, 1864-06-05
Gi)ifago Gribnne,
SUNDAY, JUNE 5, 1854.
aRANr AND HIS mAL1aERBs.

SUNDAY, JUNE 5, 1854.
GRANT AND HIS mALIRERRs.
The eceesh papers pretend to see wonder
Il s,mnitude between McCle1lan's
GnraIgu aud Grants because each gets In /
.ont OF Richmond. aud therefore near the |
;hIskahomIny. The resemblance IL much
he eanne "a that which, according to the
:atholie nith. exists between the progress OF
u rsdeemed saint and the lost Sinner N
he future wcsld. They both CONF to Pur~
ator@, one on the way 10 HeASen1 and the
thor on the WY to hell; get we have not
nsrd that this fvas ground OF hoAsttnr to
he hhnno.. Mcclellan reached the ChiekA-,|
ominy on his wAy to HAntaon's Landing. |
:rant hss reached II on his Way to Richmond !
,hey approach It By e1actly opposite routes,
p.t - Tho Saint and sinner approach PurEs. |
ory--ons by the right road, and tho other by
ho wrong. It is this Tery dli1ereDco IN The I
Inc OF appro.ch thst causes the difference In !
heir u1tinate destination. Grant comes |
rom the northwest, the true route, and the
opta which Mr. Lincoln originally advised
dcNeliau to pursue lIcClellan came from
he southeast, the false route, the ronts.
which divided and weakened the army, aud
he dangers of which the President, though
Tot professional soldier, clearly pointed out
Mcclellan before he entered upon 1t, .Let !.
II review the facta. Mcclellan, At the open
ng Of his campaign against Richmond, had
.n0o0 men under bis command st Washing
on and Fortress Monroe. The enemy were
hen under G. ". Smith. at Manassas, and
,nly eo,ooo etrong-MeCl having four
nen 10 their one. T1uo, be constantly re-
,or.ed tho rebel force At 20o, 900, hut In this
exaggerated estimate nobody but Fits John
,ortey and the secesG newspapers agreed
nth him, while bis more experienced CON.
nandees laughed at snch statements, -Aftes
=. heir retreat from Manassas, the fact thAt tho
ebel forces amounted to but GO, 900 men VIII
.ondnaigely established by an examination
If thc extent Of their ACCOMMODATIONS, their
muster rolls, and BY their official reports.
That McC1elan's campaign agaist Richmond
,egan BY allowing 100000 men to lie
ole and inactive for eight months, aud
,etlescd by 6oo00 rebels, is part of
,f tho history OF this war, and the Copper
reads by claiming resemblance between
;ueh ub.eswoou" ktrategy and Gen. Grants
military character, while they. cannot saye
Mcclellan, do malignant injury to the ta1r
,ame Of lraut ,'7- =
Mcclellan feared to ndTancc on this force
shosa wooden gins apparently f.ozo' hia
! :oul with terror. But when compelled BY
= lie pcrcmptory order Of the President to ad'
4. ysnce, he did 50. The enemy mneaiate1g
! 'ctEceted to defeuses Ia the rear of the R.p'
of
: Hero WIS tho opportunity presented for Nc
; -lellRn to pursue precisely the course which
!. las been pursued BY Grant The President
; 1drIsed him to do 1t, representing that II
:, would, by covering Washington and driving
I he rebel army bcioro him, ssve the necessity
p, II any considerable garrison at. WashiI !,
;: or. It would also have enabled him to use
!: is Grant now does, most Of the 1000 ner
i aho, bE Ills own orders, we're distributed II
J, Test Virginia, the Shenadoah Valley
Maryland and Washington. II thert
20 .ny wisdom in Grants choice Of th'
,wo routes to Richmond, then was Abraham
. lincoln man OF bettLr military sagacity O,
his point than Mcclellan.
: But Mcclellan preferred the Peninsula
.oute- At the ssue time he Joined With hi
Our corpa commanders In q written memo
= zndun Of advice to the President, {contsinc
:. n his official report) to retain Is ga1r1so
~. or Washington 1t least 10000 men. Il
= hen violating his own written advice, nen
:. a the Peninsula, leaving but *, 900 men 70
he defense Of Washington. Some 70, 90
Eere distributed In Western Tireinla, tn
Shenandoah Valley, at Baltimore, and othe
Z. ,oints which he, in his report, petifogs int
= "foree for tie defense OF Washington,
II hough at these points thsy could no nor
lefend Washington than If they he'd been 6
+, st. Lonis.
His own written sdrlce rendered 1t III
= sessarJ that the President. should n
!; a1n within reach Of Washington one Of tb
:. :hrca divisions OF McDowe1l'a eorpa, IN az
= Fhich Mcclellan and tho Co2pexheads alway
!: peak ofas the retention OF ttMcDowcll'
!. shole corps OF 20. 900 men," The corps COZ
{: istcd Of Fnnk1ins, McCsu's and King's d
! 'isions. Of which only Kings was retained
J. Mcclellan had estimated in writing tt,
;. he moving column for active operation
=. 5000 men. Twenty-one thoassod ms
Il aoro lan this estimsta called for had By Il
.flcial records Of the W.r Department bet
!: cut to him before he commenced the sevt
+ ;uys fight. What became Of this vast hos
!: lcClellan's Official report does not eho'
!. hose two tacts, the nost essential which
;eucsal in rn official report could: state, III
j. he number Of troops furnished to him al
= is losses, Mcclellan, il ali bis Tolumlno
& autobiography. falls to state. An We G.
=; :now is that they were buried at the rate
:. regiment day in the ewamps Of the Chic
+: honiuy, by disease, and the wreck
n; tho finest army on the planet" which t
:1aye,diggcr Of the Caickahominy broug
/; way from the field of their glory and Of l
j., hame WAS less than $1,000 men.
q; To enter upon the Coppcrh.ad argums
s.hAt such disgrnceful disaster becrs a.
! correspondence to the present heroic a
brilliant, though severe, campaign oe Ora
E..a an outrage upon common sense and co
con dccepcS, we'll worthy Of tue uorthe
nlea Of the rebellion.
*. "RUNNENG THE CHuROUEs.,,
T.. The Copperhcads have now theme for
s;,lgnation. Another t'outrage" upon the
r.. rites Of the citizen, the hanaas corpus q
t.ho constitution Of mau, has been perpet
: ed hy the Wur Department The Cove
! ;nent is running the ChurcheA Nhera