The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1863-12-22

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10 The sN~le relston wligliiiai y WIN.
II. Seward. Sec. Of S,su boar. "a tl.al
= Use President j. .hi. 10 amrnl
Gen liaile,k cfnbunrs mote o. less
dinctly. reaeraliy wi,b sUfiici.u, A..
rssi'y, TIC f.llavine General. Hook.
er. Burnside. Franklia, Meade. SILK.
lss, Din. nanks. Pope. Ro.eerans.---
Mast u the namcs u ihis ceasured
lis, stand high Wit, the country. AID
u car easily b. sen thai Ne who ven.
iarrs 70 aifaek item must have some
strong support lie abstain. from
reviewing llpoker's campaign irum n.
fact that be WAS NJ under iis ord, ~
bot his feelings toward. That officer are
quite sppsr,nI. Burnside rnlirely
dhobeyed orders both IL fhe frcder-
irk,hurg and East Tennessee cam
paigns, and must take Tie responsible.
iiy VI The dl,aster on the Rapnahan.
mock and share anh Rasecrnns the
blame Of The failure At Chckamausa.
Although Burnside is originally too
blame. Frauklin must account to that
officer for his feeble attack on lhe left
or take ihe re, possibility Of tho loss Of
tho battle Of Fredericksburg. Meade
by his inaciion suffered Lee 10 escape
when he might have captured the
whole army bag ard baggage. An
error Of III kles neatly securrd our de-.
feat At Gettysburg, Gen. Dix is TO
blame for his campaign against Rich
mond, resulting in complete failure
Banks might have taken Port Hmd-
son sooner il he had known the weak.
ness of the enemy. We wonder il
Gen. Haileck did not remember Cor
inth when he ptnned that sentence. 49,
Gen. Pope made a great b'under IN
tile war against tie Indians. Rose
Grams Is responsible for six months in
action after The battle Of Stone River.
and also for fighting The battle Of tie
Chlekamauga. Bot Gen. IIalleek goes
further and unrerimoniously rolls The
weight Of responsibility for the Chan
Sellorsville campaign upon the should
srs Of The President, BY Observing that
Gen. Hooker reported directly 10 and
received his order. directly from thu
President. All tie others whom be
csnsurcs are his subordlaa,es and re-.
s'rainrd by military etiquette from
replying TO the charges Of lAeE com
mander. II they should rec iii 10 lay
this aside and shove responsibility up
on their superior AS freely as Gen.
Halleck does upon his, We should be
better able to Judge Of tie real merits
81 HEIR campaigns. At present Gen.
HsilecS version will probably stand
alone, but he need not Aaiter himself
na i will be implicitly relied upon as
true history Of the last years war. H.
some OF lis statements Gen. Halleck
already stands corrected and probably
will IN regard TO some oiler portions
Of his report when Roseerans and
burnside can open their mouths. Ac.
eording 10 Gen. Halleek every disas-
ter which has befallen our arms was
plainly the resu,, Of di.obeying orddrs
from Washington, ard those who have
been unif"rmerly successful we're The
most obedient Gen. Hallpck SO far
lays aside his usual eoldness rs 10
praise warmly Gen. Grants operations
at Nieksburg. Bot be quietly assumes
the merit Of that great success BY oh.
serving that Grant always obeyed or.
asIs from Washington. The people
MID generally remember President
Lineoan's letter TO Grant after the sur.
render Of Viekshurg, IN which be &C.
knovledeed that n going against hi,
wishes ia that campaign he bad acted
for the best as the result proved. he
people will be very likely to relieve
Presid- nj Lincoln notwithstanding tho
cool assumption Of The General-in.
Chief In one highly important mat.
ter Gen HaIi,ck stand. convicted on
his own r-pon without further
evidence OF committing greater mis-.
take than any which BE- charges q
freely on bis subordinate. Whrn
Rosecrans was ~ danger Of losing the
most important position TAX from tie
rebtls, Tor wai.i Of reiniotremrul,, Ger