The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1861-09-05
NO. 13.
"o Haa'lOnai of the Battle at gEon..
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Ahe Rational of the Battle nj
o n me Times Rehuked
= From The London News
q During the agony of our India Robou;ou
! "neh the fate of an empire trembled in tba bal
ahce' ana the proud heart of England was sb .
~ ,ion WIN anguish, the sympathy of Europe !,
cir1 r presence OF calamity in which the whole
- Gnrls5enoom seemed to partake, was all bn
a., ;n" S,ny expressed Ancient enn.ities for
eign Jeaousies, held their place for Will, aoi
natural enemies We'd with the nesres+ a." ",,t
dearest friends in generous grief and hone
among Toes and aliens, if a tone of snaer;,,
psy VI VI coatemPtuous regret Jared upon the
Pa oat, was instantly covered with shame
"nN fepfonatlon by nobler voices. Over tbo
narrow seas a gallant people watched orr vorn
ing fortunes with that fraternal interest VIII IL
plave men feel IN the actions of the brave -
lailt ant rev, indeed, Were the mutterinos nj
uhn!aniy ana malignant exultation at the trag.
| &c Vlclssltudes of a mortal struggle which his.
| tory shudders to recall. But amopo orr kline
men beyond the Atlantic it was not mere inter.
est that was felt for England at that terrible
moment, Or common human sympathy; it is
Wv INC simple truth to cay, that the heroes and
vctors OF Lucknow and Cawnpore were homer
Cd and lamented by the people of the TTnited
states, and the trials and exploits of ENGLISH
courage and endurance treasured I'D as the
! ro"ortal part OF an lndlvisible inheritance of
| nlood, language and renown.
Anu YET there acre voices of hate, envy, and
| savage Joy to break the resoute stiffness oftbe
national sorrow, and to insult the
OF Christian Europe. Abroad, and eYe. n home
i there were 'Sepoy' journals, which recounteS
with undisguised satisfaction the horrors of the
| mutiny, and frartically foretod the end of Brit
lsh rule in India. These 'Sepoy journals, how
ever had one redeeming merit-the frankness
OF their teroclous taunts and sinister predictions
was appalling; but it was more tolerable than
insult aad outrage disguised in protesting pity,
or stimulating regretful amazement and commas.
sion. When the day of trial and trouble comes
again for England, we trust it may not be re-
melnbered that the most powerful, and, there
Iore most responsible English journals celebra
teu the issue OF the first great battle between
the army OF the United States and the army of
the Southern rebels as a loss of all, even of
military honor, to citizen volunteers who had
fought for nine hours OF summers day against
overwhelming odds, for cause as sacred as law
and order, as precious as national liberty and
unity.
Our contemporary would fain it should seem.
endeaYor to reduce the conflict to the dimen-
slons OF border raid, or barbarous brawl -
But as this is impossible it degrades war from
winch anarchy and slavery, or freedom purified
and ordered anew for higher purposes, must
spring to the proportions of'a senseless and
bloody strife. This is not only to caricature
living facts it is to give the lie to history
ClVll war 1t was that made the ancestry Of the
men VINO fought at Bull Run great and free =
though no doubt there were Disseminated ner
sons IN those days who condemned the sense
less and bloody strife by which our fo.efatbers
dearly purchased at the cost of their lives ali
that their descendants now'senjoy. Civil war,
too, though, no doubt, it was sometimes a sens
less and bloody strife, has done something for
the strength and grandeur, if not for the free
dom, OF France. Had England displayed that
humility and contentment which facilitates
peace IN the days OF the Stuarts, or France in
the face OF the coalition of old monarches. we
know not II France would be greater or Eng
land treer, but assuredly there would b., little
enough upon which to congratulate the survi.
vors of either Revolution.
The cynical selfshness with which the poblic
opinion OF England is SO often credited by for
eigners has never found a more exalted expres
sion than IN these reckless utterances Nor are
these opinions, even in their own sense, discern
ing or acute. 1t was to be expected that de-
leat OF the Federal army would, in the eyes of
the adroit and AFFECT believers in the sacredness
OF success, lend to the cause of the South a
legitimacy which no reasoning could ever
gain for 1t, Yet already it is clear that the re-
suits OF the action of the 2lst were not SO disas
trous to the Federal army as to forbid altoge,h-
era Souher advance this year. The victory
OF the Southern army was due no doubt TO
superior skill of its leaders, but the choice of
defensive position, and the arrival of the timely
relntorcements must be taken into account on
the same side; and the panic that decided the
issue of the fight, is an incident not unparallel
ed IN military annals of European powers
The losses both in men and material of the Fed.
eral forces not SC considerable as at first re-
ported On the other hand, the scope of the
war is infinitely enlarged. And the protrac-
ton OF the contest is all in favor of those who
have the largest reserve of men and means. A
defeat of the North shuts the door to compro-
mise, or to acquiescence in any terms the South
Can offer. The Union is bound to conquer now
The spirit of New England and the Northwest
will rise to the occasion; and we of the old race,
tired and strengthened by many reverses, shall
not be surprised if our kinsmen never rest until
they have turned defeat into victory, 1t may
be that the triumph of the cause of freedom must
date from defeat. An easy war is often con
tent to subside into an inglorious peace.