The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1861-07-31
Way ,hs Bs,I,s was Rersht.

In letter hom wMhiegton In tho Albany
yoS,ndl, over the ioiti Ia q Mr.. THuALov
WLaD. that gentleman, whose known .ayacity
snd sources oi infor ormstion are probably tups
rior to most men, clearly and unmtstsksably
fastsns he blame OF the rsesnt Buls Hna dis
sster where 1t pfoP,rly bslongs-to th. politi.
Clans. He siatej that Cen. ScoTF, a.
C-mmEndsf In ChiNf conceived plao which an
ticipa'sd the o, sr thro Of toe Coufedsra ~ my
a. the result OF the Sumuer aud Fall ca npstsu
lie intsneed TO dsvots the MON he Ct J an Jalv
aadAugust 10 6kcioluing the "a roc, nj =, or
diafting thon a. thOy b,cius &C. for duty late
the Geld 70 make way for fresh leyi.s. rs,p +,
when the safety Of the capital was aS ufsd, hs
pioPoeed commanding opsraicns NJ Fortress
Mocrd& psf's Ferry and Wss, srn Virgi IL,
and, mshnE WSh 'ng'o on his basis OF Op,radons,
'eel and 6Rht his way soutbwa,d u itii .ll his
cdamns, having tAkea th,ir proper position,
wsrs 60 move for ward simultaneously until
Richmond fell, as did M,xs;o bS'ors an irro
slstibls army, and with lis fall rsbsllicn woa aid
receive its death blow.
Dat this plan was too slow TO suit ths pop
ulsr idea. RGo ninsnt individuals mace sx-
cited appeals to vulgar prejudiuss,snd even dss-
csndsd 10 open ssp ,rsons on 6,a. 5corr, aud
at last a Leading journal JOINED 10 "a / cry.
and, assuming etmmahd of the army. issusd
ard, reiterated the fatal order "Os 10 Rich
m nd"
This nswipsper attack, from without, ware
apgravaed by ths p'rsistsnt hostility o' the
Postmss.er- General, whose brc'hsr, a pronl.
nsnt member Ct Congress, ssS.iisd him from
tho stump.
Ctngiess assembled and the leading membsss
with more z'al than wisdom caught up the ssnas
less cry ION TO Richmond" They waited on the
Pfesi( ent and upoa Gen. 4corN, complaining
Of the Inactivity OF the Amy. Senator VIII.
SONS army bills, carsfully prepared, were
emasculated by the Muitary Committee, OF the
House Of which Nc. BLAIR was chairman, and
the Cabinet had reason 10 apprehsnd the fail
uro OF measures necessary 10 pToso;ut the
war II the bloody order On TO Hchm ond. =
were not obsysd.
The sensation journals then began to dispr
age the strssgth Of the rebels, and the towards
will run, = the rsbSls will not dght," appeared
at the head of hssh paragraphs Covert IN sic-
ustions and at last open demos STATIONS were
directed by small editors asains. hopored sta,s-
mon in the Cabinet. Their int,grity and pa.
uiotism were openly QUESTIONED, and the pub
Gen ScoIr was " moved from his propristiss."
FOR once, 10 his life, his purpo,ss were
thwarted-for once "his miad 6eean, the
mind Of oth,r men," Tho reiult has sho IN
that II was q fatal weakness. Aud vet, who
knows what would have bssn the effect Of an
adherence to his plsns7 Millions Of psrIons
were being pested TO dlsuust the Ad ninistra.
tion and III bmmanding gsusrals, every hour
augmented the popular diseontsnt. Congress,
though its session Opsued auspiciously began
10 fslter. The BbsIss-one In the Cabinet
and the other In Congrsss-wsrs organising an
'OsIo RICHMOND. faction. To have resisted
these demands ioouLS have overthrown tho Ad-
minisiration- and might have dsstr, ytd the
Government. "Madnses ruled the hout" and
. battle at Manassas, right CT wrong, bec ame,
not military, but apoiiticGI ''nsossslty."