Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1863-08-12
The Presid eut and the Southwest.

With, the iaA OF NlcNSDarg. Inc inquiry u " 20 S'0
vide scope but i; viii not reach tle RAJ cause Of the
disaster that gives rise it. Yicks6urg is lost. that
rnigat have been saved. How ? Unden;a6ly, by cav
iyq he River and the Valley OF the Mississippi tba.
mad not have been lest Whose fanlg is il that they
wee los.l Not Pemberton's. Whose them Per
hans &c nav determine before have finished this ar
tel But after al was lost except YeLsb1Iy aud Port
Hudson. il cannot be doubted that they might have
been saved If they had been propsiy psOvisoned ano
eouipped and under command Of Generals OF trieo
ability courage and 6ieliiy, who POSSESSED the eonh-
denoe Of the men. Whose fault vas it that VcEshurg
Wss 10. thus supplied and thus commanded How did u
happen PeubeTOn mp she hsads OF tried
meg. frem The post Of Colonel without having been
ulder IRE or near battle, through the successive
grades Of Brisadier General Major General and Lieut.
Gpsrsl sad placed IN command o; Yc<sburg, in ypi;e
o. tas protests and kept there needless Of the yemon
s,ralces, # hoe most iaurestodf What : a2Od o.
HUT might lot be thrown upon that gloomy bu ines
a he curt Of Inquiry perr.i.tsd TO examine into
the whole disastrous policy tia. has lost The magnh
c.al Valley OF tbo Asis.Pp, and especially tn nc
lives and considerations aha. led 70 tho remarkable
lection OF commander fos yieksburg uiracuiOusl
Dr. NOTED 20 give ain the requisite sDk
The AGssissippiea, lors tine friend and EupPor.e
Of ,he Presdi nt says;
I'VE do not hesitate to say that there is HOthnr
70 lose by The assertion shat g0ner ever possessed
~ H. /. CO hdeLee Of either the sny OF Ihe people -
a.. Pembsrtoo. Add 20 this slmpa fact may Dc at
y pn.-i tta HisilF Esic5 tel UJ0u lae cOanTry
tlrough his instruDsutslly.
IEs President gas uaTlSd cf ne p5 &; ttslaT '-5rf
p,.staed al cess typ'rd GtHsTg Ps1rb,Tt9n ana
4 ed 90 ssadg igda ia i-l al cOlta tTsi lf Pan
AZ ton ,oss retained AID hi aork has been Gceya liSkst
I'VE have sad that u1yer doubted the loyalty
eelsral FcubertCn, IN; thu rislins il bis charge th'
KEY 90 he .hole enicg ysley Of TIE Ass.s-i7p Va
peculiarly uiortui ats-it "a, An 49, which has brCugn
u)cn us al The WCsst con usnces which Tcrs feared
Had he been A STRAIGHT out tFli-Ur--hsd no been
eep5c ally TO destroy the eolcTyhad Il been rally hi
densn - sell h. couafrT hes bcen ialssly chsIg-t
~ GO uCs see bow ne c,Uid have mcrC ShCc,uSlN a.
complishsd The nssion than ~ TIE s-y lac managed.
"Ihe country can neVur be .oashs 70 Se.eye I. &c Il
true-besrted zr,Jo, Soutisa General bad been place,
n command Of that depn .ment-sueh man a. Beau
regard Lopgs.r e. Pric- o. BrrcsDgidge icks0uIf
would have Dsr invested s,u OJy ten ds. provisions
for its garrison"
Tls Is about the mildest Ii guage that reaches u
from me valley OF the Mississippi And whatever d,
tsrers may whisper IL he Of power iniaole sell
suciency nay suggest the ez Led and pgundered peOpe
of that reedessy sacrificed country have reason 70 com
plain The marvel is that they have home rjls,ice and
indglity With so much lAlienee snd bravery. T sy
have been shaneluy neg eeied and usussd Not only
have the men in whom they uost relied Price and Beau
regard for example the Ers, o. whom ne nI:usa
defender Of the Upper, While he secO0d the chosen
champion OF the LO~tr lIey and specially the great
city Of New Orb ans-uOt only say, we're these grea
and beloved cLefans removed IRON their proper heid
Of service but system has been Pructied Of sending
ca t.lT and incompetent. oae 10 the SouthWss, and
so perseyered in as snos' Justify the conclusion tha
iaco-psncy has been deemed the chief If 10; the only
o.aissaton for comma in that region.
Hola e. sjected from Lees army, sEs promoted and
sent to the Southwest. Nsgrudsr, dhEed by the Pres
ileut and believed Sy him 70 be Incompetence belle,
no. shared by rs-Els tai rom Lees army AID sent
to the Southwest. Jos. p. Johnston, dshked by the
President and cha ged wi;b lack Of discipline, and
preference Tor lodging rather than Sighting, sent
the Southwest Rains, eject d from Lees army, tried
at the head Of toe Couscrpt Bureau and Ound wanting
WIS cent 70 the Souhses.. Taylor, ros bo"gh: to BE-
possessed Of SUPERIOR o1ascaions, vas sent TO the
S)u,hwest. Hindman, brave bos Iju heiOus, was re
tuned in TIE Southwest against the and repeated
p,osss Of the Arkansas degaiOn, until his pIeSsoee
nearly caused an srrSctiOu. Lowell, Northern man,
10, from New York was without hesitation, sent 10 The
South 7rest Van Dorm p,cTsi Incompetent al Pes Ridge
AID CorntF, vas retained IN the Southwest Until shot
By d. Peters Hes p cd aae ioC1d wanting At Lewis
bur- vas sent 70 he Southwest AID Kept there usdl
to.ih opened Pls-e o. him 70 Less army where be
Vas promoted a. .1s fret OF fortrnity, While EpPa
Hun,oo, Who had fought bsve- and kllluy ir every
bats IN Yrgais Sad Maryland is tbis day just What be
vas wher The war began Colonel FembertOn,
Northern nan psoved rconpeteut by hls mad proposal
70 bl1W ID Sumtor and Aou.irie the best mode Of
defending Crarl ION, WAS p.onOsed AID sent to The
Southwest. u. 3. Eli, proved incompetent at seven
Pines and eses eve, vas Promotsa and scot 70 ths
Southwest
Other instances might be aided. These sDS&e to
sho. that mer. and capacity PROVED By sexual trial N
the 6yd bavs not b,el tie tests Tor Commatd in The
Soa.hsesL No! fsvoritism ana the insane idea that
anybody would DO for the Southwest have TSled the
day AMI viii continue To Iuls some esal steps
taken By the people sad the Pess 70 pas sudden
and complete sop folly 60 criminal Tie plan Of
loekirg The stable do9r alter tbe is goness IL
the Of HErdee, sent 70 take PeIrbsflOns placed
a. adj having star cd ~ d. the same thing Il sc may
believe r,ports-Wiil not a.. TIE case Of the Syuth
wesg nov critical in the extreme, and the only chance
Of lie salvation IL in abandoning ibe system hitherto
fOIswed in regard to that part Of the eOufederaey.
"Ho= IS il po sb,s" asked journal in the interest
Of .he admins tr4cu the Othsr day that the President
should ts indiF rent he fate Of Mississippi as
Safe, or could b. seis.,o he saG.fag8 Of lis owl
peopei7 Thsse a.e g.. l. he cta.a cter Of men
who deem thsnsely,s gr Al good, vh.sh il eject rem
DIR tben.he worst o. hs human species. Seeh are IN
ordna.s Vanity pride Of oPlaiOn, ssl-sufheisnOy,
iansisd htuitive knOSlsdgs OF men, combined with
yssty spies and jsaOUsiss RVstsrass PEludisss aud