The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1863-11-10
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- VS. Le.iengnt-foieat in che reg acni
~ nbieA Gen, Les nas C8ioael and Van
bpfa. NJ Gee THisps Wh8e8mmaniul
The Dol srfmebi thtaght " little n bios
thar. haFrg oeoasien e divide he regiment
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gsts Nan para the eamsnani q fur con-
Iatifs. q ihe exclusion II Thomas
This Is a very ier.e description.
and perhaps the southern people viii
be satisfied that II is 4 iair estimate oi
the character Of these tao Generals.
Bot we are inclined 20 think ihey viii
base suspicious Of is correctness.
They vii most likely ak the Eramt
npf bow Il happens, II It's opinion q
their abilities be just, hat these Gen
erals have been 50 uniformly success
fol in defeating what have been con
sideted The best rebel commanders,
and placing TO the credit Of their
names 50 long a list Of victories.
George Thomas may not have been
considered by Gen. Twiggs compe.
tent TO command four companies, but
certain il Is that in a recent battle he
held o corps, consisting Of many thou.
sand men, 60 firmly planted amid The
wreck and debris of a defeated nrny,
that not all the forces Of Polk and
Lougslrect could move il. "In the
old army he may have been consid.
cred {" little better than a numskull. "
but history records hat in the early
stages Of this war, in the vicinity Of
Mil Springs, he laid and execsted a
plan 50 skillful that the rebel armies
q Eastern Kentucky were completely
ruaied, and that portion Of the State
20 efeciually redecmed from their
control that they have never since
been able to regain a Eooihold in il.
But il IS very amusing to hear the
Era@iner speak so coolly Of the milf
Iary capacity Of Gen. Grant. Vicks-
burg seems 70 have made a faint i'm.
preston on bis mind, but an the rest
" Grants career he appears TO have
forgotten. He remembers that Vicks-
burg finally suceumbed to " time and
regular approaches and from that
concludes that lac is "a good conduct
or Of a siege" which Is carried on in
that manner. Perhaps il be had taken
into consideration hat splendid STRAIT
egy by which Grant planted himself
in tie rear Of the beleaguered city,
paralyzed the armies Of the enemy.
and established his communications so
that he could sit down 10 slime and
regular approaches without fear Of
molcstaiion, he would have been a
little more enthusiastic il his praise.
Bot laying this aside, there is Donel.
son which seriously interferes with
the Examiners estimate Of Grants
ability. II we remember right, the
time there wa very short, and the
Irregular approaches seemed very
much like moving instantly on the
enemy's works" We believe Grant
has new experience a defeat except
ing, perhaps, bis first little affair at
Belmont. He has met one after the
other all the great generals Of the
Western rebel armies aud beaten them
all. If" ordinary intellectual ability
can Do this, viii the Eramiaer be
Kind enough to tell the Southern PEG
pie what their own generals are
worth.
A play was once acted before King
William in which a company Of men
dressed as cobblcrs, farmers and black
smiths, armed with pitch-iorks aud
rusty muskeis, vas introduced TO rep.
resent tie American army. As the
~uproarcus laugh with which this spec
taeIe wa greeted was dying away, a
Yankee sailor in the pit cried OUT
"Hurrah Old England beaten by
oobblers and blacksmiihs." We can
sit very comfortably and hear The
Soulh run down our generals o. long
as they succeed IN bealiag her own 50
numerically.
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