The Placer herald., 1861-08-17

slave states out of the Union and into the South
ern Confcderacy. 1t was not such government
our ancestry csablished--it is not such govern
ment rs the Constitution provides ior-not such
Il government as our glorious flag OF stars and
stripes is cmblematcal Of
The War Party accounting for the Defeat
Mt Bulbs Run.
If any one entertained suspicious at the
start, Of The courage and fighting qualities of
the rank and file of the army, in the unf'r
tuna,e affair Of the 2lst of July, we think
they and the entire country have now settled
down into the conviction that the cause of
the defeat is not t" he attributed to any surl,
defect The quality of personal courage
belongs to the American people North and
South, to an eminent degree; and the talk
about uhe Northern or one Southern man
being equal In fight to four or five of the
other side, was alsa>s TO sensible persons,
hut The ,aporihgs of lraggart or The bali
bIe of an IDIOT. Discipline and other mat
lels being equal, The men on 10th sides 're
equals, and nothing more. Our men fought
well, but they We're roitsn,llng against their
equals. who enioyed Tie advantage OF inli'
mate knowledge of location Of toriliiraiionS.
The place was too hot for them they could
not stand it, and ;he reader who has critical
" exariiit,eh The telegram accounts. will no,
tail to observe that the retreat tninin.nred
at the head of the attacking GO umns, among
the regular soldiers Of the light batteries.
The soldiers could no more avoid falling
back from the enemy's batteries, than tn.
British could from Jarkson's lines at New
Orleans
That The backward movement beca,no a
retreat--the retreat Il rout-the rout a pan
ic, only proves that the men and officers
were not disciplined soldiers, and in no way
shakes our confidence in the materid of that
army But the war men must saddle the
defeat as fault upon some one, and they
are now saying. that it is positively ixed
upon Gen Patterson, for not doing some un.
accountable thny with his three month lev.
les at Ilarper's Ferry. This officer is said to
have been appointed to his position 10y Mr..
Lincoln al the Instance of Gen. Scott, under
whom Patterson served in the inttenuhlnenis
before Vera Cruz, and from there until after
The FIGHT at Certo Gordo. We Shall want
better proof than the opinion of newspaei
Generals, before we doubt the iudgncn, of
Gen. Scott in his man. These Sapient critics
give other teasou$-some Of them crude and
contradictory 10 Il ridiculous degree, to ac.
count or the defeat but we pass over these.
and come at once to The highest and most
authentic source Of informal ion the Lieu
tenant General Of the United States army,
Winfield Scott. That officer places the fault
where II telonas-upon the shoulders of the
Admlhl>ira'ion-uron Abraham Lincoln rs
fi' he ad. and ther. II rests. Upon his bands
r. the blood Of our murdered brave. He
may cry 'Out. damned spot! on, saw" bnt
"rhere> the smell Of blood sill. all the per-
inlres "t .srabia viii not sHerten that ittie
''aud.' lie has IL fearful account to answer
ant" the American people, for they have not
''rr I'm that he. in ,S47, voted in the
ll"nSr, against app"opsiatrng the means l.,
which Un' soldiers, then Struggling along HE
heights Of the Sierra Nlaire. were to be Ted
And ho" Tor TIE "tocf we call to the stand
'w" fierce war men, Mr. Wa>hburn AMI Cui
Richardson, OF lirtoi>, wh" on the 24liG of
July last ynurhed fUr The fact before !hc
Congress, and all the peorle + the Unitcd
SfnleS. Here it is:
Nix. RICHARDSON repeat that Gen: Scott had
bGcn forced to l.h. This battle. | will tell hun
W at occnrre, yesterday morning My collie CUES
(hogtn ami W,lshburD ami myself. wcre present
with the President. Secretary OF War and Gen.
scott. In the course OF our conversation. Gen.
Scott. remarked. Il am the biggest coward in the
Word' rose from my seat. stay said Gen.
-cott. Il will prove it,. / have fought the battle
against my Judgment, and think The President
ong ht to remove me to-day for doing it, AS G Il
is my fudge, he added. after all interval of 81.
lencc. Il dld all in my power to nj Ike the army
efficient. and deserve removal because did not
tind up when could and did not
| stand here TO vindicac General Scott. | an
IN ctcd 10 the gentleman IRON Missouri for the
c"mpl mcnt he paid M. desire to say for my
SELF. That am here The last OF generation. my
iath'r and gran father having fallen beneath the
tig OF their country !. toe, have fought under
its folds. at home and abroad and God willing,
there wiz stand ill the cad OF my life defend
Nix. WASHstEN-As my colleague has referred,
to Gen Scott remarks. he might also uudc to
what tile President said
Mr.. R.cIiAHIsoN--. viii do so. Your CONVEX
sation implies said The President 70 Gen. Scott.
that forced yon to BATTLE" TO Which General
Scott replied. Il have never served under rrrs-
dent who has been kinder TO me than you have
been But Gcnerai Sect did not re/it ue the
Prcsident Jyom the fact THE utter HARM & fdf-
ced him to fight the 6an/e. General Scott thus
paid Il compliment to the Prcsidcn. per orally.
desire to say OF The President that : have known
him from boyhood. II yon let him alone he is
an honest MAJ. tLaughtcr.] But an afraid he
has not ifrmncss to stand up against the poIiti.
clans around him.
DECEASED John A. Kidd, for
many years a resident of Wild Goose Flat.
El Dorado county, and well known to many
Of the citizens Of Placer county, as one of
the pioneers, lately died at Seattle, Washing
ton Territory, where he removed with his
family a few months ago. Capt Kidd was