Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1864-10-13
The Administration Giving Ev-
idenCe tn Favor OF General
Mcclellan.

In view of the attempts of the Republi-
can papers to circulate SANDERS against Cen
eral Mcclellan, we give the following tes-
tlmony respecting his abilities and services
from various members ofthe administration:
WAsHINGToN, July 2, 1869.
Major Gererol George b. McCIeiL,tn.
l am satisfied that Yourself, officers, and men
have done thr best you could. An accounts say
better fighting was never done. Ten thousand
thanks for IL. a. LINCOLN.
Two days afterward, when Mr. Lincoln
had fuller information, General Mcclellan
received the following:
WAsHISGToS July ......, 1862
MAJOR General George Ii. Mcclellan. Command
.l3Lly Df the Potomac:
Ath0uSand a thanks for tho relicfyour two dis.
patches OF u and Il, NJ. yesterday gave me. Be
assured the horosm OF yourself, officers and
4. LINCOLN.
In August, 1862, Mr.. Lincoln made
speech at the White House, in which he
said
There has bc.n very widespread attempt
to have a quarrel between General Mcclellan
and the Secretary of War
very scltiShncss of his nature he cannot but
wish to be successful. ana hope he will.
] know General Mcclellan wishes to
TO blame for ask ing what he wanted ana needed,
believe he is 4 brave and able man,
and stand here, as justice requires me to do,
to take upon myself what has been charged ON
the Secretary of War az Withholding from him.
Here is General Halleck $ testimony:
WAsHINGroN, August 81, 1862
General George y. lIcCleLtIIl:
beg ot you to assist me in this crisis with
your ability and experience. am entirely
Tired out. Ii. W. HALLECK,
tGeneral-in-Chicf.
WAsIINGToH, ID. G., Sept Sept So
.n9ioi- General ueCt.t.,, tsan,"..,n.ii..o. e,r
the result Of the battles of south Mountain and
Antlctaln, has been received ana submitted to
the President. They were not only hard fought
battles, but well-earned ana decided victories.
rnc valor and endurance OF your army in the
several conflicts which terminnied in the cXpul-
sion of the enemy from the loyal State of Mary
land, are crrditanlo alike to the troops and to
the officers who romnnnded them.
y grateful country, while mourning the la
mentcd dead, vii not be unmindful of the hon
II. W. IIALLEcK, General-in-Chiof.
Says Mr.. Lincoln, referring to Antietam !:
WAsuINGToN Sept. l5 1862
| To Moor General George Il. lIcCteii0h:
Your dispatch of to-day received. God bless
you and aIlwiti, you Destroy the rebel e!@l army
II possible. ~. LlNCuLN.
But the Republican Congress also gives
its testimony. On the 10th day Of July,
| Mr.. Edwa. DIS (Rep.) Of New Hampshire,
offered the following resolution in the House
of Representatives,, and it was unanimously
adopted
"Iiesolred, That the thanks of this House bc
presented to Major General GeorgeB Il. Mcclellan
anu the OllCGlS ana soldiers OF MS command,
the series OF brilliant victories which by their
skill ahd bravery they have achieved over rch-
oils and t!aitors in arms on the battle-ticlds of
Western Virginia.
On the 9th of May, 1862, after the victo-
res of Yorktown, Williamsburg, and West
Point, Owen Loveioy, the most ultra radi-
cal in the House of Representatives, offered
the following resolutions, which were unan-
imously adopted
| "Reso,ucd, That it is with feelings OF devout
! gratitude to Almighty God that the House OF
Representatives, from time to time, hears OF the
! triumphS ot the Union army in the great strug-
! gle tor the supremacy Of the Constitution and
| the integrity Of the Union.
"Rcs0tted, That we receive with profound sat
| isiactton intelligence of the recent victories
achieved by the army OF the Potomac, assOci;,-
! ted from their localities with those of the ReVo-
luton, and that the sincere thanks of the House
| are hereby rendered to Major-Gene George
| b. Mcclellan for the display of those high mill
| tarY qualities which secure important results
with but little sacrifice Of human life"
Let Democrats bear this testimony in
mind, and when efforts are made to beittle
General McClelan's great services to the
State, let the significant testimony of Mr.
Lincoln, General 1Ialleck, and the Republi'
| can Congress be produced.