Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1864-07-28

~h'aS 1900 - a-.oy 70 Gen Haeok that that ooer
drew up remonstrance to the President, a.. tSu. pi
an inyestig alton OF his conduct de also az pi
should not be retained among tho oouhsoule VI Wy e.
dent in case the charges proved to be uniounded om
the matter will end is not known, but " - ai az itta
that Gen Haleck will 90 before MT blar, o. 'no SaSt
has become Mr. Lncoln's second self Inero no uouu'
at all that these rumor of dsgraceul quarres In Ihe
net and among the immediate advisers Oh inc rosaon
have but too much foundation IN truth
We shall not undertake to sift these rumors ior
the purpose of proving their AUTHENTICITY even
we had the means of doings so. We advert 10 theiii
simply for the purpose of saying that 1t Is na..0
of great inconsequence, in our judgment, wha' VI.
Blair may have said or not said under the iriisa-
tions natural to one who had just been caiieu "
suffer individual loss as well to feel, IN common
with the great moss of his countrymen, aeeP
sense of modification at the events WHICH, ~na'-
ever may be said in extenuation OF them, reneoteo
SO little credit on the alertness and energy OF the
military administration The fact that ne Is q
member of the Administration under which sucn
events have taken place might perhaps Justly serve
to make him only the more sensitive to feehng OF
shame and indignation at their occurrence. Inc
sentiment attributed to him, whatever may De the
justice of its application to Gen. Halleck, ABOUT
which we know nothing and affirm nothlng,) Is one
which he shares in common with the great mass OF
the American people, without regard to poiihoai
divisions or official stations, and it would De great
ly to misconceive the height of the argument aP-
propriate to such transaction if the President
should suffer the petty personal aspects OF tnl'
question to hide from his view the grave concern
ment of the nation in this matter The nation
does not particularly care to know how Mr.. Blair
appreciates the military administration, but 1t does
want to know how it came to pass that Mr. Blair
house could be burned almost under the walls OF
one of the forts Of this city by an invading force
which entered Maryland through the valley OF tn
Shenandoah If this force was small, as some per-
sons contend, why was it not sooner repeled Ii
it was large, as the War Department prefers us to
believe, why was not its approach sooner discover
ed and its magnitude ascertained in time to pro-
vide for the adequate defence of the city These
are the questions which concern the nation. what
Mr.. Blair may have said-we know not the pre-
else terms ascribed to him-is important only as
serving to indicate whether he felt as others felt
and spoke as others spoke under the deep impress
sion produced by events which were supposed te
have shed disastrous lustre on our military adj
ministration We may gather the evidences Of
this feeling, as is well said by the candid New York
Observer, Ca religious journal which carries the
obligations of truth and piety into the conduct OF
its columns " from our own consciousness, from
the speech of the people with whom we come in
contact, and from the sentiment Of the newspaper
press, particularly of the papers that are the most
hearty and outspoken in support of the Govern
ment, the Administration, and the War The
feeling is natural, reasonable, and inevitable
And where there is such community OF deep feel
ing we must expect to find its expression infinitely
diversified with more or less Of emphasis, accord
ing to the different tempe,aments of individuals