, 1877-09-29

perity.
MCLELLAN's HUMILIATION.
No political party in this country, unless II
be tho Democratic party, has rcason to wish
Gen. MCCLELLAN Ill. Tho Republican party
owes to him one Of it's most magnificent tri.
umphs, and tho gratitude Of that party in
still SO active that II ahrinks from seeing hin,
degratlcd rs he Inns been in Now Jersey. Tint
tho General Of the finest nrny tho world has
ever seen should descend to become oandi-
date for Governor, and Democratic canli.
dato ut that, and nbovo oil a candidate In New
Jersey, is series Of revcrscs In view Of
which humanity need not lie ashamed to
drop a aympathizing tear. It is tino in
competency should no longer be punish
cd as crimo In this country, and Gen. Me-
CLEtIAs has boon guilty Of nothing bnt In
competency. He has always had an opinion
Of his own merits which the march Of events
and tho sufIrages Of bis fellow-citizehs havo
refused to justify; but inordinase vanity il
only personal offensc, not public failing.
1ncompetonoy itself, which the people never
forgive, Is tho will Of Con, to which man-
kind should bow with mock submission.
The country long ago bowed In this manner
to tho incompotcncy OF Con. bfcCLEL1Ay;
and, since he has been deprived Of the posi-
tfons In which he could work vast injury to
public interests, no humane man has ever
desired that ho should DO punished for his
constitutional defects. It is because wo
wish him 80 we'll that wo do not dcalro
to 500 him elected Governor of New
Jersey on tho Democratic ticket. Tho
biographer who shall be called upon to record
60 pitiful AN ending to career TINT onco
promised to bo great may we'll throw down
bis pom, md refuse to fulfill tho duties Of
his Office.
"ChaFgcs have boon brought ngainst tho
integrity Of Con. MCCLELLAN. His uniform
and his integrity wero all Of his former
glory ho still could call his own, and his
admirers will not rojoico to SEQ him deprived
OF a shred that remains to him. But tl,s
liccntious aud orucl press will not spare him.
That reckless newspaper, The Now York
Times, asserts That f,o has figured in tho
rolo Of q moth-exter1ninator y; TINT tho ex-
pensiyo proceas Of Cow1Es j. Co., which cost
tho Government $489,000, VIVA approved by
Con. MAnor, fatAor-in-taw Of Gen. 11cC1E1-
Lam, and that tho later Was paid $4,375 cash
for bis influence. The extent to which Con,
McCLE1.14AN was engaged In tho job may bs
inferred from this documents:
Pnt1AnELrn1A, Ang. ,. 1s72.-Tat Hon, o<oroe
u. Iecteisan. .St'o York: For anu In constdosa-
tion Of tho sun Of 81, the receipt of which ia
hereby acknowledged, we agsco to pay you ayu to-
per csntum If any suma which may bo paid 10 US
by the War Department Of tho United States out Of
tho future appropriations or Congress for tho prc.
scFsatton Of army clothing and cqutpage by our
process. dEonoE a. CowLks i Co.
Tho commission WIS subsequently in.
croaaed to 10 per cent, a. appears from au-
other letter published by the 7In.es; aud
the samo paper prints numbers, aatcs, and
amounts Of four checks paid to Gen, Nc
C1xL1AN by Cow1Ea d Co., aggregating
$4,375.
A friends Of Con. McCLk1IAs, we are
not pleased to confess that this record has
damaging, not to say damaged, look. It IL
true thai tho moth-exterminsting contract
WIS q fraud Of tho worst kind; that the
patent was pronounced worthless by several
Army Boards before Gen. MoCLELLAN's faith
eF-iu-law took hold Of IT.; that two-thirsls Of
the money realized from Government waa
clcar profit; and that the swag was divided
pretty liberally. DosN PlArT, the Washing
ton agent Of tho Ting. has already told tho
story in his frauk and Ingenious way.
But Gen. MCCLELLAN has, ct coanso,
some explanation ready. It is truo
TINT the money was paid him be.
foro he went to Europe, and could
not therefore have been for bis services aa 4