Gazette and sentinel., 1861-07-13
No Great Esttle Yet.

Tbere seems 10 be a strange and unncconnfatle
demonstration in the action OF onr army, II not IN
that of both armies, in Virginia, which the people are
wondering at, and the policy of which, as far as We
are concerned, they canrot understand. Having toll
Grated the enemy ON our soil for this length oil u'he'
we should think il was now our duty as our policy TO
dash ut the enemy, cut him To pieces, capture
Washington, drive Lincoln AMI the other accnrsed
periurors in Cabinet and Congress from Their de-
secrateJ positions, and with the olive branch s"elng
for peace in one hand, and the blazing fagot and
flashing sword in the other, carry death and destruc-
ton on tie enemy's soil, until he once more De-
comes embued with reason aud common sense. In
our belief il could be done, and CALAMITY done.
Let us hope, however, that whatever may he the
cause of this procrastinstion, it on our part, that
il originates from the wisest Of motives, and from
well planned ~stragelic purposes. II, on the other
hand, the delay OF a general engagement rests with
the enemy, III il is not actual fear, it may he that Lin
coin himselff, or Sect, is Withholding the iatr'cidal
blow. in the hope, vain indeed if they look TO our
! side for it, that some propositions will originate 10
prevent the dreadful 'jubilee Of blood
! The message of Lincoln does not indicate anything
else, however, then "war to the knife" IL is COM
posed Of reasons peculiarly Lincolnish, clinehed by
the logic of the usurping tyranI, that II is our inte-
est aud happiness to he again brought in loving EN-
brace with the North, and his divine mission TO be
the instrument of il, which he would effect If he had
to 60 to the bitter end-that war would not have oc-
CURED had we not commenced it, sc. &c.-ail I'M
worthy of notice. Indeed, with the exec pton OF the
two lines, in which Abe asks Congress for four hun
bred thousand men aud four hundred millions OF
dollars, the message il worthless the "Tebels' at
,enuon; and this is on a par with the absurdity o
his other sentences. Looking 10 the ready sanction
ing by Congress of oil his acts and granting all his
demands, il would seem that the angel Of peace is
far of, or else the Black Rep. Executive and his sup
{ porters are playing an astounding "bluff game" by
which as a last recourse, if the Confederates don
back out, they must. Ii seems so ridiculous tOt
, Old Abe to expect to raise 400 600 men within
year, or two years, if he ever can, and almos
as absurd To think lee can borrow SlOO,0UO,0OO, tina
we are almost inclined to believe it is a "bluff game
and nothing else that is being played. Yer, we mus
acknowledge, Congress appears TO he proceeding
e with great earnestness aud decision in preparing 70
r a bloody struggle. All that is left for us to do, if
gallant invasion of the enemy's country is impoiliic
is TO keep our troops marshalled and our powde
I dry, ready at any moment, a. Col. Dumas wOuh
= say, ITO give q lesson or take one" Ia the art ot ~ar
e Everything seems 10 Indicate that the day Of sue
contest, if il has not already passed, cannot be post
poned many hours longer. May God uphold In
, right!