Brownlow's Knoxville Whig, and rebel ventilator. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1863-1866, 1864-03-12

1 slfalEailIe.
Yoa Nssx sbcfpfbrc or.leted on the oh
Of fiay. - prseeeh af once t.S Mississippi.
md take eiiief command uf the ls,Fcfs, tfiy.
ing 10 these In The field, ne ihr as psaclsea.
bic The encouragement and benefit Of yoar
pefsotsai direction.
susns tletails were added about reinfbree-
nsehls, bat not d word affecting, hi the re-
saes0st degree, your authority to eotnfnand
! yoaF geographical district.
om The stl of June Won lelegrapheti to
the secFcsafy 81 War, IN response b his
inquiry, saying, ms ealy plan h % relieve
! fickshafg Msfbfee + iar too enall for
! the purpose Toll nae II yoa ran increase
] Il, and how much r To which he answer.
] ed. On the Sfh, u FcrFct inability 20 prom.
+ tse more troops, as we have drained rv-
eouEces even 10 the danger of several psinss.
foa knew htst concerning tacReFaf llrntsg Is
army, bHt / fear 10 withdraw more. We
are too lsr ausnnntbered Ia Virginia TO
spare any, BE.
On the slh Of juno the Secretary was
tilore explicit IL possible lie said Do
yoa advise more relnlofcemenis from Gen
) lirnEgg fOsi rs commandment OF the de-
partment have power so 10 order, II kph,
ia view 0f the whole ease, 50 ,icterniite
On tho 10th OF june, You answered that
Il was for the Government 60 determine
what department co9d furnish the rein
foFccntcnts that yoa e0ald ntt kaew h,rs
Hen,. .Brastgs wants compared with yours
aud that the Government could make the
comparison. Your Statements, That the
. Goverameas in Richmond was better able
to Judge of the relative necessities of the
. armies under your eoIamand than you
wene aud tho farther stateincnt, that yeu
could not know how Gen. braggs waists
compared with yours, wefr considered cS-
traordinnry but rs they were aeeompa
Hied hy the remark that the Secretary )
dispatch had been imperfeciiS dceiphercsi,
no observation was made on thctH ill the
! receipt Of Your tesegrana to the SECRETARY,
of the 18th insts stating q have mol cun-
sidered myself commanding ia Tennessee
since assignment here and Shaald not have
felt authorized TO take troops tfom that de-
partmcat, after having been Informed by
the Executive that no more could bc
spared.
; Ny safprise al these two STATEMENTS
was extreme. YoR had nSyer beea ns-
signed 60 the Mississippi command. You
( went there under the circumstances and
order already qsotel and no Justification
whatever is perceived for your abGnsion
. mest oi your duties ts commanding Gen
eral of the geographical district 10 which
you were assigned.
Orders rs explicit as those under which you
were scnt 10 the Vert, aud Under which
vtiu continued to act mp 10 the 9TH Of May,
/ when yoa were directed 90 repair IN person
30 Mississippi, can only be impaired or st
aside hy subsequent olSlcrs equally rs ex.
pi:cit and your announcement that yoa
} had ceased to consider yourself charged
with the control Of atfairs in Tennessee,
/ bceafse ordered 10 repair IN person to Miss
sissippi. both places being within the eaiii-
malld te which YOU were assigned, was too
grave 10 BIZ overlooked: and wiien 10 this
was added the assertion that ypn shonid
not have felt aHihorizesi 30 draw troops
from that department tTennessee9 after
being infnrtaed By the Esseniire that no
more eonld be spared, / wae pnaale TO ae-
count f0r your lallgaage. being elstlrety
confident that had never givnls you such
information
shall now pIs.cee,l te se sfafe your two
statcincnta. and begin viii llat whith no
iatos 10 yoar tslt eonsldeffng yourself
commanding IN Tennessee since assign.
,nent g here '--l.se IN Mississippi
Whcn yoa received my telegram of the
18th Of June, Informing YOU thai |" the or.
! ders to go to Mississippi did not diminish.
your. authority III Teliacsse, both being In
! the es5nissry plaeed gsssier yonF command IN
Original assiannaeit,s accompanied BY an
1 lnsnlsry1abnHf the Information, said to have
heel. ,lesived from me. restricting your an
aisoi.sly to transfer troops, your answer ON
the 18th Juua was . meaht 10 tell the
Sereetsry Of War that | consider the order
4 slifeeiihg NE to conlmand here rs limiting
nsv authority 10 this department, especially
|. whom that orler was accompanied BY Nai
palmfsnlssnt orders transferring troops from
& Tennessee 10 Mississippi.
Z This h, In snIistancr repetition of The
reeyiass stateInrils. witlsoat ANY rvsshuft be
8 n.u given for t. The faes ut Oriers being
, set.t Ia you 10 tFs asiisr s1lne Of the trOop'
. In yaur department from one point 10 nm
! other, to which you were proceeding ~
: pesssa, could give no possible ground toi
roar 4eansidering TINT Special 0rdcr
! No. ga, 9as rcsciaslcd Dr mo'lifed,
! Ymir command of your geographical
I. aissriet did not make ysn Independent .
2 my orders Is your supeEior oiicer, an'
when YOU wcre directed By me to taxi
Z trsops with yoH 10 Mississippi y1ur con
/ te.yl oye,. tlse district to which you wer,
{ assIenea was In no way involved Bat th,
( ssalenapns that ,foani were tsi.nsicrre'
f,pn Tennessee 10 Mississippi By order
5 ~ lie War Bepartsnent. when y.,a wer
,lt,retesl III repair Ia the latter Sastei geVe
LEI half Che is.eg fbs, although Yen wcr
!, ..s.eas,d Il, take with you three liiousan
g s,s...l t,oous. ypa were told 20 replaec them
. =, : g,,rutcs. nasaler. then Oh their way {
: fitS.s.sip,,;. assd wIiDif yoa were reqHeste
.. 8. alvv,4 10 TeAnessee, the purpose sbcin
= - haete,l rcissgurcempnts 60 pembefto
{. ss;,bant venlxeniIig Bragg This Mas