Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1863-08-19

respect tnau Fremont, Butler, ot8ell OuE-
tbs, Hunter, Mcdowell, etc. II the govern
ment has appointed some Republican lead
ers who had no military experience, surely
it has more than cOunterbalanced them BY
such appointments as Coehrane, Sickles,
AIcClernand, Logan, and q great many
others whom it is not necessary to name.
\ Nor. have any of these generals, either Re-
publican or Democratic, disgraced the
service. All have fought braVely, aud
shown skill and courage in the field.
Executive "mismanagement," Of which
We hear so much, as regards the conduct
of the war, has secured for us the conquest
of the Mississippi Valley, the expulsion Of
the rebels from Missouri, Maryland. West
Virginia, Kentucky, west Tennessee, Louis
lana and Mississippi; it has reduced the
formidable rebel confederRcy to q mere
shadow of its former self, exhausted the
rebel strength, and inflicted aterrible pun
ishment on the rebellious States. SuppO-
sing this remarkable ''mismanagemenI" to
be responsible for all the disasters suffered
by our arms, Is Il not also responsible for
all the victories? Can we ignore Draines
Vile, the first battle of Winchester, South
Mountain, Antietan, Gettysburg, Roanoke
Island, Newbern, Fort Pulaski, Fort Nor
gan, Fort Pickens, Fort Henry, Fort Dom
elson, Island No. 10, Iuka, Corinth, Shileh,
Vicksburg, jackson, Pea Ridge, Perryville,
Mill Spring, Champion Hill, Port Gibson,
and g brilliant galaxy of other victories
achieved by our arms
The Government has given all its cem
manders men, munitions and all the requi-
sites Of war, in such prodigous quantities
as no former war can parallel. Everything
necessary to success was furnished lavish
ly; and If the Government which thus pre-
pared for war must bear the brunt of the
disasters, It may properly claim the credit
of the victories. Let the people of Penn
sylvania now look into this so called 'mis-
management" Let them call TO mind the
enormous preparations for the war at every
possible point of operations; the lavish use
of arms; science, art, industry, and all that
could minister to success, and then ask in
what does this mismanagement, of which
we have heard SO much, consist. The Gov
ernment had the war to conduct, and the
war has proved, on the whole successful.
Il could not have been so without good
management, for we must all admit that
the rebel cause has been directed with re-
markable ability, aud therefore the credit
of the success belongs 10 the Government
which conducted it.
The generals which the Administration
found in position at the commencement of
the war were not of its selection. They
were the product of long series of adj
ministrations of other faiths. Il used them
as it found them until they proved INSULT
cient, and then it gradually picked
up new men of its Own, as in the
case of Meade, Grant, Rosecrans, Curtis |
Thomas, Gilmore, Butler, Banks, Burn |
side and Foster. All the SPLENDID tri-
umphs of the war have been won By men
who were trained up under the present
Administration, and owe their fame entire |
ly TO this war. Not n single general of
any proceeding war has been found SER
viceable.
Much as has been said against the man
agement Of the Navy Department, it would
be difficult to produce more noble victO- |
ries than that of Farragut at New Orleans,
of Foote at Fort Henry, of Dupont at Port |
Royal, of Goldsborough at Fort Hattaras, |
and of Porter at Memphis. The rebel rams |
end navy have totally disappeared from all |
our waters, and it is only on the ocean that |
British. built pirates sail out of British |
ports, and commit depredations on our
commerce under the confederate flag by |
British aid. Those who blame the Navy |
Department for this, ignore the fact that
we could not stop it without war with
England.
Such, then, is this much talked of mis-
of the war by the national
History will attest its |
grandeur when those who now assail the |
government lie rotting aud forgotten amid |
the dead. No prouder or more splendid |
era in the career of the great republic has
sver been recorded than this of the war for
the Union.