Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1861-11-01
Impatience of our People.

parallels.
Impatience Of our People.
There is nothing more injurious, just
nov, to the public interest, than the haste
and imperous demands Of stay -at-h"me
warriors aud prtticoatcd statesmen, who
presume to judge of thousand things Of
which they know nothing at all. Even
TeIccrams are now ordered to be sent " As
soon as possible" as though there We're
some superior medium of Transmission
than the electric d" fluid" The most i'm
portant expeditions requiring perhaps
absolute secrcSv for their surccSs-arc
babbcd To the four winds 10y the reckless,
excitablc. prating, sensation newspapers,
whose conductors would destroy the Gov
srnmcnt rather than le; rival have 4 news
item one hour in advance of themselves
The most improbable and injurious canaris
,big liesj are invented and set afoat to
make few pennies extra. The best, life
long earned reputation, is sacrificed for a
song
Take, for example, the manner in
which, for months past. Mr. Weles. See
rotary of the Navy, has been assailcd, for
dilatorincs- and inctiicicncy, and his rcmo-
val and disgracc demanded. Yet all the
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chaos he found his department in-onc Of
the most formidable and complete Naval
Expeditions the world ever saw. Gen.
Fremont. also. from nothing, has organized
an army which has swept a strong and
triumphant enemy into one corner Of the
State. Both men are only mortal. and
may have committed errors or blunlcr>,
but they have both gone on steadily at
their work, and demonstrated that, while
they have been compelled to make some
sacrifices, and suffered some losses, they
have cared faithfully for the GREATEST
and most far-rcachin@ results.
Considering that the Union has only
begun to defend itself for about six months,
while the Rebels have been plotting for
thirty years, and have been in real War
for more than year, the Administration
has done much. Six months ago, the Old
World despised our lack of spirit, and
looked upon our Nation as destroyed now,
they respect US, and true men everywhere
have hope for us. Our own impotence,
lack of knowledge, and want of manly
confidence in those who are risking for
tune, health, life and honor in the real
conteSt-whilc We are at our own ease, at
homc-is the worst feature in this great
controversy. We push our officers into a
Bull Run fight, when they are unprerarcd,
and then censurc them for their failure.
We forget that we are not fighting MeXi-
cans, but we fight Anglo-SaXons, like our
selves, only longer prepared, and choosing
their own ground We want to crowd the
work of years into months aud days. This
Is observation-disclosures. all Let
US possess our souls in patience-attempt
not to hurry the Telegraph, or compel
soldiers TO make an aggressive movement
until they are prepared. of which fact
they are generally as well apprised as any
man or woman in his or her armchair.
THE NEWS-For a few days, there (
has been nothing of a decisive character
from our Army. In Texas, the Unionist .
forces mostly hold their own, and we have
foreshadowings of armies from California,
To assail Secessia in the rear In Missouri,
Kentucky, and Western Virginia, the Tn
Ion armies have been advancing, and are
rejoicing over decided successes in several
ssirmshes There are no advances along
The tPper Potomac, but the enemy seems
r'tlrng opposite Washington. There is
little navigation below the Capitalize
transportation being mostly through Anna
poilS and Baltimore. The accumulation
and drilling of the Grand Army continues.
lhe courage and endurance of our mcr at
Edwards Ferry, under every danger, is a
Proud proof that they are becoming worthy
u trust IN every emergency.
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