, 1862-07-25

demons, except in the case Of rebel retrc1ts
No otter nation but ours was ev.r guilty of
stopping immediat; i after Victory. Other
a mics 1ght Ike demons after a victory, and
anuihla1e the enemy, bat we do not. Our LETT
wing and center rrn,aned in'act- A flint WAS
made upon the left and center, and have
here, not the sworn testimony, hut the state
meuL Of one Of the bravest men in the whole
army of the PotomacI will not give his
name, but more highly HONORABLE man lives
under arms, be had no doubtthat he was going
to march into Richmond. He believed tue
whole force Of the enemy had attacked our
rght wing; he believed there Was nothing but
screen OF pickets in front; aud be thought
t at LOW our great triumph vas to com. oil
HIS men sprang into line with .avidisJ, pre-
pared to rush into Richmond and take it at
tie pcint of the hayonet. U- never di :corer-
ed his error until he ea y q million and half
dollars. worth Of property burned in front OF
en- advance upon Richmond was not Intended.
And it was not We bad been at work there
aid had lost 10, 600 men in digging iutrench-
men1s; We had spent months IN bringing up
slege guns, and we abandoned those Inl1enca-
ments without firing one gun Our army was
ordered to advance On the gunhoats inste ID Of
Oh Richmond. This colonel told me that his
regiment fought three days and whipped the
enemy each day, and retreated each night
The LETT wing and centre we're untouched uu-
Ia t0Ct HEAE u4AClSA ~ lELfEt4t- ND tuTlDH
Of our vast force had been fought except the
right wing under Porter, and they whipped
| the eEemy the first dny.
This is called strategyi Again, sir, Rsk
Why was this grea: army Of the Potomac Of
| 930, GOO thousand men divided. Human In
genni,y could lot have devised au7 other wsy
to cetest that army; divine wisdom could
| scarcely haTe devised any other way to defeat
1t than that which Was adopted. There Is no
army In Europe to-day that could meet the
army Of the Potomac when 1t wss go, COO
strong, the best fighting material ever put
into an army on the face Of the earth. Why
WAS the grand army divided? I simply
charge that grave and serious errors have
been committed, and, as I have said, no
other way could have been devised to defeat
Gen. Mcclellan had been marched upon the
enemy, they could have whipped a11 the
armies the confederates have, and all they are
likely to have for SIX months. 15S eco are
ons as 5sS esst1s as sd "a be Ssst
are vast army, great deal Larger army thar
that with which Napoleon destroyed 603, 0OE
OF tie Ans'rians in single year. 1853 ,0c0 me1
ably handled can defeat any force the confed
crates can raise; and that ia the force thst
in bitches, digging, drinking rotten water
and eating bad food, and sleeplng in the mud
until it became greatly reduced in numbers
and Of those that were left very many wert
Injured In health. Still they fight; sill they
conquered in every fight; and still they re
Sir, I have deemed 1t my duty to presen
this statement OF facts to the Senate and TIL
country. know that am to be denonrcst
forEo doing, and tell you who will denonnc'
me. There are two classes Of men who ar
sure to denounce me-, and no one else, AM
they are traitors aud fools. The traitors hav
been denouncing tvery man who did not sim
pGans to "6trategy," when 1t led to defea
.. every time. Thetraitors North are worse thu
the traitors South, and sometimes think "
, have as many Of them in the aggregate. The
are meaner men; they are men who will com
! | behind youand cut your throat in the dart
I have great respect for Southern traitors VIII
, shoulder their muskets and come out and tak
, their chances of the bullet and halter; but
: have the most superlatiSe contempt Tor tt
. curse OF patriotism, are stabblng their COUNT
: | in the dark.