Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1863-11-06


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The army correspondent of the Atlanta
appeal makes The following complaint:
Lieut.. Hugh Farley. Of General kcIshaw's
staff. who, for bis gailantry in the baltic of
ChickumGuga, was detached, with four other
kindred spirits from Various divisions OF tho
army, to carry the twenty-five captured flags
10 Richmond. has returned. But he gives an
account Of the mission which ought to put to
The blush every Iaan connected with the de-
Tartment to which The embassy was sent
lie states that on arriving at the capital, the
Hays wcrHlkcn, tumbled into wagon dri-
ven by 4 negro to headquarters, and there,
without cercmony-,without even q recognition
Of tie brave men who had borne them from
tho tie'd-thcy were turned over to the clerks
of the War Department like 81 many pieces
of flannel. Had such iii event occurred un-
Ger the regime Of Napoleon or CT Queen Vic
toria, CT any other governments on the face Of
the earth, il would have been hailed with ac-
clamaticn i!y Il grateful people, ard the repre-
sentatiYes Of the army wou!d haze been crown
cd with The laurel they deserved. aid received
subssa3,tial testimonials to their ga,lantry ::
but it is reserved to the young Republic of
the South whose armies are regarded by the
his!.-soued ral0r, to ignore nil such considera>
tions--to forget tic prec;cus blood poaTed out
By our ragged boys that she may bH great
and glorious, AMI coolly t" turn her back upoA
the army by whose bravery, devotion and he
roic sacrifices these c:nblcms OF their achieve
mcrs were won and given to their national
mother. 1t IS a mortifying fact to the army
that the sleek. well fel officials of Richmond
haze no more gratitude in their souls than to
have acknowledged this gift by at least vel
come grasp Of the sun Drowned hand Of their
representatives, and through thcm said "thank
you" to their comrades. \ wonderful way Of
stimulating soldiers is il not, Messicurs?
No Indifference, we arc satisfied, was felt
by the "wc:! :cd (?) officials" towards either
the army t.!'.. captured cr~ the officers that
brought the flags % Echmo:.d. Bat Ynnkcc
bunting isso cheap in different aisl:comnion-
neither useful nor ornamental, uatt for
blankets, pants, coats, shirts, drawers, or
socks-that the "wcll scd ~ oaicia.s" knew rot
what to do with the Gags; and, in Tic present
state of the Richmond markets, considering
prices, the aforesaid well feds were not able
10 get up banquet for the gallant EaS-
bearing officers. We believe the "wall feds
regret this latter fact as much on account Of
their own stoalachs as on ascouas of the was t
of attention to the officers
But why designate the officials of the
War Department as "well .ctd?" Does
the Secretary Of War l'ok like q "well
fed?" Does the Commissary General look
like "veil-fcd ?" We admit the Quarter
master General shows goud keeping, but we
opinc it is the result of feeding before he be-
came Qaartcrn.astcr General rather than
since.
In BEHALF of tho War Department, we re-
pudiate the charge Of 'slcek,wclI-fcd oticialD'
and, in vindication Of their low living, tri-
umphautlT point to Judge Campbell, General
Cooper, CO.. Clay and CGl. Withcrs-ths ex-
ccption Of Major Palrrey but prove the gene
raj rule Of low living. Call them lazy, call
them incompetent: but. for the sake OF their
stomach. torture them not as "s:cek, wclLfed
officials"