The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1864-10-04
l''"- "i Hon. VIM. ID. Kelley, In Reply
to Henry n. Naglee.

'l- NY uUnltIOu has been called u a iNttof
u" 20 The 9Th ull, which you have done mo tbs
U" dIrrs' 6" mo through tho public iournsl,. In
,mnna.e, and all otme relation. that have
90. ri.I hJ'"vgu us, are confined 20 two or three
%. ."' tu'cfin 81, one OF which yoI wcr, pleased
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w. al pardon u, u,nrr,r NJ limit ,,t, relation,
tJ. H... .N...I Hoie'ou use 10 ono casual IN ,etng
VIII t.1. pla.o u me oJco ana presence Ut my vcue-
Fable .nH N..f.. I.aul .r"u1, Elr k rrire EsI do
not rc. 0h. tH have hal word OF intoraour,e with
you nn uN .t'.. occasion. on that occasion, msa-
toned U.I .E aItnrs had been irlonds and told you
that u 1r uH r of thr lrothOuot AIRY Of tho Court Of
which ".. JuifcN our mther had rccog ,isod me BY
my lkCu,4, lu Die uary frend my mthcr That was the
only limo remember 90 have aeon hun but shalt ever
remember the pleasant words ho spoke OF my aher
who died during my infancy.
The public wtl estimate the gratitude owe You for
this pleasant incident but n not 20 notice your psr.
sonal allu,ion that took my pen.
You then proceed TO quote fcw sentences from the
report In the "Prcss' OF the 23d ult u my rema at
the meeting in Concert Hal the evening prevoua ana
at the conclusion OF the cX tract YOU saw Nov m
dear sir this state men simply nlsc aud on the part
Of your Hcnd' Mr. Edwin 81 stanton iualicoa,Iy
false"
The extract you cite IA as follows.-
at sot out that the President was determined to have
ian had no plan aud here NAV state that We owe The
10 those dist tngutahed
ham q California and Rice oi Minnesota, tnd Brga-
der IN the column Of JOsepn Hooker General McUie-
hands IL was agreed on In council Of waE That plan
was submitted 10 tue President TWAS submitted in the
presence Of Secretary STATION. stanton pat tncm
through strict course OF examination one General
but woud sustain h az be tbo5gb s bs 10 tas pi9n an
mandates OF bis chief General aglee was one OF those
,slr,, said MT stanton, you have no right hero @ /
wards found Out that General Saaee was ahaent fbon
leave ana that ishtng Joe Hooker knew nothing the
The report from which you clip this tract does not
purpor to be verbatim, IL Iul. / have how
ever no special exception 20 take to the passage you
quote. 1t embOds ieir statement my assertions 80
Tar as It goes IL re to what during the rst
week in March, 1852, and must follow In the report
which have not read statement OF the dlsap point
ment we'll informed men had experienced in the last
week OF February.
had told the audience of the hopes entertained by the
President the Secretary War; aud leading members OF
Congress of the OF General icCelins proposed
surprise OF the Rebels the line ui Brentsvllle You
doubtless remember that the success of that promised
movement was said by the General to depend on the
met that II was to he sHrIric, That suspicion Of
his contemplated movement might be excited he pro-
posed that instead OF constructing pontOons hauling
them thither he would collect IN the boats OF
hch to construct bridge across the Potomac This he
did aths lie sure All was now ready III anyihlng
wanting. he had nobody but himself blame he him
self had said The mOrnng OF the eventfu day arrived,
and 10, difficulty and a difficulty which 10 the
nent engineer commanding the army iusuDerable.
II never occurred 10 measure the OuuotlOok
through which the boats he had provided were pass
andnow Just at the critical moment as they were
feet wider than the lock they ohsnateIy reu ed 10
pass throughl Was 1t not veNatousr also told the
meeting of the puerle for tho failure which he
offered in the presence Of Hon. BENJAMIN Wado, of
Ohio and Andrew Johnson, then senator rom Tonnes
see, and that he In thor presence proposed to make
another effort 10 surprise the Rebels over bridge which
he thought could he built In ten days Those heard
me will remember all tuls and quite sure that
General ncCeihn, inhrn az MS memory appears to be,
can verify a'l my statements
Sau III substance that thi' iact Following the
Incident OF the stove-ppe at Munson's Hin and the
wooden guns ut Manassas had exhausted even the Pre-
sdent stock OF patience But that he had in the kind
ness OF bs heart determined TO give General Mcclellan
achanoe 10 redeem himself from utter ridicule and had
gwen MN ten Gays IN Which to propose plausible plan
OF campsen' ltWas then that said he had no plan,
ana tnat "hen several OF the promised ten days hHd
passed ne was stil without plan.
Al this point OF time, my dear Generally ou come upon
the scene and reahrn all that said OF you' without
attempting TO reproduce the lansnase OF my auGres'
resfhrm ths, net on the authority OF one whom am
proud 10 call my irond, Hon H. NJ stanton, but OF one
whose word yen ought TO accept "a he was graduate
OF west Point, brgndier general OF volunteers, ana
enjoyed In an eminent degree the confidence OF Gene
RAJ hoCelan' theh Noinn Ohei Vi tno aIn'e'
OF the unltou states
indeed my uear oeneti' ne was oonhahulhg on'
gade under ueneral hooSer IN lower MsryiAnd whlon
1 think was your position Wheh you tooSNoo commit
moatlon nom DemOcrauc senator MI Latham OF ga
NORMA which, thouBn ehhot give you iS precise IAN
eyer you Aho" tnat zen Diooeuah was IN uahsr
oi removal because NO hau supuiated 70 submit plan
OF campaign Wnn certain NUMBER OF uSSS ana "ouid
Oe removed no ou not anu you 10 has'eh 10
washington am quite sure my dear General, thStyou
VIII not d'hy 'hs nor that N pursuance OIL that eOwmu-
h'oa'"h Hou ulu HstVh ~ N''hins'oh ahu "eie onN-
grihed al unuhH tla' mt atna huulet ior Ne" iotA'
MOI luthor, tnu' you iouhu io''er Hoh MIN await
hENou ~ "nch ne reBrotea that uutes IN oonheeuon
win the raohc MAI service lmperously demanded MS
presence IN Ne" iork on that day ~ however re-
erfed you TO anoiher DemOcratc SENATOR Mr hlee' OF
Minnesota ana tolo you TO confer freely win hn' as
you would nave done win the writer as he undertood
the dehoasy OF tno ueherMS Ntuat,on' ana misnt oe
com'hed WIN HahNiy nhu s"Iey' now say as"h'
ual hn sure you WIN oOhrauict 'one OF l"ese 'u'e-
mems ana ash you no" ny Nhuea ahu honoreu iehu'
The Secretary OF ar cohd nave gwen me these ActS'
"hlch were meant 10 ne 30 cohhaehl'"L MY o'her aS-
seruons oi now you proposed me plan OF tue fehihsaa
Campaign ana as pohtciuS say, packed council
OF var are ah equally hue ana 81 e known 90 YOU lOu
cannot eseaph D. arunlB sdERtsus that ehch Oi tho
WeNe Rehefa- "lo attehled Hal coAhSl wa. eht'lleu
10 hut one staI' ie'th "I 'heh oolUEiutd dlNsOhH'
lt was called ~ eou1o ol "Ni4lon sommhudrrS' yet
Henry M' Nhsee' oumhhh"sr {" DrHH1e' Mf' there on
the hhnsy pre'eee thnt was NOT a. easy to 'ammon
hit division coinlnano'f h'herh hO""er'A' a. was 10
communicate wiz hhh' No" ms He"r "eherli' le' inc
hsA YOU IN ah odhou1 were 9ou nol ieP"rleu ~ 'se'
without lea'eO on IN" any on Wh"n wa" '0n II met OF
the records IN ouurf
Perhaps have, by tkla mp excited vour curiosity
IN the .o,,r,e rom ,.b,cb d,r,al mon tut, and NJ
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Information to uut a. !ud ass ANS, Hon.