Wednesday, August 29, 2012

The Harrisburg correspondent of the Philadelphia North American says:


“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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