The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1864-01-03
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MoOLKLLAN's REroRT Now tbat this
long expected document is furnished, the
Radical organs are neTvously apprehen-
sive lsst the War Department should be
|indiscrees enough 10 allow its publica-
|ti0a Herald
The above is simply, nskedly false.
sNo s. Radical organs" are Enormously
epprehensiven of shy such publication.
Whether he Government. ought or ought
pot to incur the expense Of II, il becomes
btheIs to decide: but if Gen. Mcclellan
sill ssk permission 20 print bis Report,
nd can fad or persuade = publisher to
Undertake ii. we trust il may appear
4 ofthwitb. We will subscribe for
sasonAble number of copies if that be
equired 70 insure such publicsiion. II
here be any conceivable explanation
hort Of down right treason Of the i'm
scility or eowardics which kept more
nan one hundred thousand gallant sol
iers shiVering in tents in front of fsrty
houssnd snugly housed Rebels can
pDed about Centreville aud Manassas
uDctiOn,a all through that tediops, gloany
utumn and Winter of 1857 until
hose Rebels deliberately and leisurely
Talked away without the loss of pick
or gun-except he maples-we want
see and comprehend it
{ any body can conceive 3 reason for
hat long detention Of the grsndest and
est army our country ever saw-0ne
Hundred and Fifteen Thousand strong
sf re Magruder's Ten Thousand a.
oEktown, until they, likewise, evacu
ted, we want s lcok at that. And if any
ne csn imsgine . justfics len Of the
Tretched ch -medly At WIllisuIs burg,
iih no Commander In Chief st hand
bid one division of our srmy standing
Assive waiting orders, while another
as badly cut up by an overwhelming
bel free, which, under proper general
ZIP, might have been routed and halt
esiroyed, we want look at that So
the surprise and temporary rout OF
en-. Cssey's division at the Seven Pines
Far Obs, W1ere Sven Thousand
nioBists in our extreme advance were
# without available supports 10 be
bashed by the enemy st their conve
snce can be rscoaciied with loyalty
d ability IN our commanding general,
want TO see how.
And if letting obe-third Of our gal
nc Army Withstand the entire Rebel
my at Gaines Mil, while the ether
70 thirds stood idle few miles off
Oking or sn enemy toward K chmond
here 90 enemy,0f Aoy account was,
ID, the sssaited wing being ait ma'ely
u.hed-as'ls could not Isii 10 bs---the
sandoninr thous lnds Of our wounded
lrsi1g or blowing up millions WORTH Of
unitions, vroyislpns g., aud leaving
equal smOunt TO the enemy, while the
ssidue OF our Army was ordered to 70 b
ingloIi9us retreat without fighting
shou b not halt OF them bad seen ,he
ace of an eneDy-if tia IL n s5Ilg
5tratsgV, we want 10 know what wvu'd
be ImbecilitY, cowar1Iee aud shamgf ul
ncspscity, or that halt hearted 10y sliy
which is next door 10 treason.
Finally, we want TO see if Gen. MGClsl-
Ian can give plausible ground for be-
Ii wing that be could not have fought the
Rebels az sdvabtsgeously and beaten
lneG as thoroughly Ia us ettOuE lsEbsn
ed lines in front Of Richmond, which We
had speot wee ks and thousands of pre-
cieus lives in perfectiDg, as three days
after, in his newly taken and wholly ua-
fortified position st Malvern Hills after
be bad esCr,fced bis wounded, bis Sum
mrs work, his provisions ana his mu
nitions to reach it Most certainly, if
be was right in retresting from before
Richmond without giving bsttle, then
Rosecrans ought TO have been shot for
persistenily fgsting till be won at Mar
freesboro,' after O2e wing OF his army had
been surprised, routed and cru he'd out
of al Military semblsnoe or Efficiency.
OF these two opposite modes OF confront
ing a part isi iii comfture, both cannot
DO right; and we prefer that of Rose
Grams Bat let US see what Mcclellan
can say on the subject If be or HE
publisher wishes to print bis Report. we
insist that there be no objection M z
Iribune.