Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-12-16
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RLcHa.sD. Dec 2 1854


10 The Editor Of re wig
IFuis pspe has bssa "ht'sa more thSn "eSs' DIT
b.z,nv besn confined 10 my room from Sickness !
nave been liable TO submit il TO your consideration
so0nsr.l
!, sasm, ths remarks into uhiea Was led 10 th
Communication you we're 30 kind as to publish IN the
VA n of The 3s ult we're based on miSspprehenslol
=, ,hs tspor of yoar article OF the day before, anse
TIA heading Of the "fhe Change IN the System Of
Wa, - OF course you do not have room, nor has The
subsot that engrossiDg Interest WHICH would AathonE
,a T., sxosct you 70 allow To continue the discus
ann ware 80 disposed; bat must ask the opportunity
Z, ,,ioia that it Inexperienced the tenor OF the AI'
sols IN QUESTION the most OF your readers, pio6sbi
flI into the sams error for when called the atten-
tim 10 it OF gslIlsmn Of tie Press OF very hfg'
rs,SiuE on u ssy cub os. be, al once took the ta'
ysv OF its scope OF PufPot that cid and then being
sbo.n M communication he REGARDED It as addressed
5;,aclV 10 the correction OF certain erroneous poPela
norions ecnosd In JOlT article.
You "a, Won had not sat 40 that Todlsben was u q
;ovsnto, Of earth works nor that 10 'eithsr diseo'-
"a ard new material or made any new aPPlclhon O.
=. tbs old - that you had not forgotten sandusEl
and NsU D lesas ana supposed OF course, that tie
srt Of constructing lid work. vas taught IN ever
o, military cIoCI In the W0r further, that ell IT.
mssnt Wss that IT ljlsben tlusht the value OF an oo
.. d,scbyssy and ca cid system which apparently hsr
l." been ovsrrG,sd "a sprint, doubtless, fer under
rsts5)
o,o.ed 10 the oulsss two paragraphs from your ar
iels vheb sppsSred calculated 10 Uislesd and give al
together wrong notions both 40 to "hst fodsbsn had
actually aeon plshed, sDd concerning the state
tie mIHtsry art before him. EadssJOsing to couec
the error, at least stimu a's investigation IN ths
right quarters. asserted that the celebrated works
n he FsuTic OhsrsOnsss not novel devices, then
for the .. time brought into play, but means OF de
rspes we'll Lnosn 10 the modern engineer aud such
cad BAN bsbtualy emp Oytd under the same oireuH-
stances in which the lssans we're placsd.
A nov understand you IL "a abOui the last branch
Of nv proposition, O0ly that 10 can differ. II yOu
v;l do ma the favor to re sd ny communications
Won must ob4sIvs, / submit, that, after 81, shat
tbe min idea sought TO convey. msy: that unde
lks nditiOLs WITH thOss which existed Al seo1seP0l
made msmoJs h by the daily journalism OF Rus ell
al KiuRiake st chs pjt no MATERIALLY different meth
od or system Of delsi had Lt erlo been employed
ssiue, The invention OF gunp1~dsr." o., In Otlsr
orda the vnts Of that sic 90 had not In a,y subsiaa
ti.l .sV taIgH military anything Of Cal dlnal
valus ar vbcl vas not az familiar 10 the profession
: told tale or ''lhe way TO Parish church."
Wih this you l. X isu shsn YOU =. assert In terms
bV What he did in the Cmea TOdlebsn taught (of
coprss IN military nen) the Vaue Of an oil dfeoIe:y
sud an old system which had apparently bssn under-
with soosss 10 DO iks,' IN sure cOul 'bSw abur.
daut instances Of D.els In mOdarn warfare which, Jaw
ing lsn in Vey much the tans shpAnon as ssDstto,
pei WSsp The allies appeared before h VsFs dsst'se