Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1864-11-19
GEsEnAL MOCLELLAs is now out of the

GENERAL MCCLELLAN is now out OF the
army, and is again private citizen. We
publish on the first page, this morning, the
order accepting his resignation, aud Ap.
pointing General Sheridan to his vacancy.
We presume this ends his political and
military career, unless indeed the legisla.
ture of New Jersey, as has been intimated,
should take him up aud elect him United
States Senator in place of Mr.. Ten Eyck,
this coming winter. The position would
not prove one, We imagine, much fitted
either to his present frame of mind or to
his qualifications. We regard it as set
tied that General McCIellan's day is past
As he stands before the world he is emit
tied to our pity. How different will be his
place in the history of this war from that
occupied by such men as Grant, Sherman,
Sheridan, Hooker and Heintzleman, all
of them regular army men-all of their an
tecedents as orthodox as McClellan's. 1t
will be recorded of them that they stood
by the government, not only in the field
but in the supreme hour of its fate at the
balIot-bOx. The browning glory of a sol
der is not mere fighting. 1t is the neral
strength he gives his government il
all his relations to it. No mar
ever lost a grander opportunity Il
give his government such strength, and q
the same time to silence his opponents anc
win the respect of all patriotic men. thar
Mcclellan had two months ago. he los
t. "a L.
Chicago convention without distinctly con
demning the platform. Suppose he hat
said to that convention, "I cannot accep
a nomination on such Objectionable prin
ciples as you have laid down. belieV,
as said at West Point that the only al
formative for our choice is the suRpreIsiOn o
the rebellion, or the destruction of gu
nationality am for crushing tho rebel
lion by force of arms. 1 am not for tenn
poriEing with the rebel leaders, or 70
using any language which will tend to en-
courage in them the belief that we will
suspend hostiIities upon any condition ex.
cept the submission of the insurgents t.
the lawfully constituted authorities of tn
United States. If am to be candidAt
for the Presidency, it must be with the ex
plicit understanding that if elected shall
be guided by these principles in my con
duct of affairs"
Suppose he had used such language al
that, he might have lost the support o
some of the Vallandighams aud Woods
But he would have secsred thousands o
the War Democrats who have now voted
against him, and be would have retained
the respect of thousands of other men, who
think, as We do, that his course in attempt,
ing at once to stand On and of the Chica.
go platform was disingenious, tricky and
unworthy. 1t showed that he was not 9
great man. 1t demonstrated that he had
not the wisdom to perceive that he could
not at the came time make the Pesce
Democrats believe he was on the Chica.
go platform and make the War Democrats
believe that he spurned it, or else it proved
that percetving this fact, he had not the
courage to rise above the politicians who
tempted him with tho nomination. he
was frank neither towards the Convention
nor towards the nation. He tried to ride
in two different directions at the same time
and he is left-nowhere. His fate pre-
sents sanitary example to those who are
tempted as he Was.