Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1863-08-26
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Iue nAnas VI tne enemy nearly thirty THOUSAND roops
eooped up In those places hav ne been basey andcrm
in liz starved into surrender. These Tar he m, s.
dsgr ul occurrences Of the var and whoever shall
turn out to be responsible for the falur, proyi
those fortresses in should be held TO prt mp
I'd ribe responsible ity The CONDITION Of air, in
Vck surg in connection With supplying the army there
w the O. subsistence, was freely exposed du-
rig the last session of Congress- long before the Of
surrender ;sthe abuses there prevalent in the uni Nv u
use Of the Government transportation in OF sp
lave enter priss in Sugar and Mol lsses lad bar
and the sad catastrophe which has since occurred
boldly predicted Truly Mr.. PTesiden, the pablo Is
no longer in need of the services either Of Pemberon
| Northrup. The whole Gorf dsracy expecss nj de-
maid, thu ir immediate dec ipitat o. and nnot doubt
that you will hnd favorable TO the universal DE-
| mlnd Ct your countrymen this subject In asking
tits at your hands, asking what has been skcd
Frequently before, both in ancient and modern times
and what wise and corsderate ruler yet refused
to do under similar circumstances. Allow me 10 81 Y,
wat know that the army ANONYMOUSLY surrendered
by Pemberton will never again serve under him. TO at
tempt 10 force him upon them will oduce amount
of dislecon Wbi1h has Loi been heretofore exhibited
in the rauks OF our gallant army the attempt
yetan him all in command will productive of mis-
thief compared with which deSriios will he but slgh
evil. As the of the ill-sarred Nor hrup who
has already done more injury to cIuse than any
hundred thousand Of the enemy's t. Fps let lie
sptc'flly III your attention to what tne lustr,
William III. did, under similar cuc tances, duripg
| his memorable Irish War cite from the pages
| ac,ulay as folloas:
THE slfferngs of the army ia ireland called forth
rong expressions of sympathy and ind gn.lion. III,
Commons did justice 10 the frmness and wisdom wi
which SchomOerg had conducted The mos. arduous o.
all campaigns That he had not achieved more was at
tribute chiefly to the vliuy of the Commi sIria The
pesence ITSELF it said, would have been serCui
cal nifty if it had not been aggravated by the wicked
ness Of The disease d generally spued tho:
| sho had warm garments aud ldrg, IN hal sw'pt
hu Ha atyl1n ii 81. md
| ep, % the wet ground. Immense sums had been
dc out of the Treasury; yet the ply of the rooIs
was in aIrear. Hundreds Of horses OF thousands
OF shoes had been paid for by the pubic; yet The bag
gage left behind for the of beasts to dax
and the ,ldies mrrching bIrefoot through Il
mrc. Seventeen hun lred pounds had been charged
tho Government for medicine; yet the common drugs
vi which every apothfc NY the smallest market town
provided not 10 be found in the plague stricken
| camp. Tue cry against ShalCs loud. An addrrss
W s carried the throne requesting that he might be
sent to England aud that his accounts ard papers
| mi"ht be secured. With this request the XII readily
| compl ed."
To proceed with our examina ton of the condition oil
our Military affairs. The fall Of Wick burg AID POIt
HUDSON together with the late unfortunate raid OF She
valiant Morgaa Into Indiana and Ohio, his opened III
navigation OF the Mississippi river to the peoi OF the
North without further exerion their part
cure ths desirable object in the way either of negoti,
ton arms and has for The present suspended the peace
| movement in That region from which much benefit
was at one time anticipated TIE invasion If
Mry nd and Pennsy wanna, under that wise and
get!c commander, nera Lee however judciOus'y
ceyt or skill ully conducted has in all probabi y
abed tn, enemy bring into the field again
three hundred thousand additional soldiers. xhiIe
the organ zIion o. Afrc regiments is going with
most earfu rapidy, II Is boa:tuily announced by
General Tnom that he will shortly have en- foot oHe
hundred black regiments along the banks OF the hissis-
| sipp
| How shall we contrive to meet aud vs1Qusb The op.
| posing hostsg How shI We ecluiC exhausted
| uies? How shall we with conide9ce once II e the
hearts Of Responding countrymen? You eau do ali
this Mr President | at that you do il in sixty
Mint, ty days. Commence the needed work OF reform,
entrea YOU in the army, and in every department. of
| the government at Di m 80 incompeen. fuuc-
onaes every where. Hunt out corruption, and pun
l. Dismiss from your mind aud heart all ll.grouud
| PIT ldices par.iaLti Let no commrd
| Brigade, Division, Corps who does los,tls
the full co.. fdeno, of the sO!d placed his
| lIo and who Dies not deserve TO possess 10 Throw
| your,e magn inmous' upon your valorous aud high
minded untrymen Tor their support, and you vii re-
ceye it in uch measure that you will find yourself
| abundanlly abb, o tf;ct all tina: your patriotic
heart could d. ire. IL is that the coIuncure Ii,
which we are involved is OF great peril the pres Mt
is ovtc ist with outs the future is u1mxvd with
gloom; but you have in your poSIr at to d e.
perse the dangers which encompass W. the
of success ID beam upon US, aud to gid the
prospoci of the iuure vi III goies respleDdent
than have heretofore marked tina history Of TIE
| We rid.
Before bring til, commune stiou to cose, which
in all probability il TIE Lass with which shall trouble
either yourself the public for some time to come
feel bound to inVi your attention spa ally TO subject
most closely cet with the topic already discussed.
L. cauuo be denied that there is at sent great dis
satisfaction in the public mind growing OF the gen
| e'aI Gu SO Of your Administration. Several OF the
members OF yOur cabinet have utery failed TO COZ ci
the kindly regard OF tn r cOuntrymen or to sec ire
the requisite amount Of popular coLhter c.. The re-
markabe tenacy with VIII CT you have adhered 10 them
thus far and certain military comm lnders on ether
side Of The Mss sspp river the gross cImpetency of
slme of whom and the afr, cicu maeocons Of Others,
have Awakened universal degust and horror ogather
with the signal disasters VII ch have befaleu arms
of late, and which many suppose 1t would have
been quite easy ayOd-ttese, with Other cluses,
have produced ttate of things which, | confess
| IL TO my mind little Alarming You
clno. bu be aware tina. some OF those in u!feIen'
parts Of the Confeieracy who among the earle
gu, srters of DiSHaiOa have recently becoms most
z,alous advocates Of Reconstruction aud that thousands
who are yet constfuctoniss are evidently begin
ming to despair Of No time il b, losI in
ppressing the fermenting elements OF m,scli tie
they lin strength enough 10 overW' elm us wi dis
asteIs which other governments and peope have teen
heretofore known to experience Il is the language OF
the most plilosophic aud sigacous statesman any
age SIR BUREE that cite when ven ure to say 81
do most seriCu " put it 70 The Adm nstratpn, TO
slider the Wi dom OF a timely Ie'orm. EIrly rcforna-
TORS aHicabe arrangements with a ir:erd in
power; late reformatioDs are terms imposed upon
u conquered enemy; early reformations made
in cool blood; late reiormations are male under
a state of Inflammation. In that state Ct things
tue people behold 10 government nothing that
respec able. They the abuse aud they see not
lag else they fall iato5he temper of furious roIu
lace provoked at the d.Ordes OF horse OF ill-.ame
they attempt to correct reguate they go to
work by the shortest wsy-ey d6Gts the nuisance; they
null dozen the house " Il was the failure to observe
,ourse of true wisdom herein indicated strikngy by
Mr. Burke which has involved lincoln and Lis abinet
into their present perpe,iug predcameut aud broueh.
the evil of civil revolution upon once happy and re-
porous people 1t was precisely the fame worse than
judicial bl nine! which dragged Charles the First TO
hs STRANGELY hiontLed and infat-