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even to the Congress at Washington. Mr. Crittenden, on the 22d of July, seized the opportunity to propose a declaration, afterwards called the panic resolution, of certain good intentions of the government in making the aggression upon the South, which was passed without delay. A determined effort was made to cast the blame of the battle upon General Scott, but in his own defense he at once declared that he had fought the battle against his judgment. He said in the presence of Washburne, Logan, McClernand and Richardson, who were conferring with President Lincoln and the secretary of war, After my superiors had determined to fight it, I did all in my power to make the army efficient. Mr. Lincoln replied: Your conversation seems to imply that I forced you to fight this battle. To which General Scott responded: I have never served a President who has been kinder to me than you have been. This evasive answer was accepted as an exoneration of the President, but the secretary of war