M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1864-11-03
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there was treaehery at Washington,
that on the 2S.h Of June, 1862, after
one Of his most desperate battles, he
wrote 10 the Secretary of War, ga
few thousand more Linen W ould have
changed this battle from a defeat to a
victory " 1t save this army
nav, | tell yon plainly that | will
owe no thanks to you, or to any per-
son else at Washington. You haze
dime all sou could TO sacrifice this
amy | feel too earnestly to
night, and have seen too many dead
and wounded comrades,to to feel other.
wise than that the Government has
not supported this army" Was It en-.
Wy Was it treachery I Or was it
incompctency, which caused the Pres.
ldent to interfere wtIr and defeat the
plans CT Mcclellan I Let it be envy,
or treachery, or incompetency, it is
evident that Mr. Lincoln is not at for
the high and solemn position he occu
pies.
THE INGRATITUDE OF PRESIDENT LIN
COLIN To OUR BRAVE SOLDIERS, ..
Stung to the heart by the chilling
Indifference Of Presindent Lincoln to
the gallant deeds and terrible suffer-
in 70 OF his heroic comrades, McClell.
an wrutetp Mr.. Halleck, tEen:bearing
the title OF General in Chief-''Please
say kind word to my army, in re.
gard to their conduct at Yorktown,
Williamsburg, West Point, Hanover
Court House and the Chickahominy.
. Say nothing about me-, but
give my men and officers credit for
Ahat they have DONE" r... ..
BIT no Kind word came: no sym.
pathy Ior the wounded, nor sorrow
fnr the dead, no praise Tor the living:
Aud yet, there are those who dare ia.
cult the soldiers by telling them that
Abraham LincOlu is their friend.
Yes, as the wolf is the friend of his
prey. And we can now understand
what otherwise would seem incredi-
6le, how this same President, while
claiming to be Commander in ChieP'
of our armies, a few months after
wards. on the glorious field Of Antie.
tan, wliile tho groans of the wounded
rent tho air, and mangled bodies of
the heroic lead yet lay in horrid piles
= we can now understand how Pres
dent Lincoln could, at such a time
an d in such scene, call upon Mar.
shall LayInan to sing vulgar comic
song and how touching was the re-
bnke OF the victor of that field, who
cxclaimed-'NOt now, Mr., President
no. now. Listen to the means Of The
wounded see the mangled bodies of
the yet warm dead"
PERSECUTION OF MCCLELLAN.
Having failed to destroy McOleIl,
an by sacrificing the army of the Poto.
mac, it was determined to strike q
more direct blow at him by recalling
his army from the Peninsula. and by
deprlving him Of its command.
This was done /; and Mcclellan was
ordered to report at Alexandria, and
hiS commanl was reduced to one hun.
drud men
phPE PLACED IN COMMAND OF THE VET.
ERANs OF THE PENINSULA.
Pope WAS placed in command Of
tho Army Of the Potomac, in order
to carry ont the plans Of President
Lincoln, aud on the Both OF August,
Secretary Stanton caused a sneering
order to be published, declaring til at
q neral Mcclellan was to retain com.
II and ofthe army ofthe Potomac, ex.
c.pt 50 much of it as had been sent
10 General POpe-all had been sent,
save one hundred men "a-a
DISASTER TO OUR ARMS.
But the very day, nay, the very
hour in which the intended insult
was given to Mcclellan, our armies
6 stained a disaster under Pope. On
hearing the distant roar OF battle.
Mcclellan forgot his own wrongs
in thinking Of The perils of his com-
rades, and photographed to Mr.. Hal
leck, Il respectfully ask to be allowed
to go to the scene OF battle, merely
to be with my own men, if nothing
more ; they will fight none the worse
fr my oeing with item. Iask per-
alissIon t, share their tate on the field
uf battle" ....
The request was refused. But how
noble -hoW toucI;ing the devotion Of
the relsecusc';. hero, to his country
aud his Comrades. -
Disaster came. The veteran army
Of ,ne. Potomac had been routed. AMI
was in full retreat on Washington.
A painting Steamer was lying putting