The New York herald., 1862-09-10
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Hisiepy mnst 90 made, and i. must be compiled In
great measure from tAs publications Of the press "0f
eiai rcpevsu snd governments bulleiips often So
vague and cbscre that but little credit be
attached 10 them; and heetorlss from which
nany Of the reports made, coming thousand
asrcnt prisoners cowardy souicrs
captured rebels sinteligeut contrabands and reabe
gsnseDen"-arc better The general, in making hs
s@o>~sf e4<N inVALsaoiy aG8snnot11 NAn15eu an8
bsmean his compsers the government u Issuing bul-
tin,' will make public only portions of the truth
- win sbserve present purposes and show
~ beet 1ght returned prisoners and cewardy soldiers
viii only state what they Eaees hare becn told n
she enssys camps; The rintenigent oantrshands viii
ten tne best story they can conjuse Up 70 IN
sratiata themselves into fhe good WIN oe sheir an
Asoss and the reliable gcatsnan win aiwsys figure him
~ martyr and hero. Consequently NJ reporter
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- much d,history. mussbe alive - ths sesporsibity
hh profession, must aad know q what he writes
must net No given favositsm or feelings sf revenge
must be unsasssd by the tAsusand nd sne ranors Of
Ais or that mans cowasdcs this eGosrs
version or that ones statement He shonM b COOL
saam and discrininasipg observing theseld aEssnto
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- what may wrtef shall endeavor % give only such
eas as personally durh g the campaign
= those coming to me verAedsby the nplss prosfs
haveno friends to pun eusmss urge; but shall
give homer where may know honor Il due and censure
whore Asd culpabIe derslctien a dus scaligno
rance beclty, cowasdics or treache w. contributing
. the defeat Of sur arma whether on v partof CON-
nander general, orsaaicr, oola vel, captain o.
private .asfa8 IS 8h1 saYw aa sse@ >
Our armies have met ed sad huu,il iatsg reverse
Ossguise IL may, by false desp stcAes ocia
reports garlsA statements ths press fighting
representatives Of twenty millions OF people the North
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stand on the defensive to-day In n, of the ma
tson's capital while the fighting representa- tres Of five
millions of white pespc South are exu saat their
siumphs and their shouts victory can aim t be hoard
schong along the halls OF the Presidents hou with
u the closed Offices Of the several departmel While
70 are thus standing, the vsiant onem,
ing over into the loyal States rayage depo ylae
destroy all within their scope And there is .case for
this state Of facts, not resting upon rsgson
~ part Of the Northern troops, sneEcees xalor
sne part Of the armies Of the South traced
solely to the incompstency Of statesmen to capre
hend the true state or affairs and Of aitary
genius on the part Of military leaders. Ne var
there army placed IN the field with better Wv
cnccess in campagA than that sen. from the Eerth.
All that government could ask hnmanty sugg vt
promptly furnished by the people-nen, ,horses nn0n.
gums, small arms, camp cquipage, ammunition very
ching, wore avishy thrown into the nasion's hp
20 the best advantage - crush out this rebellion. Bat
<Ius far the effort has fa.ed and wtg'f propos =
show. M
After the removal cf General McClslan feo the hsf
command OF tho armies Of the Union answer 70 he
snterrupted Of shcradica madnsu OF the rspu.
can party, and after the experiment trusting isa
nstsrs the hands Of politicians Of the Stauasn schools
Ad utterly failed Of good results the President opened
os eyes to the necessitesof the case came 70 the
eanciusion 70 cas to his I'D military Aaad and the
sssiraent Of General h W. Halisck as Gensral-in-
<hise was the result Then che country was pgomiyed
sAas the war; which had ssen few weeks prior 70
As inanguraton but feeby carried should be pushed
wiib visor and brought aspsedy close General Hal
ssck =: once ses upon has datiss bong delegated by
mo President and Secretary OF War with full power
conduct Tie war upon his plan Then comnnsnced that
sysem Of geDeralship" which TO nat.5n
sad suppress the rebellion Hallecks Grst uoye
nent change the programme OF the campaign re
move the amy Of General Mcclsan the peninsula
oonsoldate forces in the valleys OF vrgiaia and
move Richmond from the north aud west. force OF
Sess than hsEynve Thousand men, under General Pope
was sent ou: from Washington the vicinity Of the
6hensndosh valley In order tho attention Of
the enemy while General Mcclellan should Withdraw his
troops from the peninsula This force consisting Of the
corps o. Generate Banks, Mcdowell and sgel. moved in
tAree columns from their several places Of rendezvous
and consolidated at Culpepper Court House, midway be-
twecn the Rappahannocx and Rapdan rivers distant
from Washington about sixty mics. After the
aaton the 9th Of August Banks' corps fought
the bnteef Cedar 7ountain and repused by Stone
vail Jack<,n. Jackson, however, withapsw from the
Aed two days after <he battle when General Pope
possession and pushed rs advance to the Rapidan
river, whsssbe met by General Lee at the head Of
she entire rahel army cf Richmond II seems that when
General Pope ordered to invade Virginia. General
Mcclellan ordered cvacuate Harrsonls Landing,
snd como north a. 70 Alexandria The rebels
asrtainDg that the army Of Mcclellan withdrawing
from that vicinity that their capital was no longer
nenaced hurled the whole of ther upon army
under General Pope In hore Of capturing destroying
g before Mcclellan couid TO its aid They
Knew that Hcclelans srmy could not by any
Feasibility march from Harrkon's Landing to Yorktown
bark, sail to Alaxandra dsrembark and march Cal
pepper under two weeks at esst and they the rebe)
could that time oil their forces upon General Pope
Two excellen. rarSadc furnished them ready anspota
tion 70 cordonsvife, only twe,ve miles from General
Popes locality, and these put the Of Aheir
fullest capacity and before General McCleans army
fully embarked Al yorktown VIC find the whole rebel
army moving foot Gordcnsviile TO the Rapidan