The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1862-08-27
AUGUST q. 1859.

tae CoDiederacy was about " played out, y
and then arming some good Secesh, would
take him off. and with significant wink
tell him, "just hold on little, "or per-
haps invite him to take the oath and get a
pass, to join party of bush W hackers. The
TACT is, the Federal authorities at Memphis
have not bad the force to act with eficien-
cy. AT no time has there been police
tnere sufficient to carry out rigorous poll
cy The gunboats alone have enabled us
to hold the city
why, IN the name of reason, has our
Z Government shown such culpable Careless
ness toward The safetylof place so impor-
tan' as that most important highway of the
9 mississippi? First, it holds it with pub
tic garrison, and then it allows an army of
spies and smugglers TO eDtrench themselves
Within It's own Publications. with an un-
oostructed underground railroad in commu-
hicatioa with the rebel army. Never was
sucsl mistakes committed by Government
before The fact IL, that since the heein-
ning OF the rebellion, the rebels have never
achieved success; in every instance we
nave gwen it to them by our delay aud
negligence. And while in many places we
Keep up rigid blockade, they cau well
afford to eyacuate such points as Memphis
II we allow them to be converted into mere
markets for their benefit.
We next invite the readers attention to
Nashville, which is the capital of the most
important State in the Southwest to the
rebel government It's great extent. The
adaptation of its fertile SOIL and delightful
climate to all sorts of productions, its i'm
meuse mineral wealth, and its sple1dld net
invaiuable prize to be fought for at ali hsz-
ards by the rebels. Now take a map Of |
Kentucky and Tennessee, end see of what
lnestimaoie value 10 the Federal Govern |
ment IS the uninterrupted possession of the |
Louisville and Nashville Railroad. Every |
man VINO wall look at it for moment will |
say that its security must be maintained.
even though it took the services of ten !
thousard men. What is the TACT and what
Is tue actual condition of this invaluable
road, over which must be conveyed troors
and army stores, tor Nashville, FIR various
points in Middle Tennessee and for Hunts.
vile? lsit secure? 1t is VIGOROUSLY not So
lis whole garrison consists of few compa-
MES OF infantry scattered along its line of
one hundred and eighty-6ve miles, which are
sure to be picked up by guerrilla troop at
any time, without the remotest probability.
or even possibility Of retaliation.
The guerrilas hold the road; it is nm.
pleasant to say so, but the truth had better
be told than suppressed in case which re-
quires an immediate remedy. Gallatin has
been surprised, and burned, army stores de.
stroyed, telegraphic communication cut off.
Union men outraged and their houses burn.
ed, and we can do nothing. We disperse
our infantry until they have no strength
and then these feeble deiachments are can
tured by troop of cavalry, which are ifty
miles from the scene OF their deeds before
we can send more infantry to overtake
them. There is not a regiment of Federal .
eSEarX Syay al9ng lhe he5q eqiMFf M read
clearly at a glance, are not noticed by nit
itary men. What ten year old boy, dress
ed in butternut breeches, and unable 10
read or write, would need to be told that
he would lose his labor if he attempted to
run a fox down ina footrace? Why we
doubt if be would attempt 10 overtake even
rabbit IN suca an unequal contest OF
speed. Why keep twisting his grert mill
tary rope until il is extended from Louis
vile to Huntsville, if we allow traitors to
cut its strands in the center, until it is re-
duced to a single thread2 Shall we sleep
foreve? Is this a time to be experiment.
ing with oaths and passports? Is our army
working for the benefit of the loyal or OF
The disloyal2 Have we such store OF
provision, and armories so exhaustless that
we can give MORGAN an order every Few
weeks, for guns, horses, and army stores, |
along the Louisville and Nashville Rai-
road2 The authorities here have not the
power to prevent these raids nor to punish
their perpetrators. They have not enough
cavalry; the Federal Government has not
supplied them with the means of furnishing
these scoundrels 1t is for the Govern
ment at Washington to say why it suffers
such deplorable state of things TO contin-
ue, which is disgraceful and pernicious to
u.s. and in the highest degree beneficial to
the rebels