The New York herald., 1865-03-29
THE RECRUITING OF NEGROES m RrcIMosD.
General Sc0tt's Plan OF COnqucrinE the
sORth being Carried Out.

[Fromb Richmond Dispatch, March ISL
The plan upon which the war is now carried on BY the
federal government is, undoubtedly. that originally
cpmmended by General Scott which was the occupation
6f the ssppi valley and the dissection Of the remain
ing portion Of the confederacy through Tennessee and
Georgia We have not before the letter Of General
Scott TO Lincoln In which he laid down his plans In do
TAIL but, Far as recoect they correspond sub
santially with the recent movements Of the federal
troops espec ally those under General Sherman. The
mpatence and hot haste OF the federal government re-
ectcd the counses Of General Scott at the beginning
but experience compelled them TO adopt n1hs end tho
programme of Scott who, they have discovered, - after
ALL their greatest general. Vain as peacock and an IN
credible egotist no has nevertheless The mot military
head in Me United States hs tall shoulders But though
hs plan ever so good subjugation is by
tain for there must be a hand to execute well
head to design; and with both the spirit of the
country must be subdued before n such territory as
ours, subugaton Ia possible.
To General Scott, son OF Virginia. belongs the unenv
able glory OF every efficient movement which the federal
try Grant, Sherman Co., who are the prominent act
the scene but the tools with which the designs
OF the old cheftan are carried out They are getting
great names; but entitled to the honor-f
they accomplish their work-than masons and carpen
tiers to the credit OF some grand architectural conception
which their hands have simply embodied in stone and
wood We recognize in Winfield Scott OF Virginia, the
military master spirit OF the federal war; and are willing
he shall enjoy all the satisfaction he derive from that
admission.
Wc wonder how the old man, now tot,ering on the
confines OF the grave feels he thinks OF tho part he
has played In this terrible tragedy We know that he
advised Mr Lincoln before giving him bis plan for the
prosecution Of the war, to say the secedng states
that this was the which wisdom and humanity
alike dictated, he lent his powerful aid 70 course op
posed his Of policy and OF the true interests
OF the country and shaped out the way and manner Of
striking down to the dust the land that had given him BIRTH
that had nourshed and cherished him. and delighted
heap honors upon his head II must be dismal sight,
to his eyes, TO the mother that bore him bleed
ing every pore from wounds which his hand has in
fctedto behold such people as he knows the people
OF the South to be, tampled into the earth by the hoos
of his hirelngs. But she will survive him and his
schemes for her destruction She will come.out Of this
with stain upon her ancestral glores, and will
try TO forget that she bore such as Winfield
Scott.
Another Rebel Commissary General OF
Prisoners.
SPECIAL ORDERS--EO. CD.
ADJurANI ISspEcroa GENERALS OFFICE,
RICHMOND March "a, 1895.
VII. Brigader General Daniel Rugges, r A. G. s., Is
constituted Commssary General of Prisoners and will at
enter upon his duties designated in paragraphs
nrs second and third General Orders No. "a ls64)
BY command Of the Secretary OF War
JN0 WITHERS, Acting Adjutant General.