Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1864-03-25
General McClellan's Report.

traverscs. but extended for purposes nl
personal defersc. We are ndt about to
rhter ,ipon its rev lew which would be tedl-
ens hut we venture To say tha; the pubic
will he as much dissatisfied with Gen. Me
Cletiau's report As with his action. We
suggest, also, that this report might he
s,iIt further extended if Gen. Mcclellan
wouId only write defense Of fitz John
Porter. or give rs fuller chapter explain
inc his relations with Gen. Pope g" ain
snre." sid Gen. Mcclellan in an inter
view with the President. sept. iS@e, that
whatever estimate the army might enter
tain of Gen. Pope they will obey ln' OF,
ders. support him 70 TIE fullest extent aud
do their whole duty The President at
this interview. asked Gen. Mcclellan to
telegraph to ..Fitz John Porter, or some
other Of his friends" and try to do away
with any feeling that might exist.
To what condition had Gen. Mcclellan
brought the army. that so honest a man as
the President found it necessary TO ask
him tp write letter urging his Gener-
ais to do their simple duty His own dis
paracing words with regard to Gen. Pope,
aud many well known incidents of the Sec
oml Bull Run campaign. show clearly that
the Mcclellan faction in the army premcdl-
lately failed to give that officer cordial sup
port, and history will approve the dismissal
of Mr. Fitz John Porter as one of the most
righteous acts of the war. Certainly one
of It's greatest wrongs was the treatment
which Gen. Pope, whatever be his merits
as an officer. land his claims to consldera
ton were then equal to those of any other
General. where all had risen from obscure
". received from those whose business and
duty il was to aid him.
The one great fault of Gen. Mcclellan
appears to have been his over-eStimatiou
OF his own Importance TO the country and
to the army. With much plausibility. he
was insuhordinate. dietatorial. and at the
same time meretrieious. He had the
greatest army of the country entrusted 10
him. and for a time had no critic or chief
but the President. All his troubles seem
Ia have commenced when he found a com
mander- in-chief, and vet Gen. Hall-ck was
and is still the military superior of Gen.
Grant who has always obeyed orders"
Gen Mcclellan seems to have always con-
sidcred himself a success. whereas. the
country regarded him as an experiment,
and to-day the Young Napoleon is not dis
enchanted. Suffice ii TO say that two rep
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peculiar privilege of making his own esti
L. i mo- = It'll o,nn.;ns, IN road tho f11.
lowipe in The concluding narcs Of General
+ NrCITlIan,~ report:
=. In fhq arrance,nent and condrc. #
eamnaiaus. the dircction .hopld I've l,f, ia
nroft .>i9nal soldiers \ Sta,4,m.,n mn.
,,ss5.,lss. he more cofitftent tban a s5f1.rr
ia determine, the. poljtItal ehie..t~ and ii
r,,.;sr,s al = caunaie-p hnttbc,c once d..
odd raon. cyor,tbine- >bo,,ld he l,f. n IN.
responsible military head without inter
+ ference from civilians. In no other manner
j. success probable The ueddlinr of IN
i diNidual members Of Committees OF Gem
srcss with subjects which, from lack Of
experience, they are Of course incapable OF
caiHFrehenGjuc, aud which they are ap; to
xieai through the distorted medium Of par.
tan ar personal rreind5ers. can do 10
cnai. and i certain 10 produce incalculable
mischief"
+ IT, greater portion u tbs statement i
I true. though ilS general ! too ab.ulu:e.aul
il author means to imply tia: he was s.se-
rIfcvd to the interference Of civilians. But