Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1864-09-24

Mcclellan owes, in some degree, the ex-
tent aud the warmth Of the popular en-
thusiasm everywhere manifested in his IA.
vor to the prosecutions Of which he has
been made the object, and TO the unjust
obliquy by which he has been hunted
alike in the field and since his retirement
from active command. The attacks thus
made upon him have been so obviously the
offspring of official jealousies of partisan
rivalries that the people have resented the
injustice done to him not only from that
love of fair play which is instructive among
them, but also because tbeyshave had the
sagacity to perceive that tina injustice to
him was wrong done to the national
cause. They kn0lO that Mcclellan was
not kept in retirement for waut OF capac.
ity when such as have been trusted else
where were placed in posts Of honor and
responsibility. And they did not know
it before, they know 1t only too well nO,0,
10 the full view of what has been done by
men wh), with all the help Of the author
lies in Washington, have accomplished no
more (harring the greater number Of lives
they have sacrificed) tban he was able to
accomplish while sometimes finding these
authorities almost a. much hindrance es
a help in his operations,
Whether. therefore, we look to the Gle.
ments of Gen. McCloil.n's character or to
the history of his conduct We find in eoch
e guarantee of those qualities and traits
which thn nconle mo.t drlicht TO honor
Eorl, sionaliznd nv his m,l,tarv co,prod,s
and suporiora as a man Of mark in his pro.
fc,sion, and adding to the knowledge of an
accumulated soldier the ENLARGED and lib.
rral ru,i,lrc derived from andIrs of nrac.
tonl sci.nc3 A. w,u as Of literature. be
would brjug to ,he Pre.iIcncy the. graces
which aJorn that high station as well rs
the strnn,lh u,ce,sarv TO boar i,s brrdnns
in this day Of trial and perplcxjty. Pos
sessinr n mind more remarknblo for solid
ity than br!,iiancy, calm in his iudgmeuts,
deliberate in his purpo,es, but, after delib
Grafton. tenacious Of his resolves. he pre
seuts n combination Of intellectual oualtie.
and mental traits which. though rare in
one 50 vonnr, may be iu>,ly held TO de-
rive fresh strength and beaptv from their
un,op with the prsncnt yieor of EARL man.
hood.
Suuh we sunnose to he some Of the
grounds on which the candidacy of Gen
McCIcl,an nav be iu.tIv yindicated before
tbe American neopIe. and the 5poptapeous
enthusiasm eliei,ed by hi name. as we'll in
, tine walk, Of pr,vate life rs in the camn o,
the soldier, is il sufficient token Of the ear.
nsstuess with which these motives CT per.
soral confidence are cherished By multi.
tudes Of the people.
Ana if these are the nersonal attributes
which I4seryedlv command for General
McClelIan the rcsnect and copddeuce of
his coun,rvmeD. it - ou|v lust 10 saw that
his ooljricul prjDcinIes are such as com.
mend tbnm,elves to the cordial acceptapcc
of every lover aud supporter of the Union
based on the Constitution aud the law:
made in pursuance thereof. He stands to
day as the representative embodiment oI
those principles which, at one time in the
history Of this sad war. enabled the nation
to present an Undivided front against the
revolutionary violence of armed sedl,ior
at The South and the equally revolutionary
cxaction' Of political radcalism at the
Norih. Ifpresident Lincoln had possessed
the requisite ateadfastness to preserve the
consistency Ct his opuious--il be had not
yielded to IA pressure" from which he
asked others TO relieve the country, with,
out having the strength of vii! to relieve
him, eli Irom is4 growing demands-ht
might to-day have stood in the same com
mandiug attitude, aud, so standing, might
have leaned on Tie support of loyal and
united people, But he has chosen tC
complcate his posltl on, aud therefore tht
fortunes OF the Union, so Tar as they are
subject to his control, with policies lying
not only outside Of the Constitution, bu
| conceived in pa)pabic contradiction viii
Its letter and spirit, as that instrument il
= construed and interpreted by many we bs
ieve by "A vast majority Of the loyal peo,
pie ofthc United States, From the1e en-.
5 parrassmeu.s and complications Genera
= Mcclellan is free, and the vantage grouu
. which this consideration affords him is ap