Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1863-01-23
Revelations ftsn the Army u the Pc

to0oCs
The N. Y. Times publishes an elabo
rate paper Of four columns, giving !,
double loaded prominssoe, on tho cit
nation Of the army Of the Potomac.-
II is from the pen Of the special CORES
pendent, Nv. S." who has been with
the army since It changed commanders.
The writer sets out by saying:
1t pains me to write it; but in regard
to the army-its condition, relations,
spirit, prospects, soldiers and leaders,
everything is in melancholy mudds.
lie then makes the remarkable Ieve.
la;ion that the General-in- Chief has dc.
clared the army Of the Potomac thing
Of the past:
1t il no secret that there il . want Of
harmony between the Washington au.
thorities and the army. The Admins
tration looks with distrust upon the
army Of the Potomac. It might be
added, the army Of the Potomac looks
nth distrust upon The administration !;
but of that anon. Gen. Halleck thinks
it Unaffected, dangcrous-report adds
another word, which hope he did no.
use, disioyai. "Army Of the Potomac
said he lately to a General who used the
phrase, The army Of The Potomac has
reosed 10 erisf 2" And so far 10 this
from being mere figure Of speech,
that project for its dismemberment
was actually on the official slate at the
time.
This evidence Of the decentralization
and destruction Of our great army by
the Imbeciies and Destructives 1t Wash
ington, be il remem bered, is not from .
8 pro-slavery" Democratic journal, but
from the intensely radical New York
Times
We quote again:
l make no attempt to 60 to the root
Of the matter-no attempt to decide on
the justice or injustice of the feeling.
| merely record tho existence Of the Bit
terness Of the army toward the Cabinet,
as an open, palpabls fact, which every
one here kno,cs. And II perpddes the
whole army. Commanding Generals
and high officers have their own grlev-
ances against the central military author
ity at Washington and the private
soldier, though he may know none OF
the secret undercurrents, knows, at least,
that for months and months-tive, six,
some even nine-he has not been paid
and that, while the Washington authori-
ties undertake to manage military a.
fairs, they are badly managed for him.
Some Of the charges would appear to
YOU incredible il should mention them.
|, matters not what the reality may be;
if the army thinks the Administration
capable Of the things with which it
charges it, it is, to say the least, most
deplorable, and must 60 far to take the
very heart ont Of it.
1t is not, am persuaded, too much to
say, that three>tourths Of the practical
power IL neutralized and rendered abor.
tive by the coil and clash between those
who plan in the Cabinet and those who
execute in the field.
With regard TO Burnside the Times
writer says he has twice rendered his
resignation since the battle Of Freder-
icksburg, but that the President will not
accept it aud Halleck will not allow him
to move. Here is fine specimen Of
the President's weakness, fickleness and
imbeciity-of the whole history OF the
war on our side under lawyer general.
ship in the White House and the War
Office:
The air is full Of plottings and con-
spiracies. Take an example. An i'd
vance Of the army was positively order
ed for last Thursday week. Everything
was arranged At the last moment tho
Increment Uds countermdnded. Burn.
81 lie went up TO know the reason why.
The Presidents answer wds that some
o. the Generals had been up, and said
that the army had no confidence IN him,
and that The Increment ,oouid be iH-ad-
used ! "Who were these Generals 2"
The President would not tell. "Had
they been dismissed the service, then ~
They had not-whereupon, OF course, q
new urgency In pressing the resigna-
ton.
Here is an assertion which bears ont
what we have repeatedly said-that
Burnside's letter shoulderiug the respou.
sibility OF fredericksburg, was a w ash
ington production, prepared and taken
down by Halleck to Falmouth for sly.
nature. The letter bears date Dec. 10,
The day after Halleck's visit:
lie IS left with the black cloud of that
horrible disaster hanging over him
held there helpless and hopeless. A let
ter, in whica there is nothing his but the
signature, and to @hich his good nature,
not has conscience, consented, exculpates
the Washington authorities from all
blame in the matter, and delegates upon
himself the responsibility. Burnside
will retire from the command without
blame for failure foI which it will
some day be known, he vas MT as re-