The Placer herald., 1864-10-29
NUMBER 9.
Hon. Reverdy johnson, United States
Senator from Maryland, for Gsnl. He.
Clellan for President.

Hon. Reverdy johnson, United States
Senator from Maryland, for Gsnl. Ne.
Clellan for President.
SARATOGA SrRrxos, N. Y. SEPT. II. "a.
Gentlemen: = Your invitation to the meet.
ing to be held in Washington on the 18th
inst, to ratify the nomination Of Mcclellan
and Pendston is but just received.
1t will be out of my power 10 be With you,.
my stay here for some days longer being uai
avoidabls. Opposed AS was to the original
election Of Mr.. Lincoln to the station BE-
now occupies. from conviction Of bis being
unequal to its duties, the manner iu which
he has met them, has but confirmed mAlin
the opinion. With more than two miIiods
OF soldiers placed in his bands and an On.
limited amount OF treasure, his policy and bic
manner OF using bis power, instead Of putting
the rebellion down and bringing to our
ranks the thousands of Union men who were
then in each of the seeded States, and who,
in some are believed 10 outnumber the rsb-
els, have but served the double purpose OF
uniting them against us and Of dividing pub,
lie opinion Of the loyal states. The effect,
Of course, is that notwithstanding the gallant
deeds Of our army and navy. and the mani.
fest justice of our cause, the Union is more
etfectually broken now than it was when bic
adm istration commenced.
Whatever honesty Of purpose may belong
to him, and am willing to admit that hs
has had it, his vacillation, bis policy, now
conservative, now radical, his selection Of
military officers grossly incompetent, his
treatment Of those who were evidently com.
petent, his yielding in this to what he has
himself been often heard 70 say as an excuse
was, "outside pressure" his having not only
not punished, but, as far as the public know,
unrebuked the vandal excesses Of military OF.
ticers Of his special selection, shocking the
sentiment of the world, and disgracing Us ia
view Of Cbrislendom by the burning Of pri.
vate dwellings, and deprising their often ex.
clusvely female occupants Of home and
means Of livelihood-aIl demonstrate that
he is grossly incompetent to govern the
country in this crisis of its fate.
How can an honorable man believe that
one who has so signally failed for almost
four entire years can be successful if another
four years be granted hint No one in Con.
gress, certainly. Not twenty members be.
lieve him equal or at all equal to the mighty
task. He has been tried and found wanting.
Let us have change, none, if loyal can be
for the worse. 1t is not that we wish to use
bis own classic figure to swap horses in the
midst Of stream, but that when we are on
ajourney and safety depends on making our
destination at the earliest moment, we should
cast aside spawned and thin horse, aud 20,
cure sound and active one.
In General Mcclellan we are furnished
in the history of his life, in the purity. Of his
character, his refinement, his attanmeuts,
civil and military. and above all in his per.
feet loyalty--every assurance that, under hs
executive guidance, the war, now SO exhaus.
tive of treasury aud blood, will soon be
brought to a triumphant termination, and
this Union which "at all haza,ds" be will
never agree to surrender, will be restored.
With regard, Your obedient servant,
REvERDY JOHNSON.