Fourth Of July Letter From General Mcclellan

The following letter from Gen. MoClellan was addressed to a party of our countryineo who celebrated the Fourth of Juiy at Geneva: Hotel Bykon, Lakk Geneva, 1 Tuesday, July 4th, 1865. 5 My Dkar Sir - I have received your very polite invitation, on behalf of the citizens of the United States of America who are in Geneva, to Mrs. McClellan and myself to join them at dianer today. I regret that it will not be in our }ower to do ourselves the pleasuro of mneting with you in the celebration of this most interestiug auniveraary of the most saored day in the American calendar. Although I caunot meet you in jersou, ï hopo that you will perinit me o expresa tbe iuteuse joy and prido with whieh, in common with all Americana, I look upou the recent glorious successos of our gallant armies under Jxrant and Sherruan. As these victories have finally crushed ;he armed oppos:tion to the general jovernraent, and have brought back he vvhole of the national domain under ihe folds of our flag, I trust that this anniversary of the Natiou's Birthday will be the opening of a new era in our üstory - when brotherly lovo will again )revai) between the people of the oüco contendiag sectious - when all the causea of the late war shall havo disappeared - when the idea of secession shall be re ;arded as a tliing entirely of the past, lever again to be revived, aud during which we shall become a stronger, more uuited, aud more prosperous nation than ever before. I most sinoerely unite with you in the beliugs of sorrow and indignation which ïave been so univereally expressed tor ,he conardly murder which deprived .he country of its Chief Magistrate, and n the dcsire to afford the most loyal support to Lis euccessor. I trust, too, .hat you will unite with me in the hopo .hut, siiice we have completely vindicated our national strength and military louor, by the entire ruin and defeat of our lato euemies, our people will pursue a magnanimnus and merciiul course towards a fallen fue - one that will tend o eoften tho bitter foelings 'uievitably caused by a loog and earnest war, and o restore the coufidenoe and kind feelug that should exist between thoso who owe allegjance to the saine Goverumcut, and bolong to the sïmo people. licgging that you will convey to tho Coininittee, and to the gentlemen they represent, my sincero thíiuks lor thair very courteous iovitation, I ara, my dear sir, very truly and rospeclfully yours, GEOIIGE B. MoOLELLAS.