The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1861-07-13

GENERAL SCorr's DELAY-A PARALLEL FROM
fHE ITALIAN WAR.-There il natural impa-a
thence on the part Of the public at the apparent
inactivity Of. our forces in Virginia. Accus-
toned 10 times Of peace to despatch and expe-
dition they expect the same in the prosecution
of war; hA simplei comparison of facts con-
inected with the recent Italian war, in which a
most powerful military nation took part, will
chow that the United States are q enterprisinR
in war As in peace. s,d. g ~ siT
Symptoms Of crisis in italy became evident
towards the close of the year 1868, and on the
LIST Of January, 1859, Napoleon expressed 10 the
Austrian Minister his regret that the relations
between France and Austria were not Of most
friendly character. This was the 6rst intima.
ton of frances connection with the coming
struggle. The attitude Of the two Powers be-
came more hostile, and France began to put her
army on . thorough war footing. A long period
was consumed in doing this, although she bad
ali her resources at hand. sOa the 26th Of Apr.
one portion of the troops embarked At Toulon
for Genoa, while another crossed the Alps and
occupied Susa--numbering altogether 1905
men. After e1eeting . junction with the Pied
montese troops, serious engagement did not
take place until the 4th Of June following, when
| the battle of Magenta was fought.
In the present war the first official intimation
We had OF contest Was the Presidential procls-
nation of April Is, calling for Is, 900 men 70
suppress insurrecti0n. On the 10th Of April
four days afterwards-the FIRST regiment arrived
in Washington, and day by day troops poured
in there, until the capital was deemed safe from
the menaces Of the rebels A subsequent proc
lamation vas issusd, and on the Fourth Of July
less than three mooths after the FIRST call for
men- General Scott had in the field $4,000
troops a army improvised within that short
period.
On comparing the facts We find that, In the
|icase Of France. over three months elapsed be-
fore the troops ret in motion for the seat Of
war; and France Is military nation, possessed
| Of vast military resources, The advance guard
Of our forces vas at W Arlington in four days,
sudimspy thousands were there within month,
observation-disclosures the rebels had carried of near
~ all our war nlaterd, and left Us comparatively
destitute Of military resources. We put 3O0s-
900 fmehl n the field In the same time that
France PUT loo, 900. Il was six months after
the commencement of the troubles when the
battle Of Magenta was fought, and the French
troops entered Lombsfdy- IN forty days sfter
The Prestdenss psoclsmatioa our forces entered
| Virginia and occupied the enemys country. D II
we xait, then, for . battle - long, as France,
| prepared - she e at any mvment to engage In
any vasliks a0seaeats, th1se months must yet
elspse before We csn have one. That period,
/ however. wfu und0ubtsdly be custAiled In. the
| cams manner 20 our cpsfssions 70 far have been
expedited. = 10 thomeantime LAT a leave every.
Did ii ,the ihsyks 81 shs vs1ssun- hero, M
vhc9 e is : ,aiS q "nake hGfSJ Slewlyt. bus
surely. con6dess that IL, uill give u satiseae,
tory battle ere iesE.-IN. T. HeAAs asass
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