Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-02-06


the Iltb Of J1ly he was himself appointed ger
eral-iu-ehiaf, and, even if he had been hampere
| ID his action hitherto he then hzd full power
I bring from ths West fifty thousand troops whol
he knei0 were useless there, and to send them
| reinforce Mcclellan. This be could have don
at any time dGging July and thus have avoide
] the necessity Of Withdrawing Mcclellan fTol
! Harrisou's laOdiDg. But such were not b
plans He kept the whole one hundred an
twenty thousand troops near CoTinsh, compelie
/ McClallan to Withdraw the army Of the Potoma
from the Peninsula, and the consequence 1va'
! that the whole OF the Confederate army, relieve
Of ell apprehension regarding the safety OF tls
| capital, marched rapidly nor-hwsrd, defeate
/ Pope's army ia the last days of August, an
beleaguered our capital in the FIRST days OF Sci
tenbsr.
/ The next step to be taken was to deprive III
army Of the Potolnsc Of its head. In his repol
! Of November 29.h, Heleck endeaYors to delen
l himself or to Justify himself, for having cause
/ the removal OF Mcclellan, by sophistTy en-
representation which I exposed in my lette
| of December 6tb. But the fatal blow at th
/ army was struck. From She moment that thi
| army of the Potomac was deprived Of It's head
| il became dispiriled and demoralizedi and
only became more SO when q man who, unde
/ oath declared himself to be entirely ineompeten
!
The sxt step 10 be taken was TO dash thi
army to pieces by huTling them against som,
| impregnable position Of the enemy. Hallecl
effected ihis by ordering Burnside TO move OF
the enemy's works" at Fredericksburg, on th,
18Th Of December. Il is childish folly to deny
that this battle was fought by Halleck's expTes!
orders, and in pursuance Of his plans. Every
one knows that fact who knows what are ths
functions of general-in-chief; and, besides, th,
testimony taken before the Congressional com
nitfee proves it.
The next step TO be taken was to keep The
soldiers suffering and shiVering in shelter tents
drsnched to the skin and chilled TO the msrrowi
| through The greater parts Of the months Of De
| c mber and January, instead Of providing them
with comfortable wiater quarters, while then
pay, now due for six or seven months was
withheld for q month or two longer, ard theil
faIni les We're starving st home For their pay
haileck IS not directly responsible; elthough,
#, two months ago, he had gone TO the Pfesi
dent and insisted upon the soldiers being paid
they would have been paid in full But for
theiF discom0rts he is responsible, for il was IL
his power, as If WAS his daty, to remove them
L isnow stated, and I make the statement on
the authority Of the New York Times, that Gen
eral Halleek thinks the army of the Potomac
dssffscted dangerous and disloyal. lie even
affects to ignore The existence Of tbat army any
longer. Army Of the Potomac 2" lie repeated,
tsW DAYS ago to gentleman wb) had used
that ehrase Tha army of the Potomac has
eesse3 70 exist" Aud be meant by that to ex-
press what he literally believed 20 be the truth
his programme a0w is, or was few days ago,
for the remnant of that army to be broken up
aud scattered Sigsl was to guard Washington;
Franklin wss to gueTd tke Baltimore and Ohio
railroad; Hooker was to join Foster in North
CaTohuai and Sumner was TO join Hunter as
Charleston. Such was the programme 20 which
the President had agrsed a few days ago. But
the vaoillatag character Of that weak man has
passed into pr0verb Burnside, aided by tho
radicals in Congress, has persuaded the Prssi-
dent that there is g chance nov that FEEDER
icksbufg can be taken; aud orders vera issued
70 thes effect on the lS.h inst On the 20th
burnside issued his address to the troops, telling
them thaL he was about 10 lead them aeains.
tina enemy, ana tho columns were then put in
motion at once
Al that moment, however, the windows of
heaven were opened, the rains descended in tor
rents, the floods came, tha wind blew with ter
rihc violence, and the RappahaRnock rose to an
unusual hight The storm which ensued viii
long be remembered for its terrible effects. So
fearful, indesi, was its violence, and SO vide
spread its influence. that for whole day, the
2lst, no through trains could be rua between
here end New York. The storm subsidsd on
the 22d' but It left the Rsppahannoek fearfully
swollen, and the roads literally impossible It
would seem thst the elements forbade repeti-
ton of the Fredericksburg massacre. Burn
sides idea now is to turn the enemy's position
ther9. His purpose, even the details of his
plans, have been published IL one OF the New
OK papers. which the rebels receive regularly.
The 18Th of December was the time for him to
turn the enemys position. He might have done
i then. Hs cannot do it now, because the en-
eny OWNED the danger five weeks ago, and
have been providing m asuEes to guard against
it. ever since.
The shameful length to which the radicals in
Congress carry the exercise of their power was
well illustrated yesterday in the assignment of
soma of the newly elected senators to commit
tees. Ihsre was a new member wanted in each
ot the eommitteeSof foreign relations, naval az
fairs, public lands, and patents. There were
four new senators to be appointed-Mr. James
w. Wall, of New jersey Mr. Turpla, Of Indi-
auei Mr. Arnold of Rhode Island; and Mr
Hicks, Of Mlryland. Nov, Mr.. Wall, bsing
well known as Constitutional lawyer and a
gentleman profoundly versed IN history aud d.
plomsey, was the man Of 81 others for the com
mit5ee on foreign relations. But he was a Dsu1
ocrst. Moreover, he had recently made a speech
IN Philadelphia in which he said that he went
to the senate to sdvocate an honorable psaee.
He is consigned, therefore, to the insignificant
and unlmportant committee en- patents
Mr.. Turpis IS gentleman who is well ac-
equalnted with naval affairs, which nei her of
the other two gentlemen are. But he is a Dsm-
oerat. Heis, therefore, shuffisd off on the com
mittee on public lands. Mr. Arnold a gentle
man who hss made tle public lands bis study
Tor years, and who could be useful Oh thst com
mittee is placed on the committee on naval af-
fairs, where he will be completely at sea- And
Mr. Hicks, man who has tha law of patents
and patent rights at bis fingers ends, aud who
would be worthy to be even chairman of that
committee, is put upon the committee on for
eign relations, ABOUT which he knows absolutely
nothing. The radicals calculate that Mr, Hicks
viii be led BY Sumner, and viii vote as be di
reets and that Mr. Arnold VIII be the humble
follower Of bfr. Hale.
EEDERAL REPORTS FROM MIDDLE
EEEA ESSEX.
Special Correspond nee Of the Chicago Times
MURFREEsBoRo', Tenn, January l6.-After
the storm has come the calm, aud the army Of
the Cumberland IS IN camp. making ready for
farther advance into the very heart Of the rebel
Affairs in MuTfreesboro are quiet, not enough
Of secessionists being left here to make thsir
looking after job of any special interest Not
moro than dozen or so Of their families re-
NAMED here as our army took possession. The
country near by IS thoroughly stripped of pro-
duce anH live sfopir. b7tf Ia fha sutsrio- rsfl;r