Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1859-07-19

1.-THE row of exclamation points is made to
would naturally have been very much sur
prised at the arrangement of things.l
At the entering point of this wedge should
have been stationed the smallest man in the
army, Immediately behind him the next
smallest, and so on. the tallest troops con-
stituting the larger end Of the terrible instru-
ment. Thus graduated--whittled down to a
point, as il were--it is evident that il would
have been capable of penetrating the tough
est body of troops in the world. A strong
hempen cable should have been extended
from the extreme point of one wing to the
extreme point Of the other, on the outsidc,
running through holes perforated in the coat
tails of the Zouaves, so as to be held up with
out encumbering the troops, leaving them
the free use of their hands.
The army being thus formed, the wedge
should have been driven home, the wings
made to flop simultaneously and vigorously.
and the whole force being hurled like thun.
derbolt upon the enemy, the wedge penetrat-
ing their centre, and the wings bullying out
in the middle and turning in at the ends,
forming two arcs OF circle, until they met,
when, the Austrians being now completely
surrounded and split in two. the ends should
have been brought together and tied by
sailor stationed there Tor the purpose. Thus
cut in two, huddled up and surrounded by
an impenetrable wall of rope aud Zouaves,
the enemy would either have been crushed TO
death, or would have thrown down their
arms and surrendered Mt discretion.
But suppose, for the sake of argument.
that the Austrians, or large number OF
them, had jumped a-ehevai, or vulgarly speak
ing, astraddIe, of the rope and broke 1t, or
suppose they had cut it with their swords
thereby forming crepasse through which TO
debouch and reach the exterior plain--what
them Why, they could only have fallen
back upon the village OF Cavriaua, which
being too small to hold them, they would
have been forced further back to Volta, where
finding no adequate projections from the
bayonets Of the indomitalle Zouaves, they
would either have fallen into the hands OF the
French as prisoners of war. or wUuld have
been cut TO pieces. This accomplished Ma
PoLEoN would have bad nothing to do but
march into Mantua without interruption,
whence he could have despatched hand ful Of
troops with small arms to take peaeeable
possession Of Verona, Peschiera and Legnano,
the remaining three corners of the Quad
rangle, snd this terrible war would have
been ended.
But Louis NAPOLEON thought best to act
differently, and The result il known-instead
of capturing and killing the entire Austrian
army as he might have done. be simply
placed the ccAtemptible number Of some S.
900 hors da combat.
We have not intended 10 wound the pride,
nor touch the sensibilities OF LouIs Madison
by what we have here said. aud shoald be
urge some little objection TO the plan oil battle
We have given, we earnestly trust be viii
give US all due credit for candor, aud sincere
desire 10 see him do we'll.
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