The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-07-07
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Gea Bragg

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Here and there ia this wide Confedcrac,
there arises Mt times querulous note o
wonder at the fire Of bird shot, Mimic balls
and shells incessantly poured upon Gen
Braxton Bragg. Unacustomcd to miiitar!
operations, these amiable sympathizcrs at
tributc 10 the most uaamiable motive The
interminable assaults upon distinguished
chief. They insist that human nature dc
lights in having a victim, aud midiy rave
about iriastice aud persecution. Whst Nj
absurd calumnyl Bragg, |. Is true Is TAI :
get, but target is 1t fired upon from n'','.0
or envy Its object is to improve 'no sN'.i
of the marksmen, not to gratiiy any eV''
passious. We shoot OF Bragg TO OBTAIN &c
curscv OF aim when we draw bead upon
the Yankees. This is evident from The TACT
thai those who are most familiar with the
usa of the gun do not often exercise them
selves upon the target Bragg. l. is pr:nci-
espaIly civilians, taking the initiatory lessons
In the school OF arms, who pop away per-
pe,ually At this target. AS cheap and
e,sy school OF practice for cockney sports
men. Bragg Is Invaluable
We cannot say we are sorry for Gen. BFaX-
ton Bragg. L; lie probably not agreeable 10
serve his country in that way. But no kind
of public service Is at this time agreeable
lie should bear In mind that the process
which infiic!s pain upon him affords salts
faction to q large number OF his fellow be-
iugs. N ,thing Is more consoling under ad :
verse fortune than to be able to lay the
blame of it upon some Objectionable indi-
vdual. A ready solution of any misfortune
Of the Coniederacy is found in the utterarce
Of three STANDARDIZATION Bragg. Docs
anybody fall back 1t is Braxton Bragg Is
anything evacuateds Bragg Is the evacua-
tor Is any hug rot yet evacuated? Bragg
las ordered it to be evacuated at once. That
he had formed deep aid plot to fall back
from Tennessee to Atlanta, and thence TO
tho Gulf of Mexico, no one can doubt, OK
cept Joe Johnston, who says that Bcasgs
conduct Of the Army of Tennessee was skill
fall and soldierly. But Joe Johnston is
himself given to falling back, having fallen
back farther in Georgia than Bragg did,
and, moreover, not being civilian, Is inca
pable of forming n military opinion. In
fine, tits generally believed that Con. Bragg,
il permitted to have his way, would fall
back from and evacuate every position in
the Confedcracy except his Office Even
this, he has made several turove and fe]o-
NOUS attempts to dispossess himself OF, not,
1t Is conf .c!ured, lUm patriotic asd disin-
tereated motives, bs. partly be4aUss Il nas
The Only th.0g leis him which be G0u,t fail
na.k from, ami partly to depeve the public
Of the innocent 0l,ymens Of laying their
sias upon his shoulders.
We have heard Of somo considerable re-
forms introduced by Gen. Btagg In the ad-
ministratlon of affairs IN Richmond, and
particularly OF practical interest manifested
in behalf Of wounded private soldiers. Bu:
the aflirs of private soldiers are not inten- |
dei for the public eye. II Gen. Bragg will |
do his good deeds in private, he cannot ex-
pect the public to intrude upon his eeclu- |
sion. Lat him stand up firmly, like q useful |
and unilinchins target. 1t is the fortune OF
some men to DO pelted and perforated by
those whom they are seeking to serve But
the truly grea! can endure all this, and look |
for their reward to the conscious rcctitude
of their morals.