Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1863-12-19

Il whole regfment'0t OF hsid 0hhEsrGs PFeSlden
5 Davis was appealed 70 BY nearly eVeFy
o officer there for his removal. But hG
: stood up for Bragg; he had expressed
his opinion. publicly, Of Braggss emi;
T nent fitness for the command, and
j. was determined 70 risk the safety
4 of the country upon Il. For the same
i, reason, and under the same circumstances,
I Pemberton was retained. This was the
/ sole reason Of the fall Of Vieksburg. To
show the peFtinacity of the President, the
Z Military Court directed 20 inquire idt0 the
. conduct Of PembertOn was dispersed with.
/ 10 two days after Il met BY the order Of
the President When this man had sur
rendered-dishonoFabl snrrendered-his
]. command to the enemy, the President made
him his cOmpanion, carried him with him
TO BFagg's army. and, if the truth must be
told, many a soldier, as they rode along
the line, said, ''there goes the traitor who
delivered us over nt VicksbuFgl" Even
ltheu, the President had the temeFity aud
unbluGhing disregard Of public sentiment,
in his own State, and elsewhere, to offer
4 TO that same PembeFtou the command Of
PoIk's corps; and IL he had undeFtaken that
duty, he would have been slain in the
earliest hour Of battle, or even before .
battle, by the hands of his own men.
| will further add that, upon the proposition
i AUuEoNtGgb AHES t4Aos .4eA4G11sge
the President concuFred with Bragg, and
/ that army was divided. Inferior In mum.
bers to the enemy, but inferior to nOae In
the world In ValOF, BFagg's army was left
against an Overwhelming foe In front. By
! this order, the President did not leave |
more than 10000 men under Bragg, while |
the enemy nnmered from lOO,O 600 to 1885,
900. Before this force, the most valiant /
and experienced soldiers of any time or |
any lald, in numbers like 70 ours, must
have been overwhelmed. What nov does
the President say2 Does he come forward
boldly aud generously and say, ~ am re.
spopsible for the ldisasteFW Mol He
charges them with want Of valoF, charge /
him not with vast Of val0F bat With want Of
confidence in the opiuiOns Of others, with
gross mismanagement, with contempt for !
the sentiment Of the people of the county.
told him twelve months ago that unless
Bragg was removed Tennessee would be
in the hands of the enemy, and now my
bleeding State attests the truth Of my aud
the whole country prediction, The Pres
idert never visited the army without doing
liz iniuFy-neVer yet, that Il has not been
followed by disaster. he vas Instrument
al iu the Gettysburg affair; he Instructed
Bragg at Mufireesboro; he has opened
Georgia to 1O0, 900 of the enemy's troops, lj
and laid South Carolina liable 70 destTlc-
tion. charge him with having almost
ruined the country, and will meet his ,
champion anywhere TO discuss it. Would .
to God he may never visit the army again; /
would to God he bad yielded 70 the public i
sentiment Of his country: would 20 God he
had been able TO appreciate the Truth that
when confidence Is once lost by the people
in an officer IL is suicidal to retain him.
The vote was about to be taken on the !
resolution, when,
Mr.. Miles, of South Carolina, suggested
that the matter be referred, as usual In
matters of such special inquiry, to sPe-
IMr. Foo,e Ssssnted. aud for the present
Withdrew his resolution, he then offered
the following:
. ResOlUed, That said committee be In
sttucted TO inquire whether there be any
ground for the allegation made by the en-.
emy, in formal oHieial letters and other.
wise; that the prison eFs Of war detained
by us in custody, have been refused ade.
quate supplies Of wholesome and Dutri.
tious character, at any time. aud report |,
the result of the inquiry herein, In order =,
that not a moment be lost in vindicatiDg
the honor OF our own Government iu re.
gard to this solemn aud interesting matter, O
aud that no plausible pretext shall Femsin
for the maltreAtment of our own valuable y
soldiers, now detained in Northern prison
houses upon the plea Of needful retaliation.
in explaining and uFgiqg this resolution p
upon the Committee Of the Whole. Mf. ?
FoOte said that his design was 70 inVesti. Il
gate facts, and he had a few 70 offer; not .
10 give informatiOn TO the enemy, but 20 .
give information TO this House. aud to the &
oountFJ that the honor Of the county may 3
be protected. A certain OOmmissaFy Gen- .
eraI, Who was curse 70 our country, bad q
been invested with authority 20 control the 4 2
matter Of subsistence. This man-this
mOnster-this NOrthrop-has steaithily
placed our Governments in the attitude
charged by the enemy, aud has attempted
70 starVe the prisoners In our handsl
Here, MF. Foote read a letter from the
.QuarteFmastsr for the Prisons, Capt. J.
Warner, addressed 70 General Winder, and
placed on the record NJ Col. Ould's Otdee,
which stated that be Captain WarnerJ had
from the Ist % the 10th Of the last mouth
been able 70 obtain meat for the Ptisoners
in very Irregular and meagre manner
from the department, aud that for six days i
ohIy Of the period was he able 70 obtain .
regular. supply, fOt twelve days the snppIy 4,
was irregular and inadequate, aud for
eight days. they got none Gt az. This Com
missaFy Generali Whoi he was told (eOntin-
ued Mr.. ROotel was a sort OF pepPee doe
Tor. d0Wn In ChaFlestOn, aud be must say |,
looked as like vegetarian as his practice L
would Indicate, had actually made san 4
EelabOFate Eep0Ftit0 the Secretary OF War, L
showing that fOrithel snstenan0e Of hu.
man Yankee carcass . Vegetable diet was
the most proper that could be adopted
TI4aaehtefJ He bad other facts WhiehH BE
would bring forward, in addition 20 this,
20 show that this NOrthFOp should be'tnFn.
ed out. For the honor % the county he
should be elected at once. I'll
The vote was then taken on the fesUlu. I
ti0n, aud It was lost.
TEE AlCHEONb ENQUiRHRs RBtEk1Es on j
RoOTB's sPHtcH. -.
From The Leading Editorial q the Rfohmond IN.
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