The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1877-11-30
Y,.e.f,u n. fSS2 ana in 1873.

was known as the first Bull Run battle
ground in 1851. The widest CONSERVATION
aud dsmay prevailed i'll Washington, and
it's capture 10y :he victorious rebels was re-
garded as question of only a few days.
President Lincoln, pressed down by the
weighty cares and responsibilities OF the
war, aud dcspendeut Of the future, entered
his carriage late at night and drove to the
hotel Of General Mcclellan, who, some time
before. had been removed from his COM
msnd Of the army Of the Potomac through
the iutrigncs of Stanton, the Secretary OF
| War, and lis personal ring, to make room
for the blatant hero OF the west, General
Pope. Mr. Lincoln had never lost his faith
in the military skill and genius of McC!eL
Ian, and after briefly referring to Pope s
defeat and the imminent danger in which
it placed the national capitol, he asked HIM
whether he would forthwith proceed to the
army, again assume the chief command and
arrest the threatened rebel advance. Gen
eral Nc ,'Ielan, who properly appreciated
Lncolu's generous confidence i'll himself,
promptly replied that his services were al
. ways At lnc Va iiio NO''hNiy' t1''
commission was accordingly delivered 70
him the next morning, aud. accompanied
by his staff, lie crossed the long bridge into
Virginia. The news OF his coming had
preceded him, and when he rode along in
front of the army which had been drawn
mp to receive him with proper military
honor, I long, wild, enthusiastic shout of
welcome went up fiom the broken and
shattered ranks of his old soldiers such as
was never before heard on the soil of Nir-
ginia. That scene may be imagined, but
cannot be described. It's only Counterpart
in modern history vas the memorable re-
ccptiou Of Napoleon by his battle-scarred
veterans when his familiar form once more
appeared before them il his well known
military dress, after his escape from ban
ishment on the island OF Elba, in tie spring
OF 1915. The rebel army under Gen. Lee
was then on he march to western Maryland,
with Washington for its destination. In
fifteen dJys Mcclellan, at the head Of his
old and disciplined troops, into whom his
presence had infused new life, encountered
Lee near Sharpsburg, where lie fought and
gained the battle of hntiotam, September
I1lh, 1862, and compelled Lee and his army
to seek safety in Virginia. Washington
was saved, and Congress and the President
the one by Il resolution and the other by d
letter, expressed the grateful thanks of tho
country to Gen. Mcclellan for bis decisive
and most opportune victory. His name
became a household word throughout the
north, and the highest need Of pI aise was
bestowed upon him by grateful people.
. lie again crossed the Potomac into Nir-
ginia, determined to make another effort to
take Richmond, if his arch enemy, the Sec
retary of War, would permit it by giving
/ him the necessary support. But the envi-
Gus and umreleutiug Stanton had been bust
ly, and, as the event proved, successfully
at work to arrest his arch at it's outset,
ard when the army reached Rec ortown a
! letter was handed to Gen. Mcclellan from
! The Secretary Of War informing him that
! lie had been superseded in command by
the appointment OF General Burnside and
ordering him McClellan) 10 report at T'ren-
/ ton, NsJc Jersey. lie issued his farewell ad-
3 dress TO the army and repaired to Wash
ington on his way to Trenton. His ap-
/ printment to the chief command fell upon
Burnside like clap Of thunder from a
cloudless sky, and lie fastened 10 Wash
! ington to consult with Mr.. Lincoln. The
brief, but remarkable, interview between
! them s well remembered. Gen. Burnside
protested his unfitness for the place, and
1 expressed his firm belief that there was but
one man in the country equal to the task
"Who is hep asked Mr.. Lincoln. George
. b. Mcclellan, promptly replied Gen. Burn
side. But it was too'late-the enemies Of
/ the victor of Ant;etam were in the ascend
ant and Burnside returned to take COM
mand. This was in the early part Of No
vember, 1862 The defeat of Burnside at
! Fredericksburg followed in December, to
be supplemented tho following May by
Hooker's signal disaster at Chancellorville
Stanton is in his grave, but Mcclellan
still lives, hOuoIed and respected through
ou: the Republic. On the 9th of the present
/ month lie received another order, not from
n jealous and hostile Secretary Of War, but
an order issued through The ballot boxes
of New jersey by a majority of nearly
[ thirteen thousand OF her voters, who repos-
! ing confidence in his ability, patriotism and
integrity, directed him to report at the same
city of Trenton, to which he was banisbed
in November, 1862, on tine l4th of next Ian.
uary, thon and there to take his official oath
as Governor of the State. Il is thus tha,
time has its revenges aud makes all things
even.
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1T wasn't much of a tidal wave in Pennsyl
ra'iia. either. The official figures show III,
Dcmocratic pluraiitics 10 range from 6,520 tC
P.gOl. This cannot be described, IN I he lauKuaH,
: lE frIIf La L.rIiSi linn, ~