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iiliithota t hy
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Poldidietrer 1' 'Thy innuld'rinighiiiii teei,
Their iiteleia ' its aniEures deep ;
`Abeiii thy plowed hind,
fri eirth's nett verduii iloirern.rniiht
Andseatteitheir loyelineith'o'ar thy tooth.
And ye t i, sie reeently t
Wan.tront thy voice, tdith 'weleome glad,
- to greet,
And band extended warm aletrptdaea t at
- Eve& as yeaterday, , •
Song alarm thy lips, and Vigorous' fife
in every 'movement - of - thnsettied etrifb:
li*ne"ent iiine:le see - . • , r
Death'; close thy eyes; tior bur* attertd—t
Methinks,' throwthe ithadowj*el4 bia#
Where' 'midst. W,reeping for thee,
The light is hiding from thyoopah of pain,
And hewing the cent mg ofthYfuneraltntin.
The sable Atari* 'tames on,
As if reluotaatly it' beer to feet
Thy young; unwearied fokelLattie loved
and `- •
White stricken ones and wan,
Follow close the bier in procession sIoW
Clad in habiliments faibioned for Woe'
Onward they come, and stand
On the narrow bitultorthy open grave—
Ere solemn ',mho: was pronoquced that
gave
Dust unto•dust.—the hand
That, straighten ed• thy chiy-for ita manikin,
now
tpiifts the dark pall front thy marble brow.
- And Oh, what angnish deep
Ties stirring the fountains of love divine,
As kindrFe. liPs ware premed, for the last
Upon. thy pale.cold obeek,
And the sepidcbral elods,and sad farewell,
Blended thew rounds in the expiring
How bears the int:idler's heart
Bereavement Bath as this , P The rushing
tears,
And !leaving bosdm, convulsive with years,
Bespeak the viola° part
With the spring'it rich promise, and hopes
that fled
With the latest brea d of her treasured
dead.
Yet death' has not the power
To break the bonds immortal glories hold,
Aad faith eeps strengthening as Time
grows 01d...
For the appointed hour,
When sainted opinta that have waited lung,
Rejoin the loved oneein rapturous throng.
"Tis hard tio'give thein up
To death's , deep ffillumber=the youthful
ant dear= 'hi , - -
And feel '
thesorra* or thyite:nee.here.
Andyet how - meet the - batid
Since Gud haaealled - thee, :from a world
of gloom,
To-endless joiN-throngh the gates o the
tomb.
.11smuca, June 27, 1864.
Another Victim _to Timmy.
Lieutenant.Coionel IL 8. , digit. of the
Sixth Coned States-Infantry s stationedit
West Pointi has been removed front that
positiCtiatiti reduced to therank of merr
in the Tkrolfill. Colonel Vita .sunta n '
the higheskailitary character. He fought
through, the Mexican war, winning the
especial commendation of- General Scott.
He wotrisrlitiltoo4.during-the present war
et the baitfe,Of,Wineit' mills, and was ta•
ken a prisoner to Richmond. He had
received bis lieuteeolottelsbip by due.p . r . dY.
motion. he tole-404in' ferlis reduktort
in rank--oativetgltiq big- hOfforable rear
ors, hia:tbortnigh .ittAtorti r ability; lied
hie patriotic;sserificat for but ,country--ia
the fact that belwas oneorthe -executive.
committee oh the `. Batt le: itiOnenittot- l ai
West Point,• who invited Gen. MuClellatt
to deliver the oration on that. occasion.!
and adhered= the ir choice in the ha of.
threats from CO;:ashieroo. helot ttirvttel o
are "wheiegOt a ri 4 Oet, :tiailiti the -rO
recent of Cot. Beweike t AO tle,w , hZ,/hit
removal and retittedOit 10 rank of Lt.-1.
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CR& How debased must •au adminis -- '-'' '' .. 1 ' 9 ' .
•, i ,
.plaidtdilii t , .:.1 . • :I
eau = be,. that. will demand tonal) mean • .- _ , . , 1
Acts to gratify , its. , petatored , spite totouilat - The'ecu'itgiliAity'aS i Vir.... aa. - hilite:ik, ll - 1 49 1 .1
&brave Eleiteral.. The Other , members of few•iiiifii r agtolaKit oeigea 1 Y; 99: I°'9 l i
the ecomitteowillAtootatitillikftiobialied thatiwitilkeibititi. niii`ditio" 'area' Ile.Vg
i n their elder. - • ' ' " Wig ibiire;Preitideit'Linceild htid,f , ard7;
—.4/ - ~ :_.• • ohid i sillliksit nifilvie,Spr: The - whiw 14,4 n ,
LincelioiLiWitig)Nraitit' . , bitd i liei r eciidepitatitialit found iMilftiii,
The ettheolchildir.tiftraahhtgiObeity . , p hliik,ii4 .ll l,ol4,Mlitti.,'",,Wk_f9l;e* .. tr-g l e. , :
love motor' tAiipermiiied iiilire sk inst. erantig.'Tee ea l glijettree... , lus4 4
Ale ow she
,wpatigi o iiie rh v -aiiik•ltiv on with - y/64 %di he UM tillage; ill inter
the .ettrithitiointaf e etediatt : oi ft 4 F ap.i f init , 4 course. But ii . were jefogun ended by the '
vihi'afriiiitif abiiiiethe eitY;:iiii °Dena cour t , for me,m7 t het,peettlit, bad acrtner-
The grounds for Abell.. mseption. :- - fi :WU ell', ilir the NI/ 4°9' ll ll;w- 14 Po.Pl i ni ab wm
laid Linceltrihairmitiiied'Wda 'OW:AIi f4r ille - 4 90 1 .1;fintrrn iotthemagyf• - 4 1 Avt
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e. t,A.miHioaof new IS9 dim foe
Wittch the:Petisidertkcalls in his:_prechuna-,
thin are neededolle. call is a cry: of ! dia.
teas and a national humiliation. Thetis).
gas pioelamation of Howard - tilled , for,
4 01 Y., four-fifths m
BB any, and, that insert,
tive settinpis iitimarAd in fort Lafayette
for eonyeylog...to:the world the impres
sion that . the, campaign was a
Whir°. , Certain it. is, that public capes
mien la 'disappointed, and the country,
will aot,hesitate to inquire who iirespon
sible for the terribleand unavailing waste
oPiee which rendeitt.five hundred - thous
and bew men necessary so soon after the
'atoning of a campaign that p romised to
be triumphant . We say . gm:sailing'
waste ~,1 4 : for, oannol see th.at , any
Substantial advantage has been gained by
our army since our army left tbe Rapt
dan. It has recoiled again 414 again be
fore.rebel entrenchments; it is now ar
restd by rebel iutrenchments , ; and - the'
whole dustance from; Petersburg to Rich
mond is hedged up by rebel ,intrench
went's, plasmi at short intervals for the
whole distance - a twenty miles. "My
plan," as Mr. Line* called the overland
rnarnlir bas noat; this.single vampaign,
more men than :either Napoleon .or Wel.
lingum commanded at, Waterloo • not
more than either of them /oat, we be seech'
our countrymen to mark, but more than
either of them had to lose. And yet the
prospect of taking:Richmond is not much
better than the prospect of taking Charles-
In the first year of the war, five hund
red thousand .men were thought to be
suffilient.for a}. purposes which could nut-
be served by the militia, This opinion
wastexpressed by Secretary Cameron in
his annual report in December, 1861.
" With the ohlem of reducing, the volun
icter,foree to live hundred thousand." be
said; "kpropose with the consent of Con
gress, to consolidate such of, the regi
meats as , may, froni time to time, fall be
low the regular , standard. The adoption
ofthis measure will decrease the number
of officera and proportionably diminish
the expenses of the army." In the same
repo!:t Secretary Cameron, quoting from
Jonatni, states that the forces of Napoleon
on the tat of June, 1815, atter exertions
of great vigor to recruit them, amounted
to four hundred and fourteen thotisand men. 1
At that time, Napoleon had the allied' pr. I
miesiof Europe, to contend against:",-.We
recur to these figures to ehow how we are
exceeding all the old standards of maim+.
ry prudence in our. expenditures. The
substitution of , numbers fur brains is an
experiment whose,success, thus far, does
not, very clearly justify Its. adoption.—
World.
Mack vs. White Soldiers.
A wounded-sniffier tolif us -last week
that in the tang march: frem the Wilder
nesato Peterskurg, many of the soldiers
Were completely e x hausted, and laidtown
by the way-side to recover their strength.
'they were driven up at the point' of the
bayonet, and Compelled 'to ' march
while adores ottiegroes were allowed to
videite tile wagons. He sayty theprefer2
enceithOwtito contrabands is the genic°
of
,great dizt.latisfaction among the sol
diers. ' "
Another we talked- with, said that the
remains era deed•negiii Were treated with'
fak.'greater reiipeCt than th:ise or a white'
soldier: He related an instance which
Occurred:A:nit: a' few days
~s ince. Ile saw:
two soldierir buried 'within a fel titinilies
the. trhiti3 ode Wei Inintfght - to the grave,
and 'dephsited in it, the ati)e of hin ' over 4
muitiibrown over his heiid;'ned theetiith,
throWif over bun The tetit'.4niedf - ii blzick •
were - briiiight along at the coticiii-
Rion' 'of'scene just : stated . M NA T
s '
wits , epmhea - .013 And a white
shOt thrown' lafeihiK then sortie
and', the - grave ,
Than ' butted "tenderly" '
bemusirhii Week, , while the other,
being white, did not reCeiye'the
viinutifhestow tipon'a favorite
Eirtnitisiti shown , for,
nontrabittide: it iirellitiCfed if
06 otheiOitiose than to deligie
aiid)AliceibtrOgrd.it 64lls :4 4 "'
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f4,3a , ! , :241 riguids • -.I
MIMI
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Mr. Lincoln's favorite joke about swap
.
Ping „ horses when crossing a.nt7er,likabet.
tome &great &gni:feat: I ' FlFe'f ii t told'
when - asked to remove Vameron from the
°Steer csecretiry'.4
then engaged in great-litilitarY tiperatibils'
and it was no time for a change in the I
War Department. But the great: rims
, ion on which he used it 'man !when the
Baltimore Convention ..informed him'of
uutßioation: 110,41:ought the con:Tn.
dot acted wisely,,,anit that ribs, people
Would - nut' wisely in 4o:dinning that neat
'nation, and to illuittrate and enforte this
view berrepeated,.bialgient joke. Since
then wenotice,trult. even-the learned ante
dignified kid ward Ever,etcbitacondericep.,
i ded to employ the'eanaa ergumeritin sup
! port of Liner:l6'li 'reeleetion.. :As this joke
oratory has thus become historical, and
is to be made the great , support of idle
"smutty joker's” claims to re-election, it
is well that the reader , should have the
story, in full. It is, in chief, as follows:
An old Dutelieriah.endertakes to swim
a Mare and colt ii0r9:13:4 a river; and be,
not being Ole to tiwirn,;,ps the colt kis
tail for ' safety, when the trio plunge in
and make - for the oPP:Saite side. T auk
with his heavy load, soon spends his
Strength, shows tligni of giring out, and
its be begins to sink, lookers on standing
on the banks shout to the Dutchman to
let go the colt and lad* hold of the mare's
tail, as she is as strong,as ever, or hoth
will go down ; but the Dutchman replies:
" It is no place to swap horais in the mid
dle 'of a stream." Down he goes with
the, colt loupe death'
Now this story is peculiarly applicable
to " the situation," and the prospect is
that ilia adherence Lathe oltlDinufarnates
rule; by our people; will be followed With
a like result. If the Dutdhman had
" swaPPed ,:horeee in the middle of a:
strearb" he would probably, have got safe
ever—saving not only . flia-owniiire.,lo .
tliu't rifitis cult also." But adhering to his
notion that it was no place to swap hor
ses,-he lost both. Now :our people And
their government, are literally in the mid
'
die of a stream, and, like, the Dutchman,-,
they bud they have a iveak and unreliable
support in those who are unfortunately
in chargeof their alifilik Shall they,
then, follow the stupid and fatal 'rule and'
example of the foolish :old Dutchman, lir
the diqate at common..sense?
Shall they !tick - to the, einiihm.tolt—Liti-,
cola, or lay hold of the'lltrong
the patriot:o Democracy ? This is agreat
question,
and the full 5107, So o ft en brn't
t6rwaid by the "aniatty joker." forcibly
suggests the'-only'cortectrandlikaper an
ewer.
Mmw, on Massachmetts.
!The indecent haste of , Massachusetts - tii
get more than her share of the negroes to
represent her sons in the army under the
new draft Will fill the Country with dis
gust. 'lt' will he. tjentembered - that the
Maasachusetts members" of Cotigrm
would not vote to repeat the three build
red dollar. commutation clause' until the
privilege, was allowechhe once glorious
old commonwealth of. 'buying Southern'
negroes ,as substitutelt. - tm - farther
seems that, the Massacbutetts men most
have., exacted still anothei conoession front
the:War Department-4.-thac , lof notifying'!
them beforelnind when the draft,- was to,
take Itiace, go that they &mild belbefirst
in the" field, Mid thus have , the ltirgc, in and
best tutsdriatient of darkies to 'bundle the
muskets designed- for' White gay state'
men.. It will-be notibed; before the Pres.'
dent's ea wationt, thau-Govl Atidrenitind
all the. machinery prepatted,' aild -, that his
proclamation wad out bents - Lincobi l s,l,
showing that he mug halve heeri linforated .
in advancebf the other states:' '
What :aconimentary all this Is erion (the'
roads bf switrining yankees veltio - were to
rush to arins when an eniancipation :pre°•
lamation was • issued ! Atithiei 'very Aar,
Massachusetts has-fewer white men in
the ranks inpropboiflnlo:ltutirtiparition
than any state in the ylTere
negriiew arid .thifcirolgbilrEP-Wilt4raff
*child *Akin& Thai the'mun4i'of natir,t3
ikioa cod.
teinpEitily small: . .
oridurab ats pot wret 't01;:o
stood:a:l' `:litamina ll 'Bi f istinoy4sv l to',•,iniii
fdirthe'" - plindfict of ''the niali*nant P.b01 7.
h4vi
state (bi iiip . 13.41.1300fe=.-oryfalm
.yeti it Is
ief4 . cAnt'to'ROO:o94
.isprpoolipei;
wt l`iie ' 1 14)004 - -10 s $0 1 ! 11 :144.
iiridt,a4;:o4l.Alsi, , fio Wi4 ) ;.:J4i
tkahappy,lwai
While 'her sons repif,topresotne4An..tbesi
fieltl:by r .negrbes s tYsy„..artl t9l ben &mad •in
L6ein PrVerA pram/it ;In , this tunlOtotthei
li4pg . ,n4llgnpntki ,whooyerikshoddri
t tiles . I,mkpiplumt. or ,00rtiptiop clamors
fpiinorproy: . .*: i , 1“1 , WY_ ;!
krl , ltte44,Aliggßitiailies
vingt 'tife Vitiagaebritigq,
giilgtiftheliflitl4l44lleil
clioht Halal
theiSiditt" %thief' teisiiiiki;
idkl &C.' I' fli b liia
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TEE LAYAIATOWALH , *ThILLI4
m c ' l ' the74u°l - I ` l 'lrltil-• • •
` 'he Valle)etifiliefilleilli oith as Mire
distil:ince teen* thiAalliTtif liar ititionat
humiliation. , Afierimarexliati thole/eat*
I 4iliiigeetieleArs Ourtmilktary stigmata ,
"Boni.",' notle_arne4 WaPPreM54 94ilfe".
lation 0f.)16 ralley, to , tile tlefensa 4
, W9sitingtoti';46iPthe eneiriy,'safev pfe;
stoning on t et *Mutates and-shiftlessneda
has leanied - 'to
practice in t iis quarter o,Weariaome mon
' otony of movesavt!,,wiiinh only , serves to
show that he deems it safe, at anz time, to
hope for'suaesa by edinting on qtfrofil- I
cial stelhlitY as a strintlinesulistivate fsif'
bis•pirverty„vf,ioention, ; --, ' • , , , i .
15, 11.0feett ;Wen tlyeetrile,F that ,it hi
always sitter to rely on the folly of yopr o
antagonist than , on, your own sagacity,
laud it is certain that 't be enemy,, iii : the ,
use he periodically Makes of the valley of
the Shenandoah, lige shown 'lsiifown saga
city only in presuming always on our offi
cial• want of that quality in the conduct of
the war.l Physical geography has or
dained 'thit - the occlusion, or 'et. least the
vigilant. oliserVation, of this side appr • ise*
to the city Washington,, shalt lie' it'
, prime element to anz campaign which
' starting *um ;Washington, has the cit3t., of
1
.Richmond for l ita objective point. And
1 Yet* with -n W4llt. IA foresight which,' in
the absence oti all conceivable motive for
the wilful betrayal of agmvepubliotrust,
confounds the reason of ordinary mortals
by its magnitude and by"its inieteracr,;
our taint:ay authorities have fin• lone 0W:-
evasive summers permitted this valley to
i be used by the eaFiny at his, pleasure , furl
the puriMse' of bringing contumiou upon
the Well-laid'jilanti of our geueral,s opera- 1
ting against Rialimond. • I
Whether it be at one time a failure tol
station in this valley a capable command
ing officer, or at another from not retain -1
rug a - force thane -hitttasuortanXi o r at still ,
-Itootheriveurtiot - occupying the proper
of observation to detiCry the ap
proach .of daitgeiin time to guard against
positive mischief; or whether, isS at solne
times it be from committing all these
blunders at.oruie, certain it is that the tail-
I itary administration, in giving the • coun
try much 'sad experience of inefficiency,
has nowhere made• that inefficiency . more
egregious and deplorable thin in this
quarter.
I • The first' battle of Dull' %in was tamed
' from victory into - disaster troiiillie failure
of General Patterson to prevent, the junc
tion of Genera Joseph K. Johnston, thro'
this valley, with General Beauregard in
the very•mists of the' conflict—a failure
which,,whether resulting front the incons
peteticy of General katterson, ,as some'
charge, or from the inadequacy , of his ag
gressive force, as others represent, is one
of which the responsibility' mu-t equal
'
rest , on the central poWer which apptintts
our commanders and directs the opera,
tams of the war. . ' . , ,
The eampaigp of General MeClelltut
was arrested and frustrated by the incur
sion of General Jackson into this valley in ,
the latter part of May, 1862, compelling
the altruptLreireat of General Ranks
throwing our military authorities herein.'
to a most abject
. pturicy , and preventing
• the contemplated Juntition of General lac-
I Dowell with General McClellan by• the
, Fredericksburg railrold---he being diver,
•
ted froni this line of iniirch to engage in
what he knew to be turimpOs.tible cha-e of
' Jackson; and Jackson in the meantime', •
after distracting all oar coin tlinatinos,suc.
(seeded in , hurling ,his whole 4W 0111 41 8 -
pink McClellaa's fisrees around 1140,
mond at the very MiSkfrent When l our mili
tary araborititat, relying on the' reptirti lie
General Fremont affer the battle or Cross ,
Keys on the fitli of •Janeomppcised him
still to be detained in that valley. by Oa
tbre.steningprelence of that officer. I,
irlien'eame i the ` riefoaiupaigis of den.
, NO, in Which 'after havistg his flanti`ii i
i peatedly tuniediatid ' , big , commuiskiatioliv
with Vfashington .brokno by-an attacking :
tbo
rear, bp- wits badly, re . puised,,and driv
en"'into the defences at Washington,while
1 the enemY, with leistireli , composure,
turned froth 't h e'ttUrstilt id' h is 'broke n and
mishandledtforeet , rta proceed throtighthis
same valley, and malts Abettertnidable ir,
ruption into Maryhu3d w,hich waa repelletl,
hi , General MeCieTfail at the bag'? of 4n r .,
tietam V& the flth af i Selit. ttin. ' '
~We need 'not lituntelto describtilthe•digl
gracefitheventi.whieliprezededithe - rsecti- ,
Potion ei fficieelleeter, , bY ' the/ enemy , at .
'this time,,or whickatteacW the atirree l
slitr of fiiiiiper's Fftrii— results all die to,
- -
the incapacity whicti,paceu r iacompe rt „
'officers in inflit - 412o! , ,:p.Osiiichlik i l.ailti,iviii0
ititlfacaso of Ilarrier's"Firry, Wile ;tide
'doubly 13(381)1011M's Tote Ma' biserision;•.l*
dials rettintintrisfCol- Iktilessw;therfonts'
le4eri..?rdere franl) GRllPCOl.HelleAllidlefi
the military availability of ,the[,positioa.
, watt entirely neutralized by the thru A w igh
Otiiiitt liad. tatted..: 3 ofliialiiMpacit at
ital4iitigirlfi,thtia fainitrii , tVWith Willi
urnliet*PiiPtigtit a ft*t B *§ 4 l:gii 4 Fk ; :
n 'lite entracte° or iti 110, n tlio l ii iiiiip
forks of an tnitgaVaViefitiniilideiciigiiiiith
hrelYM , • Poi.:f l A/1 0 ,4 T urbtl. 1 3 6 t u r
dfulto, .:90917 pil; 9PYRIIidO
9 0 3 ,t" OPIPTI,E I PI4..WAn!tkno,Pi
I pl
o .4bi,P , l4s lo triP AecirSAPl t rl7 o
bteltar RA.Ti i pliff ° S
tow events W tc pr e tl , • e 111041 fir
to forsook bat sot the power to prwrent
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4 •-•lAtKrilortti iii - the'adtrithetebtflsWilifare.
4 than .a tertmtb:aftertthellizitsieftif Chatri
gaiAaravilla -anderilgraiteral,sßiankersl , tbia ,
4 confedertWas•firmaander•fra*ded tisi prtl•
leer atiewilnvaiiipri "At zfie - Xiirtli, - via. of
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this 'satiier'Shiniuldilitli""valleit: ciProarli ) kr
'Ulan) on gra pitVor dor niilitily nether.'
ities tO occupy. in' this- quarteraheprupet."
Pai!nts,;af al?aervationg atai frclia JAW fail
ure to place jiA ;be positions aco , ially °CCU.,
pied the - requisite military:Went; and skill;
the country was ligaits' Olifid• nPon 'to
bkisb, at , the disgraceful' Stanspedtlondil;
.•trgwhich.r.pred4ed the iirroptioniof,the
It'lMPT*lto,a4aUlando. ' W#ncb eter Wila•
evacuated with jetiti Gilidn,,ep e r anc‘
ieigfitein:flWillloticeii'i.ilvti .4101, 4 1 tid' tliiiis
kindred idtisket4 rind a' largetinadtity of
ammunition were leftrbehind,by•rthe•furgi
tives—a valuable 'gift, to_theiativading
eqe/ 0 9-.; •., ._ , ri ..,,,•:.,.-.
After iamb 'repeated exPeriehee or - the
militaryrehitiOns lieldbY tilievalleyio the
safety - of. .. - Wiiehitigtoh' and to the sPecess
of the impendingoperations against Rich
mond, it might , hilve . • been supposed tbat;
military directors; , with as little perspicu
city as OLIN have , ShOWn .thentselies to
Possess, would not for thefcierth 'Sine Per
mit mismanagement in thisi , lilley to lay;
a stone of stumbling and. roelt,of :offense
in the way of the cat!ipaign. And, yet, the ,
illusiration , we have
„lust had of the want
of forecast which •IniOiden Signalized by
the conduct ofthe:yar in this quartereur
passes in its, proportiOns anything Cie,
have' yet 'been-called • tri
.'witness.. Let tun,
analyze the , eletneetti of the itiVasion°
which has just ended if) the raising Otthe'
4 siege of Washington„" " . '. 1 .IL,
Ii is obvious to be most tininilitaiT
mina unit in, Order 'to gilded the side ap
proach to Withingibn via: the' &lento
deah valliqc a Pest of observation shciiild
l t eseloeveti or such - a
-point in - cir near the
•velley as shall enable the force whielkoc
cupti, it to discern the appreach of • dan
ger iii time •te guard against the descent
of the blow and' to calculate its proliiiiildi
weight whenever it may fall. ' Before
starting out on , tbe Campaign . against.,
Richmond in the spring of 1462Rieneral
McClellan was carethl to
telt('
on this adore. Under date - Of March 16,
precautions
in that , year,- he -wrote to General Banks
(who had been selected to watch the Val
ley,) as•ffillowa:
Your first care will be • the ; rebuilding
of the railway from Washington• to Man
assis and to Strasburg; in orde.r to open
your communications with the valley of
the Shenandoah. As "soon as the -Manes
as Gtap Railway is in running order, in•
trench a brigade of infantry; uty lb& re
giments, with , .two batteriei, at' or near
the point . where the railiray tresses the
Shenandoah. Something like - two regi
ments of cavalry should be left in.that vi
cinity to occupy Winchester, and dor
()uglily scour the. Country south of the
raitway and. np,thc Shepandoah valley, as
well asthrangli Chester gap, which might
perhaps be advantageously occupied by a
detachment, Ai l; infantry,. well .., intrenched.
111Ock-houses should be built at all the
fairway , badges ; "Occupy by nrand guards
Warrenton 3iniction 'arid Warrenton it
self, and alsortiome more' advanced
on the Orange and Alexandriwrailroadi
as soon as the railway bridge_is rePair,44!:
- Great activity should be ohserved by. -
the reValry. 'Besides the tale regittientd
at llitantutkai ,, ,:atiottier reginient Of eak•alry
will bb it yoat , fiisposid to sEiint.ttkwartl
Ocqiiqrian, and probably a iturth'ltdinstd'
Leesburg. , 0
To reevitrilate tne 'most' important
points whteh should' engage Your. atten
tion; as follbwa : ""°`' ...:
;
• ..I:''A *trona force, well intrenehed, • in
tfie4viiiinity 'itif.' Manassas; perhaps even.
Centreyille, and, another force (a - lingide)
also will-intreitAed hear Siraaburg.
2. Block-houses at **irk - IWO Ifridgei.'
3. Consfaiit enitilquient,qthe ; cavally
weir to ih'eWorii. ,
4. Graiiirlgtifiriliiit 'Whrieritori Sifte r -,
thin, and; in:advance as far ..die the' Rappa
hannock,if possiblio 4 4, ; 4 •., 1 ' .•,-!:i; '
6, Are nt Aire to be ,gzercise4 toobtain;
full and !early infortuatiett as ta tlie me i
In j
, { . „ ',
'
&. Thigbnenil 'eltleei t iii - to' einf,ei ' the
line of theiNtiomidand'Wfighingtrin: - '
. L We. all, know how these, prudential ar.
ralgetnentse&GeneraklifeClellan ,; were:
broken up byltfierniiiitarytpowerikarhich .
undertook thd.directionl tif the ! war. After
he hadibeeta , temoved 'frontiliiir l'ireitintia
control of itateferations. 4.; And wide that'
datettheseprbdentialtneasares,as resp,ts
tbeiShenan'doalt•V,alley c harri !never been'
re-estaiiiiitfet fiirviti oldie iiiiitori,
Ids far
as we cau .3 o*.ti,;;M:WW - tt l to s tkestab .
fish thenli inlittitlce eons!sull,:q sa94?
MiliY;liflrtb `to to tgiiiidalMoClertui e
military si t 'ait - =I4-soedii4i.w.P 6 : l 4,A,
i l
obgeivatii) like: tiikstbo s 4KlAllrif t P 1?
ttro l ealifiA* 0:of 0 4 VAtfey, 't:Viia'
thiiiiiii;foliblardl4o# l 4Rik l i f) , a l l # 4.
01' 1 1610 iiildegii}tid; . tec q4titi qt.'s;
INA.fkriiitiid °is:6lo6 Tilat,,A #i,i' _ tippe r
Isoiotilii4 - wliere: Wit h riehlet.'ltrakt,titii 4 /
alli l 44o l o lB oo* ho6ll 4 ll e ittillnli
tViresithaliio. 3 . l, o44 ll ,o l o 4 . , i fil.Si.
tliii '4 4 aFliket $ :,,ii " FlP r lfi vc ' e ;•'f i !'Fil
si
C2,,V ,, coa • itYilmottri ,
i
14 4 - 4.rr 'tiir , tir9 ''' 111 7,..
u it '' #ldVgii i ilo;kfti. ;.
66itta ' if ' mare iivelb. , . •. ,
magoltude of the invading. forimi;la 1: '
1 1741 Ct.'l
easy Trey 10 - inc4ol idle, and vagrbsnirmna
ell Ato res: flut. nun osphere adime
Mates , and, uncertainly.... Thertinkdowiti*
"always portentous. Iu the :absence ~o t
the - Adult° bontigdrutions: retailed LO the
mini hyt issnred; • knowledge ; .the•startled
iriutginatiorr • svhile. blindly groping In thak
Airkpeophis all. space,with iturgong,
by
dras,sod•.tabimirmi dire' -Even sot brim
a , heuitatia tb,st :of !King Richard. in lb* ,
play.otbilrgreargirantatist, was applied.
by.,+,shadnwal? as he exclaims : •
.
itear4piiitle 4hadoin eatices
fat /dr e g-ws f itibi=" c ie g n i = "t a r s l ro j airn
• Le r ma 4 4 i r rogfril, • r
Andeo?tiddringlbeglastlew • days, we
bitsfe-seen the sadminiiitratitow 'starting sty
speiterts utterini panio Cries of alarm, arid!
withiticbands 'pal iced liy imailinaryteri ,
tors, sitripir becausezitliad neglected - Oar
melt , ordinary' predautionir fori prop:anti
watching 'and occluding the Shenandda
Valley. Incompetent- ofiliershave .been
stationed at piants actually occupied, and,.
points which silent& have been -Occupied
fur purposes ofobservation havelbepn left,
withouvany guard whatever.. ',Military
inesuipetence on - the Upper Potomac has:
been! rePinforced by military incompstenew
in Baltimore; ae ifiustrated brMaj . or Gen
erel'Levr. Wallace, • who is retained in •
comniand ,, just long enough to lose tbei
battle tifMonocaoyand - then superseded •
El a capable.Officerm the field; -while beis
needlessly retained in command of the de ,,
partment,,awifcinly to tpultiply-the chap
cea of confusion-by , the possible Mtn:talon
ofbis alacrityfort blundering, and that:toe.
Where:lV-Maw 'secret that in his .',!civil
caPacitY" helms, - by his. illegal, proceed=
ings,' bminzhrdowitAnil his head, as .we
understand, 'the gravest - 'censure of the'
Attortiey , Qmieral of the United States,
::What • wonder that - under such an ad- ,
ministration of our military affairs apaltry
squadron of two or three hundred bold.
riders can, with-entire impunity, cut rail-
roads between Harrisburg and Baltimore,
and ,Baltimore and Philadelphia ; or that,
a mere 'Squad of• ten men can-approach
within'fonrmiles of a City - containing two
hundred thousand inhabitants, garrisoned
by twenty thousand men, and burn -at
leisure, -the mansion of the governor of ,
Maryland ; or that five hundred , mew'
should, by simply sitting down before one
of the forts of Washington and establish
ing,a weak skirmish line; succeed in plac
ing the capital of the nation' under Siege,.
cutting its telegraphic communications!
with.- Baltimore, , burning the houses of $
cabinet minister within six miles of -the'
city, and reducing thegovernment to the
necessity of relying on river and sea nay
igatidnit It it s comieetions with the great
North ? Arid all this, be it remembered,
happens in !the_ fourth year of the war,
with men by hundreds of thousand under
arms!
And now we ask, the •whole nation will
ask,. who is responsible , for linch humilia
tion ?. Is it the President, the Secretary
of War, the chief of staff,, or can it be
that our military affairs are still left at
such loose ends (as we know them to have ,
been before)• that sometimes one and
sometimes the other of the functionaries•
assumes to exercise the direction of the
war; selects the/points ofrnilitary occupa
tion, and -assigns the officers to their:
several commands P Ju the uncertainty
resting on; this subject; we think there is ,
uo doubt _abouvone thing, and t hat is;•that
if the President cannot discover and emu'.
tect the source-of-these blunders, the peo-
ple in thutippruttchin'g election will not be
slow: tudisimver , one method • :by which ,
they can put ,ati end to this reign of milt.'
tart' ; incompetence in Washington. No
respect for the -President's "honesty of
purpose,"and no admiration for the purity,
intelligence,and administrative skill which
they may; recognise in othe? executive'
departments-of the government, willstand:
in the , why{nt,:ridding • the War Depart.;
mem; riffle' indubus which - now (-misibly;
rest on it under its _present ,tuanapment;
making it anshame and a reproach: to the
niuion. , , , And in se r, s a y n - g k ve bt i ,4,l: no
particulai 'perkiest alitision to 10:Stanton,
for we do raiiknOW - t&day that -liii-iire•
suonsible for - thesirthingi. It, rally, be that
'he . con - fiatelhimilelletrintly teethe eitit de
taili ofbis'offiee;itind'does not meddle 'li r
themattere'4hiiii immeliody, tind,W, hftti
or , ahove hint' brings pi' hiteh - confasion.,--.
Thiti: vie do' noicrilint , somebody is`renpOn4-
sible , foir th elate gross malfeasance, Which;
iiiiii‘Cier stand' itCour'inilitary atitiaru.is,
*riintiohhi' l ifisiillOr, P . ° 1 0 11 4t't'is • Pe4eriti.
) sliiittei , eit to the Limewhen five haindied
.stet,; laid Wishiegieti-nnder, siege for two
&V II ' ; w ith 'ten . o'! twenty thousand men be.
hind ice #'4l - 1.00..! , 'Sncb,is . the' penalty !.
which''-i,natiop .kitye i f,o,Y., lining . ruled in any. glefinrinient"bilts igneriuine intfier dep..
its intelligenne:_ `:,-., ;.,' I' ' \ ..:,.
' 4 .A.P.f 40 1 t44l:emi with the \ dissp-
Ilel}rnprA ni, E ff ie la te .-fright. Who , alter
snob act acliiltitiowocrwilitary, inob.mpetm
' , am , im•outoooasela, caolapostany con-t
• eilemilitaryradministtatimao long
fiA
- 4141 tyrezosio :subject to.:iokpreawt
'directors ? Whit aeourity can f aOrr MA .
feel when thaiWatchMatilrom the leallikof ;
our na lonal capital lift try tbeiv aroioeaoal
to expose their-own .--ignomuce of the no.
ioreind lettio!. tf #e -, ferilu ft:oth which
1 Ater ot4libtliedicla4o save - thin lyWbsii
gavertior4 owbav 'thaw )wi11 , ,;b4 , iiroalw
tlefeaWtobtepoeittathe esinf tbSatttnk
tie'Mnigeolyefiltli i: alanit . ilOr b .
ia
' with 'retest webooteoco*beriitalto. tai
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