The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1861-08-24
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Whit Tho people Of the loyal Seeses I've bsen
sSsussine - relasivs advmtsgee q = promps
a Vigorous, % compared WITH nor oeho1
~ and eircumspect pfusecanon g -. sIss
be Union, the rebels have steppoo ID ~. eoo,u
d the question. They have resolved that re
truggle shall be short and sharp, ana % snis
nd have called out their utmost strength, Ano
etermined 10 wrsst Maryland 10 the Eass ana ,
(issouri in the West, from the defenders Of tne
Union. Hence, Besuregsrd and Johnston are
BY batteries the navigation OF sne
Potomac below washington, WINE sneir Iofoes
pproach that river along 10 whole ceofse. max
or demonstrations intended 70 prevent any con-
,entration Of Gen. McClellaDs army, ~ ksepinS
lin in doubt whether tne euort 70 !0IcS ~,
age Il TO be made above or Deiow tos feoess'
Jity.
That the passage OF the Potomac, Dy On Amy
ess than One Hundred Thousand strong, Wild
! desperate enterprise, beaaregsrd 70 oouos'e:s
lware; but In war risks must % ssken, an1 2.
unpaid, indifiersrtly ,capr'ciousy REQ, ne-
equipped, and poorly snod ioliowe. can nas1y
bs deferred from mutiry ana oeseruon pu. "
lctisn. Armies 30 subsissed soon oevsssaW :
region to which they are ecnnneo, ana must ei-
Their advance, retreat, disperse. or starve: Tne
rebel host 10 nov flushed with triumph, ano
doubtless has received large re-inforcements since
the battle Of Bull Run. They are told that zen.
McClellan's army is disheartened, demoraIiseo,
and mutinous, and that this 10 the golden moment
70 strike for Maryland and Washington. And
there is every probability that the hazard will be
taken.
In and about Missouri, the Rebels have now
nearly One Hundred Thousand Men, including
the Tennesseeans. These are 70 % 10 part 90
disposed ~ to threaten Cairo, Birds Point, st.
Louis. &c, and TO k'ndle into action that SYM
or 0UnR
which has ever been acharacterisnc OF the lover
end OF Illinois, while the residue, under AcCui-
loch, lif still livng,) Rains, hardee, &C., drive
the Union forces from western and central Ms
souri,, and ultimately unite with FOLK, Piiiow'
Jeh. Thompson, &C, IN grand combined AZ
tempt on st. Louis, with the capture OF which
they expect to close the campaign IN that quar-.
ter. And, having thus wrested Maryland ana
Missouri from the Union, captured and either
burned or appropriated washington, the Rebels
Will be once more ready TO open negohations,
protesting that there 10 nothing they desire 20
much as peace, and wondering Why the North ID
not willing to let them alone
Such, - We read the signs, are the determined
purposes OF the head-traitois, ana tney impose
upon the loyal STATES ana tneir ciuzens neces-
sity ior instant energeuc aot,cn. we nave
douotiess more ana octter Srshsry snan !ne
menseiy superior IN cavalry. oar smAi Arms,
tho.gn not all tnat ceuid 90 Mlsnse, are better
IL tne average 'n.n .nens, snu We s.e making
ana rscslvine tne Dess rines ~. iineu "usKe's
muc1 Iasscr tnsn Msy eau oosa:n she.. iney
Gen. Lyon and his heroes have taught u that
sne deiencers OF sne cnion neeu lssr no ptepon-
w. IN smmn.;.;on md .unnlie. 10 csn !. al.
fail to have a decided advantage: but in svery.
thing that can be achieved for . bad cause by
the services Of spies and traitors, they have all
to nothing.
1t is of the utmost Importance that not only
every full regiment, but every company that is
fit to take the field, should be placed at the dis
posal Of Gen. Mcclellan or Gen. Fremont at the
earliest moment. Let it never be said that the
Great Republic was lest because A, B, or G,
wanted to be Colonel or a General, and SO kept
his men back to finish recruiting while the des.
TIMES Of the country we're being decided by fight
ing. Whoever means to fight for the integrity
of the Union need hardly be assured that he is
wanted now, and that, if he thinks more Of the
cause than of himself he should enroll himself
in regiment which already is, or very soon will
be, at the seat of war. And, if the embryo Col
ouel, who has but partial complement Of men,
would but say to the War Department, "Here
them, and make me q Major, Captain, Lieuten
ant, Corporal, or whatever else you shall Judge
me fit for, but give me a chance to fight" he
would evince q patriotism and modesty which
could not fail of their reward-IN Y. Tribune.
HE EXPEDITION AND MISSION OF HENRY A.
WISE FAILURE The correspondent of the
Nenrb;. Anuos, v,;.;,, =. R;chm,,d ~, n.
appear "e - y" WIZ
lotn INST, says:
There has been a good deal of discussion
here in military and other circles. about the op-
erstiors in the western part Of the State under
Gen. Henry A. Wise That he should have fal.
len back as far as the White Sulphur Springs
creates surprise and dissatisfaction Clearly the
mission of this officer to the disaffected portion
of Virginia has been failure. say this with
no disposition to undervalue the services or the
talents of the ex governor. Great expeet.tions
were aroused by bis departure. His legion was
to be called into being "a he advanced hv the
magical poteney of his name and the electric
inspiration of his personal Qualities. Hi, near
friends claimed for him a nonular;tv v;th al,
of any man in the commonwealth II was rra
dicted and believed that he wonld carry everv.
thing before him from the A,leobsnv unt.;n,