, 1862-07-26
APAIWFUL PICTURE OF 4 PAST
POLICY.
Beauties Of Don Carlos
Buell's Operations.
HOW NOT TO DO IT.
Sad Condition Of East Tennessee.


Correspondence N. Z. World
CrcrsA71, July u, 1851
There has been wofu1 want Of alacrity in
the administration Of military eHAir5 in the
department of the OHIO ever since 1t was or
ganized- When We reckon up the begzarlg
account Of things done it presents pisiful
spectacle. With the exception Of Mil
Spring, IN which csse the enemy made the at
tack, there has been no really great move
mand Of General Buell. All that he has done
has been prepared for him BY more active out
side pressure, aud it Is only at the list respite
when be has accomplished that little:
We do not know all Of the considerations
which may hare led to his appofntmcnt there.
to. His functions IS paymsster were certainly
not prepossessiug as general in the field. Ia
may have had certain Find Of conservatism
which made him popular with rome Of the
border state men, bat in all the real sterling
qualities Of 8 commander be has Jet fal1sd to
come up to respectable standard.
The game remark msy be said Of nearly all
his enbord ordinate generals AAcAd Is spfu5~
dbHthe only one 1cho has dong 4ptu. So strong
Is this contagion Of routine that It su1ites all
who come under him Gen. Crittenden. we
Murtreesboro the other day. when hts troops
were being cut to pieces. Gen. Buell. ~e are
not;nistaEeu, was jpnketlrg at the Louisville
Hotel on sfmilar occasion Of peril to his
afmy, Surely it Is time that this life Of ease
and 5ol1ity were broken in upon.
We might reasonably complain that John
sons army was allowed to eVaeuate Bo~hnss
Green without Buell's knowledge, but We
| have every right 70 complain that The succor
| 80 long expected and 80 long promised to the
/ people Of Esst Tennessee has not yet reached
| them. We have recently been thrown among
| whose sources Of information ara Of the best;
I and we learn that for more 1han 8 year nos
| they hare been looking for our armies; but
| as they look upon the slowness Of our move
| ments-the ntter etaguaton, we msy say
| they are sick at heart and filed NTH the deep
| est gloom
This is not the WorBt-eyery day increases
the difficulty At any time within year al
army.might hare gone into the valley OF Eas
Tennessee, supported Itself end raiaeQ another
| army; but every honr that passes takes aTa1
not only the material but the moral Influence
We should gain By 1ts possession. Il is cry
ing ehame that the gallant people who Il
lopg withstood the tyranny Of the confedet
! ate army, and Who sacrificed Life and propert,
In their attempte to oyerthroH It, 9hou}a bar
been so long neglected. Thy a5e ssoso Obliged
in many eascs, to esa{ia in the southern army o
!: Be shot DOM. Reliable gentlemen just hou
there, and Whose names must suppress, 70
sufficient reasons, inform me that the etate q
things Ia epch that 1t IL as mach as man
!, life Is worth to temain and be friendly to tn
The same logic which they have used else
where they use NOW in East Tennessee. 81
you are not with US you are againat n" an
@'ifyou are with us come with us and pros
:: your sincerity by entering the rauks.' ThI
Is a hard measure. md one which the blood c
now being enforced against the men Of e.:
Tennessee who haFe hitherto held aloof for
the army. ::
It Is OF the utmost importance, therefore
that the federal army should occupy ii
!; country, u We csu recruit mora rapidly ths,