War Correspondents
Ncwspnper corruspomk-iits, as tho war for tlic cnppcsslon of the rcbellion propcssed, found their Kitlou growing moro and inore UDolcasniit Generala who ücmonstratcd tLeir consciousnessof thclrown ïncompetencv, and the parasites nlu b!ossomed on tbeir BtnITs in tlie KlJUerlBg Uazonry of giUed buttons and dazzllug slioulder-ptraps were accustomed, liowever, to difgulsp tbeir ucorapcUujy nixl fallurcs by uUnbuting tlicm to nuwspapers oud army correspondent. They bad ns uñen ruccepJéd In deiu llng tüo public U[on thia Mbjeci as Uiev liail (ulied ín dischargin their duites. licin reduccd lo the ut'ccssitt' of alliutin!; their own nns:itisfnctory conduct and thrfr luisinanaeniciit, abusa of 'the [iicsss, nnr 1 tothem the most plausible mo.lc of C!-caie froin tha dinijtreuablc posltion In wblcb thejr liad fouud ibcïnselvos. It wus a i)Otic;iblc (ast tliat the onlv eneráis In tliis war v:ho warrca lipón tba uewspíipen .vexe tliose u lio hatl acquireJ unenviublc or odoroua ditiurtiou in c:impainiit' or field o])erations. Uut il was a si 11 more COBPpteuouj f uct that lu nu st liistances In hirli tlicy arraigncd army correspondenti lliüir accusatlonii wtre of a personal cbancter. They dld iiot charge that cii?rifpnlents had cximsed their plans to tlic rebels, or that they had "gl.TOV alU direct y t ir ludiri'ctly to the eucinv," but they wliined In causj their mauaement aud their IHTiouai conduct was uufavoralte or HtpKrmbtgHt criticlsed. The allegntlon is tr'jc, and In representinï faets in tbs COODectiOD col respondent di3chni};e 1 the ilutics Wblch ttiey ere expected by the public to prrfoVm. Therc Is no procesa óf reasonlog whlch will atisfy intclllpent perrons Ihat t xposures of Incoinputcuce or ncli-ct can injuro the public scivice, while it is denionttrable that ia the lonz run it pfomoti s tbe causo in whicli the country Is enjTagnd, by leadlng to the d 8plac5nu'nt of offícers f rom comtnand which they are unfit to ixercise. Military commandcrj are public offlccr.'. AsmicIi tbeir couduct Is open to ciliic sm. nn 1 the press must uot be mnzzled or upprcsscl for tbe stutement of facts whlch do nut. hnnn the oame of the E copie, or for the expression of convlctlous UMd UJK)!! such facts. - Lcn: l'e. Icj 1'vnn, in HiíUjii JUi.itij'.
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