Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1863-10-22

tho people shall not m'A''u" - nv 49,.
.,,emutiop 10 write ne into a military
hero" This q VITA, Ab.aham Ls'o'ls
.o;d n soeech in Congress in 1870, |
Ale, ,,.sas5@ %5fouttsen years ty
some ,em srkable l,eak OF fortune maj
same man was placed in the P'esi'sentia'
chair and Y.ssnsd tyiyiFtae OF his 20
.i,ion, tie command of the army ana
nays-1A~sss .v.ry viay-for TIE once
happy, prosperous country. Ever slact
his ,uengnrA sioa the country has been
epgsSE % in sincs, bloody war; boteh
sensible writer's have granted the re-
qucs. made BY Mr. Lincoln years before,
aud above quo,ed, ard haye- never been
simple or traculcn cnoughAic write NM
down" "a mi tia y hero" Even his STE
pendiary press Of his own !aTty are ~
SONG instances pert ely obislons TO
any military talen. that this admins.
tralIon una. sposse, Am.n possessing
q modeumof military skifi, having in
his possession snch yast res a ces in
men and money, coald have brought
this war 10 eIoSs ~ onshs ego. But
jntrc seems to De an entire deaitb OF
brnns a. Washington as 10 the man
ner IN which tie war sbo I'D be carried
on.
The following article from the C,n-
cinnati caze:te, a thorough ,cgub.icaI
organ, shows how l,t!,. tonad nee Il ere
ia reposed in Mr.. Llncol S military abll-
lily even in his own psrty:
It did not require y ~ L.asy ~Ins,he
malical ling ITO ccfnpIshend the
magui uie Of the campaign iuto Gcorgi,
aud East Tennessee e, nor the lfnpoIt mt
result t. be achieved by L. sue esa, Tor
the conseq ienc. OF iaiure. 1t was an
undertaking worthy OF al the IN mary
resources the Government bad il the
West, aud wh7'c aceompi ehmcut would
have been q gre, tx aiylaon OF the ln.ii-
taty power OF the nation. It, success,
would have been vital bow 10 The re
bcIion. Il. failure word pro sact the
war ano hessseason, aud add u line Of
fortresses o tho NATURAL dflicpItvs in
the mex, campaign. When NIcksbu,g
fellthe public graz ii'alon was scarce y
greater over that sac' ess than the re-
lease OF goat amy fr IN the siege OF a
rlac 10 unre IN the dec .i.e ,mpsisn
into tn cents, Of the great rebel ar
mics. Tae peope 'oohed 10 sc Grant 3
army uol edsto Rose IA =, Bnroeiae's
corps rcfu hbd, AID lii army strength
ened, d tie Combined movement INTO
Georgia aud + =, ieune.s, +, once he
gun, whale the army Of the i ,t,inac
would CO. pc ate, ard pace mote y tue
issu- with Les army lie these sin,
ultaaeous operators deprived It OF t e
advantage Il prev pise eol I'D of
draw,nl tenforc, r,euts without limit
K from .tner qgartrrs.
Tie peotlc were ae'orishe1 to see
Gra"t's army fst|fe.6 n~aV ~ scot-
ter.ng ea.espr2wS. md u 4 {, ha.eya sent
of on ReW expedition 10 T..rds, While
No ecri WAS pushed torwa 4 on this
decisive "a p~isn unsupported by any
'
4 prevent tie concentration Of a seperior
4 force against hia. We care nothing for
N the putri 6 controversy about the words
which shall be- applied to the result Of
the engagement, nor for The attempts #
N jon mails WHO failed 10 place the facts be-
fore their readers al! they were old, TO
fasttv them, nor about tie Chinese am.
Jatio" Of acriters for TIE p,ess TO make
great IN rGt uictory ont Of 4 nsutefial
yeus"Ss. The fact Is plan tn e.e.bedy.
They canpot write away its eject on the
rehes mr. on oseigu powers 4. he's en-
courayed tie conf,detotrs, and hoken
tie mr. bJro conrict'on Of torsiyn cptn.
!. ! u Mh Tie natieatai integrity mouH G
\ mGintdned. Nor can they by the most
skill III manpu, Al Oh OF soids write into
readiness tor sctioa the 1900 brore soi-
diers, hfil,d, rounded aad pri onsrs in
Mut btttic, uer sesfore tie 'mnt9hSc de-
strnck5oa o material ard elajp8tcat.
When they Do either OF these, we VIII
praise their fits till eciro shal repeat.
IL To hear that sIu4i taneah.ly T. x.,e-
dition to Tex = met a cpHlse, and tarG-
ed abof,ive, did not tend ~ soo,ha the
public feeling. Nor w.;is-lt m,nc teu
by the Washington represe ,,ioue,
NV whether trua or false, that burnside was
to take 4 st Tennes c, and then rapiiiv
Join Rcsscrans. This sounded too Duch
+ like Ieay ne the loya inhabitants # that
Nj district of couatsy. in v Lich, at all ulh-
w ers, orr pccupat on stcn.1 take 70 st p
n ba. k9srd, - 'he, il.ic 80 OF returned
|& rebel troops. | crnni.thc snc, sci yha,
EE. the occ psion o. E st 'i'e,ne sec, which
n our MI tsIy manag ment mas os pons
/ for SO long, l. thug th@t caa he one
I by ilyug Wis or q Il Il II. toscc. Ii
T was an ,upottaet Undertaking, and i:
L1 demanded a trong an!terman, force.
\ Bprnsiae's army an. rone Too ur.h Fl.
4 that, u CROUCH. tasst5f
EE Criticism Of the MANAGEMENT which
Fl brought a .cut TINS reveise. i, Of al. 9th
3 ers, mos, fee from impn;atl, 81 after
thou ht he measures which tie IN
tei,iaent I.nbIic exp, ctel I, J., tax II 10
Rosecraus' amy asspon IL Gran, : was
relieved from thee sage u Noksba,y,
ore s,o,c taken to renl ,ce he estruct,on
n / Of q reverse. aid to renew tie cam, aigm
7 under many d AaaA etsges, am ne
4 which is that + he best camp, On o
/ season lost. 1t does not reqissr- an l.
ucs,ion in military ,,on.ne, nor the ex.
perience OF u reverse, to s.e that rnch a