Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1863-11-25
WAR oN HORSEBACK.


FOrgeu that abuse is not argument and reckessy re-
ealdless Of fa0s granmDAnd cohsrerce lie denouCc,s
HVestqator dad IaVeStigdtorS WhO have been IN
she serviee or disappointed IN deir aspirations, sH1gy
fired ia their itaatry tents, or more frequently NTH
black coats on IN odThl, still apartments at home,
Striking wildly IKE the recruN gueIess Of the Sword
EXERCISE and'wi:hout respect for he head and ears OF
ms horse or Of his ne ghbUr7 htrses But he be lot
TyDo he may belong to what they call In Eat Ten
atsoee tbs "Crilr SDldiery" for all thai Though 20
justly appreeiatiye OF the value OF types, paper and
ne W. paper space there is in ais Communication what
uumsaks a6y sHVors oil the Centsur VIZ: Tue obcoVe
| ~ Of u mares nest
lie detccis dis eets ventiGtes, exposes aid denouh.
1ss plan, plot, programme 10 deprec ate tn, cav
airy Of the Amy of TIE Potomac and destroy conf
derc9 in Gen. Stuart by means Of The most incredible
lies 'hinted il print snd ead IN private These con-
spreLora without regard either to the individual fee
ings the cruel anxiees TO which he must give SO
lie uBrratens mysterousy, in italics, with something
terrible aud undeined, by telling them that the game
a. has been played now revealed, ADD What is more
fte tWdiUdnaLs engaged az IN eoSfrt plot are knoU
Well IL such there be, investigator don't ~ the
HAPPEN 10 them, even if ,ney get ato cOntrc-
| yeEsy; aud the writer OF the communication in the
Enquirer" Of the l9th undertakes 10 defend them
serves Them right, they deserve it.
There notning shove that applies proIimately or
remotely to investigator" il toe writes in the "El-
quiIe odd not do him the questionable honor of pa.
eng him directly by Els nom de plume at the head OF
this conspiracy ian ignorant aud bitter enemy OF the
cavalry OF this army AID It's commander, Gen. J. l. Is
tuar vlo Crtors pen Tremendous display Of mil
tAry euditon in rehuon 10 the cavalry of ancient aud
modern limes." Now, "IOVestg Itos" most emphA;i-
cAlly denies aad discami the S, feelings,
o2s and moves attributed 10 him by the writer in the
Enquirer" and hough it is natural that opponents IN
the heat Of argument should Fundamentally msnter
pret the meaning OF each Ohcr) hereby furthermore
complains that the dlametric contrary OF what he has
he n hy 4, md
wordy Incubator Investigator" who has NJ YER pdb-
shed written before the letter in question: anything
about the cavalry oil The Army Of the Potomac Gen.
J. L. Stuart aud who does not know, either person
ally orby nsms anyone who has, thinks il still harder
that be should be charged with personal attacks which
he has or even heard of except in the
muuicatiol TO the Enquirer" OF the l9th.
lie is not bitter or any other Of enemy, but
on tho contfdES we-sisher, 10th Of the cavalry OF
the Armyof the Potomac and of every man in it, in
GLIDING Geo. j. Z. b. Stuart.
The real enemies of Gel. Stuart as OF many other
persons prominently Def 70 The public it seems to the
Wier are oVer-zealous friends. We all know the fab
ofthe secoulte ar who smashed eis seepir mastt
head with huge Sole in the attempt TO kll fly Ahch
had settled on nose. A laugh could hardly fail to DO
raised evea al the expense of the immortal Washing
ton, when the fourth July orator represented him Is
| exclaiming "a horse horte! My kingdom for q
horse! as Gen George Washing said at the hattie
OF Waterloo; !" and investigator" could not help smil.
ing over the scarce cold esbes OF the dead Ion one
wall Jackson when told by CntL usiastic- ed nirer
hat he had always been successful from the battle OF
| the Horseshoe down to Charlottesville" "Save me
from my frends and will take care of my enemies +"
continues 10 be still practically applicable as when
written, for there'are 10 achievements great
putation high, to OutIeach liability OF Temporary
be laent by the exsggera(iOns OF syCdpbants the
| honest Zeal OF. over enthusiastic lriends
Hero worship, (as the chief.ipcentvc to heroism, J
within proper bounds, should be encouraged bus some
OF the hero worshipers, whether the object of their
alteration be heGthen eemi-god barb ,r0us Pagan
Idol are aou9 OF their divinity as to think praise
OF any ot q dsparagement cf their own THEY will
not coucede that there were brave men (even Her.
cues) before Agamemon" and Iun tie reputation OF
their hero into the ground by acrbiug to him attrb.
he Thought OF claiming and had no ght to
claim. ..
Tbe present discussion arose through Alcter subscrb-
ed Nv. W. q, (three columns Of closaprint) publish
81 in the Savannah Republican, aud repabs led in the
Richmond Enquirer (anOther three columns To this
Ovefe thu-Astc friend "IuvestgatGr" Was Induce 10
rely ard led into another three cou ans, which the
Richmond Wing WAS III -advis.d enough 10 publish,
eading thereby, possibly, to future waste of, who
shall say how mueb space pal and pri ting in other
valuable journals?
Ia that reply e stated that whilst "W. w G." had
evidently read on the subject Of civalry he drew lin
tho Opin?R of "Investsator Rlss conclu ions from
his facts-vnany true and SOME erroneouswheren he
w. w. G.) widely fired from the exasperate ucu-
orator Of The Enquirer whose fcts, conclusions and
assumptions are equally erroneous
In this letter (Which those reading the datrba in the
E0quirer may sse) "Investgator" after attemb
ing 70 explain tie nature OF Gg.t and heavy cayarv
&c, argues that We have in the Confederate States
most ample material both for cavalry aud draRoons
That es dra cons few thousand men under Forrest
and Morgan have done than is authenticated 10
modern history any where with the came mans nd more
than bad been done by all the1es Of the Confederate
ofted 40 alrv,
horsemen. At the time he expressed his Goa.
vicon that chief part of the rest of the Confederate
cavalry consisted of good material men aud hor,.sl
az Aorgans and Forests, and in CONJUNCTION wih,
these names he should have added Scotss. In proof
taersof he cited me achievements of A-hby of Aosbv
of Wade Hampton, aud of Stuart lirsef. and ebou 4
have added Lucius Davis, Clarkson and Others
His argument was against the system viz using too
many mounted men, and CONCENTRATING these into big
commands, so that thousand horses were so starved
as MOTTO leave an average Of two hundred efficient
where three or four bundled might hSve been kent e
6-ient in the cd, and six or hundred easily fed
in goSd forage country whilst acquiring that instrue
ton which W. w. g." very justly says they have not
got and have never had opportunity leisure to re-
ceve.
The reasonable inference hence was what might no,n
tina. cavhry of the Potomac have bec6meif allowed
tn Sc fair opportunities, which it has not hidt
may be iairy presumably the public who kno ~
generally mnch and no more than the writer of Gen.
Stuart that he could have possible interest in having
large number Of half starved horses And
dsmouhted and useless men, instead OF having ,i,r
OF his horses and his hors smen well conditioned
receiving instruction as to draw upon This
therefore was not tie fault of Stuart or OF any other
cavalry commander but of the system and the Gueson
arises, whose is the gystem
Blu: "W. W. &C." claimed for General Stuart That
which, whatever other his merits and achievements 10
had n the opinion of investigator, y no more In,
title to than General Washington to the victory DIVA
viz: He said that uarts raid across the
bIaEsd the way for JaeksOns flank movement To in. |
the writ in the Enquirer adds that it established
fact that Me0lellans right flank unprotected by
for6Cations and determined from the hour when the