The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1863-05-20
Gbe Cabi5 Stntinel

Would that Democrats everywhere
felt and talked as does the Editor of
the Steubcnyille Union. Last week 5
Cadiz Republican.
nsy~ As the editor Of the Cadiz
Republican is, just now at this very
particular time, very much in love with
the editor Of the Stcubenville Union,
will he please to publish the following
from the leading editorial Of that paper
of last week, and give US his opinion
Of it,
The SITUATION AND SUCCESS OF OUR
ARMIEs.-The news from Hooker $
army for the past week has been very
conflicting, so much so indeed, that we
have hardly been able to determine
what they have done. 1t is settled,
at the present writing that TT WAS A
DRAWN BATTLE with Lee. After all
the telegraphic dispatches ana orders
issued by Hooker, in the style of Santa
Anna, he has failed to accomplish what
he has boasted time and again he
could do; crush Lee S army and capture
Richmond; although if he had been
the General he said he was in his
testimony before the War Committee,
we see no reason why he could not
have done it. In his report, we have
the old story, that the rebels suffered
a greater loss than we did, yet he
RBTREATED before Lee and went back
to where he started from, as he says
on account Of it commencing to rain.
This is q very plain confession that he
was afraid of the bad roads sure to
follow a rain On the Peninsula, which
he thought was not sufficient reason
for Mcclellan not moving. The
difference then between the two is
simply this: that when it rained Nc
Cleilan stood his ground and Hooker
retreated as soon as it commenced
raining, showing conclusivcly that he
is not the General he advertised himself
before the War Committee and the
Nation. in his efforts to cast odium or
McClelIan's Peninsular campaign. On
the whole Hooker is regarded as 3
failure. There is not Il redeemins
feature in his spasmodic effort to whil
the rebels, except the cavalry rait
made by General Stoneman's cavalry
1t is a humiliating failure, and 81
regarded, especially as be said in hi
dispatches several times that had al
the men he wanted-that he had tn
''fnest army on the planet that h
had Lee just where he wanted him, an
that he would have to fight him on hi
own ground or fly. Well, so far a
heard from, instead Of Lee flying h
gave him battle on ground selected b
Hooker himself and compelled Hooke
to fly, and his army weakened tttee
thousand, as many as Mcclellan lof
in his whole Peninsular campaign.
~ Again Hooker says in his report c
the battle, that he had less than a thir
of his army engaged, and justi6es hi
retreat because he had not sufhclen
room to vancouver any more OF h
men. Recollcct, reader, he sclecte
his own ground, and said it was salts
factory. Curious people would hay
supposed if he was as great Gener,
as he gazetted himself, that he woul
have selected a position where h
could have brought all his men int
action. When General Hooker wa
asked the question before the committe
why the Peninsular Campaign was
failure, he answered for the want {
good Generalship. This answer no
must haunt him day and night. II
q campaign can truly be said to hay
failed for the want of good Genera
ship.
Do you think, Mr.. Hatton, that Il
above sounds ''loyal," according
your standard Of ''loyalty?' Plea'