The disgraced General, since his removal from his command, to propitiate the Demon, of Abolitionism, has been very cautions and very prudent in his conduct and sayings; but, with all his caution, he developed himself sufficiently the other day at
Trenton to show to what side he belongs in the new organization of Northern parties.
He said to delegations from
Trenton,
Newark, and
New Brunswick:
‘
"While the army is fighting, you, as citizens, see that the war is prosecuted for the preservation of the
Union and the Constitution, for your Nationality and your rights.
This passage a quite significant, and when we consider the well known reserve and prudence of
McClellan, is a strong warning to the
Northern people that the
Constitution is in peril, and they are about to lose their rights in the attempt to subjugate the
South.
The warning is quite enough to lose
McClellan forever the favor of the
Lincoln Government.
It is a clear imputation upon that immaculate concern that will not be forgotten soon.
Had
McClellan the boldness enterprise of a truly great commander, he need not have submitted to the dishonor visited upon him. With the popularity he enjoyed in the army, and the favor with which he was regarded by the
Northern people, he could have resisted the authority that disgraced him. In this he could have contended that he was not only defending himself against unmerited indignity, but that he was resisting a usurpation and tyranny the most odious, which had trodden in the dust the
Constitution and deprived the people of their rights.
His still small voice of warning is like mockery of the
Northern people, coming as it does after he is retired and powerless, having thrown away the means of protecting them and restoring their Constitution.
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