Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1864-10-04
Rebel Testimo ny About Mcclellan.
[From the Richmond whig, April 4, 1901
THE LATE GEORGE B. MCCLELLAN


rFrom the Richmond Wing, April 4, 1sesl
THE LATE GEORGE b MCCLELLAN.
Young Napoleon is dead-desd beyond
resurrection. In the flesh he may still
walk the earth, but in spirit, in power, in
the hope of glory, he is defunct. 1t Is
noteworthy fact that the ulsloos and hula
baloos over this person have ceased IN
Ysnkee-land. For two or three months
after his dismissal he was the pet object OF
Democ ratio sympathy and Conservative
sympathy; but now even Beast Butler has
grander ovations than he. His name IS
seldom heard among mer. he Is no
more.
A review of his career from the time he
claimed Rosecrans' laurels in the little al
fair at Rich Mountain, dow2 to the time
of the battle of Antietsm, would be in-
structiTe to the nation Of liars, who ac-
cepted him at his own lying valuation
and discarded him because his falsehoods
gigantic as they were, produced no visible
impression upon the rebellion. 1t might
also profit the Confederscy to trace IN the
career of this braggart the overruling
mower which has never failed to darken the
counsels Of the wicked, and to cause all
things 10 work together for good in behalf
of a Just cause. Nothing is easier to prove,
than that the election of Mcclellan to the
position of commander-in. chief of the
Yankee army, was all that was needed, at-
ter the election of Lincoln, TO insure our
independence. The recital Of few facts
will show how greatly we are indebted to
him.
In October, 1861, he had 10000 men
and the most overwhelming array Of field
artillery that had ever been seen upon
this continent Before him was an army
of 10000 Confederates, occupying Mason's
and Munson's Hills and defantly daring
him 10 come out of his Notifications. The
roads were good and weather splendid, he
had but to advance in force TO gain an
easy yietory-sO, at least, thought his
master, Lincoln. But he knew his men
were cowards and he was afraid of his re-
putation. He did not want to light; ne
sought merely to push Us from one position
/ to another by dint Of enormous numbers
hence the flank movement by the way Of
/ Leesburg, which ended so horribly, and
bsnumbed him with fright for three
months.
Driven by an imperative order tc
advance again, in spite of the win
| ter mud, he entered the entrenched camp
at Manassas only to find it a mass OF sur
rounding ruins.
He shipped round to the Peninsula
taking ll2,O0O men with him. Magru'
der opposed him with 1900 men, kept him
| in check, and forced him TO the use Of the
spade and pick, his favorite weapons. He
made siege and in due time occupied our
deserted lines. The battle Of Williams
burgh followed. Hisadvance was whipped
BY Johnson'S rear-gUard, but owing partly
10 the ignorance of the country and the
bad handling of some of our troops he
wss enabled to gain enough advantage on
our wing, TO put some conceit into hE
men. He acknowledge however, at ont
time it looked rs if the Bull Run route
would be enacted again
After this battle an event occurred which
has been forgotten, but deserves to be re
called. A Confederate surgeon, left in tb'
charge Of the wounded, told Mcclellan
that his gunboats might possibly reacf
Richmond bit that his infantry neve
would. The little Napoleon smiled as
in pity of the surgeons ignorance. Th
surgeon told him further, that the Aboli
tionists were making a tool Of him, ant
that they would throw him aside, proclaim
a general emancipation of negroes, and Pu
an Abolitionist in his place. Mcclellan
said he had no fear Of the Abolitionists s.
long as he had command of that army
aB1t,p he added, If they do dtToae me aside
and set thenegroes free, IshaU go to Europt
and cease to haze anything to do a7ltk thi
s0ar"
How literally the surgeons prediction
have been fulfilled. Mcclellan has beel
kicked out of Office; the insurrection proc
lamation has been issued Hooker, q pure
blooded Abclitionist, has commanded tn
Army of the Potomac; and it has not bee
two weeks since Mcclellan, in a publ
speech urged the people to sustain Iincolr
. How debased the creature isl Why Is b
not in Europe, and why does he longer hv
here, except in hopes of a new appoint
ment under the Abolition despotisnl Z
Space will not permit US to follow Youn
Napoleon through the narrative Of his Ct
reer. The Yankee might have take
Q Richmond after the battle of the SeFe
Pines, when cur forces were in confusion
After the battle of Hanover Court house h
might have done the same thing. Ate
the battle of Antietam the same.
In the report Of the battle he convict
himself of falsehood in the most glarin
manner. BE excuses himself for not rt
, newing the battle the morning of the lstl
!, BY saving his losses were SO great an
, there was SO much disorganization in som
, of the commands, that he did not think
proper. especially as he was sure Of the 81
rival that day Of $1,000 fresh men. d
{" happens to recollect the return Of b
enemy, Hooker's corps, viz: $4,000 me
, for duty, and four days after the same ,corI
!, showed 1880. Yes, after this sdmissio
, of loss and disorganization he closes b
claiming great victory, with capture {
l3 guns, SO colors, 1000 small arms, an
5000 prisoners. s-
6 His bombastic dispatches from Wester
Virginia secured his elevation. His repI
, tation was founded on lies. In lies
: lowered, and under lies he is lost-crust
ed. How fortunate for US he was chose
chief Of the Yankee arnyl With the in
mense numbers at his command, an Office
: of truth, enterprise and daring, would hsv
5 pushed US sorely; but he was in awe of b
: dishonest reputation. His lies made hi
8 coward, and from the first day to th
. last of his military career, he did not dsr
: on a single occasion, expose himself to fir
: A mendacious, dsstsrdly boaster, he pc,
. ished so unmanfully that the ridiculou
' ness of his last moment destroys every We
J tige of obligation conferred by his vail
glorious Pretensions. -t
Tientanent Moody. son of Colonel Graz