The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1862-11-08

E4s~ General Rousseau's division has
been detached from General MHCook's
corps, ard it is said will be strengthened
and organized into an Independent col
ann, 1t is further eaid that Gen Gil
bert corps is to re reduced to one or
two divisions. This is done probably to
crafty tie 'en8gnies of Gen. Gilbert, who
are Just njw somewhat bitter in their on
slaughts spon this excellent officer There
is but one escape for our Generals from
VIese attacks by the radicals, and that is
10 turn negro thieves.-Neto Albany
Ledger. T 9Tce|y
One naturally feels indignant at such
base attempts to make political capital
of every military change in the various
army departments and divisions, but in
this case a knowledge of the character of
the paper from which we quote, changes
the feeling of Indignation into one of
supreme disgust General Gilbert was
made Major General with very little
cause or provocation, and the onl y com
plants we ever heard made against him
are found in the official reports of the
officers who fought the battle Of Perry
Vile We are not so sure that these
complaints should not have fallen upon
Buell. rather than Gilbert, but while the
Ledger swears by Buell. and charges his
military failures upon the abolitionists,
consistency compeIs tito insist that all
the acts of that officers subordinates
have been just the right thing, at the
right time and in the right place; other
wise an acknowledgment that every thing
has not gone just right might, in some
way, injuriously affect the reputation of
its favorite
The Ledger is one of those peculiarly
constituted papers, with elastic editorial
capacity in erery department, that it can
never see any good or ability in politi-
cal opponent, nor any harm or weak
ness in political friend. 1t cannot
even notice the death of SO gallant an
officer as Gen. Mitchell without reflect
ing upon his ability and success. That
these reproaches are antagonistie to all
the facts in connection with Gen. Mitch
els campaign in Tennessee and Ala
| bama does not in the least disturb the
Ledger's equanimity or conscience The
reason that paper is indisposed to give
/ General Mitchell credit for what he did
/ in Northern Alabama is, that it could
not do so without Indirectly rejecting
upon Gen. Buell-the great strategetical
commander, who has marched up the
hill and down again several times, and
never accomplished solitary success
that has, in the remotest degree, tended
to weaken and discourage the rebels or
strengthen the Government 1t is noto-
rious that so long as Gen. Mitchell was
in command at Huntsville, not only was
the rebel army completely harmless, hav
ing all they could do to keep out oil
Mitchels way, but the guerrillas were
likewise afraid to commit their depreda
tons. t-.-. r- esq
So soon, however, as Mitchell was SUI
perceded by Buell. the rebel..army assum
ed the o6ensice, guerrilla parties sprang
up in every direction,-cutting off com
munications and putting our gallant boy:
on short rations,-robbing and murder
ing without injury. Soon the rebe
horde was upon the soil of Kentucky
cutting up our raw troops at Richmond
and plundering the State with impuni
ty. An attempted defense of such indie
feasible generalship only shows, howev
er, as we remarked before to wha
lengths an unscrupulous party organ viii
go, to subserve party purpose. NJ
better illustration of the baseness anC
inconsistency OF partnership can we
give than to say that the Ledger con
demned General Fremont in the mos
unsparing terms for his failure to rein
force Lexington, 200 miles away frou
his main army, while it endorsed. Buel
who failed to re-enforce Col Wilder a
Munfordsyille, althoughthe main body 0
his army was almost within sound of tn
enemy cannon. ---..,
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