Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-06-08

Albert sydney Johnston.

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Albert sydney Johnston.
The moss sulklrg episode 10 the Mc. Jeft3r-
| SOD DaVis' History of the War, snd Que in
| which the au hor has put his heart. is the sting
| Ing criticism of Albert Sydoey Johnston spd
TIE death of that g slant ofic while On unjust
popular dlspleasurs hung about him. Ihe
| malIgpant assaults made upon him fer the
toll OF DooelsOn for what wss clearly .t5 fault
of Others are thus described
dissatisfaction was ,neral. LIS muttcIiags
| already heard, began u break out 10 denuncs.
| tons. The demsgC gues took up the cry aud
| bounded on onu anO ntr and the people 10 hunt
irg aown VlNlm. The public p;ess wss load
! eC with abusr. The govtrnmeu, was deutulo
ed Ior lotrusiog the public sltety 10 hsnrs 50
feeble The Lower House of Congress appoint-
cd s,l Lot coz mittee tu irqulre D'o the co..
duct OF The war IL the Western d par u ns
Tho Senators and Representatives from ren
nessee, with the exception OF Judge oSanu,
waited upon tne President" Their splkCs.
| mau, Senator g. A. Henry, stated that they
came tor and 10 behalf Of Tennessee TO a>k Tor
th, removal OF Geoersl A. S. JDhrs 90, aud
| lne assg N ent Ut a Competent otiio"r 30 the d.
tenoe Vi tneIr homes aud people. L. vas 1urih-
er stated that they did not oJme TO rec. u ne I'd
eoy one ss ne succ lssjr; that 1t was conc :ded
| that tie President Was better att, than they
! we're to select proper ofiser. srd ihty only
asked that he wouli give Them a neral.
''Poloiuily Impressed by thi, exhibition of
dis,rust toward an I, III ,er whose place. 1t ".
C I'd, Was sure c~uld not be fled hy his
DUAL. reeilz ag DOW nect siary pubic cor teuce
W TO suvc ss, aLJ WCuoded by lhe iuu-tce
doue 10 one h.d kGoSn with otrs intimacy n
peace end 10 war, AID bcll,v-d 10 be Que Of the
uo,l4st Den with whom | I'd ever been 1850
ciated, snd one OF the ah!es s0ldi r, lad ever
seen 10 the field | paused uader OFF cag
emotions. aGd after q inns merely :usw, red, IL
SydueS Johoslon is not general the Co.fder
a:y has none to slvf yCu.
IRE battle Gf Shiloh was. in the opinion Of
Mr.. Davis, mcst decisive. He discus the
prelnlIIarles OF lhat battle With gteu, o,re, aud
shows that General Johnstoo's dispositions we're
laulless. aud that, despite the late arrival of
certain troops and the arrival OF relnforoemenls
Tor the tedersls, complete victory baG ben
Won, when General JonnSton was killed. Al er
q loIng pleD'itul!y to show that Geuersl Beau
egsrd. on when the command devovad, be-
sides beit sick 10 his ombaaoos had not the
slightest apprehension of the condition of af-
tais. and hailed the batll, when it had Just be.
como VlotOr,, says:-
'jydcey Johnston fell 10 sight of victory;
the hour he nad waited for, The event he had
planned or, had arrived. His fame was vim
dcsted, but far desrer than this 10 his patriotic
spirit was it with bis dying eyes to behold bis
| cUuntry's flag. SO lately droopiug 10 disaster,
| triunphan.ly sdvaoolng. In his fail the great
pillar Of the Southern Conf, deracy was crushed,
! aud beuesthl, fragments the best hop,s OF the
Southwest lay buried. A highly educated aud
| ric!ly endowed soldier. his varied experience
| embraced also civil aff,irs. aod his Intimate
knowledge Of the country and Deopls OF be
Scusbwes: 30 highly ql,li6ad him fer that
spl cial oymmsnd that 1t Was not possible TO Il
| the place made vacant BY his death Not fl
! the first time did the tate OF au army depend
| upon slpgIe nao, and the fortunes Of coun-
| ny hang, as 10 a balaoos, on the achievements
of .ul e srmy Take an example far from
| u. D time and place wnen TureDno had after
aontEs OF sucoessiu mat 9 lvritg, hnaiy forced
his enemy iuo position which gave assurance
OF victory, and had marsha,led his forces for
decisive battle, he was, when making prelim
! mary reoonnoissaucs, killed by charce shot
| Then his successor. instead of attacking, re-
! treated, aud all which the one bad gained for
| Flancs the Other ost.
| 'ro take snoi her example. not quito so con-
| c'usiva, il IVES eGlgramattlcally sad by Lieu.
| Kiugsbuy, when ling of tie b,tlle oi
| Bu,ua Vlsts, that ii The last shot. 6ttd 81 the
close of the stcord days coLfc', had kjlt
General Taylor, the mex. mornings sun wouIu
| have risen upon the strange spectacle OF two
stniss 10 fu retreat from each other, the 6sld
for which thty had fought beiog 10 possession
| cf ntirher.
| "rhe ex raots which have been given sufi-
citnty rr We that when Genersl JjhpstIu tell
the Gonfed rate army was so fl Iy VIC ori0u-
| that had the attick been vigorously press
| Gauersl Grant srd bis srmy before the setting
OF ths su would have been fugi,iVes or prison
| ers.
Il believs that again 10 the history of war
the late OF so army depended on one map; and
more. that The fortunes of couctry huos by
the single thread OF the lite that was yielded
| 90 The 6ald oil Shiloh. So great Was ny
| uou6denc, 10 his capacity for orgsDizatiou
aud admins ra'ian shat l telt. Wben he
| WAS assigned to the Department of the West,
lhst the undeveloped power Of that region would
| be ms de tuthcent not only for ils own safety
but 10 contribute supper. it need be to the more
/ seriously threatened bast.
''ls often happens that men do not properly
l value their richest gifts uatil taken awsy. Thos.
I who had enormously End unjusuy censurad
| johnston, convicted of their error by the grand.
eus of his rsvta ed character, joined in the gen
! er.l lhneLt.ton over his loss, and mallgniJ
even Was sllencsd by the devoted n amer of his
death My estimation Of him was based on lon <
and intimate scquiintancei beginning in our
outh, it had grown in our growth with Vi
n .ck or variation, and, when be fret arrived IN
| tch nond, was EXPRESSED to some friends yet
living, in the wish that had the power. by re-.
signing TO irsnsls to him the Pres .dency Of the
Confederate Sis!es"
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