New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-12-24
TmE MOVEMENT o. FE,EDEgTCXs-
E.Rf..


ing Proclamation to the Army OF the Potomac:
EXECUTIVE h,Ssoy. WAsHiNGToS. Dec. ~, 1907.
70 ne .i,my " The Toi0mse.
have jga rcd yous Commanding Oeusfa.'s piemlaAFy
egor ,f tho battle of Tfeiefiskital Ahosrh yeg
no .ueee.,fol a., ae pt nsf h- isl-f-
other i..n accident.
Tie e94uss wish with y5u. a oaen ae.l fllil..n-l
the s.ai'r irircnchei foe srl to-
s and with which yoa crossed i-d ESQ, ihc
Ia Tie .lee o; tic enemy sLo that yoa Po..ss e
qu-e of sroas army, l.ca Val yss rye 'eofy 70 he
cause of'he country lud Of POI -iif .y'rn.leit
C,ndons With the m9sui,r Jog the drrl sym'tl rrg
aih tho severely wounded. toopgs'u'l, yon ,'u. num
jeE OF both h ssagcy 'u.a .eld.i to you
ABRAHAM LINCOLN
This Acknowledgment By the President Of the
bravery Of the troops engaged in the battle Of
fredericksburg the assertion that the attempt
% disodCe the enemy from it, stronghold va.
not an error, and that the failure TO do o.
was an accident rather than want OF good
gcneralsLp, is 10 more tian i. due to both
commander aud mon. He rightly estimates the
courage which ain an open field mainta med
tie contest against an intrencAcd foe," aud
gives no more than due praise to the L" con.
eummgte skill AID success with which the
army crossed and rocrossed the river in the
face of the enemy" The sagacity ard calm
Judgment for which Mr.. Lincoln ia dl stiuguisbcd
draw from such facts tie legitimate conclusion
that the army possesses all the qualities which
will yet give victory to the cause Of the com
try and OF popular Government" While con-
doing with the mourners and sympathizng
with tie wounded, ma head Of the nation be
tenders its thanks to officers and men,
Perhaps wc may be pardoned for dwelling
on this Proclamation with momentary self
complacency. A week ago today, when an
nouucing that Gen. Burnside had regained bis
old position on this side the Rappahanrock,
without, in recrossiag, losing a man or a gun,
80 said, "whle W. do nos ignore ard can
not forge. the great public loss and the wide-
spread private sorroW which arc ile results o.
THIS las. movement against The Rebels, wc see
in it much cause for public satisfaction We
held, and said j. Was a great gain that the Amy
OF the Potomac, alter It's long inactivity, bad
abandoned tho defensive, had put i.lel. in al
offensive attitude, aud saw that tAe Tort
before it was to crush tls Rebel
liou We held and BAD thai decision
aid CELEBRITY Of movement arc Indispensable
and .h qualities ia a General, and that General
Burnside had ahown tlat he possessed thee
sold'erly qualities, whcrewith TO back up bis
carncstness, in crossing a river - attack IN
enemy in formidable in.reYcAmca,s, and, fail.
lug to carry them, IN falling bach again 10 lis
OH siual position, bringing away al LIS wound
cd, All BIS arimery, without loss, ia tA.s second
and most dii.icuit movement. The attach, IL
was pain TO us, was brave one; why it did
not succeed, we had not tie information foe
deciding. That the retreat was not Only sue
cessiul but maste.iy nobody has p.c.umed 10
doubt Tor al these Reasons wo held and lid that
there was " in Ills last movement against the
Rebels much cause ior puyiic satisfaction
For saying 80, certain morning ana evening
journals OF this cl.y, some perhaps because they
are only ecni.slup.d others because they are
sem-Secesh but wholly malignant, opened
upon us with ono long Simultaneous howl OF
detractiOD ard Misrepresentation, resorting even
to their bulletu.bOards to make It the more
significant. They knew well enough what We