Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1864-10-19


dermy care. In you have never found
doubt and coldness. The battles you have
tought under my command will proudly
live IN our nations history. The glory
you have achieved, our mutual perils anc
tailsues, the graves of our comrades fallen
in battle and by disease, the broken form,
OF those whom wounds and sickness have
disabled-the strongest associations which
can exist among men-unite US still by nr
indissoluble tie. We shall ever be com.
rades in supporting the Constitution o.
our country and the nationality of its peo
pie. GEO. B. McCLELLAN,
Mai. Gen. U. S. A.
The soldiers wero thunderstruck by
tbs, and those who witnessed the demon.
strations made by them as the general
rode along the lines on the way TO the
railroad station needs no other proof o!
tho olt-repeated assertion that '"Liula
Mac was the idol of the Army of the
Potomec. On the route to Trenton he
was everywhere met by crowds of enthu.
siastic admirers, and from many cities OF
the North invitations came 10 him to vi,.
it them. These were, Of course, declined
/ Subsequently, however, he visited New
! England, and was met at every point Icy
immense crowds, including no, few dis.
s3led soldiers who had served under him,
| 1t was the same story everywhere. Lit.
tie Mac, forever twas the universal shout
wherever he went.
THE GENERAL IN RETIREMENT.
Gen. Mcclellan remained at Trenton un.
| Ill about the middle Of the winter of 1862.
3, and then removed to this city to occu.
ny the house in West Thirty-irst street,
" hch a number of his admirers, nclud.
ing gentlemen of Republican as well as
conservative proolivities, presented to him
The deed, we believe, was made out ln
the name of Mrs. Mcclellan. The house
was not only furnished throughout. but
the cellar well stocked with choice wines.
In the following spring the general remcv-
ed to Orange, New jersey, where be has a
charming residence on the eastern slope
| OF Orange mountain. Yet even in this re-
| tired spot he could not escape from the at
| tentions of the thousands who sought TO
do him homage. The only occasion in
which be has appeared before the public
was to deliver the oration at West Point.
June l5, 1864, when the cornerstone OF
the monument to the memory Of the reg
ular troops who have fallen and may here
after fall in this war was laid. Here he
was greeted with the most enthusiastic
demonstrations, and gained the highest
praise for his literary effort. lie had be-
and d NstaresniNf; 6iG h~ aus P5JoG"dhnr
after the delivery of this Grafton, that he
WAS as much at home i'll the walks Of lit
erature rs in the field.
Gen. Mcclellan, as perhaps but few are
aware, is a very hard student. Go into his
library and you will find srewn about on
the table military works, copies of valua-
bic classics, ,,and books on theological sub
jects. He keeps constant watch of our
military movements, and studies his mill.
tary maps with as much assiduity as he
did when he was General-iL-C Chief OF the
classics he is particularly fond.
What indignities the general has suffer
ed at the hands of the Administration are
known TO but few, lie has seen his
friends insulted 10y the powers that be sim
ply because they are his friends. Officers in
the service known TO be attached 10 him
have been either removed or ordered to
posts where their sympathies for him
could not have any influence. General
Meade, it will be romem bered, came near
losing bis position as commander Of the
Army of the Potomac last spring, and one
of the main points urged against him was
that he was in correspondence with Gen
Mcclellan Even the West Point Grafton
was not suffered to escape the spite of ihe
administration. An officer was sent on
from Washington for the special purpose
of psslponing its delivery and, failing in
this, revenge was taken upon Lieutenant
Colonel Bowman by removing him from
the charge of the Military Academy. His
letters have been opened on their passage
through the mails and, in short, every
indignity that malice could suggest has
been practced upon this popular general,
Yet no one has heard complaint from
him. He was content 10 leave his record
to history, and history is fast doing it jus
tice. Step by step, il has advanced hii
name on the list of those whom IL CALI
great. until now it shines beside thu
the proulcst names of which our country
boasts. The mists in which partisan ma
tried to envelop it have peen.dssolved 10y
the light of truth, and to day gratefu
people look to Mcclellan TO save then
from the ruin which his defamers have
brought upon the country. That the ma
tion will elevate him to the place which I
Washington houored, rs a Lincoln ha
dishonored, is beyond a doubt. The sol
dier, the statesman, the orator, the Chris
tian-such are the titles which hislor,
will award to GEORGE BRIwToN MCCLELLAN
Bsy-A shocking scene took place at Al
execution at Leeds. England, few day