, 1864-06-19
Gl)ifaqq Mribn1re,
SUNDAY, JUNE 10, 1854. =
aOoD LOGIc-FRRsspHNTx Ann
GEAHkEA

"A Nav York paper, which insists on max.
Ing great man Of very small one, viz: ii
Goo. B. Mcclellan, continues to repeat. the
charge against President Lincoln, of having
prptracted this Tar beyond all manner Of
necessity; that he might, and ought to hare
brought It to on end two or three years ago;
2 and a the conclusion, urges that Lincoln il
.notlt Tor President, but that Geo. B. Nc
Cicllan Is at, and might be very, well put tn
Ills place. -: ,S-.s-.
Now this may OF may not be true in one or
Other Of It's parts; but 1t cannot possibly be
true In connection, and as n whole. Prest
dent Lincoln might possibly have hasteped
on tho wnr to On end had he bsen certain OF
sne or tuo thinss. His offense, II It was IN
oficnao In tho circumstances, Was In keeping
this yoxy man, Geo, B. Mcclellan, at the
head Of his army. Tho only way of getting
the war to an end was in turning him ont,
and putting a. competent General In his
place. A to h1r.Jing up NcClell,n to &c.
complish any thing to conc1ude the Wal, other
by coaxins or commanding. 1t was as much
ont Of the question - building bridge
across Lake Michigan Of corn stalks. Presi-
dent Lincoln tried his utmost powers In both
Ways. He begEed Mcclellan to bestir him.
soil asssin and again; and then ordered him
psFampto1ilJ to advance But Mcclellan
Was not of the advancing kind. He wasted
tho months In inaction which ought to hayo
been given to fighting.
Now the curious part OF this logic Is, that
Whilo President Lincoln demsuetrated hia
uafisneas to govern, by tolerstinE Mcclellan,
this 5amo Mcclellan, who could net handle
an army, and was therefore unit for its head,
Is the very man to put into tbs Presidsncyi
If there is not stqxRxr made out Of Z nen
stqutur, It would be hard to ind one. "Ac-'
Clcllan was poor tool, good for no earthly
use; HE President ought to havs likslaced
him, but did not, Therefor, let M turn
Lincoln out, md put Mcclellan imp
Bat was 1t ins1cusahle to keep Mcclellan
at the head Of the armyf Two reasons ex.
listed for letting him alone - long. One
yas the di1licnlty of finding man to auc,
ceed him. II MAS easy enough to put him
out, but who should 60 in? As it was, Il,
was NO easy matter to get suitable success
sor. All the world WAS looking anxlously.
for tho coming man. No body doubted hos
would come, but where WA he? It took q
good while to -eett1s that qu2tion; and
several Commanders tried their hand before
it got to q conclusion. President Lincoln
was Is an1iou. about 1t as any body could be
for more than year. or perhaps two or
them; but hs could not see any further into
I milestone than other people. And Little
Mac commanded for long while Tor no 9th
e1 ralou than that another auisAble man
cox]d mot be fond.
Another reason Ter letting him Mone 80
long, Was the strange idolatgy Of his army,
and Of so many other people 1t vu taeir
hrn belief thst tbs demi-god WAS in him, and
:was only waiting to come out; and thsy III.
Eistsa O. getting down on tneir .kaees before
tin. President Lincoln san their mistake,
but he coa1d nos prematurely correct it =
Indeed hs could not directly osrrect it ut all. {
He must wait for tins to usrk chanxc. by,
showing that the idol 1as nothlng put POOR!
putty well glazed; and emily tine wonld
wear the glazing of So he did MATT, and
time helped him. ,,,,
But that nan that failed - Mcclellan
did. should now be put forward as the sue.
cessor of the man who. only tolerated Ain
for reasons, is q good joke-eaoush to set
all the stables in laugh.