, 1861-07-24
Cbieago Gribt1,tk
WEDNESDAY, July ~ 1871.


:, o' ~ NJ to1 Ne Union cQunr1ent
.oere hare been four distinct armies
federal troops in:;the finad, command
respectively by aen. Lyon, qen. Mcx,
Ian, acn- Patterson, and Gen. seo,t
etaefaa Lyon and Mcclellan h,
'wn the beginning acted on the good r.
maxim wherever you see g hesd hit
on the 10Th day Of May last fully ,
"teka sso, Gen. Lyon saw a secessi
hssd in Camp jackson and be hlt il.
rev ween later he saw head at Boo
Vile anti he hit that, and toreseelng a
Other had down at Carthage he sent Ct
s'gel te bit that also And 80, whenev
head :tAs popped up in Missouri it b
been uomp.ly popped down. The fesu
ia that Glaib Jackson is driven peli me
into Arkansas, and secession in that qua
ter il 4iIletf stsne dead. ::
On the 30th day Of May, seven weeks ar.
Gen. Mcclellan ssw head in Grafton; Va
asd ht hit il withc7it: S-;ting for it to ero,
any bigger. Four days later he saw
bead q Phillippi, and he hit thai, Abou
weel. later he saw head xstherip,
Anounii Cumberland, Nd, and lie sent co1
Wallace. with his Indiana Zouayee, t.
}nock 1t Of The head showed itself a
1:omnfy, and down it. went The nex1
lead thai showed itsclf in Gen. McC Clellan't
Neparmen was rather threatening ,one
III Laarel Hill Rich Mountain, st!George's
and taat ricinity. Without waiting far il
to gather strength, lie went forward and
hit it with al his might The results ol
bis hitting are manifest Western Vir.
giris Is already swept of rebels, secess;o,
kille], and a strong Union government en-
taIli: :htd
Tie policy ofGen. Patterson and Gen
scotS has been Of the opposite sort !:
wherever you see head teast for It to hit
wa. We have no heart to recount the re-
suits. Tie halting and conference.-the
O ten Patterson, the long delay Of Gen,
Scot, all ending in the wretched defeat ~
bal S Kun and the loss Of the finest par1,
OF artillery ever pys into the field On this
con anent--it is q sorrowful spectacle
"fca 1en. Scott saw the small head
gathering st Manassas Junction he refused
to hut it himself or allow any one else to hit
II. The inrariahle reply was gentlemen
lave never made countermarch. War
u my profession and now am too old to
lsa1n-" SO it appears. Ii the Lieutenant
1tnefal cannot learn something from the
se'irendols contrast presented BY his own
movements and those Of Gen. Mcclellan
then indeed is he too old to learn anv.
tting. Fet it appears that heis not to old
Il learn one thing: He has sent far the
E'ry man who has done up the Western
Virginia job in such dare-deyl manner
u 80 psst haste 10 Washington and take
Lis own wo-k of his hands,
We are aware that some persons clair,
Tor Zen. Scott the whole credit of Lvon,s
Tictories and NcClellan's victories. Those
'"ho do so must at least give him the
credit Of McDowell's defeat. Lyon and
Mcclellan were fur away: Their depart
1nen's were assigned to them simply by
i"chdary lines on the map, aud they went
it. work On their own plans to sweep out
'ae rebel armies. Gtn. Mcdowell was
immediately under the eye Of the Lieu-
t'nant Gtneral, and at all points
'neer his immediate command, while
General Patterson was so near
t!.at uoups could be sent hack and forth at
:ny time in six hours. It is said that Pat
tt'son aisobeyed his orders at particular ]
''mc Perhaps he did; perhaps be didn't.
~ IS certain that he copied faithfully the
xampie Ret him at Washington Of not II
''''lDe tue heads that lie saw, but waiting ..
s'f .nem 10 hit him :
These were the two planz and these the :
Two results Let the tenfold- gloom cast !
''pen inc country by last Mondays disas- t
'si aee'oe which was the true policy. E
40" tor the insane folly embodied in q
tnc assertion that newspapers have driven e
-. oea' scott forward against his will. Was
.ne1e ever more lunatic conception
r"r every newspaper in the country ure- =
hg an advance On Richmond there were
II least thTe< crying out to him to hold
Jack and take his own time: Hsw was r \
n New York; The Tribune and Tgnes were c