New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-12-14
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hs ~ ag sFasyaHa 9 Enpopufar In fsse #orsla. &
me 6hip editorial genersls are growing terribly
sHd crfsfsfsfsg severely he manner III wffieh the
campaign has been eoDfucted III Kentucky By the
faakees. TO give our readers an idea of their
ssel we make some extrscs from an articls >
if,ta m 5Ai: eaeiaaati Gazstte, ne abest and most
lHsta ss sfsIaf boiition paper Id the NaFth:
III u ne assenee of falting seaerasp ID Ksr @
tucky an effort has been nhade ~ et up sufficient s
nor 1 saslty list by forced snagchea and exp6sare
fhe Duke OF Wellington once saId etfars yairIt
sng| sass eg aog % 5s aght en- army b1t he knew ho
seem to show that Their capacity los4 rgt rsacb
the lighting painsy can fHse un thefr trbspsS
from london was fitting finale 70 Gen, sherrnanTs =
aaminstr rstfoL in Kentucky which 4 ta IN
faYofa bic campaign months BY Incompetence sand
closed with retreat OF enc column which = vAsn
that there was 40 enemy, had all ahe feature and 8
csastefs Of reHf, in the Suffering. loss and de- e
mora stszation Of tie men. Y + s 78a
Y Designing tfeaehery could do no more thar or
geasralahp has done. The loyal Southern Ken
/ tnekaas who have been eacoaraged by the prass n
snce and protection Of the national troops To- show
the rebeis The East Tenhesseea,ls h haif Isef e
on ehe ,sear aplrodct Of Gasas armies. and rere
Gdslg thefs bg baa7siag bridges and eutting of
dnHed 70 the tender mereas Of tie Confederates.
Ehe M exle Tennssseeans in our ranks Id Kentucky,
I VINO nave sacrificed ything at home and ioiaed
Eour armies on the promise OF d advance INTO
uessees how find themseIyescatof fam hsira Id E
deserted BY the Government, and their devotion 10
ING ,he country wasted II service which seems to ~
! them very IKE preserving Kentucky neutrality
b. Oar Northern soldiers after the euressiofs ana
Decentralization which results from hopeless mac
non u camp, tnitfgated only by the promise Of an
Advance at some, time, suddenly fad themselves M
pHt 70 fght, and suffering all the hardship and ds-
aster Of fight, with man pursuing but merely
hsIng by order OF the commander Of the deparF sss
ment VINO, not formidable. in advance, has \,
SHOWN that ne p terrible in retreat. So far as ap
pears up 20 TINS time there was no cause for this
disastrous and disgfaeeful movement. It vas am
other panic, nataf the troops nor teansters nor 70
cFlllt1ss onf Of the commander of the department. M
W9cs W seems to nave I been fully communicated to
The Commander of the Cumberland Gap coTumn s
l.. bigh hopes were formed OF the command in ~
Kentucky. IT was the opportunity Of this war }8
+ The rapidity with which troops were poured in
IRON OHIO and indiana was highly credtabie to the
were competent to meet the enemy and confident
and it was hoped that in the West different naey
would oe tried from that of keeping troops in 3
/ camp and away from fire, while the enemy oceu-
pied all the important Positions and fortified them.
Certain signs in Gen. Sherman at first gave people ss
me IMPRESSION that he had headstroDg, tyranni-
cal bodness and energy which would stop at noth- -
ing. But these Qualities extended no further than
the, bullying Of few newspaper peorrespondentssF
and ith prisoners. Ins falt campaign in kentucky
Win an army which, under general, would have g
had possession of Tennessee. has been wasted by s
incompeteney. and Gen. Buell., the thirdg COM n
mander Of that department has nov to F,aoin. +be
campaign @Sts Rse y =. ..ssF'7es 1 y
We began this article to speak of the gav o,,rs
troops were wasted by forced marches The march u
Of the Ohio regiments Rketen, under General
4 Nelson, was another maren as severe as d battle
/ 1t seems singular thai when the general progress
OF oIr army is SO deliberate 1t should be driven ID
such hardship in the little advance IT does ipate
The same management was .ihaugarated IN the he Il
ginning Of our campaign in Western Virginia.
| Armies whose general advance is so cautions and
SLOW as to Indicate that they can find the enemy ia
force if they desire It, harassed in deaehnsnts
by forced marches of twenty five thirty miles in
terrible weather. to surprise a detachment pf the
enemy, and arrive only totind them fed or niabie
enough 70 escape Our surprises have eli tnrned
out fallnres and have resulted ory in Tnfcting on
our men losses equal to those of battle.