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ch now slid away like sand through his inanely opened fingers. He sat cautiously down; sent Buell to repair a railroad, which was promptly torn up; sent away troops to hold unprofitable points; refused troops to Farragut, who wished to strike Port Hudson and Vicksburg; forbade Pope to risk a battle on any consideration; and crowned his whole crass performance with the words: I think the enemy will continue his retreat, which is all I desire. The enemy immediately strengthened Port Hudson, VicPort Hudson, Vicksburg! and Chattanooga; and Halleck was made general-in-chief at Washington! To the blunders of this time may be added the vast farce of the legal tender act, when the government, against the soundest advice and warning, declined to borrow money at market prices, because this would be undignified, and issued instead pieces of paper, which it told the world were worth a dollar, and presently enjoyed the dignity of having the world value at thirty-five cents. There are blunders in 1862 so stul