Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1861-08-25

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tta.eps rings Miih tiie sudden and dianstraul
Ssles, Ssre', " tne AmeticAh Federal army. >, The
Ss'sss ss,, Masn2t upexpected by us,, The geo,
ssapnosi consmuction of Virgins offet8 ths
s1oaIesa' '1sciit,ee fors defense. % Every mils
spIovgnJ " men me invading asfinyo marched
" IuE,nef from ito supplies, The .se
SessIonlsts nau peen In occupation Of Manassaf
suncuon TOT three month";. It was olly To snp.
pose thet they had not employed that time SeiI,
fine pits, forming lbatteries, aud Ore,
panng all that oeliigerents usually prepare 70
mess coming Zoe. The Federal srmy which,
yn sue morning OF sunday, the 2ist, Iarched
wv Ihnseffiea ranks, expecting b tfiampbal
r.tESplt "a ne evening presented The appear
W. M d. pfoken sea OF fugitiyes7s soldiers,
po,sss' crviians. cannon, wagons, all borne on
"2uy 10 coniusion. sss 'sasSs
"a, 10 meanv Improbable 5thatlone effect
N N- Ns .ueieAs mni be1seeh In the revolt Of
tne,yiahai ana thas De successful, thee Feds
erAi's.s oannosretain washington. alItis TO be
snpec'sa SnaJ every form of excuse will be
aiegeu apy. ,ne ~ N'rsoerners. They have al
ieauy accused tneir Seneraislo OF incompetehce,
hnU 0egrH0CO DOm1 0f fbAm-1 THAI Il. -
y attempt fo,mske light of,ths calamity which
nae oeiailen them. Thereis one fact, ,hoWsser,
wnle1 proves the magnitude of the disaster.
Inc eSovernmentlhaye prevented all commuui.
caton between Washington and Alexandria,
py seiegrapn or otherHise. Such proceeding
wooio never have been Adopted bya republiean
tsoyernment unless the. effects which might
arise irom tne iuil .dtacoyery of the truth
we're ueepiy reared We see clearly that the
nor'nern Journals are not free agents. They
nave oeen- compelled to soften down the more
.es,iple results OF the calamity. But enough
nao peen ppoiisned In the first furry, before
.he 0oVernmens nad time 70 Interfere, to prove
W ss ,nss sne~ reaeral army OF % OO0 has lost,
~ IN naed onn wounded or prisoners, something like
xV'voV-tnat their BEST artillery 10 lost-that
.oelt s1o5es ana ammuninon have fallen into
we s, nanus Oh tne secesslonistsrTand that they
VIII De wen content II they can hold Arlington
hignte Tor the next four months. 3J9a sa6ln o
I'VE would tracethe defeat of the ederalists
70 their employment Of militia forces only. In
guerrilla warfare, or In slight engagements, the
militia would serve all purposes, But here was
democratic Invasion OF an ehemy's country,
ana an assault upon positions elaborately fofti-
ned; militia 10 not designed 70 act alone in op-
erssons sScn as tnese. NOV the Federal Gov
armyof l50,00 men. How long will it tax !
10 discipline such host as that with the meaps
at the disposal of the Cabinet7 Where Mi
money be procured, for no European capita aIists
we're inclined to lend even at per CEN. 10 4
Confederacy which has once leeaiized Tram
to procure a loan of ESQ O0O. GOO. After S dsfs.s
IL becomes impossible. Add to this he loss of
heart the loss OF prestige, the doubt ana besitaI
lion, consequent upon such failure. II sIlsst
o regular army of Isl, 900 should be ENROLLED.
we may well ask, how long would the No,tbern
States constitute RepubIic7 ~ U71E
% This success of the SbutherDera II eous,o IN
the acouisition of an 'of S o0o N equs. y
The planters who made .sacri6cea befo,e ill
make more. because tI5eir efrs,,s ' ha.s bssn s.n
crowned by 30 decisive a yictorvf r. gss ~ Z, an
will be AN xious To ioit N asmv yh;sh h., ~sn .
o. ed itself with eiorsT q : Misaotri. yEsnrnch,
and Maryland will assuredly throw their f0,ces
into the scale.I Western VIRGINIA. IA slsssSs
eyacuated, and the phantom Senate AZ wheel.
ing is moribund. o. The greater icompactness.
the spirited exerton, the impuIslye yleor az tbe
South, are more than a match for the solidtv of
the Nortli 4 There NAV be a protracted contsst
still, but there can be no compromise. : The
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