The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1862-08-01

cs, five to one, than ever from the enemy
since tho army went to Yorktown. At
last, when part vt the army whipped
the enemy at Williamsburg Mcclellan a
long distance from the field of battle,
wrote dispatch TO the Secretary otWar,
that he should try to hold the enemy in
check, but they were too fast for him.
The road to Richmond was open, and
all he had 10 do WAS to march cut Of the
swamps and into Richmond, but hc found
the most swamp he could and SIT right
down in the middle Of it, and went 10
work digging trenches, and thus tens Of
4 thousands olbravc mCn were lost there
by sickness. Thcu, after waiting til
the enemy chose. for L would not be
strategy TO attack them till they were
ready, we kept on digging trcnchcs, I'LL
at last the battle ot Fair Oaks was
: fought, when the whole rebel force was
hurled oh small portion of cur army,
who whipped them, and drove them back
/ pell NELL into Richmond, aud across
James River. But of course we did rot
follow them--that would not be fair to
follow a whipped enemy, aud 50 the bat
tie OF Fair Oaks was lost, that is to Fty,
W. won u brilliant victory, hut Il did us
no good. IL would have been unfair TO
take advantage Of u routed army, 80 we
maguanimuusly stopped aud commenced
digging.
There was no army in our front, md
: no intrcnchments in trout, but we did not
know what else 10 DO, aud so we began
to diga ditch, and we kept on digging
ditches until they had impressed and drill
cd an army of soldiers from their entire
population, and they sent Jackson on II
raid to Winchester, aud we waited ior
him to come bach with his 10000 or 9O,-
. 900 men, und we heard that Corinth " us
evacuated. But il would have been un-
air to commence an attack until they
brought their troops from Corinth, und so
we waited fur the army from Coriuih,
aud when they got in all troops they ever
hoped to lave, then we did not attack
them at ALL They ottackcd US, us we
had reason to suppose they would.
They attack d ,uf right wing; and they
hurled their whole force on our ripht
wiug of 10000 men, and during the whole
of that Tuesday our little army Of 30 600
held their ground and rcpulscd that vast
horde over und over again, aud held their
] ground at night. Well, Sir, of course
! reiniorccmcnts were sent to those brave
5 men to cnHtle them to send that bastard.
S ly army back into Richmond the second
y time. No, Sir, they didn't do anything
h of the kind. At night, Instead of REIN
c iorccments they were ord red to retreat
o Well, Sir, that was strategy.
2, The moment we commenced 10 rctrca
then, it is said in the dispatches, the enc
= my followed us like demons.
5 OF course cy would. Who cycI
o heard Of an army retrcating that was Dot
r followed, unless they were rebolsl
I Our left and center remained intac,.-
. A leint was made on our left wing unt
: center us nave heard from one OF the
bravest mon in that whole army f the
: Potomac.
! lie sad whcr his regiment was ordered
} under arms he had no doubt that he was
, going to march on Richmond with his
> regiment. He believed the whole force
5 Of the enemy had attacked our right wing.
Q He believed that our hour of triumph had
;, come. His men sprung into line with
= avidty, prepared to rush at the point o
{ the bayonct into and and over II chmond
nd he never discovered his error till h,
g saw a million aud half of dollars wortl
t of property burnt before his rogimeut.-
I Then he began TO think il did not wea
Q the aspect Of an advance on Richmond.-
d They had been working there and los
n 10000 men digging trenches and spen
: months bringing up seige guns. Thcr
they left their trenches without firing I
( gun.
Our army was ordered TO advance oi
: the gunboats instead of on Richmond
: This Colonel told me that he fought IN,
i enemy for three days and whipped then
j. each day, aud then run every night lik
It -, ling wicked word. No por
r. tion of that vast army was in the fight ex
d cept the men under Porter, and they whip
d ped the enemy the first day. Well, Sh
i this is called strategy. Now, Sir, agai
ID | say why was this great Army Of tho Po
tomac, Of two hundred and thirty thou
n sand men, divided! Human ngcnull
le aud scarcely divine wisdom, could hav
I'd devised any other way to have that arm
rt defeated than the way thOt wos sdoptc,
=, | simply charge that grave errors hay
'c been committed; but, 10 said before, n
5, other way could DO devised to de feat tlil
army.
of have thought II necessary that thes
it lacts should 60 forth to the people.
li know hat shall be denounced, but onl
1f by two classes of people one, traitor4
h and the other, fools. Nobody else wi
s. denounce mo.