The Administration Giving Evidence In Favor Of Gene Al Mcclellan

Iu view of the attenipta of the llepub-" lican papers to circuíate &landers aguinst General McClellan, we give the ing testiinony respeeting hts abilities and j services from vurious members of fcbe adininiatration : Washington, July 2, 1862. Major-GcnrH-al Qjorge E. McCieTTan: 1 am satisüod that yourself, ofiïoers, and men, have doue the best you could. All accounts say bctter fighting wasnever done. Teu thousand thanks for it. A. Lincoln. Tvvo days afterward, whéo Mr. Lincoln had i'ull infurmation, General Ate Glellau received the following : Washington-, July 5, 1862 Major-General Oeorgc B. McClellan : A thousaud thanks for the relief your two d-ispatches of 12 and 1 p. in yesterday gave me. Be assured the heroisin of yaurself, oÉBcers, and tneü is, aud forevci' will bo appreciated. A. Lincoln. Tu Aagast 18 2, Mr. Liucolu made a speech at the White House, iu which ho said : There lias been a very wide spread ntteinpt to hrtve a quarrul between Gen. McClellan and the Secretary of War. ♦ General MeClellun's attitude is such tha'. ia the very selfishness of bis natare he eannot but wish to be success; ful, and I hopo he will. I know General McClellan wishes to be sucoessful. General McClellin is not to llame f or asking what he icanted and needed. 1 bolieve he is a brave and able man, and I stand here, as justice requires me lo do, to take upon inyaelf what has been eharged on the Secretary of War, as withholding from him Here is General Halleck's testimony : Washington, Aug. 31, 18G2. Major-Gencral Qeorge B. McClellan : I beg of you to asaist me ia this crisis with your ability and experieuce. I am entirely tired out. H. W. Halleck, General-in-Chief. Washington, D. 0., Sep. 30. Major General McClellan Cunimandiug, etc. ; General : - Your report of yesterday, giving the results of the battles of South Mouütain and Antietarn, has been received and submitted to the President, ïhey were not only hardfought battles, but well-earued and deeided victories. The valor and endurance of your army in the severa' conflicts which terminated in the expulsión of the enemy from the loyal State of Maryland, are creditable alike to the troops and to the offioers who commanded them. A grateíul country, while mourning the lamentod dead, will not bc unmindful of the houors due to the living, II VV. Halleck, General in-Chief Suya Mr. Lincoln, referring to Antietam : War Deparemest, ) Washington, Sept, 15, 1862. $ Your dispatch of to-day recaied G id b)es8 you and all with you. Des troy the rebel army if possible. A. Lincoln. To Majar-General George B. MoClellan. But the Eepublicao Congress also givesits testimony. Ou the 16th day of July, Mr. Edwards (Rep ), of New H.'.mpshire, offered the following resolution in the House of Representativos, and it was UDapimously adopted : Seso ved, ïhat the thanks of this House be presented to Major-General George B. McClellan and the officers and soldiers of bis command, for the series of brüliant and deciaive victories, which by their skill and bravery they have achieved over rebels and traitors in arms ou the battle-fictds of Western Virginia. On the 9 tb of May, 1862, after the victories of Yorktown, Williamsburg, and West Poiat, Owen Lovejoy, the most ultra radical in the House of Rep resentatives, offered the following resolutions, which were uuanimously adopted : Resolved, That it is with feelings of 'levout gratitudo to Alin ghty God, that the House of Representativo?, from time to time, hears of the triumpha of the Uuion army in tho great struggle for the supremacy of the Constitution and the integrity of the Union. Resolved, That we receive with profound satisfaction, intelligence of the recent victories achieved by the armies óf the Potomae, associated from their local ities with those of the Kevolution, and that the sincere thanks of this Houso are herebv tendered to Maior-General' Geo. B. McClellan, for the display of those high military qualities which secure important results with but Httle sacrifice of human life. Let Democrats bear this testimony in mind. when efforts are made to belittlü General MoClellan's great services to tlio state, let this significant testimony of Mr. Lincoln, General Halleck, and the Eepublican Congress, be produoed.- N. Y. World