New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-12-15
HAI.LECK.

Henry Wager IIallcck is gentleman who is
10 favOritc with us, any more than We are with
him. We reckon him about the only Major
General ever in command in the West who
would have waited three weeks before Cornth,
and then allowed Bcauregard. with hardly hall
the force Immediately opposed TO him, to march
leisurely away, bag and baggage, unhurred
and unframed General IIalleok is naturally
bunker Democrat of the most casehardened
Pro-Slayery type, and actually knew no better
even since be became. Gencral-in Chief, than to
speak of our great struggle, as ga - Tribune,
Abolition War" We never favored his cleya-
ton to his present post We have often crItl-
cised his official acts; and We shall, If the Reb-
els are not cleaned out Of the region west Of the
Mississippi before May, hold him responsible for
the failure So much by way Of clearing our
selves from any possible imputation or suspicion
of partisanship for Gen. Halleck
And now we ask our Copperhead cotempor-
aries The World especially-to reconcile with
honesty, or even dcccncy, their silence with re-
gard to his refutaton Of the ordinations and
charges they have been hcaping upon Gen. Hal
leck, either alone or in connection with the
President and the Secretary Of War, with respect
to our chief Military failures Of the last year
and more Consider the accusations to which
they have been subjected with respect to Gen.
Burnsidcs bloody rcpulsc at Fredericksburg,
the delay OF the pontoon train, the failure to
cross at the fords above and seize the nights OPP
posite before the Rebels did, &c. &c, In the
light of III, facts embodied in Gen. IIallack's
recent report. Then. recall the abuse heaPed upon
the Gencral-in- Chief aud his official supcriors
for pushing on Rosccrans TO fight Bragg south
Of Chattanooga with inadequate forces and IN
defiance Of our Generals protests-,he failure
to order Burnside to support Rosecrans. &c,
&c. Here il almost q year Of constant and
fiery calumny raincd down upon Gen. iialleoks
heal-in order 10 reach the Presdeut-upon
naked assumptions which are now shown 10 be
utterly baselcss and erroneous. But do the
caumniators rccani' Do they express any
regret for their gross fragrant cruel nisrcpre-
sensations 7 On the coptrary, they viii per-
severe in them 10 the clH Of the chapter. Let
a battle be fought any where, n fort or city
taken or lost and the Copperhcad organs will
Assert in chorus that the National triumph. II
triumph there were, was won IN spite and def
ance of the authorities n, Washington; If a de-
feat, II was caused, constrained. compelled, by
orders from or Encouragement a, Washington.
They do not wait 10 ascertain-they DO no, care
10 inquire inio-ihe facts they charge and as
sert whatever will serve their end Of weakening
the Government; and, if detected 10 one calnm-
ny they hurry on 10 another, and another.
Now. we DO not believe nor maintain that
everything has been well done at Warrington
We know there have been sad mistakes and
shortcomings there many Of which We have
from time 10 time exposed and rcprehcndcd.
We much doubt, however that the blunders and
errors on our side have been greater than those
committed on the part Of the Rebels and we
think our authorities have proftcd more by their
own mistakes and been more ready TO acknowl-
edge and correct them, than have the chiefs of
the Rebellion. But we insist that no journal of
even skin-dccp loyalty can decently assume
without evidence that our authorities are always
wrong always blind, always laundering, always
in fault The facts are conspicuously otherwise,
a. Gen. Halleck Report abundantly, conspicu-
ously demonstrates; aud to ignore and contra
yene those facts il consistent neither with palri-
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