, 1864-06-05
THE REBEL CONGRESS.
~Ize In Accused OF Xn.hcgilitF and Cow
Afd1C4s

A debate In the rebel House Of Represent
ativcs, on Thursday laat, on proposition 10
ax tho eal,ry Of Gen. Rregy, drew forth tho
following bitter denuncistion Of him from
Mr. Orr, Of South Carolina: ...,. ~.
Mr.. Orr said, II this bill passed, Gen. Bragg
would get more pay, by several thousand
dollars : year, than Gen: Lee, taking into n
He was credibly informed that Lieutenant
Colonels, on duty In Richmond, got In the
matter Of commutAtion, etc, 2s much pay ~
Gen. Leo He thought 1t wrong that Cen
eral on duty in the city should receive more
,psy than General exposed to tae hardshtps'
and dangers Of the field.
Rut he had much mora serious objections
to this bill than the matter Of pay. He did
not believe there vas any necextity for thd
office filled by this General After the nlili.
tAry ditasters OF 1869, the President, finding
that he could not personally attend to and
manage ths affairs Of the Generals Of all dlf-
ferent armies, had this Office created and put
Gen. Lee into it. Gen. Lee filled 1t for two
ed at seven Pines, he MAS called to the field:
The Office then became vacant, and remained
50 until Gen. Bragg, having completely
played ont at Mission Ridge, was fio:tlag
about, no army being willing to receive him,
when be wss brought here and put into the
office which had been 10 well and Worthily
filled BY Gen. Lee. -.
Mr. Orr then reviewed tia Kentucky cam
pe3gn down to the battle Of Murfreeeboro.
He fought Rosccrans At the latter place,
Rotecrans having very little superior force,
aRd 1t Waa believed he ought to have NH 9pod
the enemy, If bis (Braggfs) troops rad been
properly handled. Ihe next day he Bragg
tent ont Brcckinrldge, and had hia troops
cut TO pieces, aud then attempted to make a
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himself to be maneugered out Of Knoxville
mud Chattanooga. It was true he (Bragg}
fought tho battle Of Chickamauga, which
ended In victory which was not followed
up; but he {Mr. Orr) believed that for this
victory to him General Bragg) no crsdit was
due.
The credit Of the victory Of Chicksmau9s
was due to Generals Longstrsas, B. Il: Hfil
and others, with all of whom General Bragg
had quarreled. When he had quarrelsd with
these Generals and they left hlm with pet
Generals. he and they weEs beaten in Tho
next battle, and for the first time In the war
We hear Of tho cowardice Of our troops. II
ardice, 1t was because they had been educa-
ted to 1t by their Geuernl, who had proved
to then, On many hard foaght leldA, on
which they had done their duty fnlly and
nobly, that 1o Was Incompetent to lead them
10 Victory.
/: Gen. Bragg Wns the first among on. Gen
erals, and, 10 their credit, be II said, tho Last
who had our mel, led out and ahot like heare5,
without court martial or form Of trial But
he {Bragg) Was q favorito of the President,
who would hear nothing against him. The
excess Of this attachment OF tho President to
him was most remarkable 1t could be
Nsened to nothing but the morbid affection
Of a mother for her detormcd child-a mothcl
who s1oats over end carcgses the hldeo7s f:a
lures and n!saLapen limbs Of her Offspring
In conclusion. Mr.. Orr alluded aY,in t
many officers he {Mr. Orr) would like tt
know, had Gems. Lee, Johnston aad Beaore
gard put unt:er arrest since they had been IL
The services Did all the incompetent OIL
GERS go to Gen. Bragg, aud all tho good one:
60 to the other generals.