Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1864-10-13

- you that Il Is not expected that the en-
tire detail, attending the movement OF .
largs army, is to be superintendent 81 the
c0usrnsBder thereoi in person! / will even
grant you that IN theory that you are right
and that Gen. Mcclellan should not have
hal oiiicess attached 70 his staff, who No
elected to use every prccaution to prevent
failure. Bnt be charitable--don't fail to re-
member the awful disappointment when
that pontoon train failed to appear upon the
Rappahannock, and when tina Walls ofwrath
werc poured out, not upon the head Of the
iasorite Of your party, Gen. Burnside, but
upon those Of G. ms. Halleck, Meigs and
Woodbury., and again be charitable, and do
not fail to remember how carefully you have
secreted that more terrible blunder than
ever occurred in the annals Of this or any
other war, by which we have no less than
twenty-thrcc monitors, constructed at an
expense of over twelve millions Of dollars,
and which, by the nice calculations Of e.,
naval engineers brought in after one OF them
was launched, it was determined with their
armament would float just five inches I'M
der water. Now. judge, who is responsible
for this: Again be charitable. But do not
fail TO remember that the President and
Fighting Joe Hooker" carefully conceaiing
their rlsns even from TIE conmandes-in-
chi r ana the Secretary ~ War TO that ey
ant that. whilst the battle was going on at
Charlottesville, ] was informed directly, by
tho best authority III Inc premises, that
neither Gen. iIallcck nor the Secretary OF
War knew more Of what was going on than
d. and ''that all Of the reanisi;ion.e
made during the prcp2 ration, 70. the ~nove-
ment, instead Of going through tl,zordnarJ
channels, were ordered d.s~;tly by the
Presidents" and d: .~ not know that, 10
: 7. i,....,.. i:alr, The country was never in
.'s.!.'I nat, on that occasion, Hooker and
the President fought the best army that was
ever got together, numbering no ,ess than
one hundred and siAiy-Gyc thou and men.
aga nsi Gen. Lee, with an army of fifty-sev
IN thousand lost thirty five thousand men
were completely routed, and to such an
extent that, as | said before, but for the
proydential killing If stonewall Jackson,
our army would have been annihIlated =
Why have you not tod the country this, in.
stead Of the more pi'iful story, that che
| tn army corps gave way in confusion"
VI y md not your committee ON the con-
duct oi the war eAaa lst a lew Of these five
hundred days, and portion Of those seven
teen hundred pages, especially devoted to
Gen. Mcclellan, upon the military successes
0. that great leader Gen. Butler, before Pc
t.rsburg, where six thousand of his men
were marched prisoners into hichmcnd-
almost without hi, knowlcdgc-he and Mr..
stanton cooliy assuring the country that
there had been great fog, and that 1t came
before breakfast!
Before leave your friend, Mr. Stanton, |
VIII Instance another evidence OF trcachery
. Cen Mcclellan. All know OF the dis;,s-
tiers caused b, the interference OF the Presi-
dent and Mr. Stanton with the Army Of the
Potomac. IL was necessary to have vic
tim, and Gen. Mcclellan was selected and
removed. \ short time aiterwarde, Pope
beng placed in command, failed most disas-
trausi,, and Washington was again threat
.ned. he President and III, cabinet were
alarmed to thaf extent that steamer was
PREF AIRED and ready 10 assist in their escape.
y ilh earnest eiueaty and duplication, Ne
Cleilan wa; solicited TO assume command
and save them and Washington. lie con
gnoting the solicitations Of his
trends, Who desired that he should first in
sist upon the relnovahof Mr. Stanton, winch
h utterly refused, replying that he would
not permit any personal considerations to
influence his conduct when the capital was
IN such imminent danger He ;hen accom-
plshed the gretest military success Of the
war. lie re- organic d the dcmorallzed amy
oi Pope whilst on the march, and gained the
sloiious victory Of Antctam McClclan's
star was again in The ascendant Mr.. Stan
ton begged forgiveness for the past, and
promised his devoted friendship for the iu-
ture.
Again, Gen. McClellan's trl.s ting nature
pre- aiied over the advice of his friends, aud
the treachcrous conduct of Mr. Stanton wa,
forgiven by Gen. Mcclellan, only to be again
more wiekedly betrayed than ever Wash
ngton was no sooner relieved, and the
President and his cabinet safe, than by the
influence of Mr.. Stanton, Gen. Mcclellan
was again removed from the command Of
the Army Of the Potomac, when upon the
verge of battle and ordered into retirement.
on cad upon the ghosts Of the Il parted
solaer. he a sgred, Gen. Nc, 'lclian' S slecp
viii not be disturbed IS them; but what
must ne the broken slumhcrs of those who
are responsible for the tens OF thousands lost
by Pope, and Burnside, and Hooker. in at
tempting 20 carry out what the President
called his PAN and the hundred and
lliiy thousand lost since the 9TH OF Nav.
south Of the Rapidan; and wla. mus, be
the dreams of the President, who could.
amids The gaoans Of the dying, that Law
ngon the CORY field of Aniietan, call for the
singing Off ribald song?
In times like these. we want some other
than the weak and vacilating President who |
assured Nj. Criit,nien and the patriots that
hun from Kentucky. that they |
might 20 hume and inform their friends that |
he would not y.olale Their rights ana int,r-
csis by ANY proclamation oc emancipation, |
Before these assurances could be transmit !
ted TO the people oi kentucky his promises |
had been broken, and just such proclama-
ton, violating al these pledges, was issued
II any state has done nnbly, and earned |
stinctl@n ior pure patriotssIi under the
most trying, dreadful suiicring> OF this war.
IN winch whole people nave been despol
Cd, iimtiies onibit,ercd against families. and
nenbers OF the same family against each
)ther to that extent chat harmony can never
again prevail, it is the state Of Kentucky:
'nu II there was airy one state that should
ave had influence with the administrator
t was ,hat state. But her voice, amidst the
lin and blood of battle, has never oecn
ieard or, if heard for the moment, it was
oon lost under the influence of Massachu-
etts, aided by the demon yells of radical
nen. who cried out determination, and in
he same breath proclaimed higher law
han the constitution, which they only de-
lounee as a covenant with hell.
Tee people OF the south are members of
he same national family with US; they