Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1864-10-13

he te,n 10 the Union, Will o, 49,
raj Mcclellan no more In his race ~, sn'
Presidency unt,er the eognomen of" -
ocrat," than the eppendage to his nam,
of Napoleon" aided him In his peninsu
lar campaign. In the latter case the
compliment, ii such " may be called,
did not even inspire him so much with
the love of glory OF distinction, " his
officers are to be believed, as To Induce
him to place himself under fire TO watch
The operations of his different corps dn-
ring the many battles in which they
were Engaged. With the unlimited con-
fidence OF the President and his Cabinet,
having the control of all the resources
nj their disposal, with 50 splendid army"
of one hundred and twenty Thousand
strong, increased 10 one hundred ano
flfty-eight thousand as reported by the
Adiutant, General of4he army, the goai
was within the reach of General MeCiel-
Ian, but he knew not how to grasp 1t
He possessed "the' sword OF Scanderberg
but could not wield it," He neither
comprehended the value of time, nor
the advantages of pysmpt action and ce-
leritv of movement His encamping in
the swamps of the river Warwick, and
the mud in front of Yorktown, for a
month besieging the place, permitting
it's rebel garrison to be increased from
nine thousand to over one hundred thou
sand men, as ne represented, 1.-THE rebels
saw only seventy thousand, and then al
lowing them to escape from Yorktown
unobserved, was no less fatal to him as
a commander than the result was disas-
trous to his army-at the same time II
disappointed and depressed the hopes OF
every patriot throughout the Union
| With advantages that few Generals ever
possessed, he signally failed.
Gen Mcclellan expects to be Presl-
| dent under nomination from the Con-
yention whose leaders sympathise with
| the Southern rebels, and whose platform
| was dictated by traitors calling them
! selves Democrats. His friends say he
repudiated the platform in his letter OF
| acceptance. Can any one doubt If the
leaders succeed in electing him, no mat
ter what he may have said in that letter,
that he will be governed by the Chicago
| nlatform 1t appears by the New York
| Dailv News, the organ of the peace men,
that the platform toas approred by me 6eh-
eral t,eo months before the Conceitt0H met al
| L
nJuly last-We have it upon the author
atty of delegate from Indiana who was
SELECTED by the delegation from his
estate to act as one of the committee
ato inform the candidates of the action
eof the Convention-the platform WITH
'its peace planks, almost word for word
"as adopted was presented TO Gen. Nc
oClellan. and ,oas by him approved, both il
| Il nul f.iT-
cumstances, coming from the source 1t
does, the truth of the statement cannot
be doubted. Tie General Is boa'a By h's
pligI,ted faith to be goce,1Ied By the platform,
should he be elected. To violate it, he would
exhibit more courage than most men
possess
Allow me to ask is there Democrat
who voted for Senator Douglas for Pres
J ident, that will vote for any candidate
, who accepts nomination from Con-
yention that sympathises with the reb-
els and which was dictated to by South
{ ern traitors in the formation of its plat
form 2 hope there is not one. AL
f though Douglas was defeated in his
election by the Southern Democracy
q and few Democrats in the North who
n cooperated with them, he was one OF thu
a first to declare his attachment to tn
: Union and his readiness to sacrifice al
i, he possessed, with life itself, if need be
r to protect and defend the Republic il
e its unity and integrity.
e In conclusion, viii simply remarl
S that belong to no party, whether Dem
! ocrat, Wing, Republican, or any Other
o that is not for the preservation of th
d Union and the Constitution, withou
N compromises or lines of dsmarcariol
ir and which is not in favor Of the prosect
II ton OF the war until the rebels lay dow
4. their arms, and are willing to submit
If the laws and Constitution of the Unite
v States. Respectfully yours,
or JOHN E. Wool.