, 1864-11-01

| foliy. "a call 1t By no Worse term. than
would have fallen In five pitched battleg.
| His corps commanders begged the privilege
| Of csptn1ing the little squ,o. Brave Old Sun-
ner ne and Hooke had imp1ored the privileee.
mt II was denied. he had resolved upnn,a
siege, and siege he would have at any rate.
| 1Indieration
But finally he Was as much astonished be.
fore Yofktown e. naeaas ne asa peea a @ before the
moruirE and found that the rebels bad quiet
" moved Ont and gone beyond hIs reach.
leT91 THIS achievement was dispatched by Geu
Mcclellan as glofions ysne;sory, and begged
upon the banners Of our brave soldiers.
fEreat 1.auphter.1 Greut God! These so,,
fiers would have ecorned TO disgrace than
selves By any such inscription. That :sglori-
Gus victory" they we5e 3ta1: tan1lo1s to forget
1Yorktown' u on their banners wonid dis-
prace them to the end Of their daYs IAN.
Hjause.n History must forever tell the plafu
story, that email squad detained Mcclellan
with bis great army at Torkto IN, 10 order
| to gain lime tor completing the detensea of
| Richmond aud the concentration Of the rebsl
Tkis evacuation was followed by the battle
of Williamsburg. Some Of the forces had
| followed the retreat1g rebels, and encoun-
| tered the enemy In considerable strength at
ttHL DlAcEs but LuElE n Hoa 0V AANEu
| Inc anopg the Generals TINT they cams nigh
| being defeated. So said Hooker, Sumner
| md Kearuey. But we won the fight without
| the Conmande erin. CHIEF, as our brave boys
arc always bound to Win When properly led.
[Great applause Where WIS McCleilau
| fectly safe. General sprsgue came back for
him, hut he wouIdsnot 60, and said to him,
| "I should think the Geneta]s might settle q
! little matter like that!'' At night, however,
| lust ns The battle Wos Won, Mcclellan ar
| lived, and Hooker aud others testify under
! ohth that by q vigorous effort Richmond
t might have been tak+n, Mcclellan got there
i Just il time to order halt, Igreat laughter,1
I and, sgaIn While he waited, the enemy con-
| tinued to fo1tity the rebel city.
Then came the battles Ut Fur Oaks and
Seven Pines, The great General (laughter)
and half on the Other side Of the Chicka-
| tomfpv, A flood cane and the two wings
were separated By the torrent.
The cueruY sssailed the half beyond the
river aud overpowered 1t in spite OF great
| bravery. The nextday without waiting for
orders. GenI1al Sumner hurried hls men
across the Chickahominy to aave the army.
Then was fought the battle OF 6eyen Pines,
and our men were victorious. The brave
| Hooker was In fro1t, as he always ia, Igreat
app1aufel and the enemy 1yiug before him.
They we're rithin four miles OF Richmond,
but Mcclellan again came up just Ia time to
order haiti [Laushter.l Our officers
swore and our men cursed, while Hooker in
vain begged the privilege Of going Into Rich
mond. But while the people Of that citr
| were packing up for departure, Mcclellan
hnlIed aud commenced 1I az thro WIPE gngn uptmmsnse
| And now, with jackson in Western Vir-
| einia, with powerful armg, Mcclellan COM
nerced bowling for more troops. To give
| him more would have been to lose Washing.
1oH, and Judging from his operations thus
! fur, he wopld rot have taken Nlch1nold with
| all The troops In the world!
| The battle OF Gatues' Mills Was the most ex-
traordinary performance Of the var Nc.
C1ellan allowed one corps Of q, 600 men t.
tight three rebel. corps Of 10000 for eight
hours Without reinforcing or assisting bis
| overpowe1ed men, who fought until Il, 600
OF them lay weltering in their blood: In the
immediate vicinity Of the battle were z, GOO
Fede raj soldiers duing nothing; three great
army corps stood Idle while their brethren
10 arme, one hours march distant, were re-
l-kiEtIDg three times their numbers Us best they
could. 1t was the universal; testimony of
the Generals that wlile the battle Of Gaines
Mills progressed, Mcclellan might have
marched his ma'n army stralght Into
men to defend 1t, having taken all
his available force TO crust McCtellan's
| right wing 'nnder Porter Colonel
A1exaz der textiles that he visited Mcclellan
In hts heAc quarters and found htm 60 dis
leartered tnat he Was preparing to abandon
the campaign. He 1ad already drawn up
orders dirt ctlDE eyery nan to destroy what
be hnd, and save himself as best he could.
[ireat eeEsation.l Thus was our splendid
uriuy III danger OF being destroyed by
the cowu1dica Of It's commander! Such is
the testimony OF Col. Alexander,
Then came the attack Of theenemY. They
fell upon us In force, and cur scattered army
Wes'4verpuwered and ordered to retreat to
the Jamts River. Ia this retreat, Gen. Nc
Clellap, fur the frs. time In hia lite, was
applausc], running aaay a. last rs hia horse
could rry him. This achievement be pub
lished to tie world % the greatest feat In the
annals OF war-c1anging bis base In the face
Of the enemy. i1aughter.1
A General nho Was not q coward would
with item or died In his tracks. Our forces
concentrated at Malvern Hill. Gen McClc1-
Ian simply rode oloDg the li1es. OF the ar1ay
half az hour before the battle commeuced,
and then withdrew with bis etad on board
| gunbunt.
Gen. Sumner had the command, and he
testified before the committee that be suffer-
ed terribly In anxiety, because, not Bno sing
fully the disposition Of our forces. he had TO
t select his reinforcementa at random: He
happened to make the right movements, and
the enemy was repulsed, the rebels thro xing
down their arms IN terror. Generals Hooker
and Sumper agreed In testifylng that there
Was nothing to prevent our following up the
victory and taking Richmond. But where
was Mcclellan? There he was, on gun
sitter ton to the operations In the field. The
commande.s in that battle knew not where
he was, ard bis situation was such that ne
con1n krow nothing Of them.
When Gen. Mcclellan was before the altli-
tary Committee he was asked where be Was
during thai engagement, aud his reply Was,
; / that be could not remember where be Was
tGrcat laughterl But Colonel GEisTold
Enew where he was md others kueW where
he was There he was with his staff drlak-
ing q surrender Of the army. he said to
them: "IahaH haze to surrender tbs army;
re shon hare to acknowledge their independence
they hape fairly 1eon it aud tee must HsTr'sdsr"
He had taken refuge on gnnboat 80 t1as
| when the army surrendered be would not oe
compelled to surrender himself. This treach'
erous intention he entertained till couriers
announced that the rebels were repulsed al
every point, and that he dare not surrender
| victorious army. [Great ap2lause-] Aud
. . that man you talk about making President
Here again be told bis Generals they had
done enough and ordered their retreat tt
Harrison's Landing, The old war-Worn he
70, Gen. KeaIny, eafd that "a man Wht
would give such an order as that was either
die1s ret1eated breathing curses AGAINST tbs
order, and they were SO demoralized by Il
that force Of ten thousand men could hav'
| defeated them!
We'll, Gen. Pope was sent down to Fred
j erlckstu1g to watch the enemy '}a TT the, q
retreat q d destroy him, Now, much ha
been said against Gen. Pope, but say thu
be was one oi tie truest and most efficient Q
!, our officers. [Applause.l I sag thus IN op
position to the common opinion, but 6a
, what 1 believe will some day be made to ap
Gen, Pope WIS ordered to dispute ever
: inch OF ground and ho1 thed enemy IN checl
till re.iuforcementB should arrive. Gen. Bic
C1e1lan had the most positive orders ffon
. | layed day after day, aud then wrota* to th
+ Piesident," :" " Is It best to join Pope, or 1eav
. him to ret out OF the ecrape himself r
: [P1ofound sensation
:. in his report. The Apocryphal New Tesss
mcnt Ia divine In comparison with that II
!; pert. (Lapghter.l BE suppressed every
;! | thing that makes againet'h him.
: ne eafe in tnat book, that the reason wh
! l he did not follow up the enemy after the bal
l. seryee, That was not SO, for General snmne
eaid there were plenty Of them. FltE job
q Porter had not been in the fight at oil, an
J: he had q, 100 fresh men: Large forses WeE
~ anxious 10 be led On 70 the ngak. Jul Mel
l. held back tJ the great General. Laughter
8 An officer Of McClel1ap's staff, MINOR Re.
u was asked, why did not Mcclellan crash L. L.
10 nroeramme" Whnt WAS in the programmt
e I'll was to protract the war TIL both partiE
ss were tired, and settle oil difficulties nnder
z Demosrs:lc Administration" fGreat sens
~ tion.l
- Missouri.
er The Union men Of this State have cor
h | pleted thtir nominations. In view OF Il