New-York tribune., 1878-10-25
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4 LETTER or PRESIDENT LINCOLN TO MCCLELLAN
not HERETOFORE PUBLISHED
PHILADELPHIA, oct. 2l.-1he Pres will print to-
norruw morning thr following letter, which it IS
said has never been given 10 the public before
NASmNGToN, April =. 1sGe.
Major GrHrrai NCCLEittN
Dr,p -tr: Yoqr Dispatches complaining that you
arr not properly sustained. white they do lot chcnd me,
do main roc very nprh BlcnCkers Division Was with
drawn from you before YOU left here Hnd you knew
the pressure under which did 10. ana as
thought acqule.ccd In u. certainly not without
reluctaute. Aicr you LETT a-ccrained that less than
20OoO uDorgAniEcd men, without single hessIaitery,
wcfc nI you designed 10 be left for the de
fence of Washington and Manassas Jugciion.
ard part Of the even 10 &c to Gercral HoJker's
old po-Iitau. General BauaS's Corps, once designed
49, p,rss.rs Iuurfiou Wa- divided and tied up ou the
Of th- Winchester and sirasbniy. AM could not
leave 10 uitHUut again opposing the Up.cr fotomsc and
tne Ralttmcre aud Oaio Railroad This presented.
would present. when AcpouFai anu sumner should hc
gone great temptation 10 the cneIry 10 turn bsrk
Wy explicit order that Washington should, by
Toe iudEGcut of all the comhanacrs OF lhc army
oofPs. bc len eaurviy "ecro had bcrn nesifcea. ~
was preri-clS this that drove me 60 detan Mcdowell
do not forget that Nas saiIsi H..h cur sifahsr %
uat Arrangement broken uY, oud nothing was sub
-litutrd for a. OF courSr not sAusbc was con-
strained 70 substitute something iOr II myself
Nov, allog Rrk. 10 you realty think should
pcr1a toe nc Tran kichinOha VIA Na.Asshs 20
coald lie preseutcd Dy ICES than 10000 unorganiEed
his si!on WHICH county VIII bot
allow 10 eEude.
There s curious mystery about the numbrr OF troops
now v n you. when tcicgrapted you on the q say
ing yGu nad over hundred thousand Nith Nnn had
lust obtained from the Secretary ot War r'ntrncut
taken A. he said FROM your returns, making loS-
600 then with Won ruuir to you. hOh now cav
YOU l have bar - 600 when ali en- route TO you shal
l.Vr r a he'd rOu iIoW this discrepancy 0i 23Ooo
be accounted forI A. 10 General Nool-s copmind. l
understand il l. DONG fer you precisely WAi Ike nuIa
ber OF vour own Eould have 20 do that command was
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suplo.e The whole force which has gone forward Tor
yoa Is I'M you by tnts time, and II So thnk Is ihe
i,rrclsr time fr yoa 10 strike bow. By delay le en-
eny VIII rela lively gain upon you' hai Is ne VIII eaIn
faster By forhcAnns and reinforce nclis thah You eau
IN rciufrrctneuts alone. And ouce more let
me f,ll YOU Il is indispensable 10 yOn mar
Won s,filt a blow. / am pOWeriess 10 hcip
This You viii do ne the justice 10 r"memher
sIgar- Insisted that gong down the bay IA H'aichO OI
field msteud of lighting ar near MAlassas was ohi3
shfipg and not surmoimtlg cihcu,tS that you Mouih
mud ite same eaemy, aud tue same or eIuai m, ~,
treuchurtS al ehct place. The country VIII hot iaI
o unf-is now uniinc-that The prrsenI hesitation 20
move upon an Rchcd enrmy Is but the Story u NM
npesPs repeated. IT, ...,, ~.
beg 20 assure you that have mover written you or
sern 10 yon ia greater kindness Oi feeling than now
nor with ruler purpose To sustain Won so lar as III my
most ANXIOUS Judgment conslstenily ear Du loa mS'
Hct. Yours very truly, n hhNN''N'