The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1862-02-06

Il ewspapers had expressed it. But i
not be forgotten that the nam
m 9th reptile that was to draw within
his folds and crush the rebellion at :
single sweep of his tail had already
swallowed up all our contemplated
victories and gorged himself with the
substance of the people to no purpose
Less than thirty days ago Gen. Halleck
sent forward 5000 cavalry against Gen
Price, and was about to follow it VI
with 10000 infantry, with every pros
pect of success, when the order came
from superior officer" to hat!
as. not this characteristic of the
whole war? The battle of Frederick.
town, Mo-, and the recent battle in
kentucky, were both fought without
orders from Washington.
Our soldiers are pitituIly belnoaning
for an advance. The reason opportu-
MES were not embraced TO strike effect,
lively was for fear the great anaconda
might be stirred up too soon, and some
brilliant and poetical scheme dashed
to pieces. This was no time and place
for fattery. Our people were sleeping
on a volcano. The voice of our peo-
pie was against the inaction Of our ar
my. If something was not done the
raising of the blockade was not at all
impossible. Hundreds of millions OF
dollars have been spent, and the larg>
est army ever raised on this continent
remains comparatively idle and demon
allied by continued inactivity. But
where is the leader? Echo answers in
the tar distance, where.
We have let slip golden opportuni>
ties to crush out rebellion and achieve
\ permanent victory. We have failed
to follow up signal success when we
have landed on the enemy's Shores
As to the declaration that our soldiers
entered the army only for pay, and
would not fight, it vas false as false
hood itselt-he almost said as false as
he'll. They are not permitted to strike
at The rebels. Bitter complaints are
made because they are held back for
months when victory was right before
them and in their grasp.
AS to the army of the Potomac, he
would merely say, "the harvest is past,
the summer is ended, and we are not
saved" Unite your red tape, and our
troops in the west will soon find their
way to New Orleans or perish in the
attempt. They had long heard of "a for
ward movement, and now one is to be
made when themud dries up, or it may
be postponed till June next, and then
the weather will be altogether too hot.
10000 or 200 men might have been
quietly sent to Western Virginia. and
finished the war by single blow. A
hundred thousand men would nave
leAped at the order to 60 The people
demand more energy and zeal here,
and for the army to move forward
against the enemy at all hazards
Give our Western Generals power to
march against the enemy at will, and
the war, so far as the south is concern
ed, would close i'll ninety days, with
the possession of the Mississippi to the
Gulf. He referred to the blockade of
the Potomac as cause for shame, and
intimated that the President was anx~
ious that the war should be prosecuted
With vigor. In conclusion he said he
saw a streak Of light ahead, resting
upon the chair of the new Secretary Of
War-a man who, ii report spoke tru,
ly, was brave like Ben Wade of Ohio,
good combination of ''Old Hickory"
and Zack Taylor, with mind of his
own, brain to plan and a mind to ex-
ecute. That officer would be likely to
push on the war with all the vigor that
characterized the people in raising so
vast and mighty an army.