Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1862-12-19

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T..-e,,ed, Aasss Of The tory efgsos
a M s little capital fos party. y
strikisSjS inssirAAid ;, the consemps'
hle edirorial Of the Democrat yesterday,
On The pesrsat Of Busn.ides army scsofs
the Rapnnhansook, Without 90 I'VE"
of fs6,r1nesion = 70 10 causss OF that
nev,meet With no knowledge OF it,
pccbebls rsusits bst % - saopss vt
screoAic sauosscs0out Of ~ sacoeests'
sscosplsshpent il psocseds to berste
the Adnlpistsation - Though II ba
cenmisssd sous greet crime IN permit
tiae he supposed dsfeas and rstrss'.
Thsa, TOO, from the ssms joarnal that hs'
had nothing lat praises for the aeeers''
ship which buried its thousands in the
sveups Of Chickahomi.y, and suffered
the gl0ries Of ,Antietam 10 be forgotten
and vslaelsss By the easy escape. o. .
dxfea ed toe. Such would DO military
critica are wosty Of more tn an contempt.
-0a-este.
We admonish our contemporary that
it make no further attempt in this d.
rection 70 remove i,s linen. The article
70 which il 90 spitefolly refers vss not
writ.sa with any view Of tickling it,
fasey-it had to do with the truth, and
nothing else. To . person endowed
with but grain OF common sessc, the
hssiy rs-appsarancs Of Gen. Barnsids''
army upon the north bank Of the Rap
pahssnook, after the repulse Of III pre-
vioas week, needed no explanation
Whatever. It Va morally sure shst be
never relreatsd without good cause, and
that cause was patent to the coantry 81
soos % the retreat was announced. w.
stated our belief on the subject, which
has been substantially verified.
Oar charge that the Admiuistratie'
il accountable for this bu,ohsry and re-
treat, stands good At this time. Tn
orders from that quarter for month
past have been to no other purpose tha
to bring about precisely ouch state 9
affairs. The removal Of Mcclellan wa
the frst bid tor defeat tho rashnea
displayed BY hurrying our army forwar
to the Rappahsuuock before they wer
reaoy, vas another bid the consequen
hating Of our grand army for two week
upon the north bank Of that river, i
the lace Of the enemy, Was higher BIZ
fer defeat and slaughter, and the fms
hurrying forward into the slaug liter pen
40 carefully provided by the rebels We
the grand climax. Had tho Admin
tration, to . man, been favorable TO th
success Of tho rebels at that point, the
could not have planned the defeat Of gu
army and the bloody slaughter Of on
men with more consumste skill Tha
that body vas figuring for . Fcders
victory makes the blunder;ng st,l NOR
fagraot aud appalling. What trust cal
the people place 10 40 Admiui.tratio'
that organizes, step BY step, such inglo
rions deteAtP
Our neigh brings up the graves o
the "thousands in T. . swamps Of tn
ChickAhominy" ~ it's concluding argu
msnt. Who, but the Accumulation
dug those graves and filled them. Ii,
mewbers accepted Gen. Mcclellan
plans for the capture Of Richmond 40,
sent him into tho field to accomplish
the work. No sooner had be landed hi
force on the Peninsula than that sam,
Administration broke into the plane tba
they had endorsed, and withheld III
graud division that was to approach b
the way Of Fredericksburg to co.orerst
Aith the main body, and thus del'be,
stely made il impossible for the bslanc
Of the army to fulfill the objects Of j,
mission. This identical act filled III
graves on the Chickahominy, and br
for the superior generaI.hip Of the leao
ing general, the entire army wcul
have met the ssme sad fate. Ever
day and every moment is proving the.
assertion 10 be true. IL requires n
military skill to arrive At thee unavoid
sbls conclusions. They are plain, glal
ing, irrefutable factsAwhich no sophi.t,
can gainaay, or that NO Amount o. poll
ical bamboozlement can blur or distol
TnAsKseIviSa.-In the return
General Burnside forces from the sou
side Of the Rsppahsonock, there 10