Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1865-09-23

they quarroled, was constantly interfering in
minor details, and negecting important mat
ters. JORDAN says the historian must hold
him accountable when his main army is
found unprovided, as 1t was, with the means
Of wheel transportation needful for the ordi-
nary operations of the camp, not to speak Of
an offensive campaign"
This lack of wheel transportation pre-
vented the confederate army from moving,
immed ediatoly after the battle OF Bull Run,
across the Potomac at Leesburg and march
ing upon the rear of washingtOu-a move
ment which, most apparently, would have
been feasible at that time.
JEFF DAVIS manifested, according to JoR-
DAN, from the start, an amazing lack OF the
very qualities needed for his position, and the
supposed possession of which had elevated
him to tho head of the Confederate Govern
ment. lie looked for an early pacifoation,
either through recognition by France and
England, or other causes, tCopperhead in
nuences at the North, y and yet he refused a
large number of twelve months men ten
dered before he left Montgomery for Rich
mond. Moreover, as late as the middle of
August, 1861, there was no engineer or other
officer on Gen. j. E. JoHssroS's staff to plan
a railroad bridge, and it was not until two
months after the battle oil Bull Kun that
single major general or divisional general was
appointed for that army, when only two were
appointod-'AN pohN and u' w. SMITH
ok had oeen asked lor py JOHNSTON 10 en-
able him TO give exclusive attention to the
chiei command. some weeks later several
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"eht'emeh oil the LOUISIANA O"r VIII rec-
ognize In TINS Legal OPINION nir' JUDAH r.
BENJAMIN peculiar STYLE but military men
VIII haruiy De aDio 10 see IT, bEAuhk-
GARD sa" 'h"t IL placed MIN IN 'ho position
OF " nina captain OF the company po-
sitlon created by little boys IN FORMING mill
tAry companies "hen thero are more Dig
boys tHah regular eoinih'sSi"hs-ori In 'hnt Oh
the spare whee' that hanss 10 'he rear oi the
artillery CARSON. ana bEAuREdARp many
lett Tue army oil virginia IN disgust aithoush
in 1904 he was permitted by DAVIS ana the
phant BENJAMIN TO hoId special command
IN the army uhuer LEE IN the lines NJ re-
tersburs'
DAVIS opposed the large plans submitted
by JoHNsroS, BEAuRrGARD, and SMITH,
jointly, but ut the same time wrote himself
down. to those generals, as military ass by
proposing an operation which they afterwards
took as measure OF his calbre in war af-
fairs. When General sIcKLBs was in com
mand of q force on the Maryland shore ofths
Potomac, DAVIS grarely proposed TO cross
with force sufficient to gohble his entire
command. The Confeds could have had
nothing but small boats and raftsi the river
was over mile wide and full OF steamships
of war. If the crossing had been effected, it
would have been an utter impossibihty to
return, as the gunboats would have got into
position to blow everything out of'ths water
that attempted to cross, to say nothing of q
rally OF our troops in this vicinity, wht
would have easily gobbled JEFF's rash in
vaders. So forcibly was bis folly represented
to him that he abandoned the project, but he
ever afterwards looked With disfavor upon
JOHNSTON and BEAUREGARD.
Time passed on, and the gallant armies