, 1862-10-17
LETTER PROM GEN. KEARNEY
Il Military Review.

NIkes' Spirit Of the Times Of this week
pnhliahes the following letter Of Major Cen
eral Philip Kearney to o. &. Halstead, IT,, Of
Newark, N. J., which has been nade the sub
ject OF comment:
"HARa1soH'e LANDING, 9TH August, 1867
"DEAR PET: thank Jou for your kind,
long letter. You extend to me hope. Toa
suggest Withdrawing me and nv division out
Of This ignoble POSITION With Pope's army,
would breathe again.
failure ever p1oclsimed hin. He has been
PuLished, just rs I a. once comprehended the
moves OF the parties- Hs w1u only get us In
more follies- ogore waste of blood, fighting BY
drih,ets. H. has lost the confidence Of
capable Of be.terirg us. .Sumaer is "bu1t
IN = china ehop," and sure enough
blunderer. - lost his corps yratai-
tous1y st Fair Oaks He ie not now in his
right place, and will be mach worse. -
is tmall brain, ossitied in q " four company"
gur1isor On TIE frontier. Hewas not "of Us"
In Mexico, bat in rear column once saw dis
t4nt flash In guerilla fight. His skill ii a
myth, poet:ca1 version Of his own part at
Bul: Run. Porter is good in nature, bur weak
al Water-the apparent Of all this disaster tor
his want Of general: hip on tee cli x Aiaotsiay.
they might make good generals il they under
stood the value Of elements in their ca;c7,la~
tione; as it il, they are dangerous failures.
When WAS drunk, he had come few
men drowEed before Yorktown. I kuov Of
no other feat Of bis Frark1fn's battle OF
of ours. His part on the Chlckaaonnny
Was urpa7donable. Ie sent cytr 4 daris.
ion, (his oTn,) was present on that side
out q fire, ard never intertercd to preyenr
them tlom being sacrificed by utib!.ts,
and reEdeEed d prey to skc!r tals: posi-
sc1ibed by Gen Taylor, aud al o.hsrs. Il it
surprising tlat want 10 Get cut Of this 'ncss ,
Besides, they Eaye Sent Lit . major Eeneral-
thip, like al these others, dating from 18th
July, H4uddled in hatch CT Lew and very or
dinary janior officers: Do they forget that I
That I, on the heels Ut Bulls Run, faced tlis
enemy With Jefsey Brigade In ADVANCE of Ill
o;bers, Mcclellan, Mcdowell, ct ID on.ne gs,4us,
N ar}y forcing re to come back OF the Sem
mary De they forget me at Manassas. Ny
Jersey Brigade that infected with panic tn
retiring enemy? Hss Williamsburg never
cone to their ears? Oh, no! really feel a.
g,avated beyond endurance. Di,cip{i"c BE-
comes degradation If not witlfed with justice.
Patriotism caEnot. amid all her saccifiIes,
c'sim that Of se!jcrrapeet. Generals, veto
to expose their troops, unl@ss thost
brave men are acknowledged Their identity
| in their chiefs promotion, claims date O.
| their own high acts. Oh, no, I am nearer re
,urLipg tu TIE home have given up, to th:
interests have sacrificed, to uy cherished
| wife, whose anxiety oppresses me, than evel
in'atuated North are weak enough 70 let thi
! crisis be managed By 'sina}I men OF small
motigts," EN- not willing to be their P 1ppet
| 3ly dear Pc, am too lazy, and too llltl
interested to dive into the future Of this " Lit
tie box Of heresies,' so d. tell me what do tn
| people at the North Look forward to in tn
futnre fear lest the war will die out IN rapis
| inlbecilitY.
For Mcclellan, be is burnt out. Never ono
On q battle field, you have nothing to hop
I, ON him as leaasr Of column. How IL
they expect Pope to heat. with vt ~ id aterio
folce. the 1eteraAs Of Exel ard JACKSON Bu
these are episodes. We deceive ourselves
There was people OF Ol3-it WIS the warrio
Spartan, with bis Helot Of the field. The Soue
haye resltzed f. Ths1e was an ambitious pee
dtEee to her irvasious- AT this moment III
South exempliies them both. "Peace, peace,
but there j. 70 peace. No, not even with
I disrupted Union. Let the North cast ava
that delnkiOn.
| "Drstt we muat, or the disciplined thor
sands Of the South will redeem scrip IN Phil.
de'ptla, and yet the true North must acceI
IT, ard quickly, to msn, or the mo nent
drsegles in debate, MARYLAND, Tennessee an
Kentucky will cast past victories to the wind
AID rise With theiE nearly allied rebel Iii
Ny dear pct, shall be delighted when Hem
can come on. As to Col. Halstead, THU
that bis case Is a type ct the insane aud unus
ceEeary despotism introduced into the arm
undtr the auspices Of Mcclellan and his ve1
weak aids. It IL noT too late, but Why vi
not the cavslry put in my charge at the con
mencement? Two nights ago the rebel ba
te1ies fired FROM across the river, and kllt
ard wcunced some thirty men. Last nigl
Hooker started out on q clude expedition
Malvern Hills. He vent out four miles AZ
the whole army. Mcclellan is daugerou
: from the want Of digesting is plans. Il. pos
lively has no talents. Adlcu. Get me al
my lighting division with Pope
With best regards, yours, "KKARsET.
To Dir O. s. Halstead Jr, Newark. n J. :"