Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1864-11-04
From the New York Post.
A SORRR-INQUIRY

Na.u
General McClellan's policy if he shonld be
:, elected to the Presidency The country
4 is in critical conditions; it will not do "a
trifie; it is quite possible to destroy It, to
exhaust it, to ruin it; and sn. undecided,
timid; and inefficient policy is the direct
means to that end! Il isfof vital impor.
ltsnce, then, to the whole country, and to
every interest in it, to know, first, that an
aspirant for. the Presidency has decided
policy; and secsndly, what thai policy is.
Now where does General Mcclellan
stand'2 What will he do If be. is elected
President2 Everybody knows what Mr..
4 Lincoln will do-he will endeaVor toGput
i down the rebellion; he will place the
ablest generals at the head of the ARMIES;
be will order them to use their utmost eff
forts to break up the military power Of
i the rebel chiefs; he will, meantime, do all
in his power to prove to the people of the
n South that he regards their interests, that
he desires their good, and that the Union
lis ready to receive and protecttthem. This
lisa distinct, well defined policy; IL works
by the most direct road towardsa q definite
and attainable end. 1t promises to be
I speedily successful. 1t has compelled the
respect of European powers, and excited
the hatred and terror of JET, DaVis and
| the rebel Chiefs 1t has inta'shprt time
regained for US the greater part of the ter
4 ritory claimed by the rebel leaders; and if
Iitis steadily pursued it will presently com
| pei these leaders to abandon the country.
4 Here is policy, be it good or bad. 1t
1 is clearly defined, not wayering, not vast
L ing the strength of the nation in random.
and feebiy directed efforts. But what is
i General McClellan's policy2 Where does
| he stand? This is as much question
4 among his adherents as il is amongst his
1 Iopponehts. q The Chicago Convention had
| scarcely adjourned when.a quarrel broke
4 out amongst those who composed it, rs to
i what would be policy-a quar-
rel which is not yet appeased. On the one
| hand are certain meu who msintsin that
/ General Me- Olellan is devoted to the Union,
that he will carry on the war, but that he
4 will not make it what they call an "aboli-
tion war" That is to say, he! will no
longer employ colored men in the army
liust at the time when the rebels are en-
'llfstiug three hundred Thousand; he will
'Edisband the regiments of black troops now
serving the ,hag-they number about one
hundred thousand men--and, as a matter
of course, he will order draft of white
men to fll the places of the Blacks
Moreover, he will not receive the negroes
who fly. to us from the enemy; he will re-!
j peal tie Emancipation Proclamation, and
LQu6 lOESo buo bWO eA9O q nan LulllUub VI
4 southern blacks Ito Tbe faithful to-, their
masters and to oppose the Union. a p .i,...
4 This according to one clsss of General
McClellanIs supporters, will be his policy.
4 he has not promised or announced It any
where, 20 be sure; it. 9is not written or
signed by him, that he will do this; but
that ia what these people require who have
for two years howled at "Lincoln'a aboL.
ton war" and who vote for Mcclellan be.
/. cause they have persuaded themselves that
this is his policy. Well,i what does it
amount TOT With the help of the negro
troops, and of the proclamation which
made it to the interest of every southern
negro to leave his master and to hate the
rebellion, we have succeeded in pushing
the rebels slowly back the struggle has
been severe, and has taxed all our strength;
u now comes Mcclellan with q part of his
followers. who say: The way to Be success.
tul is to disband a third of our armies and
to notify the slaves that they must not
fight for the Union-though they may fight
against it. Is that q policyH As well
might the parade step of the soldier, in
which each foot strikes every time in its
old track, be called an excellent marching
step, AS we'll might we praise the expedi-
tion of the traveller who takes two steps
backward to one forward.
6QI LQ6E6 lb duOLu6E SLUG 10 the question:
If there are Mcclellan men who persuade
4 themselves that their candidate will in
/ some mysterious way beat the rebels by
i weakening the Union. armies, there are
i other Mcclellan men, who assert that he
4 will beat them by not Sighting at all. These
4 tell us that he stands on the Chicago plat
4 form, that he is committed by it to nego-
4 tiation, cessation of hostillties,, to any
4 PsRcesble meRps-but no more war. These
1 people point confidently TO McClellanis sur
i rouniings, to the positive assertio0s of his
4 special organs, to, the fact that he accept
ed the nomination, that he did not refuse
/ to accept gs his partner, on the ticket no.
torious peace man, the town familiar
friend" 6foValiAndigham, aud that while
\ jVallandigham and Wood publicly pro-
4 claimed that Mcclellan would do their
4 work, and adopt their well known peace.
at-any. price policy, Mcclellan has never
lcontradicted these assertions, .-4.- 5,s.,, =
The WoFLd, the special organ of McClel-
4 Ian, confirms these assertions, in what
appears unequivocal language. f'We pre-
fer to go before the people," it says, "1pon
those great principles Of public policy an :
neunced, at Chicago, OF which General
Mcclellan is now the recOgnizsd expo
nent." Aud sgsin il praises the Chicago
u resolutions as the '!yigo1ous, patriotic aud
d jcopciliatory declaration Of principles adop-
I ted at Chicago, They win, il adds, "6S
generally accsptablesto 70 the, party.n Gem
, Eeral Mcclellan, ff we may believe these
lthtngs, stands upon the Chicago platform,
is-ths-sxPOasnt OF the resolutions written
by Mr.. Vallandighaml 1 and is committed to
Epsace at all haIsrds. ~ .-.g--- an-,
, dsBetWeen these Two eo1testant faotio6s,
! who both claim him, Ne. cannot decide
! but we point opt TO citizens who are Gnx;
ions for the welfare and honor Of theiI
; country, that neither alternative Includes
5 IYlGor0Is prosecution of the war; and tha