The Placer herald., 1861-08-17
From the Chicago Post.
FORWARD TO RICHMOND

bravest blood of the Union, spilled at the
silly command, "Forward to Richmond."-
To dav the manged corses of brave men are
feeding the carrion crows from the hills of
Virginia, because the crazy zealots of Chi
caoo and New York demanded Forward to
Richmond"
We need not invite our readers to the
bloody recital Of the defeat at Manassas.
They will have read it with horror and in
dignation long before they turn to this col
umn, but We know that they will all agree
with US, that the bloody defeat, the terrible
rout, the shameless flight, the massacre the
rebe victory, rests upon the stupid arrogance
of the men who have coerced the army into
the premature Forward to Richmond"
The country will cali in vain for the gall
LIANT hosts whose bodies strew the road from
Manassas to Arlington. and will hold to
fearful responsibility the authority that yield
ed to the insulting demand of of"Forward to
Richmond" The fearful lesson of Sunday
night, July 2lst, viii! open the eyes, touch the
hearts, and enlighten the judgments of the peo
pie to the fac, that the Tribuncs of New Yorl,
and Chicago can be fools, and that the Gov,
ernmenl that will allow itself to be terrified
bv fools into the commission of folly is not
a safe repository of rational power. The
responsibility Of the march to Manassas is a
fearful one, and let the people deal with
hose who have incurred it.
The "anaconda" has, at the bidding of the
Tribunes, unfolded its length, and to night
five thousand gallant, heroic men are stretch
ed in death along its path. Forward to
Rchmond' shouted the insane Tribunes,
and five thousand brave hearts perish in
death
The people owe it to themselves to rebuke
these ofiirinns me'idlers with the public in
terests. There has been quite enough of this
arrogant dictation by these self constituted
censors. Their teachings are written in
! blood, their monuments are the heaps of
manged dead, aud their applause is the
groans and curses of the wounded and dying.
These men must be taught that they can no
longer trhe with the lives and destines OF
the American people. They have borne
themselves like demons of iniquity, and not
; s patriotic men. OF what avail WAS it that
the hero of Lundy's Lane, the greatest cap'
tain of the age, forbid the march, did not
the Tri6unes order "Forward to Richmond?"
OF what avail was it that the General in,
Chief asked for time to mature his plans, did
not the sapient Tribunes call Forward to
Richmond?N
1t will not do for these men to say that If
their demand was evil, and their commands
fatal, that the commander should not have
obeyed them. Let it be remembered that at
the camp fires each night there pierti
full stock of Tribunes with columns of infec.
tous matter, making the camp itself a pest
house of discomfort. Let them remember
that each mess retired at night after having
read the mos: infamous assaults upon the
ilIuslrious commander. He was an "lmbes
ciie;' he was atten ting to compromise"
and was in reality either afraid Of the enemy
or secretly their friend. And to escape the
tolls of this old "tratorous imbecile," the
Tu6unes shouted Forward to Richmond"
"rhe nations war cry was Forward to
Richmond" and who dare refuse to obey iH
Take up your maps, people of Chicago
and mark the bloody march on the way to
Richmond. OF that Sixty ninth regiment
which left Arlington flights l,4Oo strong.
how few are now in life Their dead bodies,
stripped to the buff, are strewed around the
enelny's batteries, and mark the furthest
point of The march to Richmond. And
every step from Fairfax to Manassas is mark
ed by t e CHASTITY corses of the brave men
who were ordered on that march to Rich
mond What if there were batteries at
every point, and that behind strong intrench'
ments were posted 10000 desperate men,
with the complelest artillery ever mounted
in America; what if to approach these with
an unprepared army of sixty thousand men,
was to approach certain death, defeat and
shame-had not the Tribune ordered "For.
ward to Richmond" We say again. that
the people owe it to themselves and to the
future conduct of the war; to rebuke and in
signal manner the stupid arrogance which
has bounded on this march to Richmond
We arraign the Chicago Tribune as being
an accessory to the murder of the many
brave men whose bodies ta.day are corrupt |
inc under the sun of Virginia. We arraign
that paper before the country as an alder
and abettor of the rebel triumph at Manas
sas We arraign it as cruel and shame.
less inposter thrusting its harlequin foolery
into matters filled with life and death to so
many thousands of the brave meh of the
army. We arraign it as guilty in intent, if
not in act, of the bloody massacre of our
countrymen, and to the thousands of widows
berefl of their husbands, Of parents robbed
of their children, and Of countless orphans
robbed of their fathers. We point to the
Chicago Tribune as one Of the deluded fools
who have wrought this deed Of shame and
horror.
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