Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1862-06-25
VOL. S.---NO. 43.

tiNI'S nave mainly ceased. NO one can trace
10 Mf. Stanton complaints against General
McSlellan as the head of an army. and II j.
simply cruel to connect him with the random
and illconsidered criticisms of others What
| ever his opinions may be- he is too wise and
| too just TO complain OF a General as long as he
Kept at the head of great army in the face of
| the enemy.
And now what are the facts as to the charr-
es of diversion of troops from General Nc
| Cleilan, which have taken contradictory and
| absurd shapes, which have had the support of
| some letters written by a few honest officers
! In the fielG, with only special and limited
knowledge, as well those of omniscient
newspaper correspondents, of NEWSPAPERS which
nave merlted suppression for early treason
and persistent factiousness, and even of a few
Republican newspapers, like the Ddilg .7frer-
| Itser, which, instead of going to the proper
sources for full knowledge, have been as dog
matte, as they have been ignorant. In The first
place, let IL not be forgotten that the President
and Cabinet hare at their side special nniffGru
Gdriser. Gen. Hitchcock, trho has been called the
Cesar Of oar army. aud lrhose sIeH as q sfrafe-
glSf, and tch0Se pOlcerS Of combination are COM
mensurGte (on the highest military authoriky)
tctfh has general culture and compreheasireness
And he is not the only general eminent by
nature, culture and experience who is called
into consultation. The idea that Mr.. Stanton
alone interferes with or changes military plans
is simply absurd.
NO agreement was ever made by the Presi-
dent or the War Department with Gen. Nc
Clellan to send to the Peninsula the whole of
AcDoweil's corps. For reasons no doubt suf
hclent to his mind, with reference to his DO
sition upon the Peninsula, he desired the
whole, which would have left no national SOL
uler between the forts across the Potomac and
Richmond by way of Fredericksburg A
large part of McDowell's command was. how
ever, sent to him, which was so much in ex-
cess OF agreement, and when the correspond
ence of the War Department on that subject
sees the light, it will be found that the Presi
dent himself interfered to prevent the %. 900
men LETT to General Mcdowell from being
sent further in excess of original agreement
But for the President wisely insisting. that
tor the safety of Washington and that General
Mcclellan might be aided by flank move
ment under General Mcdowell, all of Nc
Dowell's army would have gone to the PENN
sula.
And yet Mr.. Stanton has been charged with
dlvertng troops from Gen. Mcclellan in vio-
lation of original agreement, and with his hav-
ing prevented this flank movement upon Rich
mond, which was so long delayed because
more men had been sent to Gen. Mcclellan
than he was entitled to by agreement The
simple truth is, that the reduction OF General
McDowell'a command, by sending so large a
portion of it to Gen. Mcclellan, beyond agree
ment,if not in full compliance with his wishes.
which has been charged upon Mr.. Stanton
Until Gen. McDowcll's force was increased.
and the disposition of troops changed. these
facts could not be publicly stated.
In regard to the withdrawal of troops from
General Banks it would have been simply de-
cent for the Daily .AdUertiSer, before attacking
the Government it nominally supports. and
before relying on the statements OF an excited
officer, who only knew certain facts in rels-
tion to his own column, TO have waited to learn
the overruling military reasons and necessity
for the withdrawal, of which that officer and
the Daily .RdCerfiser knew literally nothing.
General Banks is not i'm the habit of commn-
nieating to his subordinates the important
plans or the necessities for changes OF plan of
n campaign.
We are at liberty TO say as much a this -
That General Banks, on a full understanding
OF the military necessity, cbeerfuly ssauss
essed In the temporary aud necessary aban-
d0hmeht OF a plan, in whose original conceu-
toh aud partial execution he had the most
cordial aud effective support Of the Secretary
OF War. And we know further that Mr.. STAN
ton was among the last 10 yield to the necss.
sity, aud that the President himself INTERVIEWED
and wisely decided that the troops should bo
Withdrawn, ~ u moreover the fact that the
for the diversion of troops from Gen,
banks grew out OF aud was in aid Of Gen. Nc
glellah's wishes, and bis call iof more troops.
Further than this we have no right 90 speak
We have only 10 say farther that the major
part Of tho facts stated IN THE article have
been Tor weeks IN our possession. aud that
heir publication has been made pfopaf and
ieeessary by the lapse Of time and by the most
gnoraht, yirnent and persistent attacks upon
! Government whose lips have been closed
against say Ing word which might, even By
Implication, injure one Of its own generals OF
he cause in which Wa are all engaged.
We have said that we know these facts. We
a. 4 tg "A tNs.lsr
IS journalists and as gentlemen, III IL be- OBJ
ected that the facts stand unsupported by tho
James aud sources OF Information, we can on.
add that the assumption of knowledge Of
'lans and changes OF plans IN the many news
apers which have for two months Violently
ttacked tho Secretary of War aud the Gov
rnment, rests on no exhibition OF authority
ihatever. Ii will be time TO name sources Of
Information when any respectable authority,
0 situated as TO know governing facts, Is pro-
uced. In due time the whole truth will SOC
ght.
II l.. - .---
Gov. Johnson is enforcing his proclamation
q Tennessee. A Union soldier had been fred
n by concealed foe in Mnrfreesboro, and
Dr. this twelve secessionsts were arrested, in
lnding brother of Mrs. Ex-President Polk.
The Knoxville Register complains that the
Jnion men OF town in East Tennessee, while
ONO OF Morgan'S men were passing on tho
treet, "threw rocks at them" Perhaps they
'anted to rock the rascals 10 sleep.
The more we learn Of the retreat and fight
ng by General Banks men, the more are we
allied upon to admire their bravery and en-
urance.
Parson Brownlow says there is only one
flee in the gift Of Government he would like
that of General Hangman for East Tennes-
ee. l8E ls.ll f.e $3.50 a