Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1864-08-10
Thc president AID Gen. Johnston.

Relieving Gen. JouSsroN OF the command OF
the t.my of Tcnnesscctnd placing Gen. HOOP
in his stead is N, ret cokimmcnse importance to
The ecr3try. Whether Tor good .r evil we know
not Mans reyrons. Wlcrs sucb:me as Presi-
dent .DAy,s md Gen. JfsErn EF5onSsroS differ
,s 70 the aSrduct of thdwar, we think it not very
modest in the Editor of.a newspaper to decide.
THAT Gen. JouNsroy is o man Of the highest end
most undoubtcd military capacity, that ne IS
pa,riot of The purcss and most devoted type, and
that. he deScrves the everlasting and unboIaded
gratitude Of the country, We presume no one Will
question. W.hilo we do not presume to decide
upon tho proprety Of sacha step, yet for very
many reasons we mustdeeply regret the necessity
wsich caused the removal Of such distinguished
ability. patriotism and virtue from the head Of
army in Gourgia. Tie iaoa however, of Mr..
d AVIS having been actunt.d in this affair by
netty personal hatred towards Gen. JosEru E..
JoYssroS is something t9o monstrous to be spoken
or written. The President we. doubt not has
acted in this. matter with alb due deiberation md
caution. Ho has the privilege of advising with
the highest military authorities of the ceuAtry-
as we'll with the lcsdins, Generals of the Army
in Georgia, so lately commanded by Gen. JOHN
sros himself, as,with those of the Army in Vir-
oin;s-and VIC have no doubt he has availed him
self Of this privilege. Tothink otherwise would
be t.esuppose that Mr., DAVIS is fool or mud
man, And If the weight Of military opinion in
tho army is decidedly iagainst Gen. JOHNSTON,
then it is plain that the president has only done
hi, duty in relieving Gen.J. of his command.
The President must be aware Of the very seri-
Gus responsibility which he assumes in this mat
ter. If any disaster, should occur to Genernl
HOOPS army, it would afosa the enemies Of Mr.
] DAVIS an endless source from which to draw
abuse md donuncation. Indeed they commenced
this thing without waiting for any such disaster,
and have been keeping itup steadily for three
weeks past. Newspaper correspondents from
Atlanta ore ondeayoring to COW the seedsof dis
cord, and to stir up party feeling on this ques-
tiop, representing the President as acting in tho
matter from personal enmity to Con. JOHNSTON.
Not only so, but they have the boldness to assert
that President DAVIS, influenced by malignant
hatred of Gen. JoHssroN, has wilfully withheld
troops which it was in his power to send him.
These assailants lose sight Of the fact that they
are using two edged sword. How comes it that
that these men know that Mr. DAVIS is Influenced
by this base motive? lie has certainly never
confessed i. TO thcm-or any one else. 1t is there
fore merely their iafefence-and why do they
] infer it? Do they find anything in their oi0n
hearts that suggests such motivc2 What must
be the baseness and .malisnity Of that heart that
originates The suspicion that Mr.. DAVIS is actua-
ted by such infamous n6tiros! We shall be slow
to belive that Mr.. DAVIS is such miscreant as
wantonly to imperil the safety of tho country
and to botray the trust imposed In him, for the
base qualification of low and mean maiisnity
against one of his Generals.
Do these men understand what their charge
Involves? It implies that Mr.. DAVIS is not only
a. felon but fool. Which Of these truducers o.
Mr.. DAVIS is risking as much in this war as hi
does? Do they consider whom they are utterinl
these da,nning charges against the President tha
he is fighting this war with rops round hi!
aeck2 Does not every one know that if oul
cause should lali anu mr' OA'ls A@ii i''o WV
hands of Lincoln, that no would be hung-literal
ly hung by the neck ns felon2 And yet We
are called upon by newspaper correspondents tt
believe that this MAN. NTH everythipg-lifc, for
tune, and reputation-at stuke, solely to CRAFTY
a mean ID algnity, puts GER cause and country il
jeopardy, and is willing that all shall perish i
he can only crafty his malice against Gen. JouX
sroy. We envy not the man who has n heart tt
hatch such suspicious against his enemy.
It is the fate Of all men in power to have theil
traduccrs but the wise and the virtuous on botf
sides of the Atlantic have already recognized Mr.
DAVIS as great and good man, and posterity
will erect 10 him al imperishablo monument.