Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1864-10-13
Yours truly,
\. LINCOLN.
Mi. Gen ,icgiEIiA<.

N'i5 lHiy,
\. LINCOLN.
Maj Gen ,ic(iEliAN.
Ana ior luitAcr rciu alton and ial.ifica-
uon OF what yon have SAID hereby assert
shat | hnow 10 bc true. During the month
81 January, 1867, Gen. Mcclellan had been
very III. The President became very res
tiyv u"!ci the outside pressure winch de-
man cd through lhe r. pub an press that ihc
army should "on some Iii veincnt proposed
20 10 richmond, anl WAS about to consent
"a some movement proposed ~ Gen. Me
DpweH. On hearing this, Cen Mcclellan
arose from his sick bed and proceeded to
tn Presidential MANSION, there to JOIN the
President and his Cabinet, who had been
assembled 10 Ineo. hlm. lie was a>k,d by
ti'e President ito give his plan OF the cam
pai,n. lie heSllatrd for a moment, during
which hr remembered that all information
furnished to the cabinet found it's wax to the
Confidential friends of some OF them, and
tlscnce, by the Multitude Of ic.' that inteSt
tae war and other departments, it wa
forthwith communicated to the enemy, and
he replied tina, lac would DO SO il the Pres-
dent ordered il, but As the President must
know how Immediately such information
was transmitted 10 The enemy, he, McCiel
lan, preferred not TO make known his plan
OF campaign to the cabinet unless the Pres
ident should order ii, and the President de
cllncd to make The order
Mr.. Chase remarked 10 one present, that
il Mae persists III thus refusing information
lie Is a rune. man.
These circumstances occurred in January
and on Feb uary Sd Do you stil intend to
re-aliirn thai Mct iellan had no plan. Until
t,c democratic emators, Mr. Latham and
Mr. Rice, and u b5igadier nom the oo!nlnn
81 Joseph Hooker, con' octed one, and pack
81 council Of wal to approve Q. III" on
The oth OF March, thereafter.
Now. judge, Will you save yourself and
trends much confusion, winch you have
caused them n io.i"wlng you, il you would
read the orders and letters that have been
published upon al of these nlii.ary subjects.
and winch mag tc ali found IN your iayorIte
work % the report vi the c.ln.nisnc on the
conduct OF he war, or in Gen. Mcclellan
report, whicn is not So great a iavoritc wild.
you. luu evinoc again the most extraor
binary confusion, when you assert Chat tn.
Pres!d ut gave hin ten days 70 find u Ian.
.,ad coninuia The orders have referred t.
"ENEeurwH MANSION,
WA>nNOroN, March s, 1868
lre>iSent's General Ol'ier ~. S.
!. X
~ hat ans movements as aforesaid. en-
ronte ior new Ease Of operations. which
may be order by the oininan,lcl- n chal.
md winch ruas be intend 4 to move upon
i 7" Deareahe Bay, Shall bc.in 20 move NJ
the bay a. eagy as the 18th OF March, INST.
and he generai IN chief shall be Responsible
that l. moves as carl, as that day.
A. LINCOLN.
81. Thomas, AdJt General"
IN Mhirh You ~;li observe that he did not
"T;"r ten Mcclellan to produce . plan
"fn'n ten days, a you assert, but his
movement should commence with in ten
lays.
After such documentary proofs, under
the hands OF The Preside It himself il will
nor do Tor you To attonp to sussa II vour
,sii ny am inn" gini.ry conversations with ,ren |
slt2t1h lnd,iduas
Judge, II ever question Of yesa.aiy |
zones up bctw, Ell You and my elf, we alan |
must settle it, and you must not attempt Il |
shuttle oil your responsibility and u.acc ii |
lpon others. This may have been Won, |
practice heretofore, and YOU may have 50 |
acted with impunity, but st assured ID sill I
lot be permitted by ne. You refer to |
some great surprise that Gen. Mcclellan +
proposed to IN k \ on H. rebel line Al gren,.,
me. ana you make out. no do bit to yo,r
'atlstaciian, that the success of the >urnrjse
iepen'!ed ei'tir ~ upon "a certain.bliape T.,
DC constructed OF canal boats, that ~, re 10
nave been passed into the Potomac near
harper Ferry, and that it wa. found when
ne movement was about to be made. tha,
ne outlet loek was too narrow ;ar IN, bo,ts
Vow, his surprise of Brent,ville may be
ntlreiv clear to You and Senators Wade
'ha Johnson, but to myself and to nv mill
a,y friends, we cannot understand how the
eoeis In the direction of Brent,yiiIe conla
ave been surprised by any movement IN
ne direction indicated by YOU: but I SIM.
'ose that that is not important with Won
our real OBJECT being only to relate the
TORY OF that obstinate canal boat tha, had
,.assed through all of the Other lois rnon
ne canal. but refused, in the face Of the On.
my, 70 pass the outlet lock. Did il ave-,
Iou, . ,lcm that an empty canal boat. IN
~ nands OF thousands sof men. conld bc
transferred down Hill, from the canal 81 .hs
VIZ. s' with but little difficulty. and that
acre might have been some other rsssnr
.s.I tne one assigned BY YOU? But ~.
nsssuG IA tnat you claim did - .,1,o. -