The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-08-12
a.,. McCl.llma aud the Press.

= -ae~,s that Gen. MCCLELLAN has called q
..~ren,ion e editors, and endeasored to i'm
,-oss upaa them the Importance Of not pah-
.t.,r anv news in relation to military move
..o,e preliminary sep. probably, to a cen
-...,;r 4 he Northern journals, and, posi-
Bis. q u,press;ou Of those which speak out too
,a'r!y.
A. general rule the press Of country
-e. .o sb,,a,o frcn publishing any intelli-
...-,a vb,ch can give Information 10 the enc
~. n The beginning Of host,ities, it is OBJ
,;aa. ,ast journalists, uuaccustomed 70 state
. var, may err in this re5pect- Our own
...theru press. at the outset. announced the
.rrqs snd departure oF regiments from par
.....g poiuts, and ether matters af general no
t,-:e;y, which, ne doubt. the enemy was fully
sr,r.sed Of by his numeross allie and spies
rs,a.a car own borders; bat the practice has
ses7 iulicionsly given rp. ianeh 10 the secret
...rrupt,eRout 81 many, whose curiosity de
rcd The Information, and yet who, with
.ss-rsiog consistency. rated the newspaper:
.--.lIy for publishing military movements
zen wheu people have something 10 DO
s.r. sudiss il luxury which they Inanags
shc time for and, when they have moth
lag 10 d1, it Is their sole occupation. How,
.-sr. tae southern press in general has learned
ts.l IL tongue, sDd Gen. MCCLELLAN i;
,.,.ag f. teach the same lesson to the North
.7- journalists We doubt whether he wl
.s,ossd, and, ic he does, whether it will be ot
much ssrvise. In the first place, it is a very
3s nit ,biog to get s Northern newspaper in
ne ,oa,b IN the next, they are SO fall o.
s.i.ss..fs .bat no one believes word they
.,y We conceive that their publications in
In. beRlnIiug Of tne war were of real service
"a tta %5r,Aern cause. No one supposed tha,
as, possible for man to invent so many and
.5.. sa-a.t faisehoods. We do T OF remember
lbs. hey have toid single truth in regard to
ssv Important military movement, from the
-es.rn.og of ;he var 70 he present moment.
The - g oue We now reco!lect is telegraphic
a.ra.sh Pablished soon after Gen. McCLELLAS
lad reached poin; in Western Virginia,
.te-e be could ha7s marched upon Staunton
,i-a,.t any d.f,rl!ty, and thns taken Manas-
-ss .a The rear, and gene pretty much where
,5 .s.se5 that Re al gone 70 Cincinnati to
.ss hir T,f-. "a announcement which Of
.o7-.s s7eryho3y opposed was blind to con-
"a 81 juuetGous 4asn al Stanton or Win
bc.'s-, bg. which turned out to 10 true after
81. Bp, taq. trnth wss the fault Of General
Nc-lEL-ks, and net Of ths press.
In ssc.. it is poor return TO the Northern
.-e.s. .h.s military suggestion to hold their
,-eas. Il there are any men in the Worth
11aar sQeeial obligations 10 The press Of their
.e,,..l, it ia the Northern military. Every
.r..-y they have gained hss been gained IN
,1e'- perapaperr, and nowhere else. Who can
..an. ne Achievements which theso knights Of
be zen have attributed to tAs knights Of ths
sword How adroitIy these newspapers,
which Published 90 much, covered up the
zhssty number ii their dead and wounded at
gi-b Mountain, q, Bethel, &. Vienna, at Bull
241, and even a; Manassas Vino can tell to
1l 4sg tue number that has been slaughtered
s-a-E. mon aur land batteries Who more
indebted than Gen. MCCLELLAN 10 the North
u! press, which has so trumpe:ed his successes,
ss'rr3 il Western Virginia by the most tre-
r.eBi5as odjs. that they have made great
asu Of him, and pulled him TO the head
81 be army No one ought TO under
a2D3 better the value Of al ingenious lie than
.he military leader who informs the world un-
4e' Ais own hand that he lost only twenty
men ia Western Virginia. Tho inventive ge-
,.s- that was capable Of such an achievement,
LBS 70 reason TO he Jealous Of the most fertile
ayen.;on in the daily press, A grateful man
J3gh rot to kick over tho ladder that has
,a ei him in the world.
We 10 not understand that Gen. MCCLEL-
LIS prohibits the Northern press from chron-
ling battles after they have occurred. Per-
5sY they will ye. have their revenge?