, 1861-11-23
Ths HsntHeky Campaign.

In the absence of fighting generalshIp in /
Kentucky IN effort haa been made to get up |
sntilcient mortality list by forced marches
once ssid, " ottera might know how to aght
m army, but he knew how to feed one" Oar
GtuerslB in Kentucky, however, seem to |
flow that II their capacity does not rsach the |
fighting point, they can use up their troops |
quite as 1spiasy as pattleo would. Ths retreat
from Lonosn was = fitting finale to General
ahe1ma1's Administration in Kentucky,
which wssted the most teyorable campaign
months BY fucompeteney, aud closed Hita
1etrtat Of oAe column which, except tAat
there Has 70 enemy, had al th5 featur5s and
disasters OF Iout, in the suffering, loss and
den ora}tzation Of the msn-
Designing trcachery could do 10 more taan
our geueralEhip haa done The loyal Southern
Ke11uckians who have been encouraged by
the p1eselce aud protection vi the National
troops to chow their Loyalty, sze noE glgen
up to be Flunde1ed By the rebels. The East
Ternstseans who had risen on the near ap-
proach Of cur armies, and we're aiding thsn
By burning bridges and cutting cf the con-.
nunicatlonR fine enemy, are now abandoned
to The tender metciea ct the Conf.detates-
The exile Tennesseans in our ranks in Ken
home auo jtined CUR armles on the promise of
al advance into Tennessee, now find them
selves cut of from home and deserted BY
lie Government, ard their devotion to the
country wasted in service which seems to
tht N very like Preserving Kentucky neu-
t1alit3.
Our Northern soldiers, al er the depression
aud 6eMoFsIzatlon which results from hops
less iuaction In camp, mltigated only by the
promise Ct an advance at soine time, suddenly
| the hardship and disaster Of fight, with no
| mau parEuing, hut msre1y flying by order Of
! 1he Commander OF the Department, who,
1ot formidable in al advance, has shown taat
| le is terrible in rette=t. So far as appears up
t to this lime, there Vas 10 cause for this dis
.s'rous aud diEgsacetul movement. Il va
| sG5tLer paale, not OF che troops, noe teansters
Icr civilians, bnt OF the Commander o. ths
Department., ~hich seems to hare bcea fallJ
communicated to the Commander OF the Cam
berlaDd Gap column.
High hopes were formed Of the camp.ig1
in Kentucky. II was the opportunity OF thi:
SET. The rapidity with which troops vert
poured in from Ohio ard Indiana, WAS highl,
ereditab1e to the power and energy Of 1h3s
Suites. Our troops were competent to naee
| ibe enemy srd confident; aud It Was hope
tEst IN the West = different policy would b
tried from th2t Of keeping troops il camp al
away from fire, while the eaemy oceupiad al
the !nportans positions ard fortified then
| Ct.tain signs in Gen. Sherman at first CAV
people the impression that he had a heal
strong, tyrannical boidne6s ana energy Whicl
would stop at nothing. But these qua'itie
t.w newspaper correspondents and prisoner.
Tie fall campaign in Kentucky, with an arn
! which une ef General would have had 90
stssion Of Tennessee, !has been wasted By il
coluptteGcy, and Gen Buell., the third COZ
nlan1af OF That Department, has now to begi
t 5We bega1 this article to speak Of the wc
? cur troops are wasted BY forced marches. Il
. march Of the Ohio regiments on Plketon, u
der Gen. Nelson, vas another march as seVe
!, as battle. It seems singular that when Il
general progress Ct our army is SO deiibsrat
+; should be driven to such hardship In t.
little advance 1t does 1ake. The same MI
+ 12ement was lnaugufated in the beginning
Il tur campaign in Western Virginia. Arni
l. Ehose general advance is 10 cautious vnd al
G. as to Indicate that thcy eau find the enemy
Il force if they desire it., are aarraased in deta;
= 1leDt5 BY forced E2Icle3 CT twenty-five
l. tnirty miles, in terrible weather to sutpHls
10 detachment Of the enemy, and arrive only
g find them fled, OF nimb1e enough to esclj
a. Our surprises hhve all turned cur fixtures, 4
Lave resulted only in ipficting On cur Of
Ia nen leases equal to those OF q battle.
is 1t tcun6s very vigorous TO march trot
er r1tl hundreds of them drop down exhaust
I'd by the way, but it dayolves Oh General
OF show sufficient reason for lD1icting this ha
=. ship on his men. Heis responsible for th
be r1tkerraticn, sid !: Is as much blunder {
It. proof Of incompetency to sac-iace them
We Onr soldiers enlist expecting to r
all the dangers Of war, but they have
implied contract Of the Government
od they eha]l be taken c7re Of, !,
re- M zot uectleeely saeEifced by exposure 0
is IA t.e service they are powerlesa 70 aa'
,rs their rights Discipline requires than
~ march at the command until they sink Fl
= - exhaustion but the responsibility for e1
.a1ties thus sacrificed Or suffering with
a1. Sufficient cause, rests upon his comma1
No. uIrAr 1s E,1tx Il @r& ErrH
[sr 80 TT sacrificing CT denaoraliziag lis mes
hai hardship, by forced marches, and by in
uI ,nt cheney In providing for their comfort, as
1gPs ,ga sacrificing them by jncompetency in battl'