The New York herald., 1862-10-15
The Kcnrny Letter.
MAJOR GENERAL KEARNYS LETTER REVIEWING THE
PENINSULAE CAMPAIGN.

iIARRIsoS's LANDING, August H. 1862
DEAF PErI thank you for your kind, long letter. You
extend TO hope You suggest withdrawing me and
my division out OF this ignobe position. With Pope's
army, would breathe again.
proclaimed him He has been punished just AS at once
comprehended the moves OF the parties. He will only
get in ioes, moro waste Of blood, lighting by
drbblets he has lost the confidence OF all Nor has he
a single officer about him capable OF beterng Sum-
ner is "bu in 4 china shop, aud sure enough blum
derer lost Eis corls gratuitously at Fair Oaks.
He is not now in his right place and will be much worse.
- is small BRAIN, ossiied in "a company garri-
the frontier He was not 'sof is in Mexico but in
column distant fash in aguerila fight
His skill is myth--a poetcal version OF his own
lart NJ Bull rum Porter Is good in nature but weak MS
water-the parent OF all this disaster for his want OF
gsneralsbip on The Chickahomny. - and Franklin are
talented engineers They might make good generals if
they understood the value OF clements in their calcula
tons; as /, is. they are danger0s failures.
When was drunk he had some few men drowned
before Yorktown. know OF no other feat Of his Frank
Inns battle OF West Point was most runaway picket fight
or ours His part on the ,hckahominy unpardon-
that side OF fire. and interiered TO protect
them from being sacrificed by drbbles and rendered
prey to their false position. was horri6ed at it,
described by General Taylor and all others.
Is 1t surprising that want u get ont OF this messg
Besides they have sent me ma generashp. like al
these others dating from iih July, Rudlcd in batch OF
and very ordinary junior ocers. DO they forget tha
appointed twelfth the original sty that on the
heels Of Bull run faced the enemy with Jersey brigade
in advance OF all others, against all Mcclellan, Mcdowell
% III g,naS, nearly forcing me 10 come bacSo the
seminary 10 they forget me at Manassas Ny Jer.
HAS Williamsburg - their ears? Oh no
I really feel aggravated beyond endurance Discipline
becomes degradation welded with Justice. Patriot
sm cannot amid all her sacrifices claim that OF self re
spc Generals victorious III the pas are not called on
10 expose their troops unless those brave men are ac
knowe gcd. Their identity in their chief promotion
claims date Of their own high acts. Oh, no, | am
returning 70 the home have given up TO the in
have sacrificed, 10 my cherished wife, whose
anxiety oppresses than ever dreamt Of in war for
the Union But IL the infatuated North are weak enough
10 lct this crisis be mapaged by small men Of small
ofi,ac Inn m t,vifli mo 10 ln n
My dear Pet, am too lazy and too little Interested TO
dive The future of this te box OF heresies,' so
DO tel me-what 10 the peope at the North look for
ward the future? fear lest this will die out
in rapid i'm beciy.
For McCle an he s burntout. Never once on battle
field YOU have nothing to hope from him leader Of
a column How do they expect Pope to beat, with q
very inferior force the veterans cf Ewell and Jackson
But these episodes. We deceive ourselves There
n people OF od-it was tho warrior Spartan, with hts
clo Of the eids. The South have realized IL. There
was an ambitious people OF recent times, and ccnscrip
lion pandered TO her invasions. Az this moment tho
south sxempifes them both. "Pescc, peacel' but
there ~ DO peace. No, not oven with disruptured
Union Let the North east away that delusion.
Draft We must. the disciplined thousands Of the
sIth Mll redeem scrip in Philadelphia and yet the true
North mrst accept 1t, aud quickly, to man. the mo-
mcnt draggcs in debate Maryland Tennessee and Ken
lucky will rast victories 10 tho winds and rise with
Their nearly allied rebel kin. My dear let shall bc de-
lighted when Henry can come on. AS 10 Colonel Hascad
think that his case s type OF tho insane and unncces
siry despotisrn introduced into the army under the
auspices o. Mcclellan and hs very weak aids II s
too late but why not the cavalry put in my charge
Ut the encemeng Two nights ago the rebel bate.
some thirty Last night Hooker started crude
expedition 10 Malvern Hills. He went out four miles and
back again STILL faise fuss Injuries the whole
army Mctelon Is dangerous, from the want Of digest
me and my ''Gshing division" with Pope. With best
regards, yours. kEARNY