The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1862-04-25
The ono Troops nt Piitshurg.

] AH' OHsb tooRr w EtNtNNUfK
II will be remembered that the 'Repor
ter (so callod) for the Chicago Tribune
sending his account Of the battle OF Pitts
burg Landing to that paper from Cairo
was the first TO disparage and denouncC
the conduct Of the Ohio troops in tha
memorable battle. We had presumed
this hurried account, 80 full Of blundcr,
in other particulars as il has been since
shown 10 be, and made at distance from
tho battle ground, would be corrected in
its distorted statements in relation 70 the
Ohio soldiers. But, instead Of that, there
hos been a studied ard persistent effort
on the part Of the Tribune to cast odum
upon our troops. In its issue Of last
wednesday il rciteratos the SANDER upon
Ohio troops in these words:
In the cnccmiums that re honpcd up-
on Indiana and Illinois, for they TOO have
done uobly, let iowa, not less heroic and
md patriotic, be remembered In fact
West ~ ohio how shall We discriminate
when we begin to praisel Where oil
did ~ well, who shall say who did the
mostl
That writ RS may be led into mistakes
by mlsluiotmuiion Is not uncommon, and
IL not the subject Of blame 10 them. But
when they refuse correction and rctor-
ate the lalso accusation alter opportunity
Tor gaining foil and correct Information
has been afforded, the Inference il una
voidablc that purpose undcrlics the nc
cusatiou that the accusation itself is dcs-
igncd to conceal. What IL il, then, that
induces the Chicago Tribune to thus per-
sist ~ itcratiug and rrterntnp those un.
founded charges of cuwardicr apainst the
Ohio truops2 lt is plainly this,-to con.
er gP ant conceal The cgrcgious foily and
monHroUS biunders If CERTAIN IHin3is
gcH'rd's, who permitted our OHIO troops
T. be taken ly surprise In their very comp
by an army ui four times their number.
rms II the manifest reason for this ILL.,
nois writer's assumtion that all of West.
ern so'dicrship aud yalor is to be found
"wcst of Ohio!"
We have indeed won a great battle
won, not by the wisdom of unr Generals,
but In spite of their folly. IL is heart
sickenlng to contemplate the rinous ca
ldmlty from which the country has bo n
snutchcd. "A nations fortunes were at
stakes our generals sportcd with fate,
and barely missed destruction.
Nayy--,hc summary Of the true historic
record ofthc great fight at Pittsburg Land
ing will bo this,-hc Generals lost The
dag, and the soldiers regaiRed iH And
We can think of nothing more culpablc
than, for the sake of bolstcring up the
generals Of one state, to throw the odi.
um of defeat upon the soldiers oranothcr
who happened to be under their com
maud; and whom those Generals failed
to protect from surprise by the utter neg
lect of the most ordinary methods, pruc.
tiscd even at Camps in the interior Of
Ohio.
The cnd OF this thing is not yet. The
Administration at Washington owes il to
itscll ard TO the country to silt these
matters with a stern hand. The county
has been saved from one calamity, bnt
The Nation demands that no more such
be riskcd. We are therefore pleased To
SEQ that Congress has wisely withheld
lis official vote of thahks To the officers
~ command at that great battle; and that
the War Department has resolved upon u
stringent inquiry into the conduct of the
officers who, in the face OF the enemy,
permitted Il surprise that cost us SO many
lives, and well nigh proved fatal tu the
Army orthe Wcst.--O. $. Journal.