Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1863-04-09

syed others from duty with tho army Of tho Potomac aud
81 pronounced seN'eA"r ~ delh upon drsertfrs
: ho hsd ~ tired ~ rony ccd
Gen Burns de- states ia he had come satisfied u at
II was absolutely reoe ,sary that snoh examples
should be made, 10 order 10 enable him To maintain the
proper authority The army uader hs commant he
order was duly egned and issued, and only waited publ
Gu ion Two or theeo Of bis mott trusted staff Office
represented Gen Burnside that should he then publish
that order he would force upon The President the
sy of at once sanctonng H. err by refusing bis approval
assum, an attitude of hostility to Gan. Burnside The
publication Of the order was accordingly delayed Tor the
time.
General Burnside came to Washington and laid the order
brore the President with the distinct that in
no other way cnud he exercise proper command the
army the Potomac and DO ked tho President TO
tim order accept bis resignation mtor general
The President that Gen. Burnside right.
but d-ca-d to decide without ting with some Of
his rdvisers To this Gen. Burn iie Piled that II the
President took time for consutainn hs would not be
allowed 10 publish Tia order Therefore ask.d to have
his resignation accepted at once. This the President
declined to do
General Burnside returned TO his camp. and again
tn Washington that night at tn rques of the esldt,
and th. next morning called upon The President Tor his
decision He informed that the Pre- dent d-chued to
approve his order No B. but had concluded relieve MIN
from thu command Of the army OF the Pntomac AMI TO
appoint General Hooker in his place. Thereupon Grn.
Burnside again insisted that his designation be accepted
This the Presid ut declined to do and after urging,
Gen Burnside consented 10 TAX leave o absence for
th ty days. with und rsandin that at tn end Of that
time, he should be- assigned to du'y as he deemed 1t
improper to bold commission major general aud r-c've
his pay without rendering service theref Gen Blu n
side hcted to tn. wording Of the ord which re-ved
hun from his comman aid which stated that Il was at
his rrqurst ing unjust TO him aud un ou ded IN
fct but upon the representation that any other ord-r
would do jury to tho he consented To lot IL remain
az IL then read.
The foregoing statement Of the fcts proved,
with the smony herewith submitted 30 fully aud rectly
meet The requirements OF the resolution rel FRED To them
that your committee deem any comment by them to be
entirely unnecessary.
CONCLUSION.
Your committee think it better submit the testimony
which they have taken In relation The conduct Of the
war without criticism to any considerable extent Of mill
tary plans and movements leaving each reader 70 form hs
conclusions from the testimony and such opinions OF
competent military men il may contain.
As the committee look back the struggle OF the past
years they feel tna aith nigh have not accom-
ished all that hoped and expected vi bin thu tim
still the great progress made gives ua full assurances OF
final success. H
When the Government took s first active steps toward
resist he rebellion, the rebels had been for more than
five months actively aud openly making preparations to re-
it its authority and defy jnrishet!oa. They had
usuped the control Of the machinery of one State Govern
met alter another and thus overa~ed the loa pope OF
those States. They had control OF the Federal
Government itself to make it not only uiesce for tn
time being, for its des ructOn, but
tribute to that end They had sez and lake into th ir
possession the and ons of war OF the Gov
eminent They had scattered aud demoraiz ID The army
and sent the navy the distant parts the world
There treason III the Executive Mansion treason III
the Cabinet in tbs Senate and tho OF R-p
rentaves treason in the army AMI the nasy, treason L.
every department bureau and office connected with he
Government.
Wbei thu new Administration came into power it was
necessarily obliged adopt with the gre.iet
caut n sea eey knowing fi-nd fom Ice. An army and
navy had tn be created There scarcely battalion
loyal national troops to protect the capitals and the st
# security in the capital was when the vouniee,
troops entered It, summoned from their hnm f,r its pro-
tectiun At ta- lime it with great difficulty that
the loyal people coul make themselves bslleye hat any
serious resistance to The authority of the GOverDmen'
would be ut empt-d There were not wanting tho VINO
con6den ly asserted that bit burst Of dis ~
nnted partisan spiri which they pred ct-d would yield
exhibition OF force, and determined and united
spirit tn part toe people of the loyal ates to sup
pre-sit Iustrad of such easy suppression W. have
spent two years almost, in wartro. We hav- thrown
iuo the field million OF men. We have poured out
rrsources like water aud find ourselves still engaged
in h fea ful st u.ge
But the national cause is not The only for which
false ant cipat,ns f,rmed-for which the present
condition of things presents srihn2 rtas with the
e,ry visions OF ITS uJportsrs Those who heard IN
gr and elsewhere the extrnva Of the plra
will know what their hopes, what their expsctaiins
speedy march upon the capital; speedy overthrow o.
the legal governments speedy subuisson Of pc pie 90
puslanimous to ntain their rights and speedy sub
lection OF the VIII lie ~ to The assumptions OF hr
sou b. were The prominent features Of their dtlasion.
The consprators tauRhG their penpls 10 believe that
it would not be on their soil. As y t. the hos.
tile foot has scarcey rod the 20 Of free State aud it
the soil OF the Stat IN reb lon that tie con-
test has mainly been waged
The rbels found themselves, almost without resistance,
In Of every fort aud harbor the sracoast of
the revoted States, EXCEPT Fort Pckens Pensacola har
Dor and the isolated Notifications AID harbors Of Tortugss
KY West They were, for the time bling masters
Of he territory o the rev I'd States of the depots
ais ard Qualifications OF the vernment, aud had high
hopes that all the SavshliDg Border States ud
be unite with hem The fact that OF these States
hold to day their true aud loyal position in tue Govern
ut demonstrates hat true patriotism and loyalty
confnrd to any cou of The country, aud gives full
surance that TIE will be ntaned, it. juri.
dction every foot of territory established an
our nationality vindlcated.
The events OF the past two years too fresh in the
memories If all to require recsp Vi ulaton
Your committee will, bow-v-r, buey call attention e.
the fact the Of active mil ary aud
naval opera Ia the winter and sprng Of 1862 almost
upt, success for Rht months attended all
sious, resulting in vast clnquests The triumphs of the
lowed by the victories md crnquess OF the AMY at n
Spriug, Fort ID ~ lson, and Roanoke Island. Mssoar
wrrnched from the rebel grap, and the ebe armies
driven into Arkansas where they were defeated ia
pitched bat lie at Pea Ridge.
BY the capture OF Fort Done on Ken ucky was perma
nently redeemed the capital Of of The largest revoted
States seized her great rivers laid open 60 tias
The rebel strongholds on the Mississippi Columbus leland
No. TO- Fot How together with Memphis, the most im
portant city If The ate fell into hands
The sutumn of ls6l bad Witnessed The important
tue of Hsteias and Port Royal by the navy These
followed through the combined operations Of
the army and navy, the winter and spring oil 1862 by
the capture f Roanoke Isl,ud and Newborn Beaufort
and Fort Macon, and by the rsdu ction n the important
Fort Pulaski, controlling the entrance t. the Savannah
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