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The Daily Dispatch: November 18, 1862., [Electronic resource], Yankees advancing on Fredericksburg. (search)
ederate arms were victorious. We do not mean to say that Secretary Randolph fought these battles, or gained these victories; but we do mean to say, that before he took command of the War office--that office immediately connected with the operations in the field — that office which organizes the means of victory, and supplies the sinews of war — we heard of no such successes as these, while we did hear of reverses without number — we were almost tempted to say without parallel. Morceau and Jourdan gained victories in the field; but Carnot, who was in the War office, was called the "organizer of victory." Without great ability in the War Department there cannot be victory in the field, or, at least, the current cannot long flow in that direction. It is not necessary to go far for a proof of this fact. We have only to look at the history of our own War office, under the conduct of Mr. R's immediate predecessor, to established the fact. The regret at the resignation of Mr. Randol<