, 1861-10-26
THE CAmPAIGN m MISSOURI.
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Price is not bagged. The 1asulty and 7
deficiency which sacrificed Lyon and per- :
mitted the surrender of Mulliganpand his .
brave men, yet preside in the Department
Of the West. Price has escaped-gone to
Arkansas-atter having performed one Of
the most remarkable: exploits of this OF
any other war. Entering the State with
McCulloch, at the Arkansas border, he hov-
cred over and around Lyon, until the latter,
to save what remnant of the army might
be LETT after the dread encounter, .was
forced to attack him, and in the
bloody battle to offer up his precious
life to the Jealous incompetency which
withheld the reinforcements that heasked
1t was gzievous bloW-his death; one
that the Union cause will not cease to feel
From Springfield, after driving the survi-
vors Of that gallant body Of five thousand
men back upon Rola, Price continued his
his march northWard, toward the Missouri
River. Every body knew where he was,
what progress he was making, what force
Was at his command, and what probable
object he had in view. Day by day the
newspapers chronicled his movements,
with minuteness, and as has since been
ascertained, with extraordinary fidelity.
Yet he trayersed 1G0 to $50 miles Of coun-
try open to our forces, made his way with
out interruption to Lexington, attacked,
and, after an eight days fight, within forty
SIX miles Of our Western outposts, defeated
Mullisan, gathered up his plunder as leis-
u1ely as if he were peaceful traveller pre-
! pairing for pleasure jaunt, kicked his
| prisoners out Of his camp with contempt
uous consciousness Of his safety, and
| slowly turned his face toward the South
whence he came. 1t is true that there
were dozen regiments Of brave men,
anxious to flesh their swords, in camp at
Jefferson City, whence few days rapid
march would have taken them to the
Usage, where they might have had pos
session Of and held the bridges and fords; :;
t1ue that five thousand men were lying
! at Rolls, doing nothing but chewing the
cud Of discomfort, whence they might
haYe easily effected a junction with
the division from Jefferson, and
made the joint force invincible
against anything that the rebel leader
could command; true that St. Louis was
full Of troops not needed for the defence
OF that place; true that Gen. Hunter and
l the best military authorities saw the traI
: into which Price had boldly marched, and
recommended that he be headed off and
Destroyed all true. But Price needed
l. none of these things; he had traversec
i, the length Of State, fought two battles
= won Two victories, destroyed Unionjsn
Is wherever he went, and with sublime con
1t fidence in his luck, or with accurat
,e knowledge and a~happy appreciation
re the management Of the forces by whic
L. he was or should have been opposed, keE
le leisurely at his work, and made good hj
te escape. He is, as We said, in Arkansas c
ID near the border, having made remark
If able march, and g more remarkable II
lie treat, without ,encountering anyWher'
ID save at Springfield, an effort to arrest
ae cut him of!
Y, This is brsei history; but it is tt
u; real The events recited Will probab
,ir close the campaign in Western Missouri
IS will close it unless the new born impet
IS, csity of his pursuerT, still at respectt
d. distance in his rear, leads them into apo
LIZ ton from which extrication will be il
'er possible, then, at the beginning Of Wint
'ut and at the end Of season that open
as most auspiciously for the Union cause
, it that State, We may be. compelled to
tel- nounce another and still more disastro
ny defeat, and the 1osa Of ten thousand N
who will crown PRICES rebellio
efforts in the West. This is
record. No encomiums Of vel
~ and purchased press; no laudatie
~ ~ by paid hirelings who would praise
w condemn as bidden, like q dog Y
"speaks" for his dinner; no bogus
~ patches manufactured to order and s
le over wires that acknowledge military C
""' sorsbip no expostulation by men who
), gorged with the fat of contracts by VIII
: IN the peoples money goes with easy faci
PES n into the pockets OF scoundrels Of hide
day, dye, can change these plain and sim
Il. facts. No counter charges against a e
'en e1ous government which has winked
ee'r irregularities, illegalities and regal assul
'ao tions, until it has become almost Grim:
.ne in its forbearance, can deny the truth (
oon III narrative like this. We state the IA
1ins leaving the obvious deductions to the 6
'on- sense OF those loyal men, who, as We