New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-04-09

corded that sought for the Hon. Henry Wilson,
Chairman of the Military Committee Of the Senate,
and for the Hon. NJ. +. Odell. one OF their own
body, thinking that they would be the prop
err and useful depostories of such information.
The Committees evident purpose 70 iaslen on
the public mind an impression that Gen. New
ton and / intended TO iDjure Gen. Burnside, has
extracted from them artful and untrue narration
of what occurred at our interview with the Presl'
| dent Your own partialities, Mr.. Editor, seem TO
have suggested an acceptable designation Ter eaen
effort Of the Committee to this end, when you sih
| TO one of them tue caption; "GtDs. C0clrd ana
Newton try TO prejudice the President against Burn
side" and to the other, "The Generals prevari'
cate.' have no copy Of my . evidence Co.
nor have I seen Gen. Newton but 1 TO-
knew nothing of Gen. Burnsidss plans; that
knew only OF the dispired condition OF the troops,
and the sense Of necessity which depressed them ana
that recognized 1t as duty, to communicate THIS
knowledge to those whose duty it was TO apply H.
Tins much testified, that had said to the Presl'
dent and then further said to the Committee that
had have been the depOsitary Of the commanding
Generals plans and tho possessor OF facts when
would necessarily have bafed those plans. and have
involved the army in irretTieyable ruin, would
have considered it lees than treason not TO have
disclosed the facts-that was impressed that another
defeat then aud there would have been fatal TO our
cause and that it was upon my deepest loyalty that
l had spoken-that the geese had, doubtless, ais'
turbed the sleeping Roman sentinel, when their
"A rm saved the capital from the Gauls but that
had never heard that the geese had been punished
for disturbing the sentinel though had head that
they had been honored for saving the State. And,
Mr. Editor, President Lincoln it seems, was not re-
gardless OF this historical lesson. Gen. Burnside,
the committee say, approached him with the request
that be would approve General Order No. 8. This
order dismissed IRON the service aud relieved OF their
commands twenty general officers OF the Army OF
the Potomac who had disturbed Gen. burnside. AT
the head of this list stood the significant name OF
Gen. Joe Hooker. Ponder the result. Gen. Burn
side was relieved, and Gen. Hooker was ordered to
command In his stead. The moral OF the old story,
YOU see OF the sentinel degraded and the geese come
10 honor.
IL is quite true, Mr. Editor, that your own preju.
dices cooperate with those which contribute their
color to the report of the Committee. neither 40
cept nor denOunce them. Whatever their character,
their omission not only, but their invocation to jul
dicia, councils is not merely unseemly, bu! Is un.
wise. l am not sure that such an exhibition Will
not 20 far TO disturb the confidence OF its readers in
the conclusions Of the report. II ought to- An
overwhelming majority OF the American people are
will never be believed that patriotism and loyalty
are in any degree composed either oil Mcclellan
phobia Burnside rash.
Our cause is too pure and too great TO be draggled
at the heels of any General, Commander-in-Chef,l
or Minister of War Our country is all, and all the
rest as nothing To that country, aud her demands,
Generals and Commanders and Ministers must bow.
Commend me this truth TO certain functioaartes ut
Washington.
York April o. 1893. JOHN CoCKRASE.