Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-11-13

WHTFEWASHIEG
The eourimsFlial in Milroy's case has report
ed, but the authorities ~ Washington seem de-
termined 10 screen him. The New York World
shows up the disgrsceful game st Washington
N the following manners:
The evidence pTadueed before the court of In
quiTy in the ease Of Gen. Milroy having boen
suppressed, OF Al least kept rem the public By
erder Of the Government, ths next step il order
10 whitewash tbst most Incompetent Of generals
IS row being taken by the Administration press,
which has commenced the publication Of aIti-
eles showing that Milroy wEs not 20 blame tor
the disaster at Winchester. Gea. Sehenek is
credited with the bluaaer Of ordering him 10 hold
that antenablo position, even after Gen. Hal
ieek's erder for It's evacuation, while the GcsEal
misconduct on the field is attributed not only 10
Miroy, but to bis sub9tGnsies.
Now, We ere very willing 70 believe that
Schenck was utterly Du65 for lhe place be held,
and that IL il was possible to commit q Etgpsn-
dous bluudsr be wGsjlst tho man 20 do L; bat
a. tho same tims al The evidence before the
country goes TO shbw that Nilroy made the
most dscree8ful ighf Of toe whole war, Hss-
por's Ferry not excepted. Nothing but tho
most palpable stupidity and coWagdice win ac-
count for his feeble and simless defense and
buried retseat to tia Potomac. Judgs-AdVo-
cate general Holt, the libelsr of Gen. Fl z-John
Porter is, according to the TTJHRs, the exon
orator" Of Gen MlToy.
Tbs country viii mark the different course
pursued IN the cases Of these tTo generals. The
charges against Gen. Porter were given TO the
werld; tho one-sided review Of Holt, upon which
the President pronounced a most unjust sen
tsoee, was published far and wide, snd the most
unfair means were used TO prejudice lie cOuntEy
I against the hero of Gaines mills and Hanover
Court House. The iuqairy, however, into Nil
Eoy's case il kept secret, and the moat shameful
! episode il the whole war IS covered up to ssVe a
cesersl whose appointment IN the army was q
bluadeT, and whose retention In command, il
view Of his foolish and Brutal conduct, was Q
national disgrsee.
H0w THE REvERsEs IF THE NORTH WERE
BROUGHT ON, AND WHO IS RESPONSIBLE
0 THEM.
The New York Herald says tbst "every ON.
bsrrss.msut Of ths national armies can be tTsesd
10 Washington City, ard tiat "every failure r
10 what the counby expects them 70 90 csn b
lTscsd 10 tbs same source" Here Is how the
Herald reasons it, and demonstrates the effect 81
cficiai interference from Washington:
In the season now practically pzst, the coun.
try las seen war on a magnificent scsis and II
q series Of immense operations; and taEss tines
cut Of four these gTszt operations have either
ended IN s failure to Us or have beez without
any good result, owing simply to the Interfere
ence Of the Washington siTstcgis.s. In The
great Mississippi campaign we had s glorious
success. Ia the central or Chattanooga can
psiga we had a bter fsilare. II Che sanmeE
csmpsiFR on the Potomac she hard-eaIned VIC
tory of Gettysburg was made barren BY Lees
escape and IN the failure Of The army Of the PJ-
temac TO give battle to Gen Leo on his recsDt ad-
vance w have e national disgrace.
Throughout the whole land thsTs is not =
sch0OlbOy Bhe does net know that, for cur sue
cess on the Mississippi, we are Indebted 10 Gsa
Grsn's refusal to permit tie Washington inter-
ference with his plans. No fact Of the war is
better known that This, for the President has ts-
kon particular psiss 10 tel It. And With this
fact 10 ~reis5i0a to shat success, and another faei
in relation to the three failures that We have as
socisied with il, We might eEEncists the vital
law Of our great struggle, that VIC shall always
have success where tho Washington authorities
cannot interfere, and failure where they can.
For 70 that interference that Gsz. Grant woald
not submit to, and ahich has been the bans OF
every army bat his, ne are indebted for every
ora ef sgT last thres failures.
Lee Was lot sn8ihi.ated ca tbs Potomac BE-
cause Meade was ordered not TO give the final
blow. Lee escaped, not because our army vas
not able 8nd ready e d5uoy his; not because
Gen. Mss6e hesitatad to gtlke; but because he
YVES eTdero6 Let 50 DO 90. Ii GeH Mesde was
fearful RDon any one point, Is was lest G6R. Lee
should get away. But fTom Washington, where
they never have any doubts, he received nost
positive assurance th6t Lee could not Cross the
river, an6 the iUTg.gT instruction. to swat until
every man of his enhancement cams up. He
waited and Ire slipped throHgh his fingers.
General Roseerans was positively ordered 10
make the advance that Brought on the battle Of
C-hickansuss, though tie erssrs of the War
Department stisBpt iaEo!y to deny l. and Re
Gently, in Virgins, Geasrel Hssds was oTdsrs5
not to fight Lss On the Rapidsl or shs Kappa
hammock bat TO Withdraw 70 CeHt5fville.
And all Of these failures tie country may
trace 10 the War Department, and mere Paitieu-
larry to Gen. Hslieck. For it Is but Just 10 give
to thaIa5icsl character Of Mr. Secretary Sspto1
full credit for its particular virtue in pugnsci:y-
Nj. Stanton desires hat our armies should fight.
Whether the armies are in tia night plsee o.
condition, OF wheshor they sre not, ne thinks
they ought TO fight; and for the failure to suni-
biiata Lee en- tie Potomac, or 10 fight him on
The Rapijan, Ga. Esi.aek, aBd not Mr.. Stan
tor, is responsible ThTergh Iris Washington
sIsteFy SIX mClths have b5sn lest, and We are
At the commencement Of another winter. Are
ell Of these fsilSTes honestly the YesRlt OF mill
tarv biuBders, or are they partly military AID
partly Pdliieall Is il intended to Save tho HaT
50 tBsi is may bs very eraBdlY put down next
year, justin time 70 make excellent cspital for
the mex. Presidential e~lscii-H7