The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1865-07-25
oar Generals.


hero.s Of The war, who for the past
four years have stood before Us the
defenders VI sacred cause, are now
TO occupy our attention as ~rAngers
IL petty contest OF their own. Yet
such war Of denominations almost
invariably follows the close Of con-
test Of arms. While the public enc.
mics are becoming friends, The cola
borers in the work that is ended too
often engage 10 The chickering's Of per
sonal eomity. Exhibitions OF jeai :
oOsy among our generals have been
quite frequent all through The war,
and we have no reason to suppose that
our case will prove an exception TO
The general rule. The grievances
which the discipline of the army or
the occupations OF the honr have kept
back, will now be laid before thePub-
lie by persons who consider Them
selves injured by the judgment al
ready passed upon them. This will
be continued with more or less acri-
mouy, until all contested questions are
put at rest by the judgment Of histo-
ry, from which there no appeal.
The bitter contention between Sher-
man and Halleck in relation to the
closing scenes Of the rebellion, into
which the Secretary of war and some
Of the lesser notorietes were drawn,
is a specimen of what we shall most
likely have in regard TO nearly every
great event OF the contest. General
Butler, when deprived of his com
mand, issued farewell order 10 his
troops, in which he very plainly
charged the Lieutenant General with
ha~:- g ...vs. bvarriessly saesiG~sd his
army in needless slaughter. Gen.
Grant, in the report oil his campaigns
hieh he is nov writing, will feel COM
PEELED to give the reasons for the dis
missal of the general officers whom he
has consigned TO comparative obliv-
ion. He once went so far in private
conversation a TO give his reasons
for relieving Rosecrins from ar i'm
portant command, in terms not at
all complimentary TO that General
Gen. Rosecrsns testifes in relation to
the need OF reinforcements at one OF
the most critical periods of bis militia
ny history, that after an interview
with the Secretary of War he became
convinced that it was the intention OF
that Department to effect bis ruin and
that il was useless for him to expect
a single man. Ii has lately come to
light that the claim of ten thousand
prisoners which brought upon Gen.
Pope the stigma Of liar. was inserted
in that officers report by Gen. Hal
leck. then smar,ing under the disgrace
Of the easy escape of the rebels from
CoFinih, and forwarded to Washing
ton wilhou, the knowledge Of The per-
son over whose signature il was plac-
ed. Gen. Hooker has testified before
the committee on the conduct Of The
war, that il Gen. ilalleck had been
in the service OF the rebels, he could
not have labored more earnestly 10
insure bis defeat. Here alone Is the
material for quite q number of persnn-
al quarrels. The oyerhauling Of mil
ilary regulations which succeeded the
disastrous conclusion Of McClellan's
Peninsula campaign, is very likely 10
be surpassed by similar searching
examination after the successful close
OF the war.
We shall soon have all the knowl-
edge that is necessary to enable Us to
form a correc, estimate of those who
have played leading parts in the great
drama that is closed. The whole con-
test Is now before Us. The results Of
the varioas plans and policies are
nov in history. The reports Of mil
iiary commanders hitherto unwritien
ia consequences Of The more pressing
duties Of sciive service or preserved
in the War 0fice till their contents
might safely be made known, are CON-
ing before the public.
Many things which correspondents
with the army could not safely tell.are
nos being used 10 make up a complete
history Of the var Officers who
think they have borne the blame Of
others doinss are giving the public
the story Of their wrongs, and those
upon whom ths fault il ihrown viii