Let Grant, Beauregard, Sherman,
Longstreet, Sheridan and a host of
others now hide their diminished
heads, for history is set at defiance
for the sake of political buncombe,
and their achievements pale into
nothinguesss in comparison with
those of the illustrious coxcomb, Mc
Clellan. Greatest living soldier, for
sooth ! We never hear of this gor
geous military fraud without recalling
the beautiful sarcasm of the late la
mented Artemus Ward, who, discuss
ing the various candidates for the
presidential nomination in 1864,, said
of McClellan, referring to his imbe
cile tactics while commanding the
Union forces before the Confederate
capital, that " every time he made a
strategic movement to get into Rich
mond, he found himself in Washing
ton." As an antidote for the gush of
the Thibodaux Sentinel on the sub
ject of McClellan's candidature, this
shot from the Clinton Patriot-Demo
crat is refreshing :
Should Gen. Geo. B. McClellan stick as
bad as he did in the Wilderness campaign,
the Democrats of New Jersey will make a
poor out at electing him Governor of that
State.
McClellan is a very good civil en
gineer, but as a General he was a fail
ure and as a statesman lie is a greater
sham, if that be possible. Further
more, hle was so recently a resident
and office seeker in New York--where
he was appointed by Gov. Robinson
a State Engineer, which appointment
the Senate refused to confirm-that
his political opponents in New Jersey
are already firing the epithet " carpet
bagger" at his comely caput.
