The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1861-05-11
COUNCIL BLUFFS, IOWA, SATURDAY,
MILITARY CRITICS.


i In spite oft grsxiers. tie Admioissra.
tion has accomplished wonders. Cheerful
'y aided ty the States. by the cities, by COZ
porasions and individuals, it has wrouch.
IN ten days work which. measured hy thr
time required by its performance, il wi.hcu,
parallel in The his,orr ef European cam
paigas. The caspins and sneeriny Of these
profound military critics. VIA a, no, know
ea,ricse bsx from mutton ham, who
supposes ,ba; bodies Of armed men u,av be
raised from the earth Sg stamp of the foot,
and after raised. be driven forward Ike
herds of cattle, 10 sleep ander the open ssy
at night and browse fer their saiions BY the
wnyside. pass for nsush.. They are not
worth the contempt Of the men xao are bet.
ter informed. Says, one. "Was dom, the
"fonr thousand men at ssekeysvilie 20
Through? They are only fifteen miles from
.'Ba.tlmare, and kfty fss from Washington
why don't they march? The Capital
"wiil be taken before they Get t,here.o Pos
s!biy, but they kncv US we'll as the gentIe-
men who stand nj the street corners in Chi
eago what their duty il, and are unaues-
/ iionabiy anxious 10 do it. Without proper
arms, with no. a baggage wagon, nor a
horse, possibly not tlanset, not tent, no,
ration-raw. unasscipiined and baked.
they do wisely and well to wait the mum.
tons Of war and tho reinforcemen,s tha,
VIII insure their certain success. They have
round out-perhaps just found ous-that
Tour Thousand men are not fed at country
way-side taverns, and lodged in beds, or
even 10 haymows, in country yiiiages-a kind
OF knowledge that our sag acious critics sure
ly lack. But the New York Seventh, and
''the Massachusetts resiment-w why did they
''stay so long at Annapolis :" We don't
know; but those regiments do; and we are
wiling to implicitly rely on their courage
and discretion. "fes, yes; but the block
''ade-the blockade. Why are not all the
sports of the seeding States blockaded
"right oH?' This last question comes most
indignantly from men to whom mainsail is
only another name for futtocl- shrouds.-
the answer, that the Government has not
The required ships for instant service does
"nos suffice. Build them, buy them, ee,
steamers, brigs. sloops, anything that will
"noat gun!" Yes. We replied, - lloat the
gun, ship, stores and men into the enemy's
hands. FITTING out steamers and ships for
every day work. is no job done in an hour:
altering and fitting them for war purposes
to withstand the elements and the attacks
OF the enemy. require time, men, money aad
naval supplies that cannot be made, at the
touch of the Government wand, to spring,
like Cinderella's horses, ont OF n pumpkin.
ready in the twinkling of an eye. s. But
1.-THE troops. Gail ouE more troops; cover
"the mountain sides of the East, and the
eprairies Of the West with men" And,
say we, let them stand there, the Govern
ment having no arms to put into their hands,
and let them suck their thumbs ami won-
der what they viii DO next. Half the
men now in the field, are. as our Iii els
boys were yesterday, drilling with broom
sticks and pltchforks.
And so the sap!ent cities e. on, and 50
they may be easily answered. They forget
that this war is not yet n fortnight old that
the President when he came into power
found the Army and Navy dgmoralized, our
ships scattered, our arsenals in the hands of
enemies Hnd all the vast resources or the
nation, save always the Gnqnenchahle patri-
otism of the people, made unavailable by
traitors acts. They forget tha, in spite of
these things, men hardly warm IN their
places uuaccustomed to the duties imposed
nron them. have, siuce the old fag was pull
ed down ut Sumier, done what the most
powerful monarchy on earth ready for war
by sea and by land. could not have done in
the time that has been consumed.
Let the people trust this Government. X
is made up Of able and patriotic men. to
doubt whom. would, in this exigency, when
they need the support of every loyal man,
he n criminal. Let them trust Gen. Scott.
He knows just rs much about tactics and
about war IN general as the street-corner
and bar-room critics who groan with agony
and rage because the war i. not yet ended,
and Charleston and the rebels wiped out
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