The Chattanooga Daily Rebel. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1862-1864, 1863-08-06
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AN~-a~ Rt ttuNeat@t l4ith tAet-N
A Lsbii much 70 be derIorad at ihia .ishe
eharacterizes 100 many OF the situNioa =
editorials, and special army letters Of thd
hour. Many Of our contemporaries, sad haii
caoy representatives.. ianocently perhaps, bu
uoae The ess ioiiscreeny ia their zsal % fu
niah uli .niormsiioa tn their readers give IA,
minuesi pGticuars Of every thing occurring
in tie vicinity q tIe Army; the movement o
ttoSPr; lie uansier VI commanders; The mum
Der of f5rlihcatots pnd their character aud
position, elc TINS q decidedly improper.
Again, IN the criticism of he performance,
Of the commanders af our armies. ins aucet
aro presented Of the unpopularity Of some in
iividlal officer with the eoiiiers, in order Il
sii'iotaHiiate ri EivH wright 70 the judgment 81
the writer, and toe mos artful and iHgeniou,
practices Of tie petme resorted To- to increase
his disiavor with tao army, TO weaken his in
fuence with the troops under his command
and to prejudice the mind and alarm The fears
IF the public. Tbis is absolutely an impro
priely
And again, tlr motives Of a@ilain move
ments are epeouated 'Pom the absebce Of Of
ficefs are made ~. snl,ieef a. iiuuiry. Ihe Ia
tentions OF the enemy are too freely discussed
showing to him our most asssilahle points
aud :afiording tile most comfortable geographi
cal information. The impropriety Of lhf il
palpabIy apparent,
The privileges Of the professional ,mi lst
and of the special correspondent are abused
The fostering protection Of the Press, by ON
government; The implicit confidence reposed
III its Representative, ia the sanctm aud in
the field by tho military authorities; and th'
freedom OF the lines, the camp and the head
quarters, to the representative, are permit
ted, not 20 embarrass the plans Of our CONS
mahde,s, nor to anticipate the movements Of
our troops
The Cenfederacy today lejoces in free
press conducted by wen meaning, patriotic
and conscientious and honorable men. rs on
ly fault is its indiscretion. Not one journal Of
the South is entirely free from this fault. /
should be the duiy of the whole Press 10 rem
edy it,
Better, far, to advance he interests Of our
cause now, than to win the applause Of the
few, for bold Independence OF criticism, where
criticism is useless There is certain lnforna-
ton the public have no right to hear. We
best serve the public interests by protecting
the armies Of the people aud by Withholding
all information calculated to assist the enemy
in his schemes for our destruction. We have
been induced to these remarks from perusaI
Of the following sensible article from our An
gusta contemporary, the Chronicle:
lNDIscREM Letter WRTEBs. - We notice
that some Of the correspondents Of our newspa
pers, who arc making trips through HE South.
are very careful to describe al the government
works, manufacturing establishment \, machine
shops, &c, in places they visit Augusta in.
yarably gets her share Of these notices l'ne
immense value to the Conlederaey of the orks
here are d welt upon, and their worth some
'''HVn iiAf'tititliOb INV hhSo PiNl'V' llNliF
This is all wrong. These would be some
bodies" are great nuisance nay mire they
are doing great damage to the cause by giving
the Federas just The infJrml ion they wish 70
obtain. They point out to them the very
points where these raiders can do us the most
harm We object to any such Information be
ing published Persons who write such let.
tiers as we have spoken of ought to be arr, sted
as public enemies. The papers that publish
them ought to be severely censured at first
and il that does not change their course meas
ures should he adopted that will We are no
advocates of illegal force, but those 10 our
midst who ere continually giving the FederaIs
particulars IN regard to mat era they wish 10
learn about are orr worst enemies. IL is no
use to pursue kid glove policy with them.
Let citizens OF every place IN which Govern
nent worke, and other works valuable to th9
Confederacy are located organize as complete
ly as possible, and be ready for Federal raid
ers at a minutes warning. They may rest as.
sured that when raids are made, that they will
be made agar st ices that are Of the most
Importance to u.s. II is one great object Of the
enemy to do us all the damage they can and
they will do 80, unless we take the proper and
only method TO prevent Them. That is--be
ready to welcome them with warm receipt
ion.