The Portland daily press., 1864-09-23
erMeclellan while IN naFsonal. command Of

e. Mcclellan while in personal. command Of
the army of the Potomac, never conquered
single inch Of territory from the rebels that be
held, that he did not abandon, that the rebels
did not reoccupy before he left the command.
Grant, on the contrary, has never yielded sin
Gle inch once gained He has never retreated.
~When Mcclellan was first called to WASH
;neton it was on the strength of his popularity
occurred in the Westvirginis campaign 1t has
since come to light that in all the brilliant acts
of that campaign, though Mcclellan was in
nominal command. he was never within q dozen
miles of battle, and that the victories were
,eal,v those of Rosecrans and Benham.
z-The copperheads are indulging their trail
,orous iuclinations just at the present time by
gross assaults upon Gen. Butler, because, as
CommisAioner of Exchange. he will not consent
10 ;onore the negro prisoners who have been
cantured BY the rebels while bravely fighting for
our national flag. "0ld Ben" can stand it.
Their assaults upon him are as harmless as mus
ket balls upon an iron clad.
E-If Gen. Mcclellan had been pure as an an
gel white as the driven snow, and brave as
eomplicity with the foul-mOuthed traitors who
rule and disgrace the Democratic party, would
| render him so filthy that all the waters of the
great Lakes could not cleanse him. The instru-
ment of traitors must share in the disgrace of
traitors.
EElt was stated that the 1st D. c. cavalry,
recruited in this state, was captured; but the
total Joss in the whole regiment vas not over IS.
The officers of the LIST District OF Columbia Regi-
J ment captured were Major ]. g. Baker, COM
handing the regiment; Major J. W. Cloudman,
Cant. L. H. Howe. Lieut.. Merrill, Lieut. McKu-
sick. Lieut.. Gof, Lieut.. R. Wolfsr, Lieut.. Spaul-
ding. Lieut.. Montfort. was killed and his body
I brought OF.
| Euen. Scott was invited to preside at the
Mcclellan ratification meeting in New York,
Saturday, but he respectfully declined. 1t was
rather cool piece of impudence in the copper
! heads to ask the old war. worn veteran to pre-
/ side at orgies in honor of one who SO recently
treated him with such marked discourtesy, that
! twas made matter Of open complaint. Nc
| Clellap snubbed the Lieut. General, and it is not
| forgotten.
| EE One Of the Democratic speakers at the
ratification meeting in Portsmouth on Saturday
being very much elatsd by the presence Of the
large crowd Of persons, triumphantly asked
"Why has this great crowd, why have you all,
left yopr workshops, your farms, tbs pressing
lsbors Of the harvest to be here ~ Voices in
the crowd answered: ''To see the launch," and
thundsrs Of cheers followed and it WAS sometime
before the speaker could rally from the blow to
resume his remarks. s,sFa
TOne Henry Clay Dean, Reverend Cop
perhead, at one time chaplain to the Senate. 0
member Of the respectable old Wing party, and
recently delegate to the Chicago Convention,
made speech in that dgnihed body in which
he used this digni6sd, decent and pious Ian.
guage: 'sI'll tell you about JEFF Davis. Abe
Lincoln has little difficulty with him, and
make il rule never t. interfere with blackguards
There was never a crime perpetrated in the his
tory of the world that has not had it's exact
counterpart in the conduct Of Mr.. Lincoln. Abs
Lincoln is liar and perjurer, and mas petit lar
ceny written all over his body, from the crown
Of his head to the sole Of his foot.''