Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-08-01
From the Richmond Whig
ON TO RTCHmONDI

! AFTER sorrHEfs MARCH TO No-eoR-H - -
| Major General Scott --. --.
| An order had gos
i TO push On the column 10 Redmond; -r- -..r'
l For lou hy went forth, ,.-
| From al parts Of the North,
/ In time for the regular yearly Fall Trade;
| Mr.. Greeley spoke freely sbsus. u sdeisy,
Ihe fsnkeel "to hum were all hot for th:ffsY; s
Declared they were slow, i-.s- s.----- s~ e.'t7-
| And therefore the order
p And make an excursion to Richmond, @--, e.
| Major General Scott -.-v r~ rs +a" ,t-
/ Very 10th to Obey this Instruction, TSoi;
! IA his private opinion -s- t- ~ .- .q--f-rs
t deserved to be piIlsgsd h=rsons to EhCt -e-e-
Ard the reason Is easily hotsd; -s.--v al --a.5
Though tAisPArt Of fhs earth
And medals and swords, - =
| inscribed with fne words
Il as1sr for Windfeld had voted -. --e ~.
Bssdesyou Gu must know that our Fist OF Commanders,
With his a. est Of armies and proudest OF naviss
Ts wrs4k bis old sruass against JsGs,s03 Davis sea |
And the Zouayss, With shout, p 2.tT
ITO Richmond or h-u - I onit heFe the voEe,)
Adashius out, to be brought to the door ..t
For pleasant sK:urssn 70 Rleha ond.
Major General gcats
Bad there on the spot 10
A splendid array
To plundsi and slIyi
II ths camp he might bOsst -'
EGch numerous host
As he nevet bad yet
In the battle field set;l .
Iysr' class and condition Of Northern ,oeisty : ,.,
W Mers In for the trip, most varied variety:
ID the camp he might hear every lingo in VI que, 'f
G ,.Ihs sweet German Aoeea' the rich Irish blega:
From the bGnka of The shannon --.s ---S EEL
Vas there 70 euipf0y
Ris exec lent cannon s-=. r-.-s--a-.' 's-f
And beside the long files Of dr4 goOns and artillery,
An the chi drea Of Mara l--y zl. ~ ----~---. ri
= There were bssbsrs and cooks
3D..
TIE cz<f de cuisine with his French bills CT fars
And ne artist . . drsSsths young o6cers hair,
And ths seribbers all ready a. once to PREF are "
or conqasit' add glcry; -
And servant with nGnberess basksts Of SiIeTy, .-
Thsugh Wilson tie Senator followed tbs train,
sissDce quite safe, e5ndRet the eid1pGY1s." 81
While the fields and the sky s0blus,
There Gel tEinly nothing more pleasant 70 40
On this pleasant sxeurSon to Richmond
In Congress the talk, as ssia was Of setsou,. -
To erusl out iHyt1Ater the trstOrous faction. s.a
In the press and the mess,
Tnfy W0uIl hear poLiug less 80 .-g..- '- H-
And at oncs put an ED d tte ins6ieat treason.
There vas 6leelsy, So. --
The bicod-thirsty Grow. -- --.-" -
And Hieamas. Ilhs rOvdy, not II ekman, the bs4u]
Ard that teffble Baker
who ssuld seize on the South, evsTy scrs. ----.-"
And Webb. who ouid drive all into Gulf,
Some nameesS locality smelling Of sulphur;
And With ali this b9ld crew -.'..s - 80
While the fsldswere 50 green and the SKY rs 20 bue,
But 70 march on directly 70 Richmond
Then the gallant MeDoEel E..l- g -. s.-
Drove madly the rowel -...-.. D..
OF spur,that had besn ''Bou" BY him.
10 The asak OF his steed, 4 - ,-94 .-.
10 accomplish adeed,
such as never before bad been done BY him s'..
And the battery callsd Sherman -. 49,. -.
Was wheeled into line, @
Whi'e the beer drinking Germans, ~
From the heckar and Rhine,
With Mimic and Ysger,
{ aBs with swsgger, .......- =. r
Fpl Of furry 6nd lager
(rhs day and.t . paEssns we're equally ass} $, I
Oh the fsas green ami the SKY blue
Indeed 'tsasa spectacle plsssant to view,
As the eolpmn pushed onward to kiehm nd .- ..=s
Ere the mSreh was begun,
In spirit Of fun,
Geperai scot in speech
said This army shtu d tesch -.l. r-a a--F ...-
The sou'hrehs the lesson the laws to obey.
And Just before dusk Cf the Hind or fohrIh diyS
Should joyfuly marcainio kehnoLd
He spike Of their drill
And heircourags an skin . -t-e-
scarei that the ladies Of ehnsond would
FER such mAtchless perfsctOa, and giE e'uly wave
In r1pru-e their delicate keicties i0 SIR
ttheir morning para les on the Capitol Square.
But alsck! and sIast
Mark what soon came to pass, '-
When this army, in spite Of his Batteries,
Amid vars loudest hundsE "1 10. f-
" ust stupidity eunder
Then Beaursgsrd came,
Like . tempest OF flame,
To cOnime them IN wrath ~ ..
On their psrilous pIh /
Ana JOhlston bore dawn in a whirlwInd to sE-ep
Their ranks from field
Where their doom had been se8Ied
As the storm rushss in the face OF the deep;
WhIes si't on ,he President preHt,
And the fee might descry
Ia the glance ofhs eye
The light oncs 1lsZed upon Dome5s crest.
Mcdowell ! AcD well weep, weep Tor the day
When the sodtrons you met IN their battle array
70 your eonAd=nt hosts with It's bullets and steel
Twas worse than culloisn to luekless Locaiel Z t
1h the Generals green and old Scott Is b.us,
And a terriblsk psintss, Mcdowell, tsyru
5 Was that plsaIant exclusion to Rcmnond-