, 1861-11-02
Gbira4o Gritt.1tt
SATURDAY: NOVEMBER ,, 1se&
WHAT WAS E&f

what is doled out to him at headquarters !
also says it Tas connoissancea and that
Col. Baker was too rash. But fnthe hat
Of the slain officer, saturated with his
blood, vas found the following order:
Col. BAKxB, &c
4sir:-Aa soon ~ yoa get 5ouz column IN po-
titlon, ndtt d dash al Isksoarg, and shoos |
t7aaen e7e7y ld,c|ess d<p,xaoT toho nay kape tbs
ranks. Cen. German il moFinx Tpoa the 1att. I |
shall take the right. ezpees to b In Lees6urg 10
night. ISigned1 SToEE.
shake dash At Leesburg," " expect
to be in Leesbu1g tonight what is the
meaning of thisg Is it generally deemed
th7 part Of a reconnaissance to make dash
IN the center Of the enemy's camp! And
is it to be inferred that the officer who
N kes a dash totedrds Leesburg, when he
Is ordered to nuke dash at Leesburg, ex-
&c Ids his instructions and lays himself liable
to The charge Of rashnesse ]: Gen. Stone
expected to be in Leesburg that night. was
that part Of the reconnaissance also, or
was it part Of concerted military move
ment On large sca!ee People eau draw
their own inferencea Mr. Lincoln once
taught us by beautiful piece Of reason
ing, that "when we see lot Of framed
''timbers, different portions Of which We
'mow have been gotten out at different
"times and places and by different work
men-Stephen, Franklin, Roger and
"James, for instauce,-and wnen we see
these timbe1s joined together and see that
"they exactly make the frame Of a house
"or a mill, all the lemons and nortiees ex-
"acJy fitting, and al the lengths and pro,
"portlons Of the different pieces exactly
adapted to their respective places, and
mot piece too many or two few-not
"omittiDg evcn seafolding-or, il q single
"piece he lacking, we Sc see the place IN
the frame exactly lifted and prepared
"yet TO bring such piece in-in such q
lease, we find it impossible nst to believe
"tlat Stephen and Frankln and Roger
land James al understood one another
from the beginning and all worked
"upon g common plan OF draft
"drawn up before the first blow
"was struck Now when We fiud
Gen. McCaJrs timbers, anG Gen. Stones
timbers, and Gen. Banks's timbers, and
Col. Bakers u,nbers, and even Col Geary'a
timbers, sill heWn and morticcd to maze
the frame Of a house or mill, ne find it i'm
possible to believe that they did not un-
derstand each other from the beginning.
We find it impossible to belieYe that the
disaster Of Ball's Bluff is due to Col. Ba-
kers rashaess, Or to his having exceeded
his Instructions The fact Of bis having
done as he did, at the time he did, and IN
the way he did, makes his set Of timbers
correspond with thsse of Mccall, Stone
aHd the rest Perhaps bis means of re-
treating we're insufficient, but it was obyi-
ous1y 10 part Of the understanding that ht
should retreat. He was to make dash a
Leesburg and Gen. Stone was to be thert
that night
We have rot been disposed to censurt
Gen. Stone for the part he took in the af
fair, because it has seemed that be carried
a,SsaI,1 80 sas e-ss Va VIZ A.o,ens.s "lsa
49, ~ 1o ~Ac4s'' '414u on'5 ".'nne"
Withdra~n. Yet there is something in tht
tell-tale order found on Col Bakers body
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A' S>~@4 =@@---- ==.::.eess:
THE IRREFREssIBLE CONFLICT
1.-The lne6orable logic Of events h2
demonstrated the proposition thai tn
country cannot exist half slave and ha
Tree. There 1s relentless antagonism b
tween the principles OF freedom and IL
arrogance ana assumptions OF. slave
that waits but the opportunity to break o
into active warfare, The contest has bet
Waged IN subdued form ever since Il
organization Of the Government. II
Declaration OF Independence enuaciat'
the most sublime truths in relation TO 81
man R1gats that the world had ever hea1
Ii spoke With an energy and candor th
commended it to the souls aud conscienc
Of men. 1t "as not mere manifes
setting forth the Claims OF class OF ev
OF race. Il spoke fof the great world
humanity LIS very evident truths sh
thelr oroaa GLORIOUS i1ght Of once INTO t
meme OF the save as LILO the palace OF
master. 1t stamped equality" upon t
brow Of all men, 1t was glorio
foundation upon which to rear 3 mater
structure that should shelter from the II
1ence of oppressive slavery all men II:
might take repose within it But the m
sion Of this inspired exposition Of t
Rights Of man was not to be fulfilled vii
out contest. The Government that r
based upon 1t was no: true toits principle
1t sought IN Its workings to limit and p
vert their full and free action. 1t rect
n'zed the existence under it Of class II
had no rights-who were created only
be trampled upon and oppressed. A
here at once the war commenced. T
North, ever actiTe, ever earnest, Ct
hnnefi11 erer eeetrinr sn ammonium;