New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-09-27
HOPPE DEFERRED,

fA0ksE DksEtSktfeEbs
Il has been truthfuly said so often that the null
duplication table is hardly adequate to the compu-
tation that hope deferred maketh the heart sick
It is so in public IS well as in private life; peace
well as in war; for the pulse Of great people
can throb as painfully over unexpected delays in
the progress of Important affairs the heart of an
individual may be wrung with grief over things de-
ferred or postponed until their value is lost, and
possession, instead of being blessing becomes a
mockery.
While the confidence Of the people of the Con-
ederate States in the men in authority remains un.
diminished so far as ultimate results are involved,
1T eannot be denied but that feeling Of restless
ness, on account of what are deemed blythe masses
mex plicabie delays the main line OF operations
IN Virginia, is becoming prevalent We may teach
patience, as We have done time and again we
may point to the past as being sure guarantee of
what the future will be; the entire press of the
South and all the public men may unite in publish
ing and speaking to the same purport-yet the in
action OF the magnificent army on the Potomac
furnishes food for criticism and discomfort, which
must grow broader and deeper as the days pass
away without progress or action i
For our part, to avoid msconeeption or miscon-
structlon, we unhesitatingly say that we weuid
not change the Government at Richmond if we
possessed the power. We repose unbounded
confidence in the wisdom and patriotism of
| those charged with authority in this, the war
1 of the South for good Goyefnment-for civil
| and religious Iberty-and for those rights and
| franchises honest and intelligent freemen hold
| dearest. and above all earthly considerations
But we may not be as well pleased with the ad-
mnist ration Of details are with general prin-
l n,,,I-4 Al,
cution office not altogether devoid of influence
in Richmond, and that the Fabian policy is not the
one to suit the temper of the Southern people or
the requirements of the emergency. Whether this
be so or not, one thing is quite evident, Judging
from the tone OF the press from Richmond to the
Gulf, that a feeling of impotence is beginning to
manlfestitself in numerous quarters-all owing, no
doubt, to the not understood, severely cautious
policy of the Government, in not pushing forward
the campaign to a Napoleonic conclusion--which
viii make itself heard and felt, too, at no remote
PERIOD if non-acton is to continue the order of the
day, and no reasonable explanations are vouch-
safed.
The anxiety which leads to this restlessness is
natural. The Southern people have invested their
all in this Yar-life, liberty and property-and
consequently each man regards it as his own in
diyidual fight It is this feeling alone, and the su-
bhme deyotioni it stimulated, which has won every
fight thus far. Besides, the people Of the South
did not enlist to become soldiers in perpetuty
Nothing of the sort animated them. They enlisted
to free their country from Abolition thraldom and
they submitted to discipline and hardship, only to
make themselves more efficient in repellng the
common enemy, There is not one man in twenty
now in our armies who entered the service with
the slightestid of ever becoming regular sol
der. Hence, as they are mostly intelligent and
rejecting men, they, together with the public
generally, who willing to take their places if
they fall join their ranks either in prosperity or
Adversely when called upon, are puzzled to under
stand how it is that we can fight and whip the 4
enemy when we are weakest and he is strongest,
and cannot pursue and whip him again when we
are strongest and he is weakest.
We do not complain of the policy that has been
pursued, although the excess of caution which
seems to be the rule with our leaders may have
Kept US from enjoying some important advantages.
Ii they have erred at all, they have erred ON the
safe side, and merit commentator instead of con-
demnation. This, however, while satisfactory
enough to u.s. is not calculated to cause subsi-
dence of the Impotence to which we have alluded
and which, just as was the case before the victory
Of Manassas, bids fair to become as large, as I'M
reasonable, unless some forward movement or
action shortly takes place. -....-..s
The people of the South, from the commence
ment have been imbued with the belief that
this was to be short, sharp and decisive war.
They wished to conquer a peace and their own
independence in the shortest possible space of
time Therefore, they reprobate the idea Of en-
during any more of the delays of camp life than
is absolutely necessary; and all they ask is
an opportunity to ''pitch in with all imagin-
able vim and yigor. Consequently, the rumor,
apparently well authenticated, which obtained
currency few days ago, that no forward move |
ments were contemplated, and that ourssplendid |
army Wouid be obliged to winter on or near the |
banks of the Potomac, created much excitement,
and led to many dsagreeable speculations. We
do not credit the report Notwithstanding the high
source from which it was represented to have
come, and shall not until officially advised The
weapons Of the enemy have not been one-ffth as
destructive as the ravages of disease and the whit
ering Of an unaccmated army, for the most part
on near the Potomac would unquestionaby result |
in twenty-fold more deaths than the battles of Big
Bethel, Bull Run, Manassas and Oak Hill caused |
all puttogether. When we are fully informed, we |
shall not hesitate to express our opinions and, |
meanwhile, if the public would have as much |
confidence in the s"rebeln JEFF. Davis as We have,
despite an apparent want of progress on given !
line and numberless rumors, they would manifest |
fewer tokens of Impotence and doubtless sleep
more.comfortable at night.
TALK ON CHANGE.
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The gatherings on the flags are increasing. Yes.
terday there was a good spread on CaTondelet. |
There were no transactions of note. Newcomers,
new faces are appearing daily. What brings SO