Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1861-08-13
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OUR WAR fOR TaE USION-TaE REAL CON-
MENCEHENT OF TEE WORK.


MENCEHENT or TEE WORK.
viii The late expensive bot instruc i've disaster to our
army IN Eastern Virgins the work Of suppression Of
our Southesn rebellion practically begins have had
Reconnaissance in force OF the rebel army at Manassas
Jaao1on, and have ousd il TO De over one bundrea
thousand strong, admirably posted behipd punerou.
naeri OF poEersu rasd artillery Our blind and rocL
dos as,smpt with les than thirty thousand men 10 dis
ioag tois torHdAble army resulted in repase ra,ie
and confused retreat The part of our brava hn, az
Aau el troops which We may thank Our luekv 80 IA
no terminate IN TIE oceuPatoa OF Washington be- the
enemy IL We were Ignorant Of tie strength Of Ra.p
IN our ASSAULT be evidently as Ignorant Of opr
Nasss u our retreat and 10 this circumstance we ars
no dlgot Indebted ios the escape OF our u,ton. .pi.
I'D tae pfonPt reorganization Of is defensive armv
Wllea might have otherwise been DESTROYED
oar h'e premature aud disastrous battle has shown
hsy0nG doubt, that President Lincoln and Gen Scott
we've both strangely ignorant or ineredulous Of ,he
strength Of the rebels That mistake win n-oh.bI No,
ei,lr again bus this viii hardly suffice Ths prestige
ich We have lost in that bauder can only be tuv re-
ered 1n The very ground where the bunder Was CON-
h-e Esa9'ime, hoSeyer, the 6rst duty of the Presi-
nsat ms Cabinet aud his mihsry advisers Is 10 make
Washington perfectly secure against al po.gib, ooutu
bshees. 10 TINS eud a. Sddytona hundred thousand
u n should be distribute along the Potomac from HArp
ere Ferry 70 Washington vishou, DELAY and General
heOeuaa, Who has proved hiCself superior and vg.
lnt ooer SHOULD Do enasted with the fl,s, authority
Ia 'ns equipsent distributor ard co1trol Of the whole
army
rHk RIAL AUTHORS OF rHx DISASTROUS ADVANCE
Soes toe disaster AZ Bull run there has been great
o. inquiry, In all quarters, As TO who the pa.
usre1y responsible for the adv t9x..Is chmoud
tog',ns s5trge9 the mas iiOa Of this wrong move
rp the sf'ssis. Tho {rbsAs confessed its iau bur
scased & neral Scott TIE veteran Gsntral admitted
TIA be vas 10 bsme ou. found Tau wih tie President
Ins defenders ths President in their turn owned %
TIA, De bad blandetej bur pointed ous the nrl ans
Sron4d him ta- rOAl mlsca;ei L,AEers The face IS
t5Esse sht Toe 'st iusasssors 81 tais sEi apropos
Slvsnce were tue heen rc9uoosn Senators EhO offered
al sspPeFsd II eAucas resolution surng The Presi
d:ni Tor dlAtOrtness, and giag advance We have
taSea the pains 20 ascertain WOO i1Css senators Wee aud
We md tnsm 20 BE-. Aessr5 sumner, OF ssacbusetts
Hale and Clark, Of Nsw Hampshire; frOmb-l u LIN
nos, Gambler Of Michigan wade Of OHIO Smmon.
." Raete ,il;ud. DoOids OF Wisconsin; Gdimes OF
sO-4 Nlk .nson, Of Munnvso.a; Acrdl Fsssencen
q Mace; FoOS OF vermont. Foster o. Connecticut
and Hiug, Of New York.
TIE resolution WHICH these genslsc..u offered the re-
manieF OF she Agccs bad much good secss to pass
10 me es-h ehoas that BY pgyaS conversations and
N s-Puhng, they succeeded accomplishing tie enc
thsy dered Tue President VA decidedly wrong 70 al
Lea himself 70 be thus oy the sose, AMI u Scott /,
y eiaFe Ter rot ressLng sooner han conserving to
4s1t oeioe he vas ready Sat the Orgsal snd the
-lEy parties the Senatoss named acoye Who stepped
eli u thsr PLACES ooEudo their isUxsSl ignorance
HDal hs President and 10 CoaluGu lsr,in Chief ard
NO a.aie ,los Gret lev and BIS clique their tools. Il
A-s. Greeley will come OOi EaalLhy and aid Us in sH
pSng these fe.o~s, We viii psoEise to do all TO
aveT iron hin the fate OF which ma being hung il egy
TIE O'hsr day rAs 5ut the premon;Ol
WANg OF BAcSR5Ns--Tae delete iOus ef ct Of mer.
CATTLE pursuits the spinal cartilage is well kuoEr
- - Iest. say i. more str.ugy ELsIs:sa than IL
- been Avail street. ubiH week. For the past
fs~ days several ieAdlng bankers and nOnsysd have
heel gs;ng about sriugius th-r hsn.s and declaring
ihl tbs sAAr a, Bull rgn ASS Fsined tbs ~ Cur
yesf rs as9. seen. 90 hay klOcket all ire pluck OCT
OF tiese eloEF SsO sniytlirg Ike whipped -chco
b0ys Il vel tor the eouatry that Val street has so
i ls ind IslCe 10 di-eciiag our national snslrs
fnere story N the history OF Rome which these
1e,k baeked money dealers should poaGer When Yarro
r. ,rned Om the battle OF Cau - where he had lost
% DO men aud had he most horribly -e,tea By the
Z tsAseuA as, uassEs- ths asH4;e aid told his
tory, eEteHa'tuy hogaiug denying roh'ng and vii d
Ayup with : rsghest for "taore msn.' The Senate IN
sltHly, o. po,6n ol is l.sigg, passed uaaAimous
Vqts of thanks 70 Var0 "r h4t He Asi not despaired
81 ,hsePuheN This IS the way tee Romans took Their
dsfsstS
We not foolish IS 10 expect TO take ANYTHING
by appealing the manhood OF tie blekooueCss bank
whose courage OOzed Of their hugers chen the
hsis affair AZ Boil run reached thCis - Blt they
1t tlnk snore % their n,ere5: than 70 whisper
q Jrd sboa CON promise. Pace would iIaugu-ate
-; ssOa a cardinal principle Of cue government;
would eor'ecrata eternal anarchy throughout the eouI
= would seprscsts ~ ,lds o. yrG perty snd render
sogerrt1eGt sOCxs sbsr lutelY WORTHLESS; Ncpld
ade Oseyor iBssCure AID Liable periodical revul'iou'
you'd COmpClN 70 keep permanently on foot At least
is e Al army We have present. ard sOud 20 dr.
&c - Us 10 the eyes Of foreigners hat no American
w.lld ever be able 70 hold no his hesl asSn. Let Us
hear one Of T., ther le, rather thank Providence
TIA: traing rebuff met Siih a, Bull run
tas pgt In the Wy ofcorTectng evils which, hid they
suiHusd 10 exist might have proved fatal 10 inter
hereafter.