The Camden daily journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1864-1864, 1864-08-13


willy Gen. Dick Taylor was rclicycd:
Several cases have been assigned for Gen.
1aylors being relieved of his command, misun.
dcrstanding with Kirby Smith, irnrrudcntly
publishing that he vas. about to start for New
Orleans, becoming mitlcd with General Smith
,or dlsapprov'nS of his expedition to New Or
leans and refusing the rcinlorccmcnts he callcd
Tor that expedition. The most probable and
doubtless tho true reason has come to our
knowledSe. 1t seems that he fought the battle
or Pleasant Hill contrary to orders, whereby hc
tailed to lave in the fight about ten thousand
ol hls army. lie was ordered to fall back and
toll on Banks till he got to range of hills about
sixteen miles in tho rear Of Pleasant Hill, a
most admirable position. Here lie could have
had tho additional ten thousand men aludcd to
~ the action, and would almost certainly have
been able from position, and numbers to have
a:nnlhated the Yankee army. lie gave battle,
100 soon and without his strength, and although
il great victory was achieved, the large bulk Of
Banks army escaped back to Alexandria. and
during the retreat laid waste the country
Again, Gen. Smiths plans were laid not only
TO utterly destroy the army, but to capture the
ahkce gunboats and transports above the fails
near Alexandria, Which could have been done
II The battle had come of in the admirable DO
s,t1on selected. With that army DESTROYED and
the possession of those gunLoats, the Niississp-
pl GOULD have been restored to our control, in
cluding New Orleans, Baton Rouge, Port Hud
son, Natchez Vicksburg and Memphis. It is
obvious to every one what change would have
been wrought by following ont the. campaign
planned BY Gen. Kirby Smith. It's effect upon
the future conduct of the war canuot be over
estimated; it would have proved tic ground
coup ae cfat OF the war; and in our opinion
would nave done more to bring about an early
peace than anything that has. 1t is not worth
while to eliminate, for its. important bearing is
potent to all.-sNontgomesy 4ldw.iiser
We find in one of our exchange papars Tho
tolIowng scrap of consolation for the wcarcrs
OF dllapidatcd garments:
AllsERtEs OF New CoAr--No lovel of H.
dependence ventures voluntarily on new coat.
This is All axiom not to be overturned. unkc
the safety Of stage coaches. The man who pioues
himself on the newncss of such an hibiimcpt is
till time hath "mouldcd 1t into bcautv''.-ts
slave. Wherever he goes, he is harasscd bv
the apprehension Of damaging it, Hence he
loses his sense Of independence, and becomes
"a scrf! How degrading! To succomb to
ones superIors is bad enough, but to be the
martyr OF few yards Of cloth to be the helot
OF q nght nj; to pc shackled by the ninth
iTac'lon OF man; to be made Submissive to
Inc sur INC dust, the rain, and the snow; to
De panlc-strlcken by the chimney-swccp to be
scared oy the dustman to shuddcr at the adj
vent of the baker to give Precedence to the
scavcngger; to concedc the wall to pcripatetic
conveyance Of eggs; to look mp with awe al
the apparition of a gisgssIiny servant girl wth a
slop pau thrust halfway out of garrct win
dow to coast the gutter with a horrible an
t'clpation OF consequences to faint at the visi
tation OF shower OF SCOT down the chimney
to De compelled to be at the mercy of each and
al .hese con;tingenccs~-can anything in hu-
,''.n % nature DC so prepos'erous, SO disgraccful
truly great mind spurns the bare idea Of sucb
slavery; hence according to the "Suballcrn,'
Ne''''g.Gh e, liberated Spain in a red coat cx-
traVas"nt ovcr-cs1imand at sixrcncc and Ma
polcon entered Moscow in green coat out at
the elbows.
Atrator is good fruit to hang from the bougl;s
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