The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-07-27

! V"" Act fcp"o'cduS SctIe tEcse sl'iaDDler,
they have any patriotism left
The Lost Eatiie-CuNEusioni la the kepuI-
| itcmn Camp. Government and Press.
, Never did any other event produce so
much CONSERVATION in this country as the
| lost battle at Bulls run. Not only is
the grand army disorganizcd in Consequence,
hut the republican party, the government
and the press The confusion of tongues
at The building Of the tower of Babel was az no.
thing to 1t. The extracts which we publish in
another part of this days Herald, from the
three republican journals Of this city which
lately advocated On immediate advance upon
Richmond viii show what harmony there is
in the happy family" 1t is all reproach and
recrimnation. mingled with weeping and wall
ing and crashing Of teeth. Each charges upon
the other or upon the government the respon-
sibility Of the misfortune that has beialen our
army. Had the late battle been success they
would equally vie with each other in monopo-
lizing the credit Of the victory; but as it is
disastrous defeat, they shift the blame to oil
other shoulders from their own.
The I',aes charges the I,'ib,ase with "bring-
Ing about the casualty of Sunday by its intern
perate urgency its cry OF "Onward to Rich
mond!" having covered the Fields of Virginia
with our brave fellows slaughtered while gal
lantly epleavc+ing to achieve the impossible"
though The hero OF Sollerino himself announced
to the world in his own journal, not only that
the overthrow of the rebels at Manassas June
ton was possible, bat that the grand army
would sweep them away like dust before
wbrlwlnd; while un the 18th inst. he "could not
understand why the Confederate Congress was
ever permitted to sit in Richmond" and on the
18th. the day before the irst battle, declared
patiently waiting is evidently near At hand, If
il has not already arrived" After being be-
logged for several days in the elbows of Bulls
run, he now comes to very different eonclu-
sion. esays:--"The Secretary OF War, through
whose hands The larger portion OF the thousand
millions the war is likely to cost must ncces-
sarily pass is surrounded by influences utterly
Incompatible with the proper discharge Of his
duties" TO him is due, says the Times, the
Pennsylvania General who has "cOst us de-
feat and the waste Of thousand lives :" to
him is owing the des,itution of the Fennsyl-
vania regiments, whose clothing was rags"
and who Tended by presenting to mankind the
unprecedented spectacle of soldiers deserving
en- maSsc battle field where their fellows were
waging IA desperate conflict with the enemy
But again: he tells us that " the same
indspostion to enterprise which characterizes
the War Department is observable in the Navy,
the same insensibility to the advice and sug
gestions Of practical men," The TsmeS goes
on to show that the battle was fought against
tho judgment Of General Scott, who was cop
posed to the whole scheme from the beginning"
bat that the President yielded to the urgent
and almost imperative representations Of that
portion of his Cabinet whose views have been
reflected by the Tribune, and who have asserted
from the beginning that ten thousand men
could march from Washington to Richmond
with the greatest ease" The conclusion of the
whole matter is that "there Is in the Cabinet an
element of intense hatred Of General Scott"
and the President must now choose between the
old veteran and those members of the admins
tlation "who would substitute for his expert
ence and military skill their own resentments
and ignorant pretence."
In long leader Of yesterday the Times fol-
lows up the subject, and shows, by lengthy quo
tations from General SCOTS. conversation, that
he was opposed to the plan of the campaign
from the beginning. lie deemed it unwise to
make Richmond the main point Of the move
ment; but after that had been decided against
him he was opposed to marching against it by
the longest and most difficult route, through
country every foot of which would be obsti-
na.ely defended" General SCOTS plan was to
perfectly blockade the Atlantic, and march
down tie Mississippi eighty thousand men.
But" observed the veteran General 'I am
only subordinate" "There are gem
tlemen in the Cabinet who know much more
about war than I do, and who have far
greater influence than have in determining
the plan Of the campaign" These arc scanda-
lous revelations; and what makes them more so
Is that he who publishes them aided and assist
ed the Cabinet in bullying General Scott into
| its views, and also joined in the same cry of
! Con to Richmond" But on consideration, in
yesterdays Times, ''the little villain thinks it
| not judicious for Mr.. Lincoln to do what he adj
vised him the day before--to dismiss the Cabi-
net. Thus Raymond is by turns at the other
side of the fence, at this side of it, on the fence
and on both sides Of it at the same time. 1t is
| as hard to fix him as 'tbe little joker" under
the three cups on the knee Of n gambler at the
race course-"now you see it, now you don't"
Strange to say, the Tribune joins in tho
accusations Of the Times, and charges upon
the Cabinet an "ill-timed and misery
anxiety about the expense to be in.
Cured; blindFold trust of the gravest
responsibilities in incompetent hands; an
incxplcable rejection of offered cavalry and
| artillery: q general tardness end inafficinncv