Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1864-10-21
The Great American Hesita-
tor.

I i IL
tor.
Some men gain distinction by accident
or BIZ the force of circumstances. or have
it thrust upon them, whether they will or
no. Others gain il by hard and earnest
effort. through many years Of toll. Others
again. like the Great American Travel
err Daniel Pratt, take on greatness as
naturally, and as willingly, when not de-
serving, but when laboring under the hal
Inclination of being born great. as the vain
Miss of sixteen takes on tinery. Bat there
are different kinds of greatness, as there
are different degrees i'll goodness. Sam
Patch was great at performing daring feats
in jumping fearful distances. Blondin Was
great on walking the slack wire over dam
serous passages, Van Amhurg was noted
as being great in tanning wild animals
This was his forte: and his natural apt
ness for handling, carelessly the most saw
age kinds of Wild beasts, was marvel
He was born to distinction IN this line. So
We might 90 on naming instances Of great
men, and also in stating for what they
were distinguished But week or tUo
since, we called General Mcclellan the
Great LEGISLATOR" We thought he had
fairly earned the title, or rather had DE-
mons rated that it belonged to him by
birthright. At that time, we had net seen
an account of the ceremonies Of "e0.iir-
mation,'' but low understand that ibis it
ting eptome OF TIE nan was thrust upon
the Peace Candidate, ny member Of the
Chicago Convention, at the time Of it st
ting. We didn't mean to steal the man
thunder. and will in all future time, give
full credit to the genins of the person that
could write the life of candidate for the
Presidency in (our cords, The GREAT
AMERICAN HEsIrAroR.' Every sensible
person sees at glance that the photograph
Is life-like and complete.
! But, some Hancock" not John Han
cock the patriot, by il bowshot takes ex
ccptionS to the likeness. So also, does the
] faithful Reeds Brook" a writer by the
way, WHO is distinguished for having locat
/ ed between where the crayat should he
and the waist hands the fountain head Of
his ideas. The latter drifts, and therefore
need. no attention, while the former and
more formidable euiogist, and dissentCr
from the portraiturc of Little Mae" as
drawn by Peace Democrat deserves
some attention. lie is gentlemaniy, net
personal ana vulgar. Sometimes uni
" comes from diversity, and those of an
tagonisms agree on certain points. The
Peace DemUcrat, at Chicago, who called
his own candidate for President The
Great American Hesitator," said all there
was to be said on the subject. Hancock"
as well as any other we'll read person,wll.
in the future, acknowledge the business Of
the criticism. Facts to prove, WHAT'S so
patent 10 all, are scattered all over the re-
cords of this war,
Thick rs autunnal leaves, that s,rew the brooks
In Nallambrosa,'-
i" Hancock" supposes that the american
consulted the Report of the Committee on
the Conduct of the War, more frequently
than that of the Report by General Nc
Clelian. Possibly, this may be SO, but for
the present will give some authority not to
be found in either, bearing upon the point,
and most excellent authority. Hereafter we
viii quote more fully as we can get the time
and space, from documents now making a
part of the reliable history of the war
Here is what Montgomery Blair said at a
recent meeting in Maryland:
why did the President relieve Gen
Mcclellan know the impression under
which he acted intimately. The President
was friendly to Mcclellan. | was friendly
TO him, while those Of more consideration
in army concerns were hostile to him. The
War Committee at Washington, and the
military authorities. consulted at every
step of its proceedings, were inimieal to
his retention of command They held
that his delay, with a much superior army
To attack the enemy that remained at Bull
Run after the defeat there of a portion of
our forces, from the midst of summer to
the sueceedidg spring, when the enemy
thought fit To retire to a stronger position ;
that the delay to attack the small force at
Yorktown when the war was 10 be trans
ferred to Richmond that the delays and
mistakes there, in keeping the army in the
iswaulps Of the Chekah0miny until the
enemy found opportunity to attack and de-
feat it, was proof that the command should
pass into other hands. The President tho
shaken, resisted the opportunities then
made to supplant the General.
The battle of Antieiam restored his con-
fideaee. though painfully disappointed in
eaetay By sending forwafd his reserve,
whea BsraAide repeatedly urged it after