, 1864-10-30

And more, know that you have 19O. .Ooo
How strong, pray tell, arc The rebels ?
"Oh, they are at least 2oO, 600 or more. an,
they are behind Notifications stronger tha,
thoee of Sebastopo1.''
Well, conld not dispute with him on tia
Pollt, because bad not been there to see
but did not believe word Of it. nefthe
does any Democrat In the United States be
iieve 1t. ELaughter.l Isiuply told him tha
TO have got together such number as That
and to hare supplied themselves with for
midable armor, the rebels must possess som.
q ed me Qualities Of Christ In making bread
'"BelieSs II it. o. not" said ] Mcclellan, ..,
have 1t on the best authority A gentiem II
dined with me Yesterday direct from Beau
regard, and he reported that number,''
..Mhsrs ~ ann,t + Enas, that gentleman 4pw?"
**Well, I can guees. think he Ia dining
with Beauregard to-day and telling him eI
acjly how many men you have got, (Lauyh
ter and prolonged applause.]
We complained to Abraham Lincoln. and
2, ,n1essd e:s the necessity q making some change
coin replied that Mcclellan was 70 ID Gen.
era1, whom 1t would not do to disturb, and
with this we were compelled to leave the
White HouEe, With the 1attlesnake flag Haunt
Ing its contempt In onr very faces.
wen, Congress met and we turned to that
l
would be made. There were 200, 600 fight.
Ing men by this time In the Army Of the
Potomac. know the exact number from
the records Of the War Office, and speak By
the book. and there was an enemy con.
trohting our splendid host, and there Wa
We waited upon Gen. Butler, man who
generally knows what be ia about ftremen-
oous applause], and asked him IT he knew
ANYTHING about this enemy that is so dtshou-
orable, and putting US to shame. Gen. But
Ter had posted himself greatly to our salts
faction. The Governors Of The rebel States
had communicated to their Legislatures the
number Of troops that their States Sespec-
tiye]y had turuished. You know that the
Governors could not be likely to understand
to make his State look as large as possible.
Gen Butler bad gathered these facts, and,
pntting them all together, there were bal
10000 Of them all, in round numbersl
then waited upon Gov. johnson, protest.
Ing against this state Of things. and asked
monetrate against this disgrace. We went
together, and What did We lind! We found
| Gen Mcclellan constructing some pontoon
bridges, go that they might hare the means
| OF Eafe retreat. In case something should
happen! IGreat LAUGHTER and aPplause.l
against 40, 600 rebels, ] was somewhat ini1ig-
nant, and told Gen. Mcclellan that would
burn those pontoon bridges In the faces Of
the soldiers, and let them know that they
pad got to whip the enemy or be lost. But
that policy did not suit Gen. Mcclellan. I
WIS hasty-unmilitary and ipjudiclous.
NoW there are some circumstances that
TED me to doubt his being true man will
not call him traitor, but will give you
iacts and yon can Judge whether be was 3
We took the testimony of the corps COM
1aanders, calling up each one as questioned
abont the situation General Mcdowell,
what do Jou know about the strength Of the
.eneDy?. Their reply was, that they were
not permitted to get any such information.
Should deserter Or contrAband come "into
our lines, the corps commanders are forbid
den to question him about the enemy" but
the order was Imperative to send the witness
Of Of to aa Gashir rgton to Be examined by Gene.
What does all this mean? General Sumner
Can you tell us what this meana?
emptory order.''
The only explanation Of which such an or
der YVES fusceptible was that General Nc
erJbod3 else, 80 that he could exa9gerate the
number Of the enemy, and thus de1eiYe the
President, Congress and the country! fI1-
dtgnation:l cannot come to any other con-
clnsion. He had some purpose In that, aud
leave you to judge Of it IN the Light Of the
many other curious facts In this Generals
military care er On the Potomac.
When General Mcclellan was solicited for
the sake Of the distressed country, to cross
the river, he hesftated, doubted, and eaid 1t
was dangerous lgreat lang4ter,l mtghs bring
Why, General Mcclellan, I thought that
was what you desired, as you are SO etronIy
fortified In the American sebastopol. I
thought you would be glad to get him out
OF h1s 1ntrenchments and meet him on t.ir
RTf mn hdf t+oyy1I S>.,k~
At last things got so desperate that no one
could stand IT any longer, except General
Mcclellan himself, and those inst ike him,
[Applause.] 30, old Abe dually got bis back
up, and gave Mcclellan positive orders to
m9ye On certain day
tbenr He did what he had never done be.
fore-called counsel OF war! He gathered
IN twelve Of his generals, and managed to get
eight Of them to decide 1t inexpedient to
move; that It was extremely dangerous,
Four OF them stood ont to the last, and beg
bad large majority that voted 1t dangerous
Mcclellan: "Go, or win ind come one
who viii move. Upon this he made move
ment, growing and grumblng about getting
smashed up, and you know the result.
with the end and painted black, lying on a
tabla to his right)-a "Quaker gun i'' Gen.
eral Mcclellan found Whnt new fortiacatIous
they had, mounted with such guns as that,
and some ot the earthworks were inadequate
to any kind Of armor.
The victorious legions Of Gen. Mcclellan
came back, and then it was that the cam
paign down the Peninsula was planned.
desire the facts to be understood, so that
Mr. Lincoln mny be relieved Of the charge of |
robbinG Gen. Mcclellan Of bis troops, and so !
interfering with him that he could do moth |
1t was at this time that no insisted upon |
the division Of the forces into army corps. |
Up to this period the necessary work had not |
been done. 1t is true that we are not eduea-
books and found that they al agreed that |
large army must be divided into corps Ia Of
der to be handled With advantage. This was
so in accordance with common sense that We
It should be done: We took the books to
the Secretary Of War and to the President |
and urged this matter. They saw 1t In the |
game light and urged General Mcclellan to !
do it; but he refused. Why? For no other
reason that could be discovered than that It
would displ2ce come OF his fayorltes.
He now resolved to go the Peninsula route
to Richmond. Mr, Lincoln, knowing that
there Was a strong rebel army lying near
Washington said to Mcclellan, ;" In my judg-
ment the true line Of advance is to attack the
rebel army, meantime intsrposing your army
ano not military man, and you are; and If
your council bf war II unanimous On this
subject you may take your own route to Rich
1nond II you will leave an army corps here to |
defend the capital" [Applause.] You win
take notice Of these facts, because there has
bt en- made an attempt to grossly deceive tho
people In respect to the part which Mr.. Lin
coin played in.this most disastrous and dis
graceful campaign. Mr. Lincoln did not ad-
Wise that ronte, but left 1t to the General in
Chief, under the advice Of his council Of war.
[Appiause.1 But Mcclellan never called
council on that question. And in spite Of
this condition he took his army and sailed
sway for Yorktown.
How many men did he take there? We
baYe the most a,nclQsive evidence that he
took every man Of 120, 900! How many rebels
were there at Yorktown? We have the tes-
Eimony Of Mr. Boughton, - truthful man
ae ever lived, at TINT time Senator from that
pant Of virginia, and since dead. He boarded
It the same table with Magruder at the time
Mcclellan landed. Magruder had no more
dea that he could stay there than In the In.
lernal regions. Their forces did not exceed
!, COO all told, and they were ready to run
They only waited to eee what the Yankees
could do; and when they SAW Mcclellan 70
nto the swamps, bsEs, and ague ponds
70 throw up .1nnenchments, they laughed,