The weekly Butte record., 1862-12-27
lEDIrosIAL coRKEsroNDEcE.l
THEE RIvEEs Michigan.

The following admission, from late number
Of the New York Tribune, throws little light
upon the conduct of the Peninsula campaign
II appears that jackson was the great bugbear
of the authorities st Washington. He is now
eDdeayoring to repeat bis operations. He Is
reported as marching on Cumberland. and the
next day as forming junction with Lees for
ces. He is again reported at Chester Gap
with forty thousand men. Speaking of these
reports the Tribune makes the following ad
mission
1T is supposed that the object Of this par
tisan leader is to disturb the attention of our
forces in their advance upon the main rebel
army. as he managed to do when Mcdowell
was about to march to reinforce Mcclellan"
Little by little the truth is suffered 10 leak
from abolition journals. 1t has heretofore been
denied that Mcdowell. with an army of ffty
thousand men. was left idle at Fredericksburg
to repel the movements of Jackson's force
which, at most, did not exceed fifteen thousand,
and which could have been anuihilated by our
forces around Washington, independent of Me
Dovelrs command. Prince de Joinville saws
Mcdowell was ready aud anxious to march,
but was withheld from doing so; and now
comes the confession of the Tribune that the
inevitable jackson disturbed the attention
of our forces 10 their advance upon the main
rebel army y" at Richmond. In plain words,
jackson fooled and frightened the imbeciles at
Washington, and they forbade Mcdowell to
advance, sacrificed Mcclellan, and saved the
rebel capital TO the Confederates jackson is
again at his old trade, foolng the Admiuistra-
ton.
SURRENDER OF HARrER's FERRY-The re-
port of the Commission appointed to investi-
gate the conduct of certain officers connected
with the surrender of Harper's Ferry, censures
Gen. Mcclellan for not relieving that post and
closes by acknowledging that be did relieve it,
as follows:
The General-in- Chief also test6es that. in
his opinion, Gen. Mcclellan could and should
have relieved and protected Harper's Ferry,
and in this opinion the Commission fully con
cur"
In the paragraph following the above cen
sure occurs the following admission that Gen
Mcclellan did relieve Harper's Ferry, as fol-
/ lows:
BY reference to the evidence it will be
seen that at the very moment Col. Ford aban-
doned Maryland Hights his little army was in
reality relieved by Generals Franklin and
Summers corps at Champions Gap"
Comment is unnecessary, except to add that.
the Generalin- Chief" referred to in the first
extract, is Gen. HalIeck, who was outgeneraled
at Corinth by Beauregard, and saved himself
by going with the radicals, and against Me
Clellan, whose influence placed him in his pres
ent position. The Commission was composed
as follows Major General D. Hunter, Z. s.
army of volunteers, President; Major General
G. Cadwaader, United States army of volun-
teers Brigadier General c. C. Augur, U. S.
army Of volunteers Major Dom Piatt, As
sistant Adjutant General of volunteers Capt.
f. Ball, Abide Camp of volunteers Colonel
G. Holt, Judge Advocate General
The ADMINISTRATION AND THE ELECTIONS
A correspondent of the New York Herald
land its correspondents are usually well inform
ed as to Administration matters) saws that
Mr. Lincoln received the result of the elections
as condemnation of the radical policy, and
that his first impulse was to return to that
constitutional course which during the first
year of the war gave him the confidence of
vast majority of the people; that Secretaries
Seward, Smith and Blair agreed with him
but that Secretary Chase informed him that,
if he did not cling to the abolition policy, the
radical leaders would bring forward a PROPOSE
ton for peace and would defeat all appropria-
tions for the war that in effect the present
Congress would make him Independent of the
people during the remainder of his term. and
that be might with impunity disregard the
popular will as expressed at the recent cleo
tions.
There is no doubt of the truth of this 1t
sounds exactly like radical talk. 1t calls TO
mind, too, those chapters in English history,
wnere kings were urged by bad advisers TO set
themselves above the wishes of their people,
lawfully expressed. It remains to be seen,
however. how this plan will succeed. No
doubt the present Congress will do an infinite
deal of mischief. No doubt it will rush the
nation, under whip and spur, as near to ruin
as the period between now and December 1868
will permit, but Mr.. Lincoln ought never to
give way TO such radical threats. He ought
boldly to place himself at the head Of the con-
stitutional movement, and the people would
see to it that he receives supplies in abundance.
1t is not too late now. Let him extend his
hand to his fellow-citizens and he will find that
the radical leaders will be as feeble in their
opposition as they have been mischievous in
their support.
THE RADIcALs DENAGoGUEING TO CONTINUE