Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1863-05-14
morning in forced marches, towards

burg, they would have been, by We'd
ae.day night, behind the rebel entrench-
l. cnts.
TIE Great decisive battle Of the war
would probably have taken place on
Thursday, and would have cen fought
under very different circumstances from
those Of Saturday, Sunday and Monday,
where our army was beaten in detail.
The idea Of general who is on the
offensive, whose ayowed object 10 the
capture or destruction Of a whole army,
making six miles 10 thirty six hours,lust
in the most critical moment of his oper.
atoms, and finally, after entrenchlng
himself without being on the commnni-
cations OF his enemy, tells his soldiers
that the enemy has to IN away or to
attack HIM on bis own ground, where he
will destroy him, Las not lis parallel IN
m 1dern time.
Another quite as objectionable mis-
take is the sending away OF the cavalry
i in moment when q grea, battle was
nearly certain 10 happen. II was the
same silly conduct which made Melss
/ lose the battle Of Marengo. The caval-
~ ought to have formed the utmost
rrht wing in the large wheeling move
ment winch our amy performed, and IN
which the let wing formed the pivot.
/ cen. III okcr's operation is modelled on
the operations Of " urmser and Alyiuri,
III 1896, in Italy those OF Jourdan, IN
1893, at Stokach, and, IN quite modern
tlme-. on that of the royal Neapoltan
army, IN 1860, al the NoIturno. On the
contrary, Gen. Lee took a good lesson
tom the action OF Napoleon, the Arch
duke Charles, and Garlbaldi, on those
altf. rent occasions Gen. Ice has Ger
family gained for himself by this battle,
the name 81 one OF the ablett Generals
oi the present age
Il would he wrong 10 make General
Hooker alone responsible Tor this defeat.
We are told that his Amy is to b, IL
forced b. 10000 men rom W ashlngton,
aud by 10000 or 900 from Suffolk
l. il not strange that these troops did
not ION Hooker before the battle
W hat i the use OF 10000 idle men IN
Washington What is the use Of those
10000 on The Back alter Why are
some 10000 standing sentry in North
Caro,iast What have the 10000 done
yet mar tharleston
l. there rot common sense enough IN
our great Generals 10 understand that TO
keep thousands aud thousands OF men as
senirles 10 plcyent blockade runners
from coming into Southern ports ~ RI
dgcuous that it Is more reasonable to
mas all tho'e troops and TO crush with
this superiority the enemy's main ar
miee, because then the blockade runners
will soon find no more buyers for their
1ontr.banL goods.
But how could such reasonable act on
be eX pectcd from a Gsneraliu- Chief who
d lvanced against Corinth With snail
like pace TO undertake The seige of field
works which the rebels afterwards, nuder
Van Dom, did not hesitate moment to
storm and who sent Pope with 10000
mon to capture an army which he, with
100000 could not del al.
1t l. the same general who in August
last, gave Gen. Burnside the strange or
de, 10 stay quietly At Free cucksbure
with his tfoo s. meanwhile Pope was
defeated al Manassas. The same who
ordered Poe 10 retreat toward Wash
iueton instead Of ordering him to re
tlea, towards Salem and Berlin, which
would have prevented the battle at Ma
nassas and the invasion oil Maryland. Ii
is the same who gave the fatal order TO
Col Miles to hold IIarper's Ferry when
the rebels were already IN Maryland,
aud when, thereby, Harper's Ferry had
lost all Importance.
Have there pot been useless hutcheries
and failure OF operations enough to war
rant finally the adoption OF sound mill
tary plans Till this is done, we can
only hope that fortune will once more
smile upon the country OF freedom.
am, sir, yours, very truly,
+. ScnALK.
RATHER TKucuLENr.-Th New y rk
Tribune, referring to the panic sirick
en- Eleventh. llowAtn's)iat ChancelIors-
vile, SAWS We trust that swift lust-
ice will oycrlake the regiments that
broke that II u be deemed too rig.d Il
shoot a,,na ali, they may at least be
declmalcd aud then dissolved
porG Pms i dying. The question
It his successor i. being already sigor.
oasy discussed. Cardinal W seman, OF
Euglaud, is said though we can hardly
believe ito the favortto candidate OF
the salons of tho fapbourg St German.
A Washington special to the
Herald says There is u loul cutlery
for the restoration OF George +. Nc
Cle.iAn 70 the position 81 Geacrai-in
ahicl.