Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1861-1862, 1861-10-17
av1x vKW an PuBLIC AFFAIRS.

II ,.oRTHERN VlEW on fUBLlC ARfAlhc.
s.n,,pz article Is from tbs Crisis-Columbu',
"a, "a h ulL, which paper Is edited BY COL Med
for many years editor Of the Statesman,
.,.,,,ie organ Of that State, and more recently
A. Kansas under the territorial organization.
=. Doubt - reflects the views Of the eonservA-
OArry Of the Buckeye State, Of which Gel
,ishsd leader, and gill be found signin-
's,aia il positions upon public Ahdrs;
- CUSHIONS The Cincinnati Sa'''''' 'PsAA-
. .s,i,, in AissOari, sAys
= ,,s si,uAuoa in Missouri, the Federal
u We % ,outeud against g-sai odds, We may n
20 hA''ae -, Western troops eoatinue TO o5 order
fs say ns..as C,ano. the Esst defend the Capt.
20 Masnus IN W.sb1gtoa be considered safe, Are
"aen - In the West 20 be sacrificed IS they
Re Il Springfield olsstioos. and deserve thu
fosss AZ G,,sr1neut We are : little Inclined,
PIC, Of .0s c,n.jous, vet we are Very slow to find
r0baoy, F,,,y Gsnstals Their labors are great and
p. s'1 ~ I. Eltls itr mistake, or failure In 40
can0-,, 5.,,,ge or cefeas the greatest OF military
ser n'' 4, full OF this and history should
eo'N - = Ibis time aad We have Withheld cur
~, ~ pspsr often, Nsea our modification would
uNs.,,,.ed us 10 expose the Shortcomings, not OF
t;,,,y msu bg. Of civilians, Who, n seemed 10 u,
. .sOiiy guofalt OF slet ~ ~, NAiI -" ~ WI
a. 20, urder Notifying results when the cause
4, ass iler oNo' ,-.., ..,, ;,,,o.,.,, .,,..
81. -. % he excused for intruding remark that
s,,od in nme not TO be out OF p ass II Penn
y. "a New York alone cannot firnish soldiers
-. a. ssieud Washington City. then We are in a
"A ,,r unable 70 prosecute succG sefully. This
- he bold expression, but IS 1 not so
60 NJ u this time beSn incredulous As ~ the
- -.
-. ,sotls nav have desired is but those Who eon
49,, and civil matters South, certainly knew
: rorld ulse more out Of the sumner npaign
go NJ tse forces Of the North to tha, point,
=, ~, o.ber course. Time with them, was every
~ have hey not gained Is and al the same tine
IN, overru1 the SOuthues's
=. Es.,srp Vireeia campaign IS still more fruitess
=. hssl h,e 80 % q her party than eosqlsst Il
me, Is and deep valleys, from Which both armies
u -,irssl o. tie approach OF winter aud that e
!, ,,se uUoa Us Gen Lyon fully eomprehended his
,i,on as he vas familiar With IFS importance, ard
enc eation b,el directed to that quarter in time
"a Of 10 Fortress Monroe aud WSshiogson eiv,
srr q rs Wouli be il a very different attitude. |;
me hat Geo. Pillow made demonstration on Birds
al and Care bu Il easily TO be seen that It was
Z, tsin, 10 draE Gen. Fremonts attention, While
< L,ca and his brave band were made the victims -
.st,ibe we're We 0! this, fer We know that country
TIA, Hs solicit sons one here, those NO d would
- AZ horiy, TO telegraph Fremont TO let Birds Point
,s and lok after Gen. Lyon, adding that ANY gene
$40 bad s,nse enough to cross The Mississippi with
| army had too much se0ss 70 attack Birds Point and
10
S,,a t=o weeks followed and e n. Lyon was the VIC
and Bis desc mated army on the reuelt Ri ids
!, vas not attacked and Gen. Pillow retired TO Tie
see.
sou where are We We have scarcely the courage o
or readers where Ve are. Had the money and tine
IA speat n sending aid 70 Gen. Lyon that has b en-
Il. in a aunbuc Aotlh, Geo. Lyon would row be in
session OF Fort Smith, boiling al Nj sour, AGsIs
ne whoe Iadian country in check, instead OF in his
"a in Connecticut. Nos all tbs is for the present
aud Kentucky likely to give Us as much a. We wait
o flrs ieN SeCkJ-
"a than two hundred thousand nen cannot nov DO
!, twenty Ave thousand might have done two months
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