The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-07-31

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The infamous editor Of the New York
Tsmes--appropriately styled by the Tribune
| the little villain"--has become the champion
| of General Scorr. He defends him against
| tho party who clamored for the march to Rich
| mond, led on by General GREELEY, and to
which the President yielded. In vindicatiOn
| Of Gen. SooTT, RAYMOND, of tho Times, gives
| the substance of . conversation 1t the Gene
| rails table, in presence Of his Aids and "sin-
gle guest" Che 9ittle villain" himself, We
| suppose.) This conversation, he says took
place on Tuesday, before the battle at Stone
Bridge. Taken in connection with the i'm
FASHIONED remark of the aged Fuss and Feath-
ers Chieftain before the President, as reported
by RIcHARpsoS, of Illinois, it would appear
that he was overruled in the march to Manss-
| sas; bat on pretty good authority it is stated
that he declared, on the forenoon Of tho 21st,
the mos. perfect conviction that the Federal
lists would be victorious in the battle then rag
| ing. The Times says:
If the alter had been left to him, General
Scott,) he said, he would have commenced by
| n
| the Atlantic and the Gulf. Then he would
have coliec ted a large force at the Capital for
defensive purposes, and another large one OH
| the Mississippi for offensive operations. The
summer months, during which it is madn ess
to take troops south of St. Louis, should
have been devoted TO tactical ms IT ton; and
with the first frosts OF LUmn he would have
taken column of $1,000 we'll disciplined
troops down the Mississippi, and taken every
| important point on that river. New Orleans
included. II could haze bean done, he said,
nun greater ease, 1oh less loss Of ife, ana NTH
yir more tmportantrtsujts than Uon ldattend ths
marching Of an army to Richmond At sight
points the river would probably have been
defended, and eight battles would have been
necessary but, in every one OF them success
couid have been made certain for u.s.. The
! Mississippi and the Atlantic once ours, the
Southern States would have been compelled,
| by the natural and inevitable pressure OF
scents, TO seek, by return to the Union, es-
cape from the rum that would speedily over
whslm them out Of it. "This," said he, "was
| ny plan. But am only subordinate. 1t is
my business 10 give advice when 1t liz asked
| aI TO obey orders when they are given. I
| shall do IL. There are Gentlemen in the Cabi
Let who KNOW much moro about war than
/ Go, and who baye far greater inf uence than T
| have III determining the plan of the cam
paign. There never was n more just and up
right man than the Presideut-nsyer one who
desired more sincerely TO promote the b-st in
teTest OF the country. But there SIRE men
among his advisers who consult their own re-
sentiments far more than the dictates Of wis.
| dom and experience, and these men Will pro-
baby decide the plan Of the campaign. ]
shall do, or attempt, whatever l am ordered
| TO 90; but they rnUst not hold me responsible.
| III am ordered to go to Richmond, shall en-
deavcr to do it. But know perfectly well
that they have No conception of the Difficult
| ties we shall encounter. l know the cOun-
try--now admirably adapted it is to defence,
ana how resolutely and oostinately it will be
defended. would like nothing better than
| TO take RichmOud-nOw tha. il has been dis
sraced by becoming the Capital Of the rebel
Confederacy, feel a resen tment towards it,
and should like nothing better than to scatter
its Congress to the winds. But have lived
long enough TO know that human resen tment
is very bad foundation for public policy;
and these gentlemen will live long enough to
learn it also. ! shall do what am ordered.
l shall fight when and where am command
ed. But if am compelled to Tight before
am ready, they ,hall not hold me RESPONSE
bic. These gen tleInen N ust take the respon-
slhility OF their acts, as am willing to take
that OF mine. Bat they must not throw their
responsibility on my shoulders"