Washington telegraph., 1864-05-18

| ist. We can stand the Mormons even
But to be part of them! Really, not
content with being the most hateful
people in the world, they are about to
make themselves the most loathsome.
PATIENCE, GENrLEMEN!-We beg you
all to rem ember that in giving the sum.
mary of events in our last issue, We we're
confined to a very small spa ce, and could
only hastily and briefly string together
the main links Of events. We had no
design of writing 6xed history, nor Of sift-
ing the comparative merits of Generals.
We mentioned such names as occurred
to US iu describing events, Git was impos-
sible to write without mentioning some
body,) and 10! We find ourselves criticised
as if we had been a general ourselves
drawing ur an elaborate report, and
weighing out our praise or censure, to eff
| feet the fortunes of the actors.
The humor of tho thought disarms it
of vexation, and we smile to think that in
writing an article which We intended to
make the heart of every one bound with
joy--whilst we confidently expected to be
asked to drink by the admirers of every
General mentioned, Gfa gentleman) or to
receive boquet Gf LADY, We find ii
stout au c.ntraire" The friends of
thos. who are mentioned don't like the
way we did it. aud the frieLds of th,s,
not mentioned don't like it because we
didn't We almost wish we hadn't said
word, but just published the dry dis
patches and kilograms We could pick up.
| heller skelter fashion, for our readers to
| make the most of.
Gentlemen! We are only an editor,
whuse opinions are mere opinions. Or
words of admiration. and our silence with
| regurd TO this, that or t'other one, aIe
wholly npremeditated, and such as the
moment prompts. You give them too
much consequence You make US afraid
to express ourselves free YOU several
admirers Of our gallant heroes. We ad
mlre them all, aud when one docs gal
liant act, we cry Bravo" without stop.
ping TO consider whether the friend of
some other gallant man might sneer at US
for doing so, or think his tavo: ite ignored
Perhaps we do have our favoritrs. We
are human, aud thank God for it, Bu,
we sincerely hope that We will never fail
TO see the virtue Of otEers on that ac-
count, or bate one particle of the ad mi
ration which may be felt towards them.
Nor is it to be taken for lranted tha;
when nothing is said of man, it is upon
the principle that silence is better than
csnsure That accords US little toe
much prudence. Take Gen. Price, for
instance. if he will pardon US. A Missouri
gentleman (whom we highly respect) com-
plains earnestly but kindly, that the name
Of the old Missouri hero was not once
me n.ioned That was purely accidental
We were Dot wiring the narrative Tor the
Sandwich Islands. Everybody who reads
the "Telegraph" is man OF goueral III
telligence, and if he persists in 1t will hnd
out more aud more every week. They
all know that Gen. Price Is ic commanc
of the District, aud In the abseuee OF Gen
Smith directs all the moveme nts aud gen
eral dispositions of the army. Who iug'
in Gen. Lee every time the exploits of hi
Generals are mentioned
Whoever should suppose that we hav,
not been one of Gen. Prices warmest ad
mirers, would fall into a grievous error
We do not discuss military measures il
our Journal, nor attempt TO decide upor
their prUpriety or improprety, but IL
private conversation and other ways, VI
have defended Gen. Price when he needed
it, We waive our rule on tie subjec
now so far as to say that We heartily approx,
of every movement of Gen. Price since
he clme to this Department, which is &
very sweeping assertion, but del;teratel,
written. The evacuation Of Little Rocl
was sooner or later a military necessity
aud Gen. Price did wisely TO do it At tn,
time. Otherwise the lesson Of Vicksbur,
would have been lost.
And so, gentlemen, I've don't mean Il
ladies' you will pardon US, on reflection
If we are not all the time thinking of tn,
sa me points that you are, aud sal ing th'
very things you would have said W,
are entrusted with the p4ddling Of thi,
canoe of ours, and in these stormy time.
it is hard to do Most especisiiy dan
gerous are the stormy cuI rents Of paItizan
ship for particular faruriies. Perhaps i
would be better for US to use our owl
Judgment in the perplexitles, and no
listen to the sdvice ba,l>osd to US b,
good friends ashore, VIII, have not =,
m uch to lose if the canoe should striL,
the rocks.
Good Public, We are done. Eruen
Omnes, for We are plural. 1t has been .
bore to write this, and will be TO read it
We swear never to write as much again i,
vindication of our personal curse. |
takes all our time to attend TO our duties
To satisfy people with the way we do it
would take twice as much.
THE SPIRIT OF THg CoNscRIPr Acr.-whils
| it is the intention Of our Government TO hol,