New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-07-29


,,sa that Captain 70 be tried end shot because he had
al made rrcnter efforts 20 defend tho town. Tow
JIee thus punished ss the highest Of crimes at once
leased TO exist in The army and his soldiers gained vic
vr;es which seem TO he almost miraculous. VIII
co men ho defeated H. 900 Austr.ons at ArcO'a, and
finally with his cannon laundering almost at the gates
sfvionua, 10 compelled Austria to.mhke peace with
tho French Republic which was of the most adyan'
sgeons character 10 France, whose boundaries were
carried by IL 20 he Rhine while Austria was s'T'ppes
eimany valuable provinces.
without quoting historical examples. u must "'"
rarsnt In the most casual reader that unity OF aco
concentration Of command in the hands OF Siug!e
header and concentration. not dispersion OF FORCES Are
each aud all indispensably requisite 20 success
In tts war We have sadly violated the fundamental
,ues but without dwelling farther upon them, desire
70 call attention FOR a moment 10 the almost criminal
sensons which have prevailed at the North through
a., the war and which have been kept MP ii they were
no, originated by the newspapers.
The pernieous effect of en- article. such rs that pub
hed Oh the .th page first and second columns Of TIE
gord Of Friday last dhe t5tf July ns). scarcely
b. under estimated.
ne World said in spoaking Of y interview hewcea
Ne writer Of the communication AID Rebel officer
nd II is worthy Of remark that the facility Of commu
Iicstcn between tie writers for TIE Hc5,a and the
Rebels is very great and that they often avail them
Slves Of i) that the Rebel officer said. "That AZ the
battle Of the wilderness Grant maSsod his men and
hurled them against impregnable works, time and time
again. when IL could not but have been apparent TO him
that 40 sts chance e1isted for ain % dchaPs ht troops
IA tst Lat by snch sacrifices The slaughter was so
great that the Union dead piled in heaps and tho
Confederate troops hssa,ed cosiinse s firing against
10
Frequently he heard them Grant for his 5af5ary
in exposing his m,s 10 suok tesrfal c0raage.
An this is said to prove the general allegation made
little above in the same article that Ancther reason
they have for thinking this campaign win close the
~ they state it, is that Ger. Geont Eiaaorly
,plrRg of the oss If his soldiers he iH up al
the men you (we) can raise 10 keep up the army"
II might be thought by some from this isolated pas
sage that perhaps the article is uoensiVe ss il merely
states these matters the opinions Of Rebels 20 whom
the editor had great feeling Of hostility as either
you. Sir myself Not however, for the editor
has taken great pains 10 commend the Rebels highly IN
the same article lest their opinions should NOT have all
due weight He says. in a preceding passage OF the
same article "Ibiece hare Gi'eddy stsed ai tas BE-
aacier Of fRs R5,ls sovGrd residents of The country
through which they passed esn:iesany ena eosT-
teors The under Early, with very few exceptions.
rage the feelings Of anybody; and even when insted
ty foolish persons orcbore 20 resent with bitterness.
All this is said in comnendstion of the murdereT'
and horse thieves and thieves IL every sort who fol
lowed Imboden and other guerrilla leaders, and who
have recently sVarmed through Western Maryland
cu who robbed the stores and banks md levied black
mail on the towns only but who stripped the cloth
ing off their prisoners, taking everything down 70
Cen Franklin's hat at time when hs was qnte ILL.,
and stripping the passengers In the rsof their more
their clothes their shoes IN Ills gsAii.aniy and eour
sou.p style while others stoe the trunks ard Tomens
sresses even refusing Mrs. Bradford leave 10 take her
tothes still others robbed the farmers OF their horses
cattle sheep hogs chickens and poultry OF all forts
This the writer of tho article well knew, and yet he
,ouches for their "gsaseaiy aud courteous depori
ment FOR the purpose Of giving weight TO the statement
Of Grants inhgmany, Grani's brutality, and the EnT
der Of his soldiers by thousands al the Wilderness,
and all the other ialsehoods with which that article
sbound Grant, whose splendid strategy Is tse thome
Of The unbounded praise OF All the miitsr. critics oil
Tie land; Grant, who is dealing deathbSns to the Re-
beon at iis very vals. mas, be ay thoy) injured n
much rs much as possible. Hence, at time when a
fresh call il made by tho President ior vVo meDat
sueh tine the loyal Horld hnsteDs 70 publish taxing
care 10 Mace tho words in rho mouth Of Rebel officer
but one Who is gcbUrnanlS and tvufN7"tr' h"'
Grant Is an "inhuman Z" monster, who 'inasFes HIS
men, hurls them against Inpregnebie works which II
YVES certain they could not take The words nre placed
IN the mouth Of Rebel that the editor may excuse
himself with the fiy apology shat they are the Ian
suage Of Rebel and do not pprpor TO be his own state
ment but be vouches strongly for their Truth as II
they Rad been made in direct terms by himself Tho
object OF pub fishing such article at snc time il is
difficult TO perceive A boder effort " prevent men
from oinpg the army beeD mode since The va,
began nor one more sklfni AID ingenious; and 10 Is
calculated TO produce greater Impression, 10 create
more dissenson induce des-riions aud prevent en-
listmeus than II the charge had been made in dreci
terms by the editors Yet the editors Of Tie World
claim 10 DO War Democrats, and they ciaiu Tor then
paper that 1t periodically susisins the war.
Isubmit these passages from The World without fur'
,hcr comment. They their own commentator. 10
Others they may harmless 10 me they a,e the Ut
terances OF Open fragrant Others may deem il
great crime 10 suspend s1ch paper Tor day; 10 me
J, seems clear that il shod 90 suppressed stogetheI
see By to-days Ford thai another eavIt is made 10
discourage tho negroes and prevent them from 'nIsiDg
quote single sentence, which bIesles lie spril Of
The whole it is pant Of the heading Of the article iG
largo letters DGrkiss s1 fon; ;iot }ases nsy
is0v az LOas'
Neither Napoleon Wellington, Washington nor any
great military commander would have permitted such
paper to be published day sfer Publishing article
with such manifest irtent and Il is than pIoba-
bic that their utteranec would have the editors
their lives IN either Russis Austria, France. not
even in England Horne Tooke was convicted 81 the
of sentanc1J tcr the publication