Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1861-1862, 1861-10-28
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Tue cry forward to Richmond, about shiOh 50 much
has beea iOoisbly said since he Ball Rgn panic vas
FEht Il was not Greeley, but the nation that cried
"ForEsrd to Richmond Greeley SEIZED With the bat
ue Geld panic "a Ike coward from the roar OF the q
aorAnt and canorous, and at the moment when ths
fact, that bis Washington correspondents malicious
letters we're tas daWned upon the country, repadattd
them. But Eta Henry WarreO, egotiss and rhe.ort
clan As he L. Wrols ths Truth iron " lshingon. and
net the whole truth either, and the Immortal
pages OF history must record The POLITICIANS did no.
force the Tor yard movement The people behind Them
Sre Ii eneKoFAbls and irresistible power that gave the
order 70 malsi. Why Because the people knew they
had rendered their al 70 the officials at Washington 70
pit down the rebelon-and knew that time enough had
been given 70 make up great army 10 do the work
and kns,s that II sir servants al Warrington lad per-
C0rmsd der dU!y &c as Aigh time ns army ca ths
road 70 RekmoRG The fact that the army was not CON-
De cot for tie task Of taking tho rebel Capital the
fault NOT Of the people but Of the caucus Of politicians
raw, and generals venerable, In onics, at washing
ton.
A few facts will Illustrate. Gen. Mcdowell wss not
given the opportunity 10 know hs aImT. he had hut
Few companies OF eagly end oay foStysish: cannon.
Ehoge fault EAs Z the, he did not have i've thousand
horsemen and at least one hundred Of the cannon tsn
gaping idly In tha a senssf Mt bis iSul. certainly
Aud vet he was within hairs breadth Of victory The
enemys forces which bad been estimated more than
one hundred and dy thousand, dwindled In tbs shock
OF battle 20 not more than seventy i've thousand. Oar
Rrn
the resonant emphss, becoming Ocss and shallow asjsr
lions cat In oSerestltag lie woEe that lad been done
With our army 10 Washington.
~ er the Rul RIM disaster aud the dsbAndnent Of
three months troop, Ee, OF course, could ID nothing
for the moment but stand on the defensive add pie.
pare But 10 have been on the defensive long enough.
TIA kor 20 sr ks hss come II is aot Necessary that
McOe I'm should march TO Boil Kun and light second
hattie on the ground OF The frs bur there necessity
for aggressive &c iln and that without delay. II the
position on The Potomac is defensive, there are this
forfs mount d BY az least hSe huodrsd o2nrSai and
thers are City Thousand 70 spare-tyenyhve thou
sand for the West T. petes the heart OF the Conlede
s.s sebeIoa 10 Rtst Tsnnessee and twenty-five thou,
ss,d 10 take New Orleans aud thunder at oiher In!I
ci,es Or the ls=er PotOmie, or the York Peniesnls
nav ussr basis Of operations foE forward 10 Rich
20 d II JVement
Of va can tkrOs besTy ioTes tT0u ESttsias iato
North Csolioa- o. the army OF Western Virgiol may
10 srenShsnsd AID pushed forward TO better SInteE
quarters DEEPER In the SA'e
Gen. HeCllllln, though embarrassed 70 some e1tent
Ly The ncumbranees upon the Military system a. VAST
Ingtou Is believed - Easter Of the situation. olr
kSrs-Iks kops Of the Country that ne wiz not per-
Lii himself 30 sirAd1ed BY the politicians high or
o hat that be will sh0s The hofs smAnshp aud general
ship that the people foUdy expected they had 10 him,
b. riding rough shOd il necessary to the Immortal vic.
tory that awaits the man Of energy aud capacity, and
moral and yses Hss who demonstrates, on the bat
lie nsi the proposition that the Republic Is compsteas
70 crush its enemies. A
And IN the sane lssUs the COl0srsisi again PITCHES
Ia after the fOInE,ns fistcH -
IxK.TuaTIoS AZ WASHINGTON, " sshinst0n at
RESPONDENT Of the New York Commercial teegAphs ihs
following remarkable sta,emeut' The recent battles
IA Western Vrgoia supposed e gendsr thai entire
section secure 20 tbs Uoion cause
Now n thors &c one thing mora disSsSrtning taaa AT
e,hsr IN the conduct Of this il Is the seemiI so
sce or indereIe At Washington 10 the peris and Of.
kculties that best the armies operating In distant lids
Thsy are keeny alive the importance oil self PIE erS
tol II General Bssureglrd 80 much - nak q dero
stration indicating an sisck en- the gigantic i1rce that
invests and urotects The sscred city, the country cleo
ir "a with alarms for rs safety The eisa Org bones
quake With repida;ion, and horse ioos and Dragons
are hurried forward 90 the wings CT ssan TO Keep
elui.sl from aog lato the haaes OF jefferson DAVE.
II 1, very doubtful II an army maliitndneus as r
res led Toto Greece and FORTH as imPsegaaols IS
ehr.sr aoGl save The oountry ftom periodic ssnsa'
ions for the safety OF washinoa, which have become
chronic by their very frequency.
n hapoess now that oissiul feeling OF security per
x.ds, he West Ed An army Of contractors swarI-
from vii srds 10 the War Office, breathing rosy atnos-
mere Of a enon thar they ara 10 no danger OF being
bspRsd-by the rebels a. they ought be. MAJ SOS
I'll has been tsls1 a. beggaf ns, be supposed 10 al