Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1862-03-14

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Had the ascrre been issued a Oar eoun-
try is in peril, and eeers rGa who will
rasa to ~ rescue, black OF white. b7ai or
free. shall be hanarea aud rewarded" the
hattie voald have scon been over.
ERRORS or orn MILITARY OFFICERS.
lam in possession Of information which
allows m 70 say. without Any tear 0.
contradiction from aay military offer in
Washington. tas; bad the Generals SuoE n,
as shey a7sr Laox. what Vas the real con-
eitica OF the rebels !; Manassas last De-
cenbcr, tae-e would have been an srnTae-
date advance. and the rebels would have
beea drivca from their stronE holds in
utter rous. WIZ did We NJ; know this :
The aaswer TO ;ais oaestloa is ve.y IL
siraetivc.
Ia all Napolcon's wars he found no
dihculsy in obtaining the most accurate
information respecting his fees. lie was
fgating fer the riga.s Of the people
against aristoc-atic asar2atioa. Even
when on tn. Continent, tae people knew,
rs b. instinct, tina. be was tAeir fylcal.-
Coaseq aeatly they were ever croEiia. 70
his camp With intelligence, and ready to
act as guides Now. there were tens Of
thousands OF men In the Ts-:ni;v o. Man
x.s.s, msuT OF vaon were white zen.
and nearly al partially white, who we're
men OF emery. ani wa2 Ec-e our friends,
eagerly watching for our coming. F4-
miliar With every rayine, and nor4ss, AMI
fores; path. No earthly power ooald have
kept them from escaping - oar camp Il,
with insanity almost unparalleled il the
history Of the world, We lad not iiscoar-
aged them from coming.
Will future ages believe that, uad-.
these circumstances, some OF Cur generals
issued orders not to allow these our
friends to enter the lines 0.he-s.Ike Gen.
Stone, when one Of these men happened
to &c; within the lines. woal3 allow IN,
man called his master, though = rebel
against or Aas. 70 ride into our camp,
and sbere, under tbs Stars AMI Stripes. 70
w'r-b MS 49, i } a! ~ .-a.>--:i7.
TO tie Eoge ssQul as uecl AMI te0t off,
dragging him back to bondage. As soon
as this wretched victim Of this insane
policy was again within the in.reacaments
of Manassas he was seolrgei, as an ex-
simple to others to beware how they car
ried intelligence TO the Stars and Stripes.
And then, with his back laceratel wi;s
TIE lash trol neck 10 heels, he Was driv-
en- into the trenches. to throw ~ ram
parts which oar fathers, brothers and
sons were to attempt TO scale, AMI before
which, as il tia, awful day OF Bll! RIM.
they were 70 be nona down before the
artillery Of the Zoe. -
EFyEC-s Of TrMaRo-s POLICY.
We won Ter DO, tia; French Writer
has remarked. that +" such a mode Of con-
Quoting war exci,es the contempt 0: eyery
military MAJ in Europe All We Voc
der not that God should ,rown upon sac5
ou.rages. There was no necessity Of any
general &C; Of emancipation; simply the
cordial welcome 70 CIR lines Of every nan
ready to aid in the d>feucs OF our lu2e,-
AIc- JoA4tts ~l@s- nag stFtea - A-@- ~
formation which Iast Deoen Der would
have placed Manassas and a. Is stores in
our h4ais. Millions up9n lai...9zs Of
moaey zs have los; b. the policy shiea
has been 2z7sa-l, zad - oae ga al h.s
many ta5as-n4s Il y-.a-5le .;Yes
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lie ,1c-esS, have i c. :-.or Eo-.s sf@-
~2ica oer tro3ls ca1 p4ss z-,a S54e -
pi4ity. S1.1 .oa1s sc So. a9s, Rain
fes weeks, nave. Aa1 tlza, 9s55-9s =.
@.ie9 the ioss u three ua4ias 9. time
AMI vastly incre-sel ezpeali;s-e 0:
treasure aAd 0: blood. Manassas VII pro-
sbly FIJI into cur hands Aad il nus.
not BE- forgotten th4l the successful d-d-
snoe presented SC loas :; Manassas rs
sEbo4deae1 the foe IL Al o:aar parts .:
the seid- TEE pzS h2s goae. Lct Is
learn wisdom from the sad lesson i las
taught u