“There is much conversation in private legislative circles
here about the military abilities of Gen. McClellan. All seem to unite in the verdict that unless
his advance upon Richmond is a decided success, his career is a failure, and
that he must have a successor. The
country must have unbroken, continuous success.
The head of command must be struck from every man who fails. He must succeed despite storms, mud, season
or aught else. Victory, at any and every
cost, is the motto and only motto for the friends of the republic.”
– Published in The Burlington Weekly Hawk-Eye,
Burlington, Iowa, Saturday, March 22, 1862, p. 3
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