Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1862-09-06
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The Journal Of yesterday morning Sept. !
contains the following tslsgraphic dispatch;
/, ,Clrc,nsAri, Sept. A-The Evening Time
was suppressed this afternoon for an articl
censurine the Administration on its conduct
the war.
The same number OF the Journal says tha
the Times was suppressed, because its editoria
charged that "the country was betrayed" b!
corruption at Washington and in the army.
Following this is an editorial article In th'
Journal, the pith and marrow Of which are con
tanned in the following passage:
Where then has been the default, that hal
thus strangely placed us on the defensive be
fore the insurgents7 II 10 in the lack OF general
ship at the head of our armies. Look over the
whole arena Of the strife, and point to single
vigorous or mastery move made since the
Spring campaign closed The taking of New
Orleans ended our victories. The Arkansas
army "subslded." The army under Buell. has
done literally nothing, beyond watching rebel
plantations and mounting guard over their PIX
pens and chicken coope. McClellan's whole
campaign has been an utter and acknowledged
failure. II has been worse than failure; its
amsEing weakness and puerility OF conduct en-.
dangered the whole cause Of the Union, and
brought the nation to the very brink of q ruin
Gus and disgraceful overthrowi--an overthrow
from which we have been but barely snatched
and himself saved by the ability and watohtui,
ness Of others.
If the foregoing criticism Of the Journal on
cur Generals is just, the country, as the Cincin-
natl Times asserted, has been betrayed BY cor
ruplion Mt Washington and in the army. For
nothing else can account for the retention in
Command of Generals who have long since proved
themselves wholly incompetent and inefficient.
If the Tines deserved suppression, then the
Journal merits the same treatment, unless, In
deed, the circumstance of the one being pub,
lished in Cincinnati, aud the other in Columbus
alters the case. "a
The charge of the Journal Is sweeping
one against all the Generals at the head Of our
armies, and of course against the Government
shat has appointed them to, and retains them
at their respective posts. II ls all bad through.
ont, according to the Journal: nay, worse,
there is positive lack Of generalship--shat is
to say, the Generals the Government has made
and placed In the field and keeps there, are in
reality ho Generals, but are, as military men,
mere cyphers, or rather cowardly incapsbles,
who betray the country into the hands Of its
enemies. The putting forth Of such sentiments,
in time Of great public danger, may be oil
right in the central Republican Union organ in
Columbus; but 1t seems they are not exactly
suited to the present emergency when publish-
cd in newspaper in Cincinnati.
We pass by the Journals insiuuation that
General BUTLER has been idle since the taking
of New OrleSSS, and its Aing at General CUR.
rrs about the subsiding of the Arkansas army,
because both these Generals are retained In
and censure upon them is In effect
4 censure upon the Government at Washington
For some reason or other--the Journal Is go
patriotic, can 1t possibly be political onef-it
singles out Generals BUELL. and MCCLELLAN as
special objects of its attack. The former, the
Journal says, "has done literally nothing beyond
Watching rebel plantations and mounting guard
,ver their pig-pens and chicken.coops." Is 1t
or such ignobls purposes that the LINCOLN Ae-
keeps and maintains at the public
expense General BUELL. and his army away
iown south7 If 1t is, then, the corruption at
W ashington must be rank indeed.
The Journal cannot forget the spite against
General MCCLELLAN, which Il has manifested
from the beginning. I!s venom and malignity
Increase as time rolls on. Il pronounces his
whole campaign to have been can utter and ac-
failure" and worse than that, "its
amazing weakness and puerility [childishness] Of
'onduc! endangered the whole cause Of the
Union and brought the Nation to the very brink |
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General who has, according to the Journal,
lone 80 much mischief, endangered the Union,
nd brought the Nation to the brink of ruin, is
till retained in the service Of Government
bat 10 constantly bestowing on him marks of
bat high esteem In which 1t regards him
Ind these marks of appreciation appear to give
ne highest satisfaction to the officers and men
no have served under General MoCLELLAN.
II GEORGE B. McCLELLAN 10 the bad General
the betrayer Of his country-which the Jour-
1l represents him to be, there must be the
ost unmitigated and the foulest corruption
9TH in the Government and in the army. The
i!horities may suppress the Cincinnati Times ,
I'd other papers for Offenses less black than
ose. which the Journal committed in its Issue ,
Friday last; but public opinion will not hold
less guilty than other maligners of our Gem
als and the Government by which they were
pointed and are retained in command