M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1861-08-01
SCOTS FAME UNTARN-
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SCOTS FAME UNTARN.
ISNED.
The military lame Of Gen. Scott
belongs to his conhtrymen, and so be.
lievipg, no language can express the
thankful feelings Of our heart. When
we read from Mr.. Raymond, and 9TH
or equally clear cOrrobegahng state
ments, showing that Bulls Run and
Manassas fight, was the Battle IF
Liac6ln's Cabinet. Gen. Scott will
rot shoulder the responsibility. Be.
fore the battle many of these Cabinet
Generals were calling him an old
granny.
What do you think of Cabinet fools
debating to Gen. Scott how to fghtl
A jury Of European Generals would
pronounce those who ordered this
battle of the Cabinet wholesale
murderers Of our Troops. Is It not most
damnable, that Lieut.. Gen. Scott,
must be told when and how to fight
by the Cabinet Of Lincoln; but readl
lfeadtly
From the New York Timasl
t'We have not the slightest desire
to involve the President and Cabinet
in any resp onsibility that does not be.
long to them; but, on the other hand,
we do not intend that Gen. Scott shall
be loaded with blame for acts
done by others. We kaoaO that Geu.
Scott was opposed to this plan of the
campaign fropa the beginning; he deem
ed it unwise to make Richmond the
main point of the movement; but at
ter that had been decided aga nst him,
I.he was opposed to marching against it
by the longest and most difficult rout,
through country every foot Of which
would be obstinatelv defended, and
which must be held by strong force
after it had once been taken. This
we know to be tru6-and, in spite Of
the delicacy of such disclosures, we
shall not hesitate to state the authori-
ty for it. Itis that OF Gen. Scott him.
= tself.
On the Tuesday preceding the
battle, Gen. Scott, at his own table,
in presence of his aids and a single
guest, discussed the whole suject OF
this war, in all its parts, and with the
> utmost clearness and accuracy. lie
had a distinct and well defined opin
, ion on every point connected with it;
! ard stated what his plan would be for
; bringing it to a close, if the manage.
! ment Of it had been left ia his hands.
The main object OF the war, he said
, was to bring the people Of the rebel.
J lious States to feel the pressure of the
Government; to compel them TO re,
turn to their obedience and loyalty
? And this mRst be done with the least
possible expenditure Of life, compati.
: BILE with the attainment Of tho object
No Christian nation can be justified,
he said. il wagng war in such a way
as shall destroy sol lives, when the
object of the war can be attained with
the cost of 500. Every man killed
beyond the number absolutely re.
: quired, is murdered. Hence, he
looked NpOn all shooting Of pickets
all scouting forays not required in Or
der to advance the general object ol
] the war, all destruction Of life, on ei,
, ther side, which did not contribute tc
9 the general result, as SO many acts o
o nnjustifable homicide.
ii the matter had been left to him
he said, bo would have commenced
, By perfect blockade of every South.
. ern port on the Atlantic and the Gulf
. Then he would have collected larg
force at the capital for defensive pur-
poses. -aud another large ore on the
: Mississippi for offer<ive operations. -
; The summer months, during which il
5 is madness to take troops south 'o
t st. Louis, Should have been devoted
To- the tactical instruction, and will
: Ethe first frosts Of autumn he would
! have taken & column of $4,000 well
, disciplined troops down the Mississip
pi and taken every important point or
; that river, New Orleans included. /,
could have been done, he said, with
greater case, with less loss of life, and
with far more important resnlts thar
. would attend the marching OF an
army to Richmond. At eight points
f the river would probably have been
defended, end eight battles would
have been necessary, but in every one
of them success could have been made
certain for US. The Mississippi and
} the Atlantic once ours, the Southern
, States would have been compelled,
by tie natural and inevitable pressure
of events, to seek, by return to the
Union, escape from the ruin thai
would speedily overwhelm them out