Daily gazette and comet. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1856-186?, 1860-09-28
A TRUE PICTURE.

offers, were relied on. there would
be nothing wanting to establish
the theory Of the author Of the
"vestiges Of the Natural History Of
Creation" that man il nothing but
monkey, minus the oaudle appep.
dage There In squirting this
way, IN The great Cosmos" In
deed he has besstly propeusities
that render tame by comparison
the blood thirsty traits Of all his
interiors in the scale Of nature. FOR
he murders in mere wantonness
he fights as well without prize
"a with one. and bis history from
the day he assumed the upright pc.
sition, 10 the present hour IL mark
ed with cruelty and oppression lie
allows himself 90 commit Wholesale
murder in the ranks Of an army.
aud then invents refined cruelty. for
the individual who attempts to 10.
dress his wrongs on his brother.
ttis life in a paradox, for he Ia ever.
lasting preaching what he never
puts in practice.
We find a true picture of the
horrors Of war. in THE Craft and
transfer In entire.
The grand pomp "pomp and cir
cumstsnce of glorious war" ia well
enough in the abstract in its do.
tails and private bearings u ia Of
fensive, rough, and overpowering
Think only Of the common hack
neyed expressions which pass 40
lightly between tho lips when speak
ing Of a great battle. We talk or.
ultipgly. and with n certain fire, Of
"a magnificent charge y Of "a
splendid charge r. yet very few will
think Of the hideous particulars
these two airy words stand for.
The "splendid charge" ia a head
long rush OF men on strong horses
urged to their fullest speed. riding
down aud overwhelming an oppo
sing mass Of men on foot. The
readers mind goes no further DO.
ing content with the information
that the enemy's line was "broken"
and gave away" II does not Gil
in the picture. To do ~ effective.
ly. we must think frat. Of an ordi.
NARY individual run down in tho
public streets by a horseman NOV.
ing at an easy pace. The reauIt in.
usually. fracture aud violent con.
tusion. We may strengthen the
tones Of the picture by setting the
horseman at full gallop, and joining
~ him n company Of other flying
horaemen. How will IL then loo
with the unhappy pedestrian 7 So
when the "eplendid charge" hap
done its work, and passed by, there
will he found n aight. very much
like the sceuo Of a frightful rail.
way accident. There will be the
full complement Of backs broken In
two of arms twisted wholly of /;
Of men impaled upon their own
bayopeis; Of legs smashed up like
bits ofiirewood Of heads sliced open
like apples; of other heads crunchcd
into soft jelly by iron hoofs of
horses; Of faces trampIcd out of
all likeness TO anything human.
This Ia what skulks behind "a
splendid charge T. This IL what
follows, az matter Of course, when
"our fellows rode al them in style,'
and "cut them up famously" Again
how often does the commander,
writing home in his official dc.
apatches, dwell particularly on tho
gallant conduct of Captain Smith,
who, finding the enemy wero IAN
noying our right little. got his
gun into position, and cfiectually
held them in check" Both ex-
pressions are fair drawing.room
phrases, to DO mentioned by la
dies lips. II is, az it were, few
flies buzzing about "our right
wing" teasing and fretting "our"
men. And yet, properly translated
II signifies this: that stray men of
that right wing are now and then
lcaping with n conyuls;ye state into