The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1861-10-26
COUNCIL BLUFFS, IOWA, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 2e. 1861.
aEN EvASr.~
Frou The Richmond nispassa. Sept. ssa,

Il TrOu the Richmond pissassa. seas. ssa.
i The weather for the last two weeks ha,
been splendid. The earth saturated hereto
fore by au unusual quantity Of rain has be,
come thoroughly dried, thessreams hare re-.
sumed their usual channels, or shsunk withis
thelr usual borders. Tae atmosphere is ex.
ceedinsly brilliant, remsndsrg Us of thai pur.
est oil American seasons, the Indian summer
laere never WAS more propistoas weathe,
for military operations. And We are re.
minded by the date al the head Of this ssa.s
issue, that the e9ninax Is upon as, accam
panled b; It's usual coacamssants of eiaads,
ram AMI storms. II seems a. though nature
herself had espaused sur canse, and invite,
US to cams forward. We canno. always
calculate upon her fayars. In few DAYS
she may shroud herself in clouds, aoi dreneh
the earth oncs more by rain. We hone our
Generals viii take advantage OF The ornor.
tanity. and siege the initiative. Time in
military matters, is victory, is triumph. il
everything and We learn from the old adsca
| that time Is bald behind. lie must be sivxed
by tn forelock, or he will forever elade the
grasp.
| We hare not in this Journal presumed to
cfitIcise the movements Of our generals
We could not but see, what all ibe world
must have seen, that a movement in ai-
vance one day or one week, or even .twn
weeks, after the battle OF Manasses, wou d
have resulted in advantages TO our cause,
~hieh II Is almost impossible TO conceive,
| tar less to estimate with mathematical preei
sion. We could not resist the belief that men
who bad fed as The Yankees had ned from
that field, could not be made to stand be
bind any fortifca,ions, how formiJitle so
ever they might be, If attacked by strong
afms AID resointe hearts. We could no. b.
induced 10 thlnk that the respect dueto tried
veterans oush to be paid To those routed.
terrified, discouraged, panic. stricken, relic,
| 1t a military mob whom no persuasion ut
their officers, and No sentiment OF honor,
| had induced to stand aud look our army iu
the face.
/ We felt nhdent that tho best way to
deal h such men was 10 assail them bod.
/ ly. no tae matter what their numbers might
| ee, without waiting moment to count the
cost ol thr assault. We are sure they would
never stand the test. for ae knew that they
were dishand'ng daily. that they were total
/ iy regardless Of military discipline, that they
| were strswed all over Washington, lying
drunk 10 the rumsh ops. on the csi!tr doors.
In the gut,ers. and th nking Of nothing but
| getting back home. We are satisfied now,
that Wa~hi gton might have been taken by
q handful of men, almost hy charge of
cayslry. We could not understand the nd
vantagss OF delay. We knew nothing oi
military tacf,cs; hut tho modicum Of com
mon sense with which we were gifted by aar
Creator, enabled Us to doubt the psic,
whieh left to u conquered and di sririted en-
emy the leisure TO recover from his terror
10 restore discipline. recruit his forces, /,
drill his men. 10 erect gigantic fortifcations
But we said nothing of all this because our
Generals had the matter in their own han3s,
and best knew what they were capable OF
performing. When. therefore, We learned
that their reason fur not following pnnc-
rlcken enemy twenty five miies, was thai
they had not provision and transportation
sufficient TO c1ry them that distance, we
thought the public ought to be salts fed. We
had read, nevertheless, that Cn-ar had pur.
sued Pompsy from the plains OF Thessaiy
TO the sea beach of Alexandria, after thr
battle Of Pharsalia, although previously tn
that battle he tai been on the point oi
brsaki CUP his camp for want of prosisi ms.
| We had, moreover, read the first prociami
| ton Ut Grn. Bhnapart TO his army IN Italy.
IN which he tells them that ia the course Of
fourteen days they had gane,isix v,ctorte.
and destroyed two arInies that thev had
gain ID battles without cannon. crossed rive 4
with out pontoons, IN tde forced IN riches vi b
out shoes, and watched all night under arms
without brandy, and sometimes even with
out provisions'--tha they had been "berefg
even .of necessaries At the cominepeema cut ot
the campa gn,'' but tha, now At the date or
the rrUcamition) ''they enjoyed plenty
for that 'sthe magaznes taken from the IN.
emy we're namerou..' Stil. the public
deeply AS they were cl,agrined nj the itssp.
pplnt,nent, acqaiesed in the apology fur The
! nanerals, that they had M. transportation
and provisions Tor so short distance. and
We tsit no disposition to dtstutb it's verdict.
We have already said thnt the Advantages
which would have ensued to the Confeder.
ate States from an advances at that period.
were ros TO be estima'td BY any process
known to arithmetic Spme If them, how
ever, 0 80 pap bly, o. The surface that we
cannot fnfhnar to nptiee them in passing.
We shnali have captured the city of Balt.
more. and puTg 1t of the foul vermfn who
have converted it int Il nest fnr their tribe.
/ We should have prevented the abduction
and incarceration of nur friends, who have
been abducted and incarcerated only because
thry were our friends. We should have
captured the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad,
and, by throwing strong body OF troops
upon the rear of the Yankee marauders in
/ Wrssern Virginia, have rendered their cap
,ure and destruction inevitable. We should
have protected North Carolina from inva-
SION. We should have arrested the progress
of the Yankee arms in Missouri, and placed
I that gallant State in her true position. We
i should have en- bIed Kentucky to pu e. of
the vile iacasts that infsst her. We should
have entered the Yankee territory, and made
them srenble for their own Capital. w.
should have taken Philadelphia, and held i,
al a ledge for the @ithdrauai Of Lincoln.
scaundreis from Fortress Monroe, and os
hls feet from the biockade ef our ports. In
word, we should have gone in the midst
/ Of the YANKEES, broken up their military
organizations. held Boston and Se~ York ni
our feet, carnpsl slsed them TO sue for terms
and exacted ample indemnity for sll thsi'
4 injuries, and all their insults.
Ano,hrr opportanity offers itself. W.
have nnnerou. army on the pytsmnc c--i
burns for di.tinefisn, and pants for th.
! hour that ls TO call IT into action. II rs ar
4 dor ba not restrained, before Chfiamas y,
Gao plant the .o.s of the Confeierat,
States upon Fsneuii HILL. j. will har,
battle. 20 fghs; bai thatis what i. mos
eagerly longs for. twill have rivers Il
crpss bat Col. Napier tells ~ that river.
30 far from being 40 IN -uperab!s barrier q,
not even form good position. II sh~y can
not be crossed ~ one psacs thry can at an
] other. When did the Hhine ever eor.situse i,
inseprsahle shjees 70 an army wishing 10 in
Z vsde Frsnss or GrYnsay, ct The Ps 10 4,
J sYmy wishing 20 invade Lonbardyf whe,
did any great river oEsr m insupershIe %
stacie 10 = resoiats general and y bras
army IN she name efths snised Soush, the
let our srnses advance while she weather
II sns and svsrything propisious.