Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1862-07-23
THE REGENT MOVEMENTS BEFORE
RICHMOND,
IFrom VIC, sriri: Of De rimes-

tFrom Wilkes Spiri; of the Times
Shocked and detected at the unforeseen
; result, the loyal public have anxiously en-.
0caVored TO ascertain the cause: while ia
KING advantage of the general per,urba-
'ioi, every traitor IN our midst kas SOUGHT
70 locate the blame against the govern
heht it Is also feature Of this vicious
clamor, nay, it is its lcadin.s feature that
ait these denunciatio1s Of the rovern,no,.
are invariably accompanied by the most
iulsome euIoGles OF Gen Mcclellan. and n
schism Is thus attempted to be set on foot
the object OF which is either to omen q
residential campain- in his favor. or to
distract the pubic mind on the subject of
the prosecution of the war.
his game has cen ..oiny on now f,-
considerable time, and it appears "a =.
httle singular that Gen Mcclellan s,,f1
iers 1t TO proceed, without word calcnlo-
ted to rebuke the treason, and sustain A.,
administration from the injurious SANDERS
lie cannot fail 10 see that he is mt for
ward virtually as the leader of this fac
tious opposition, and that his pretenJa,y
wrongs are tile redoubts behind which
these sneaking traitors level their shafts
against the bosom OF the country 4 war
iare ot TINS sort, being made apparently in
AA9 -ttNSAC Cot, S4iNittA& tccGltc Il snare OF hIS
attention and ii he be not able to driv.
back the armed Insurgents, he can at least
rebuke their slander0us allies who are co.
operating with them in the midst of our
society.
In looking back uron The battles Of the
week, and reviewing the fru;t.ess yalor OF
our soldiers in connection with the sad
result, 1t Is not difficult to arrive to the
conclusion that the whole campaign of the
PenEsulA has been n bunder The true
road 10 Richmond was due south from
Washington, by which course an arlnv of
25toU0 men, covering tho capital as it
advanced might many time during The
last nine months have been driven in one
compact mass upon the then debiIiated
rebel stronghold The division Of j. into.
parts, SO that one-half might make the
Strategic circuit round Robin Hood barn.
with the door open and the read clear
(ctde jackson towards the North. was the
most fatal error that could have been com
mltted; and the commanding general who
consented to perform the leading part is
truly responsible for the weakness OF the
schemes. If he did not approve of it, he
should not have consented to it, If he
thought his forces insufficient, his resirna--
ton would have been a more honorable
and soldieriy alternative than the sacrifice
he Should not have located his forces amid
swamps and extended his lines for thirty
miles in the face Of compact and superi-.
or enemy, nor for long period of days
assumed the attitude OF giving battle.
The position in which he had placed him
self, could hardly have been chosen worse.
He was perfectly isolated from Pope's ar
my and rom Burnside's while the rebels,
with superior tact cs, had made mastery
combinations OF Their forces at common
center Worst Of alhe separated himself
from his cunboats, the cooperation Of
which was the argument that sent hiIa to
the peninsula. One would suppose that
the military mind; H;4zhich could after the
reflection of Il fortnight, detect the fatal
error of this inland isolation, might have
seen It's absurdity at the outset, and by
occupying the river bank at the first avail
able point below Fort Darling, moved for
ward with the gunboats, acting as a left
wing, and, III themselves representing I.
strength equal to 10000 men. lie might
have taken this position at Turkey Bend
or Harrison Landing before the battle Of
Fair Oaks, or on any day for IA week after
il; and it IS most unfortunate that he did
not think Of a base of operations on the
James River, until the enemy were pre-
pared to make it cost us % 900 lives
at IS proper that the people should
think these things well over, and, while
they give que credit the wondrous valor Of
our troops, and the skill of those great
captains, Heintzelman sumner, kearney,
and Franklin, who extracted them from
;heir dreadful situation, administer con
domination wherever it may be due. Our
seven days struggle was one continuous
retreat conducted under a general order
to that effect by the commander-in-ctiefi
but its triumphs were reaped III a series
of separated battles, the varying fortunes
Of which. the above named able 1nlrsha!s
were separately obliged TO steer an gov
ern for themselves. All that we have To
add on the sub; Get of this week Of fight
ing is, that the rebels suffered equally with
ourselves, but nevertheless, they have
earned a great moral advantage, and the
Union army has received Il check which
will retard its progress for six months "