Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1861-06-11
Coming 70 their Senses.

tounAub ~ snpAe e0oosss
OF all thc secession sheets 10 TIE rebel
States none prsted more ponpously Of.
southern power, southern vslOr. and south
ern preparations for the war. or drew dark
er pictures Of the weakness aud coward
loo Of northern men and Of the imbecility
Of the Federal Government at Washing
ton, than the Charleston Mercury. Nov
the scales have fallen from its eyes and IL
begins 70 realize something Of tho power
Of the Government, and something of the
v~astness of the preparations 70 put down
rebellion. The Mercury Of May Slst says:
Night and day, for the last two months,
has the Northern Government been making
h%erculeau efforts in Its department Of war.
Preparation on the most gigantic scale has
gone on steadily and ~unfaggiug under the
intelligent and able superintendence and
direction Of General Scott. An immense
body Of volunteers have been thrown into
camp. and are drilling eight hours q day
uuutE COuilJNCub OAhlNlo VI NG6I lOllt
training. The arms at hand have been
distributed. and all who are to engage soon
in battle have been thoroughly equipped
with the best weapons. Factories, for the
manufacture Of cannon, rifles, sabers, BAY.
oncts and ammunition Of every descrip-
ton, are in full operation at the North
during the whole t~wenty-four hours of each
day.
Agents have long since been sent abroad
to Europe to procure and forward, as fast
as possible, cargoes Of improved arms, and
already they have begun to arrive. Great
efforts have also been made for the health,
comfort and supplies of Northern troops.
Energy and promptitude have character
ized their movements both in Maryland
and st. Louis, AID their success along the
border has, 80 far, been complete They
have, in the West, obtained and secured
the great repository of arms for that sec.
ton, equipped our enemies Of st. Louis.
Illinois, Indiana and Ohio, leaving the re.
~sistance men Of Missouri poorly provided,
Kentucky unarmed and overawed, and
Tennessee also, with u meager provision
for fighting, dependent on the Cotton States
for weapons of defense. Maryland has
been cowed and ovcrpowered, Washington
rendered as secure as may be, while Vir.
ginia is invaded, and Richmond threatened
with capture.
In all this the military proceedings of
the North, since the fall Of Sumter, have
been eminently wise. For the purpose of
overpowering, disheartening and gaining
the first advantages, which, both at home
and abroad, are of immense Importance,
the concentration of all the forces availa-
bic as promptly Us possibl,, has been clear
ly the course Of generalship and true econ
omy. The first blow is said to be often
half the battle. The war policy of Scott
and the Northern Government has all the
effect Of the first blow. The final result
we cannot, in the slightest degree, doubt.
The immediate signal will depend, in a
great measure, upon the number Of troops
now got ready, and the efficiency of the
preparation made for them by the Confed-
crate GOvernm! mt during the same period
Scott has been at work. Let US not COM
nit the mistake of undertaking our enemy,
or of supposing that, in modern warfare,
it is only the courage of a people and the
relative military talent of their field Off
GERS that decide the issues of war. Abil-
ity in combinations and bravery in execu-
ting them, may fail of success where the
materiali is wanting OF deficient. An hours
delay of a corps of reserve lost the battle
of Waterloo; and Napoleon fougl t the bat
tic with the best troops in the world. They
were cut to pieces.