New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-08-09


" who are and who should be our generals" bs
means of list of more than forty officers, with the
assurance that these gentlemen, for controllhe
considerations of Fitness are supposed to be bettsr
" calculated for high command-for tho position q
" Major and Bngadier- General and Of coarso fcr
:" any subordinate positions" than any Others, not
in the regular line ofpromOton, nov in the county.
With unwonted modesty, or possibly from q sus-
picon that its old arch-enemy, John b. Floyd, was
causing trick to be played upon it, The Times 70.
fused publish its list on its responsibility point
edly remarking in ts introduction that it has
" been made at our request by gentleman for
- merry, but not now OF the army" doubtless one
Of the resigned Secession Oficers-a suspicion in
which We are confirmed by the Introductory conies-
sion that The Times is not at liberty to give tho
Z" name of its informant. And now for the in
ternal evidence that the lat emanates from Scoes.
sion sources to be found in the names that 1t bmgs
forward:
The list recommends Major +. X. Smith Of
the Second Cavalry as emiSeDtly fit for the Pc
sition If Major or Brgadier-Gcnenl-qui over.
looking the fact that, while the rec0nmeoda'io.
il made upon the 9Th Of August. the gallant Ma.
ior was killed on the 2lst OF the month preced.
ing. at Bull Run. while leading brigade OF tho
Rebel army against Col. Huoter's DiVisioa.
Ao,in, we find Lieut.. Col Emory, now Of The
Third Cavalry, though Tie Times describes hun
as of the First, thrust forward for supreme CON-
mand-the fact, notw MISLEADING. being wei
;nown 70 Tie Times, that Emory Cat least ve'S
a Secession s,mpatbizer, whose three separate
res,pnatiors were sent 10 the War Department.
from fear lest any one Of them might miscsrry-
and this at the very mome.. OF our ccun'fs'
darkcl' peril. That be has since seen the error
of his ways and repeated, we tre sappy to be.
licye. But 70 recommend him for promotion 10
r.Geueralship would, perhaps, be carrying
charity too far.
OF course there are Of necessity some good
names IN the list, put in apparently to prevent
the broad features Of the joke played BY FloJd's
agent on the innocence of The Tiucs from up.
peariDg too prominently. Very cbeeriully We ad-
NIT that such officers as Major Blruard, Capt.
Woodbury., and Capt. Wright of the Engineers
deserve the recommended promotion. As to Capt.
Foster Of toe ssme corps. our contemporary 10
clearly not aware that he has been rewarded
already, holding his captaincy under promotion
conferred on hun for "brsye and meritorious
conduct" at Fort Sumter. But why is the
name of Doubleday omitted from this mustsr-roN
of merit, that of Foster beying been Inserted
Is the former lees ct for a Brisadier.G eneraishp
than the latter And why was toe name VI Col.
Cullom Of the Engineers omitted, While seven OF
eight lleutonants OF the same corps are pro-
uounced individually ft TO be Majcr-Generais' We
can only explain thls OMISSION by stating that Col
Cull'm. as we have heard, is native Of Tennes-
see; and possibly Floyd's agent was Lot wiling
that public attention should be any further
directed to this loyal Southern officer. Clearly,
however, Gen. SCOTS opinion OF Col. Cullom
differs widely from that of John p. Floyd-Cd.
c. having been recently appointed to high con-
fdeni,al position on the stall Of the L'eus'osa'
eral
But there are other and yet stronger proofs In
this st, that il emanates from the suggestions,
not irou the band, Of John B. Floyd. The name
of Col David Hunter Of the I'd Cavalry, Who
led the only division which completely executed
its orders at Bull Run, is not 10 be found any.
where although scores of LicUtenants and Quar-.
termasters are recommended for Major
ships. Col Hunter, il is well known, was spe.
cialy obnoxious 70 Floyd for having bsfiled GER
tain land swindes in Kansas, which the Great
Depredator OF the War Department bad organ
ized for the benefit Of himself and his Secession
adterents iu this and other cities. Fortunately
for Col. Hunter, aud yet more fortunately tor
the country, the President and Senate OF the
United States have deemed him WORTHY to DO
placed at the head Of " Brigader-Generai' sP-
pointed'-and this, also, not without al init
nation that yet higher responsibility, IN eonnec.
ton with the !ii!.ei: !a.ess, may soon be imposes
on him.
II other evidence be yet wanting that the 'ia
in The Times comes directly from the inspirations
of John Is. Floyd, the Recommendation Of Lieut..
Morton Of the Engineers as an officer "eaice'
+" lated for high command" should be sufficient
The Times well knows that Lieut.. Morton ~ss
Floyds special pst and penmau; and tna' IN
Floyd's service, and doing his work, Mr. mo''0a
incurred an amount of dislike and coa'e"Ps
throughout the army not readily to DO oor'era'oa
The loyal and distinguished Professor Mahan {"
West Point was ono Of Floyds CHIEF enem'e,'
and therefore the object Of Lieut. ho'"n'
fisrcest and most deliberate attacks. 1t n prov.
ably ss the only compensation now within ="
power for the dire wounds inflicted on MT
Morton's reputation. both as On officer ana gen.
tlem.n. IN that and other sladiatorial con'e'~
undertaken in Mr.. Floyds behalf, that we now