, 1861-09-26
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There has nothing traRsp:red in Missoa,,
1or msny weary Weeks to cheer the hearts Of
the trfon nen there. On the contrary, dis.
couragements and disasters hsve ftiiowed
each other in urb1oken succession, until houa
defex1ed has made the hearts sick. The friends
OF tne Government everywhere, have reason
to be ashamed Of the mpotency Of uat1iotic
effort III Missouri. TIE calamities there hays
been endured until they are National crimes.
Who is to Blanc for tho l1arehy and rebel rule
and deyAseatlol West OF the Missiseipuip We
make no charges: but in the name of .
Trcrged eonnts{, We declare that there ore
aeeR nlooa 1lI Slams o. so'ne bands, that cannot
We lave ia hit MEssourihass given no re.
cent coneol1ion to patriotism. It Is true It
has only been field Of humiliation and dis
'"ster Camp jackson was captured last Anil,
2nd treason in St, Louis ripped in the bud.
Ihe battle OF Boonvi11e was fought soon
stter, 81 snd Claib. Jackson compelled 10 fee the
state. These two victories belong to Gen,
lJcn and Frank Blair Since then, what -ray
Of Light have re seen in Missouri? S;gel re-.
treated frtm Carthage, and by miracle Of
genera1sljp faxed his men and his g1ns from
superior nunbera. A Union Colonel and his
command was surrounded By the rebel bands
o. OIL A1i, raasS nsaf Monroe and b me5e fortune
was left 6ef.nceless against four times bis
It'd pe,ithed il trying to sustain liz
countrys dag against such odds. The
lots OF Lyon lost oae third of Missouri
to the Union surrendered its loyal citi.
xens to lmp1essment and plunder opened
the way fer the victorious rebels to the Mis-
eou1i River, and to the best towns Of the State
Fer weeks It has been known that Gen. Price
was advancing upon Lexington with view to
install the rebel Governor, Jackson, there; and
yet ne IL allowed to invest Lexington with
oFerWbelmiDg numbers; and the nation is
tortured nov with . suspense, that has la-ted
tor week at least, fur the fate Of the devoted
band tbat Price was allowed to entsap there
Col Mull}gaa, notwithstanding our adS:ces to
the contrary, may heeafe. We eiucerely trust
he las stood eucces sfullY against the fearful
siege. But We protest that It isa deep cruelty
to him ard to bis mer, and an outrage without
palIatlon on the feelings Of the nation, that
the gallant soldier and his brave men haya
bteu thus eLvironed and auccorless. and their
1ate, either of death IN the bitches, or OF dQ-
!aaee vile as prisoners, 1eft trembling for days
III the hs1ance.
Is there never to be q chastiseuent inflicted
% the rebel ba1d6 Of Missouri For months
Mi11da, Maitln GIsen has been 5ayaging Northeast
safely crosses the Missouri River with 1900
men ard goes to join Price. Thomas Harris
msranct through tie counties living south Of
Green's district, at the head OF 1000 men; aud
a1ter having glutted hls vengeance and plum
dared his fill, he, too, goes to join his rebsl
masters that are advancing from the South
wet. St. Jcsepb, the second city in the State,
and the terminus ef the most, important and
only completed railway IN Missouri, has hard
u been Wetk out Of the hands Of the reb ais,
who plllaged its stores and supplied Their
wants by robbery Of Union men. The timbe1s
arc scarcely replaced over Platte River,
where 3 hundred lives were assai1ed By cruel
sid as yet uncaptu1ed secesaionists. Scarcely
s cay has passed for weeks that trains on rail
roads we're not fired into and men murdered
outright But when heard Ee OF single a.
rest ard quick punishment Of the offenders By
the luudly-1foelaimed Nartial law?
The truth ie, that Missouri to day is blight
ed field, where nothing appears to animate
the patriot or give cheer to the Union. And
8by should 1t bes We have been told that
Fremont has gathered at st. Louis one Of the
anfst armies On the continent, numbering,
soms; s say, 81, o00, some say 90 coo. soma sly
5000 men, We know that Col MuIl.gan,
lke: tie brave Lyon, WAS left to struggle
against fearful odds, within two days run Of
ST. Louis hy steamboat We are told that
FTemonthas thrown up iptrenchments around
St. Louis at q cost of 81 100000 We know
that Ben McCulloch IL marching to the aid.o1
Price, ard that our feeble forces at Rolls
Boonville and jefferson City arc in imminent
darger. When shall these things stop
When? When3
We review this EorToWfu1 record in Missou
n, lot in resentment, but in grief The Ad
minist12tion ct afford to let these thfrgt
continue. In other quarters, the morning
breaks brightly. Why is all 50 dark in Mis-
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