Telegram-herald., 1886-09-20

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WCLELL4NS 0WA STORY.
Ibis story has l.us been desired It Is F
announced flr puoscau1n iu December oy
q L Webster q e.. in an octave volume
fa6aat 600 pages. il wil oe puolisheh on
ahst is called lhe .uasc5ipiioa piaut which
means that il sid be delivered 1y asenls 90
al who wil subscribe Tor it and eiI not be
ia sale iu ile book stores The plan Of
publication las lis advantages aod disad-
saala4es. la size present case L Is oo-
giaa.lg lAe only proper method % paolica-
uou. since bg no other can the book be OF
f-r-.i 10 the uopll4Iious living AZ a d stance
f.an. hook stores Agents visit every house
iu Size land. and iu order 20 make me ousl-
ness. i sa-e one for them. ll Is essential that
rs or. fs slowed 20 sell tie book in q dis-
trIct which IS ASST 1ueI - one special agent
And t1er- is uo town. hamlet, village of
EARNING district 10 the Northern states
where there are nol men VINO nave tue
warsuesI attachment 20 Aclleilsu, anu VINO
velH want 10 read his oWn story oi his ser
[ . f
Wh9 loved nim As we'll. the treasons in the
War D-Qartment and in Washington "nicu
/ u..Ie ms work herculeau. ami which sacri-
decd lives by The hundred thousand Tor the
sase 0f pr0longing ths war aud winning
/ olace and plunder for Washington polu-
clans ,o
He never sought promotion. Office, place
/ never ASKED thanks for any service never
,hd auv service Tor the sake OF reward, eN-
/ nis public and private life, the warm ialth-
e4l heart IS hose thrObs were ali honest heart
fhr.bs the unaffected and simple lie OF
dutv which be led IN camp aud IN society,
/ these united 10 his power As a statesman,
and the universally acknowledged TACT tosI
he was the most accomplished soldier III
the land. created that peculiar aiiecuon
fOf him which has never been eAuiolled ~
ward any other Americans
The sentiment which was ieit TOWARD
Mcclellan by hundreds OF thousands o
einz..ns and so diers was not only the ordi
/ marry admiration and respect fell Tor gfea
man Who had served bis country ialthiuliy
but .as much more personal IN It's nature
Ia Was regard. affection, love. Ihls was du'
to his exalted personal character. lie wa
the best loved man in tins country 70 lh
: dav OF his death, because ne was the OpJec
of this personal affection from more mel
than any other American.
: s. too a. he was the best loved, he wa
I also AT one time the best hated. The ms
s rory of The arowtAOf the viOlen- anlmOslt
e which partizan politicians displayed 10
{ ward him would De au instructive cnapte
p in the history of popular governments
T orisin was in his unapproachaoie purity .
D character-unapproac TO pollt-clabs
3 the baser sort After trying 10 attacn mn
2 10 otbem-eives and their purposes, aud la
. q rr.sr "a Il "a
y and to ruin bim and his army. The proof
e. of this plot are abundant, and doubles
+ NcClsllan's memoirs Will reveal some
4 them.
e AT tie present day people are calmly ash
u ing questions about these undenldole lacu
4 Had Mcclellan chosen TO speak during II
!. life he could undoubtedly have shed ilgi
IS on such subjects. II Is wondesiu' lac
)i nov ,i.ibie I'm the retrospect, that under
F. storm OF abuse. falsehOod and calumny,
e never Nrote line or spoke word ~ a.
Is f.nse Of himself, or 90 attack the men "l
~ we're responsible for the invention oi Il
a falsehoods and ne prolOngatiJn OF the wa
d His calm attitude won hlm the Iespe
d. which attended him through hls lie. II
n memoirs wiil be of immeasurabie valne
he foundations for the true political al
'r military history OF the war
le The book itself Is OF unique characie
So His memoirs were written solely Tor q
r. children. thar ihey mighs possess ms on
story of ms services 10 the country a
I'D iferarv executor has exercised the olscItll,
e. committed 10 him in reservlng portions
of future publication. and has thus secure
e. suace i'm this one volume for wnai Is u
5e most deeply interesting autoblography oil
oi soldier perhaps ever published. ms co
e. sisfs of extracts from Mcclellan priFa
be- letters 10 his wife. The chapters OF the W
ld ume alternate. one Of memoirs with one
We private letters of the dates covered 10y (
memoirs These letters were writ
be under all the varylng cTcu'
en- stances Of soldiers life,
lg tent on horseback. on the battlefield, Z
az scribing events. persons incidents. glW
he i'm short the free expression OF the you
soldier. whole soul 20 bis young vie
ar whom he was married only the year bei'
g.. the war hezan. We DO not know ot a
ye parallel 10 this series of letters IN any b
th .-rapbv. IL would be useless 20 comment
iI the intensity of their interest. Nor Il
Dossible ~ consider McCicllans memo
var without remembering that no man e.
oi doubted or disputed a word that he sp'
oi or wrote. That every line OF his letters a
lse memoirs is solid truth cannot ne qu
an TONED His official report. published
1d 1854 dealt wIth countless subjects ana I'D
and no statement in iJ has been conf
as verfed His o~n story. nov 10 appear,
ere r0-ses- all the power of the word ot a N
ses on whose personal truthfulness and h
ln- honor not even his most bitter oppone
lie ever ventured 20 cast a doubt. The II
m- Allen Publishing Company are the puoi
infi oa-arrf- f.tr this State