; whereas Hll the world knows that the cot
tOn-planters began 1t, and their "avowed OBJ
Ject" was, according TO the general belief, moi
to preserve but to destroy the Union. Not only
did they begin the war, but not less than thr.
teen separate and distinct acts of war wert
| committed by them before the inauguration o.
Mr.. Lincoln. We recommend the following
list to Gen. McClellan's attention:
December 81, lS60.-Capture of Fort Moul
trie and Castle Pinckney by South Caroline
| troops. The revenue cutter Aiken was alsC
captured.
January 5, ls6l.-Capture of Fort Pulaski BY
the Savannah troops.
January 3.-The arsenal at Mount Vernon
Alabama, with ~, 900 stand of arms, seized BY
the Alabama troops.
January 4.-FOrt Morgan, in Mobile bay
taken by the Alabama troops.
January 0.-The steamship Star of the West
fired into and driven OF by the South Carolni
batteries on Morris Island.
January lO-Forts Jackson, 81. Phillip, ant
fike, near New Orleans, captured by tn
Louisiana troops.
January l4.-Capture of the Pensacola nav,
yard, and Forts Barrancas and McRae.
January l2'-Capture of Baton Rouge arsena
by Louisiana troops.
January 3I.-New Orleans Mint and Custom
house seized.
February 2-selzure of Little Rock arsena
by Arkansas troops.
February 4.-Capture of the revenue cutte
Cass by the Alabama authorities.
February l0.-Colonel Waite, U. 8. A., ant
San Antonio captured by Colonel Ben McCul
loch and his Texan rangers.
March 2-The revenue cutter Dodge seizct
by the Texan authorities.
1t Is not prudent to forget such importan
matters as these aud the American peopl
may well distrust the capacity of a cAndidat
who, through detective memory, or from som
other cause, makes such frlghtful blunder II
his formal letter of acceptance as to lay th
blame OF beginning a costly and bloody wa
upon the Government Of the country, insteat
OF upon the enemies of the Union who di
begin II. To say 81 do not remember' Is bu
poor excuse for such blunder.
But little further down In his letter W
come TO another instance showing Genera
McClellan'S fatally defective memory. II
writes
80 soon as II Is clear, or even probable
that our present adYersaries are ready 70
peace upon the basis of the Union, we shoul
exhaust all the resources Of statesmanshi