The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1864-05-13
fErnIn the \ Y Trihune.l
General Mcclellan.

lhe Newport News WI seems anxious 10
differ with US respecting Gen. Mcclellan, and
discusses his merits in an article which The
n. Y. Express pronounces "of the right
sort" We had stated the fact that, of the
many residents of the Free States whom we
personally knew to be partisans and justiiers
of the Shareholders Rebellion, erery one IS
a noisy, zeIlous admlrer and champion Of
Gen. Mcclellan. Is this or is it not the
truth? We affirm i, to be; and The News
does not dispute it. Here is what il saws on
the subject:
"Gen. Mcclellan is a true men, because
one hundred thousand good and true soldiers
of the United States Army respect and hon
! or him as an officer and soldier-a mar
who is ready to sacrifice his life to save the
/ Government of a people who will revere his
name long after his traducers are dead and
! forgotten. Though We never expect TO sup
port Gen. Mcclellan in any political contest,
we will never abuse him because he has been
so untol tm,atc as TO hare bad men for has
noisy champions If there is any truth in
history, the same sort of clique al one time
attempted to swarm around our " ashington.
The man who boldly accuses Gen. Mcclellan
of treachery and treason, says no less of every
soldier who has been under his command.
We accordingly assert mildly,vet decidedly,if
We are to have such men as Horace Greele,
to put down this Rebellion, and tie the hands
of such men as Mcclellan aud his soldier
friends, the sooner We stop this fighting tie
better for US.
Does this meet the issue? Was there
ever time during our Revolutionary contest
when all the Tories and cowboy. in The coun-
Try were shouting for Gen. Washington, aud
insisting that he alone could break the pow
er of Great Britain Had Tory revolt
broken out in Virginia during our fathers
fearful struggle, would the revolters have
been likely to go and cheer before me win
dows OF Gen. Washiugton's house, as the
anti draft rioters of this city did last Summer
between their several experiments in arson
and robbery, under those of Gen. McClel-
lan's house, What IS Il that makes Little
Mac a universal iavorite among those who
insist that the Rebels are substantially
right and can never be suhjugated?" Are
not these questions worth an answer?
Among The numerous subscribers TO tht
/ Mcclellan sword al our Sanitary Fair wer,
the Editor of The Chicago Times. who ha:
been enc of the most thoroughgoing adro-
, cate, and apologis;s of the Rebels, and the
wife of New-York Editor who, we were
, long since advised, has never made any secret
, Of he- entire sympathy with the Rebellion.
! And so. all about US, are men vino insist that
the Rebels can never be put down. and never
, ought to be. and that Gen. Mcclellan ought
to command our armies. How can We belT
, putting this and that together?
{ We cannot see how "a soldier who ha,
been under his command should be an e1
elusive Judge Of the value Of Gen. McClel
J.. lan's services 70 the National cause. Tina
: Gen. N. was called 20 the command of the
r Potomac in July, 1Sil-iha, ssid Army, theI
10000, was rapidly swelled % 10000, AM
: in December to over 200, O00-so much i
r verified by Gen. Ms own Wanted Report
+, Now that this vast Army remained for month
i cooped up and virtually besieged in ana
Il around Washington, by Rebel force inferio
e n numbers, which closed the navigation @
. the Potomac on the one hand, and obstructe
+ the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad on III
D other, are facts which admit of no dispute
We say that the Rebel force which thus be
sieged him was not hall so large as MS: Ger
Mcclellan makes If about tuo-thirds: III
y difference IS material: how doe. a soldie
> who served under that General know whic
e of US IS right? And how is every soldie
IF who has been under his command" impl
j Gated in the incapacity, imbecility or Treason
which kept our great army idle and bt
y leagued, though unsheItered, during .thos
n memorable months?