"...chosen by Divine Providence..."

[Glorybound]

August 27, 2012, 12:30 pm
Washington in Disarray

By RICHARD SLOTKIN

From his first appointment to high command, McClellan had toyed with the idea of a "dictatorship," albeit one not seized by coup but granted by an act of Congress. When that possibility faded, he politicked incessantly to force Lincoln to fire Secretary Stanton and accept McClellan as the dominant voice in military affairs. He considered himself the one man chosen by Divine Providence to save the republic: "I have no choice," he told his wife, "the people call upon me to save the country - I must save it & cannot respect anything that stands in the way." He took pleasure in telling his wife, "I have commenced receiving letters from the North urging me to march on Washington & assume the Govt!!"

http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/08/27/washington-in-disarray/

 

[truthckr]

Good post Lee!

 

[donna]

Interesting article.

 

[OpnCoronet]

Like most self-centered personalities, McClellan tended to act as if nothing of any importance would ever happen, until he initiated the action. All wars move by a logic of its own and waits for no man, as a result little mac was constantlu being surprised by events and actions he neither approved or necessarily wamted