Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1861-10-10
Darker DAYS Than These,

Instead of being cast down by the revcrses
| that must come, let US look at he old Revolu.
tiOnary times and see what dark days 0Gr ia.
theirs saw aud suffered, and yet triumphed.-
We thank God for what they fought lor and
bought for us with their blood. We will leave
the blessing to our children.
The assailanls of the rude entertainments on
Bunker Hill in IT'S lost every fsurth man.-
More British soldiers-a lhousand-were killed
in that fight than We lost at Bull Run. And
that disaster was not, comparatively, as dis
heartening rs was the death OF Montgomery
and the loss of his gallant army at Quebec III
IT'S. Nor does this late event compare with
the defeat Of Washington S army on Long Island
the same year, and the capture of two Of his
highest officers and many hundred soldiers, sup
posed to have been killed, wounded and pris-
Oners, 1.-TWO thorsand, a large number. consid-
ering that not above 5000 were engaged"
As for panic, recall that scene soon after the
disaster just mentioned, when at Turtle Bay a
large force of the militia fled in terrible panic
when the enemy came in sight, and so disgrace
| ful was it, that Washington, closing all self
command at the sight Of such dastardly conduct
dashed his hat upon the ground in a transport
| of rage. exclaiming, Are these the men with
whom / am 10 defend Americal
Not long after, he lost 1000 men at Fort
| Washington, and then took place that manly
| yet terrible retreat across the Jerseys, which,
| On account Of the roads, was called by the old
soldies "the mud rounds" We have seen no
time yet which is the thousandth part as dis
couraging. And it is worth remembering that
that terrible campaign, with its battle of Long
| Island, its Turtle Bay panic, its loss of Fort
Washington, 1000 men and large amounts OF
| ammunition-and its retreat through Jersey,
ended with the victories of Trenton and Prince
| ion. I.rf- -.
We speak of our panic at Washington, Phila-
| delphia and New York, on the 22d Of July ult.,
but what was that compared with the agony Of
terror which the patriots felt in New York
when in the Fall of l776 that city was given up
to the British; or in Philadelphia when in the
Fall of I777 it was evacuated by our Congress
and our army? ei lf - ssl.r
At Chadd's Ford, too, our troops were driven
helter-skelter in such confusion that lad Howe
followed up his advantage he might have cut
| our army to pieces. just after that our troops
almost achieved agreat victory at Germantown.
and then it was turned into defeat and panic in
the most unaccountable manner. 1t is worth
| noticing, too, that at Germantown general Of
fcer was SO drunk as to be cashiered for mis-
| conduct-a circumstance which made an open
| ing for the youthful Lafayette. And Washing
ton then had 1000 men who were barefooted.
SO he says: Then came Valley Forge.
But all this led on to the good blessing which
sent us Steu6ep, whose discipline converted our
armies into such strength that We achieved the
victory OF Monmouth. Il, s7-.;, r.. s,...l t..
We speak of cabals and jealousies and trea-
son why. our fathers had a taste of all this in
the Conway cabal, which had nearly destroyed
Washington, and they had the treason of their
| most brilliant officer. Arnold. J
As we thus look over that period. we are con-
vinced that we have not yet experienced tithe
Of the troubles which embarrassed our fathers,
and as they bore up eight years in achieving
our independence, we must not fret and despond
sweeps over our path. We must be courageous,
because we trust in God and in the ultimate
triumph Of iuatiee. ~, ~ . D --.--L----.-. II.