Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1862-09-08

General Pope may be good oens.
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General Pope may be good oens
-, .sve shiuk Ne havc seen frdscSs'on'
Of il in his western campaigns. ilo
were not very sorry when =
! IS Q. daf<d to thesEas EN- Department
.pd p,scea in co,aEand OF the army %
~ lappasAsnc-kr -k~~as eons'a',S'
,oaa more. /, was thought that
II, -, .,t-.,,s- acknowledge vim WOMB oe
AZ eqasl match for tie wary iA's''
Gus Stonewal Jackson. :, c,,--,t..
The enemies of General McCleil'a
all oscn,ho land rropheeiei that f'Pi
r--f,ees ,,a,, 10 do what Mcclellan hao
-, aonc PIC vas the man who WAS
'@ 80, = p,..,I. into R'ehmond-the man
MS goieg 10 crush Limpstes!f Abenea'n =
$40 I,on4r. we never entertained nc
10, that Pope was 4 roe Inpcleii
General taan Mcclellan, yet We o''
Iooetbzt.be might do ali that tho 'a''l =
MeGeian haters predicted he woaF'
achieve. We don't see It. those #ho
have thanked God that there ! Pope
ouel, now 10 pray that he be permitted
10 issue no more butts.
Far be il from us to dlsparaee any
General. We only say this much ior
the purpose of. reminding those WHO
lrave been cursing Gen. Mcclellan and
l.u.lna General Pope, the best some :
times fail. We wish they had beth
been more successful.
The New York World gives It's op'n-
ioa Il Gen. Popc's late exploits IN 'he
ill!osiEs language :
l, is clear that Gen. Pope has beeh
on, maneu1eIed by the enemy. II The
affair at Manassas lad tcen as light as
AZ frs, reported, would even then have
Teen d;S.racctal enpngh TO the ,ieilanca
and capacity Of that commander. 10
| have. al wed another Successful cavalry
raid so soon after his headquarters were
ritled would nave made bin doubly the
der,sion Of the rebels ard the morlca-
ion o, his friends /; but 70 permit Jack
,on to put large army between him
aud The la Of h.s supplies Is an 'gno-
u,n4 whicA nothn can even wipe
oI;.
While the rebels were amusing Pope
by making sc,uts along the happahan'
mock arower[n( detachment was taking
p 1etonr to work towards Lcesbn'g. be
twaon Manassas aud the Bac kid-s
they completely succeeding in turning
his right flank, AID that cnterp'is'n-
daredevil, "Stonewall" Jackson, got II
his year with large force of tle bcs
,iphting material in the rebel army.
While General Pope 10 his usual sell
confident manner was sending back dr.
patches to Washington that tho rebel!
n front of him were retreating toward
Gorlonsville, they were st. al n. marcl
around his flank into his rear, and II
was suddenly surprisedswith the lntell'
cence that they had Manassas. lie la
not even the means OF estimating nj
force. Stuatt's cavalry, which sacke'
his headquarters, did not even sew
the purpose Of timely warning, and, TO
aught tnat appears to the contraiS
Jackson may have been in his rear eve
!. since his rad on Catlett's Station. Tn
: rebels have appeared, we know not II
E what force, at Darnesyille, they hav
held some ten miles of the railroad 0
both sides Of Eull Run, and it is poss
bic that they are posted in considerabl
numbers between these TWO places.
Lee has succeeded in getting the great
er part of bis army throu b Thorough
! fare Gap, portion Of it may be pushe
= forward to the Potomac, jackson !
The meanwhile operating in the. neigh
/ borhood of Manassas aud Ccntervilie, t
t occu,y our forces while rebel arm
I crosses the Potomac and stirs up
!, grand rebellion in Maryland. We tru
: m God that this may not be the reb,
!, strategy, but we have as yet no assn
i, ance that it it not. Ii the rebels ha
already commenced passing thr2ug
e Tho1onghfaro Gap before the raid o
Catle,t's Station, they have had time
put a large force in orr rear. 1t Seen
pretty certain that all that part Of the
e forces vhlch Pope several day ago SUI
: posed retreating TO Gordonsylle had
q very different destination.
= = = The indescribable ST.,
pidty which could allow the rebels I
get great part OF their army in OF
rear, hood hiking and bamboozlin
our general with the feint of a re,rea
to Gurdopsvile, makes us perhaps und,
~ distrust'ul
c We would far rather innpc that. If i
were possible, Gen. lialleck may so d
g pose our forces as to block the reb,
lines of retreat, and cut up or cap.ul
a the whole detachment, large or sma
, which has ri@':ed so much. If son
COisicaa led ouf armies, that won
certainly be the result. While fcarin
. the worst, VIC vt hope for the best.