Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1862-08-25
ANOTHER SIN OFFERING FOR OFFICIAL MOON

ANOTHER SIN OFFERING FOR OFFICIAL MOON.
PETENoY.
To The Editr Of he Wig:
Alter the faI OF Fors Henry aud Done!so1 the latter
Of which having been nobly defended for three days
and three nights by about 600 men, ssains! constant.
arriving freeh tToops OF the enemy every day, Cad
yarously estimated from so to 50 600 men, /:
deemed nseet sIry TO sacrifice come one eIpste The
siGs Of tho then Secretary Of War, kr. Be- Lin and
tho pr senI Secretary OF the Navy, whose jaisnst
sid u ;sacy. ~e told, is highly eIsoled By las
Pse4iieut The sin Of the was, that Lc seecsd 4s
admitted By all the very worst situations Tor the foHs
tdst could no fOun5, and then mperfscty armed them
for the defence Of such iuportan points Of the other
that while tie country believed Gsl. 4. Sydney John.
,.ol had under his command army Of from 8 10 CO.
0CO men for the protection of tho Cumberland river,
FORTS Henry aud Doheson Included and vas confronted
Bowling Green by the enemy in equal if hot superior
uum5eIs tho SscTe,a1y OF War hsd Only pscsd al his
disposal the msgre humber Of some 20 25 900 men
The Secretary in hourly expectation OF foreign Ia
terven;ion, ard in HE opinion haudla OF there
wss as good a army Of one Lu ,dred thousand.
All know the disasters and lossea brought about by
T. fall II these psces, aud ielt the necessity OF
sin firing and Gen j. b Floyd the victim select
cd. He violently seized, bound and thrown upon
the altar, and for other that the country
could discover that ho had gslaity tough. and
repused for three days. the overwhelming odds against
him. and ssiey brought OF TO Nashville the Brigade IN.
der his immediate command aud there saved all the pub
lie property that saved when Nashville aban-
don d.
G,n. wi.e narrowly escaped being vctipiz after the
capture VI Roanoke Island which necessarily, is ssd
led TO the evacuation Of Norfolk aud doubtless would
have been sic ed had be Lot boldly charged tho Sec
Rotary o: War (4r. Brj ami aud N. Huger, the CON-
mandant OF the department Norfolk. with the fall of
that place. and with all the loses following the capture
OF Roanoke Iaud Who can estimate the value Of pub.
lie aud private property pluudered stolen aud santcny
destroyed by the enemy in Norsh Carolina and Virgin
since The capture U: that Island, aud all through ottal
competency CiiciAl imbecility Congress endorsed
by resolutions il ! mistake not, the chaigs made by
Gen Wire in his report, but the GenerA bayiug plIced
hi ns above the reach Of the sacriGcia Priest the
Government content TO let the rest where il
| was.
4. came the sudden and disgrsceInl abandonment
o Norfolk and rs " the wicked % when no pur
sueth" Gen ger b. lily withdrew his $4,000 uCops
from Norfolk to protect Redmond, leaving behind him
Tor capture, destruction. the kerrmac, equal TO fifty
thousand nrp, Tor the protection Of both Norfolk snd
Richmond large quantity Of valuable Government
machinery, ready boxed for ualspoHatiOn-the Dry
Doct Navy Yard, and liz valuable conteas hesutins,
the enemy innocent OF any designs upon Norfolk,
| until Informed Of the Generals Il ght.
OF What avail were the services Of Gen. Huger,
cured at sush aerGc, the country for the protection
o. the city OF RicLma 90 List the resus Of tho battles
Of The Seven Pines, ana Of tie days, one month
sfter below Richmond, answer. The smC.t universal
judgm ut Of the ccuutry is thtt o~irg to Gen. Hager
disobeyrg the order OF his superior oreis both
casons we lost the opportunity Of capturing Or sroJ-
Ing the entire Federal army investing Richmond VIA.
would have followed such a contamination no msn C
predict kept to say il would have been death blow
| to the Northern usurper.
Nov, tcre was a case clearly demanding sin fir
ing the government thought So and the people seemed
to believe too La ought to be either csshsred
or suspended the service udef ely. SO shining max
vas sclscisd in the person Of Gen. j. BinEhead Ms
grader, Who, Il any charge can be sustsned agAio
him. it will be that be had, perhaps too rAshy exposed
himself aud command in the yaln enissyor TO recover
that which had been lost by sbotber. It Ia singular
iaot that Of sblest and BIS! Sighting Geneals,
Ss for instSrce BoauRgsrd Price, W. b. T. Walker,
Floyd, nsgruder, and Old stone~sil himself for
season. have each in their passed under tie cloud
Of Government dispess1te. Ire presumption il, il ia
feared that their CIT rpsied furnishings Of the enemy
oil only him to greater singer, AID iptpre him
~ilh still stronger feelings Of haired and maiigni'y,
which Of course should be avoided
General Nsgruder, 10 tho under oo1F!derstin q,
will lave hesvT burden to boar, notbirg Ices saD
ths Official aims of emssien apd commkAoS, eoGmsn'