Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1861-1862, 1862-04-03
TIE SUBMISSION OF TIE SOUTH TO THE POW
Err THE NORTH SYNONYMOUS WITH CON-
TIsJATIoN, sUBJUGArl0N AND EXrERMlNA-
TON,
To the Editor Of the; Waig:

TON.
To the Editor of the; Waig:
[ooScLUDrD
Ia relation to the allegations concerning Yves: Polt
raacrcea and the appointment Of young men from that
lnsiIuIion educated in spceisltes, to important COM
mard 10 preference to Officers associated with the VOL
unteer service olags oIpersnce in the STAIRS OF human
hfe aud Of expanded neects il may be said, without
commentary to the facts neither denying or Affirming
them that neither in the Of the Revolution, In
tina. Of 1872 in that uaged against Mexico, each
successfully conducted to glorious eLd, we're our most
celebrated Generals drawn from among the alumni Of
military schools. Neither Washington, nor Green, ne
her Jackson nor Har ison neither Scott, nor Tsyor,
nor Worb nor Wool Batter, nor ltman, had ever
catered Military Institute student OF military art a5d
science And II may be still further safely asserted that
the man Of specially ia rarely Of comprehensive
ness Ask the world over and the answer will DO that
the technical mind i, that aud nothing more. Is does
not follow that the matchmaker is Al astronomer, or
that tie carpenter Is mathematician, and because the
one can mend watch, and the other build house, each
mechanically following the traditions OF bis trade We
should scarcely apply to either for knowledge OF tic
comprehensive principles involved in his occupation
Neither does Il follow, that who understands the drill
Of company or the mar of regiment, has the
and capacity be able Tsccar or that he
who nay be an accomplished TAcoiar, has also the ab
y 10 be profound Strategis The two great military
m s.ers Of The bs!ory thought ak, on the sut:ct and
lever consulted the military schools in mixing election
of their chiefs of command. Napoleon and Wellington
were great Generals simply because they had the mental
capacity to soar above the usagcs the Lessons and the
formulAres Of military schoasticJ, verifying by the:
magnificent successes, 10 different reuse of the
brilliant aud sen;eutous Tcmlrks Of Mr.. Calhoun, used
In discussion and applied to the Rhsorcsn and the O's-
t,r-'h. true Orator." said he, "yiu.s to the RhstOri
eian the ruis the man Of genius makes the ru!s, the
fool ElloO, a." Napoleon Ia Italy, and Wellington in
Inda, laughed to soon the military formslsts around
them Tns frs. ia locking for men a 10 DO generals
searched for those of large noss aad large minds Fe
knew that large nostrs indicated seqlent.ly healthy
aud expand I'd lungs, strorg and red sreria hj", a
quick aud active brain, firm aud courageous mind, Civ
rg fair promise OF epdurng quality and great force OF
character and that these traits added to intellectual vol
ume would, most probably, assure tho general, whether
he who possessed them educated at Brsnne or any
other military school, whether at mere civil Univer-
sty or whether alone, In the camp and field, amidst
moving battAllous aud the clash oil arms No Conman-
dsrinOhef was ever stringent in denying 70 the
the right OF criticism the anatomy OF Il
muscles Although educated at Brenne he lifted hintelf
above tho prejud ces OF military clique, ard, a.
chief assigned drill officers and engineers TO their proper
spccalss and places making his generals Of loer and
Steiner s.uh There is passage In Lord hsosuays re-
view Of Nuyens memorials Of Hampden, quite spPrcpr'
ate to the subject That ds.ugu shed writer, in speaking
of the officers who conducted the civil war between
King and Parliament, ssys ri! is remarkable circum
stance that the officers who had studied sc'c' 10
what were considered the best schools, I'll der We're In
the Ne,herands aud under Ga3.avus Adolpaus in Ger
m,uy displayed far less tkil han those commanders
who bad been bred to peaceful employing nts and Nto
never saw even skrnish until the civil broke out
An uoie.rned prison nigh. hence be inclined to sus
pee that the military art is no very profound mystery
,ba. it, principles are the principles OF plain good sers.
and that quick eye, cool head aid stout heart
will do more to make General than all the diasrari
" of Jomni This, however, is cersais, that Hampder
showed himself TO b, far better officer than Essex
" and Cromwell than Leslie" Toe reason might hav;
been ns sned with equal facility with the fact Tit
school, u,u.y lag behind the age and the y TENS the!
t,ach arc often old aud obsolete They rarely come NJ
10 the age and are in advance Of It. In the grsA
English Universities the Arisotleesn system OF phioso
ply wes taught century after men Of mind througnou
the world had adopted tina. Of Bacon. None will den!
to West Point It's special advantages, but at the sam
time, none will admit that Ii create brain, or CIV