The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-06-13
A l,re0t General.

0o6ufeRHTO caWe near W ~, Uus NC WAS ""S
500 late at Corinth. Buchanan came quito mp
10 It for that one moment he took on. the Mer-
rimac, bat he was woundeS. That power OF
wialding divisions OF troops az Cyclops
wislds HE hammer, and striking blow after
Elow with them in stunning succession, mas
not been revealed TO .he American Generate,
We suggest that the ''genius OF great
General has been developed in the leader of
We Of theee commands. There IL "a decisive
genius" In one side, at least. tine power Of
welding divisions of troops, as Cyclops
wislds his hammer" striking blow after
blow with them IL stunning succession, has
tssu revealed TO st least one American Gen
szAl Our readers will Not he under the ne
cessity Of acquiring who tbs: General is
There is but one, and, thus far, he hiss had no
vns % much like him ss to he, by any posi-
bility, mistaken for him. They need not 10
10 told that il is Stonewan jackson whom We
mean, and If We take the tronble to tell them,
ah for the mere pleasure We feel in writing
tbs name.
We took occasion soIie time since To ni.ksa
brief comment upon the man9uYres by means
Of which jackson had contrived 20 defeat two
formidable enemies in detail, to prevau- their
troops from ralying snd reunitiug, and to
make q temporary clearance Of the whole
Valley Of Virginia. We designated ,hess
movements 10 truly Napoleonc il the xsea-
sion not less than the conception, and as having
afforded, 40 lar rs we could understand the
events Of the war; the only example OF those
Strategic combinations which, before tbs sra
VI the spade and ma.tock, were considered
khs glory and the test Of true gslera!ship. The
rapid marches, the profound calculations. the
sasrgetic attack, the dogged resistance,
characteristic Of the great Corsican, seemed
scarcely less 80 of the daring Virginiau. We
xse pleased to learn that the ssme idea hal al
ready struck man who, OF sll men il America,
10 most profoundly verssd il tie Napoieonc
systen-s man educated S. the PoiytschHique,
And Injured to war under the eye Of Napoleon
himself-s man wi:hai Of nigh talent and
great scientific as.ainmenis. We aiirde Of
course, to the veteran Col. Claudius Crozet,
q whom we ought to ask pardon.sor the free
ase we make Of bis name 10 establish theory
oi our own, wish5R asking his conssn:. In
Deed, without the authority Of go great 3
name. Il is not diff to trace q striking re.
kemtlancs between tie fret section If We may
% call III Of the fret campaign in Italy ana so
much Of Jaokson's urst campaign as has al.
ready been completed.
The Directory of France, III March, 1895,
Lad in the field three principal armies; ona on
sae Sambre, one Oh the Rhine, and one iii
Italy. The armies Of the Sambre and Rhine
ware the most Eaglihcan: armies that the Re
public had ever placed i'll the field. They
were, each, more than gao strong. They
L&d enormous parks Of artillery, enormous
stores enormous baggage, enoEmous quaint
,tes OF al! the nateriei OF war. They were
composed of veteran troops, The finest tlia. an
European sun had ever shone upon, and they
were placed under the command Of Two veteran
Generals, at thst time snpposed to be lhs ulost
skjliul in Europe-Jourdsn and Morsau. All
Europe looked on in bTestbess ailen,e, wait
Ing for these mighty hoas 10 advance, and see
lag 90 iapue to the war bnt the thorough hui
initiation OF Austria, i not the complete con.
quest of all the .tustrisD don.inious. They
booked in vain. These mighty armies entered
Germany, maneuvred, skivmisaei, fought
several indeoisive battles, made splendid
strategic movement" that is to say, head
long retreat, and came back to where they
started. having accomplished exactly nothing
sAan
Compared 10 the mighty hosss that threat
sned Germany On its western frontier, the
aTmy Of Italy was a mere handful OF men,
Ituumbsred only % 900, had Int sixty pieces
VI artillery, was i'll provided with cavalry,
wss- very deficient in commissary stores, aud
was placed face to face with two armies
Austrian and Sardin1an-numbering together
10000 men. Instead of selecting one Of their
veteran ehisfs for the command Of this army
me Directory placed at its head young man
tat six and twenty years cid, whose name,
although well known in French military cir
else, had never been heard OF beyond the
FINITE Of France until the preceding Autumn,
when his military skill had been employed to
defend the Convention agaiust the fairy OF the
,nsurgsnt Sections OF Paris. IL is true tha.
while an officer OF artillery he had captured
'soaion: but tie glory of that achievement
had been appropriated by the Deputies Of the
Convention. aud his name had not even been
nsntioned in the dispatch. 1t ia true thst lie
Lad held the command Of tee artillery in the
srmy Of the Alpr-the very army he was ROW
called on 70 command in chief-and that his
savics had caused the. General in command TO
TO several times victorious; but hs had never
,Sseived either thanks or ackno wlsdc ment
faf his iasstimable services. At the opening
ptthe campaign Of 1896. 1t would have ap-
Yssssd 70 Al Indifferent observer, that while
the mighty hosts Of MORGAN and Jourdan must
.nsv1tsbly plant the ,d.oolorsd standard
o. the walls Of Vienna, the feeble army os
LAZY. led BY an unknown youth. mu.. ms, a.
inevitably be driven back with Disgrace and
ruin into France by the powerful fora. If
Austria sind Sardinia. The result was d;,s.,,v
ne contrary. The armies Of Morean sra
Joordan did nothing. The army Of Bonsear..
In one fortnight after the campaign had
opened, had gained six victories, forced tn.
hndiniahs to seek separate peace with the
kspabhe, formed treaty by which six prin
opal towns on the Pc were given up te it, and
tAns entirely dispossd OF an enemy who had
y hb command an army Of 6fty thousand
nan The rest Of that wonderful campaigu
- which i've Armiss, each double the SHE Of
~ 1ssach, were cut 70 pieces aud dispersed
n whish Ne Pope vas hnmiliatsd, Venice
gut11g1sed, the face Of Ill Italy entirely
naanesd, and The armies Of France carried to
Willis go handssd miles Of the Austrian
saellal, nssd MOI - repeated here. 0aftes II
- ~, thAt ~ ~ Aemiss, GpW which %
- was sxYsstea id virtaslH nothing,
XIII from IL lAfflA Md III i66 irnA n n -.