Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1861-08-26

We shOud take care let the noise and confusion
OF armed men and the hurry and hustle OF great
make Us lose sight Of VIA; i dus 10 tie mighty dead.
Old Scots programme has gone The rsy Of all assh It
made mighty noise IA il dag. When the future Her
odOls cones the particulars Of the great Bar
byc invasion Of the nineteenth century, this might,
monster oil stand eOBspicuOus on bic pictured page.-
The Grand Programme which the creates; military char
ater Of the age 9TH unseared labor and cOrsumnlte
XIII fabricated ia the guse Of endless AnacOOdA tor
the sure crushing OF the Southern Rebe vii const
tnls the frontspece 20 tho instructive history. Before il
becomes the sutjeCi Of the s;Ored and the thtn'
Of the stately historian let contemplate it for mo
asat With tSe familiar gaze Of contemporary eyes Stats
en and morssts and great Generals may dnt in fresh
food for painful mediation on bssd hopes and "nisCll
culAtion OF forces"
A. unolded TO the wOFd by bis admiring scrbss "'he
frs General Of the Age promised bis employers 70 bar
the rebellion 10 close sithou. bOodshsd and o7 P'"-
esss ~hsh il his grand and imposing Say, ne illustrated
by opening aud shutting his hand TIE tEen'y-t"o
anons Of loyal and hrssaing snd courageous people
VI ---- -----aitl- an --s"c''nd
rnyelop art crush o4i the rebellion ~ithoat
leaving gfeasy spot A grand corps Ga'laSs (thS's
t4e phrase -as 10 uoys under the ih'iucih'e Bu'er
rCm Fortress Monroe snd have prayers and take dinner
N Redmond on a certain named dag. Another corps
.gsynss vas 10 set OUT from Washington 81 the
lime 90 truupbA procession through the centre OF the
sac. Another corps EGrHss, composed OF innum =
able and inyrcbls legiOhs TO advance down the
Mississippi valley, and al 70 meet .. New 0resrs
and have one universal rejoicing over the bco Hess *
,iaetioa Of The monster Rebellion and the es;AbamcH,
ii universal despOti1m.
The first act Of the grand drama vas enacted al Big
B,ths when end where the gay party were treated
more grape and canister than they bArsADed for by The
generous and uacereuonOus gruder. The fS-,hertE
esaiOa Of this portion Of the programme adjourned
40 soe unnamed day Of the Greek Cslends ana instead
Of dining in Richmond and listening to the prtacbiog
Of the Gospel Old Butler betOok himself 70 kidnapping
negroes.
The second Get came Of at Manassas; the renoun Of
which sin sls the trump Of fame and its echoes re-
vsrberanK from the most distant regions Of the globe
Yankee s.azgsr and Yankee couArdiee are familiar
ready 70 The tongues Of every civilized nation Of the
ssr,h. SO dsciA vas the success Of this adventure
tAss the great protector Of programmes confessed h,m
sslf 4" The greatest coward In the world
Ths usEt act WAS put in scene the distant plains of
Missouri In tie death Of their aVOurits General tnd
tia Fout snd iapssion OF ks rsseSosy and nurdeEoOs
elad this yGt 81 he psoETsns lad its Hlns iEz't
Esa-
Tbs &c. ths present =,ojs up tie play AID Il success
"a "a sesf OF merit the -s, General Of tts age has
ami, yipdelssd hi, claim 70 the highest niche In the
- npls Of hns.
Perhaps here viii be aterpises, but whether tragic
q. comic. time I'll disclose.