The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1862-02-26


has bad bad roads and bad Testher; but
speak Knowingly, when Ideclare to thi
. Congress- aud the people, ,ba. no delay o
General Buell's movements sre attributable
10 any orders from Mcclellan. On the con
trary, he has ordered him TO hasten with oil
dispatch; not to lose day or an hour in the
accomplishment Of the design to seize th,
Tennessee railroad. TO the end that not only
shall Eastern Tennessee be opened to the
army OF the Union; not only to give relief tC
the Union men OF Tennessee, about whom
my colleague makes SO injudicious a jere.
MAD, but to the grand aim, 10 cut off this
rebel army OF the Potomac, not alone from
the line of their supplies, but from the line
Of their retreat. rE
4 In Kentucky we have more than one hun.
dred thousand soldiers, ready, eager, active
and triumphant whenever they have had any
chance in battle. McClellan's orders arr
for the speediest movement there possible.
I My colleague praises the recent victory o
our troops at Mill Spring. share with hin
! -as my constituents did with his, the pride o.
that hard fought encounter; but l will mol
shame my State, which called Mcclellan "a
her service, by plucking the laurels from his
brow, when there is not soldier in that
battle who will not rejoice to see him wear
them, as well for his conduct in Western
Virginia as for the strategy by which even
the Mill Spring battle was directed, though
at distance. 1t WAS, as said, part ol
his design upon the Tennessee railroad; and
there IS no impediment but every encour.
agement from him, Tor General Buell. to ior-
ward the movement to that desired end.
In Eastern Kentucky, Humphrey Marshall
has proved that while his spirit was willing,
his flesh was weak laughter before the
soldiers under Garfield. Zuilcofsr has been
killed, and his forces routed; and nothing but
the impediments Of nature prevented our
soldiers from lifting our ensign upon the
mountains OF Tennessee, North Carolina, and
Alabama. In fear for the ate OF Memphis,
Beauregard is hurried out to Columbus, Ken.
tucky, 10 avert the northern avalanche which
impends there; while Buell., with consummate
skill, is drawing his fatal lines around the
confederates, as the lines have been drawn
in Virginia. .e. .,.5.4.. +, s....-.
! But tits said that the Potomac is blocka-
ded. So it IS; but it is of no practicable dis.
advantage. For all purposes OF supply, we
are in communication with every part of the
North. There are compensations, perhaps
unknown 10 my colleague, for this seeming
disadvantage. Would that he would exercise
his faith in some things nserutible TO him.
But is there no credit to be given for the
retention of Maryland; the rescue of the
Virginia eastern shore; the constant prepara.
ton and discipline of an Amy OF one hun
dred thousand men here? And all with the
Secretary o! War dabblng IN slavery ques-
tions and traficking in contracts.
Western Virginia we have held against
the hostility OF the disloyal. Floyd has been
compelled to decamp, and from the noun.
taius t } the Ohio our right there is none to
dispute. s ea.s.u.... .,...
But, sir, although General Mcclellan has
had charge OF all these matters, and is enti
tied to share their merit, it was not my pur-
| pose TO paint q picture OF our successes ---
We have gained as yet no great bloody battle
commensurate with tho armies in the field
Indeed, sir, would prefer that the war sho
be carried on and ended by bloodless tao les
than BY bloody carnage, il it were possible.
| would leave as little hate as possible as the
legacy OF this conflict. II it were possible
10 close tn s war by the melting away or
eapitulalion Of the confederate army, the
country would prefer it; General. Mcclellan
is not making this war OF vengeance, but
a war for the iestoralion Of the Union.
To this end he has, BY his comprehensive
energy, seized the coast from Ship Island to
Fortress Monroe. There is no example in
history of q sea-cnast SO extensive, and
country of such area, surrounded and closed
in by such superior force as is the rebelIious
part Of our land. @ &@s&
AS the curtain lifs and this procession OF
facts transpire, we Shall see the Union ele
ment Of the South dilsting and emerging
from its desponde acy. We shall see the
loyal men coming forth and gladly seize the
musket to rally to the old flag.
The great mistake on the part OF these
military fledglings, who criticise the conduct
OF the war, is, that they habtually underate
the extent and strength Of the rebellion, Just
as they underratsd and condemned the aleg-
ed or iancied grievances of the South and
their hold on the southern mind. ] venture
to say that This IS the capital delinquency Of
the Administration, il they have been delin.
quent Had they realized the fact, "tbat a
considerable b9dy ot insurgents had risen
against the sovereign" which Vattel alleges
is the test of civil war; with all its appur.
tenances Of humane code OF warfare, the
exchange OF prisoners, &C., we might have
had less difficulty and more honor in the
conduct OF this immense ordeal by battle. -
Those who do not recognize the TACT of the
immensity OF this rebellion will find at every
step difficulties about belligeIent rights on
sea and land and inhumanities which would
scken the heart OF savage. We must learn
by experience II not a priori 4EE
Even my colleague, with his Dull Run re
treat, is yet in his homage. He must resort
to the Baconian system Of induction, and by
experience learn, and begin to learn by being
Child in arms" Laughter In surveying
lhis grand field OF action. from this capital to
Santa Fe, he makes the mistake which the
savan made when he supposed the moon an
initiated, because an animalcule had crept
over The disc of his telescope and ohseared
the view. Let him take another glass and
clear his vision.
! This presentations dictation to our generals
is only small illustration of what we See
here in larger measure, when gentlemen
undertake to interpret the inscrutable designs
ot Providence to slstain their finite views. -
These political ''cuckoos, who breed in the
nest Of another trade, I" these civilians, who
go on chirping about war as il they wer,
trained to it, when, in truth they are only
trained iii the political convention and the
talk Of Congress onal Globes, cannot sppre
hend that this revolution, which is the work
Of years and the movement of millions. is
anything more than al little derangement OF
the political machine, which will regulate it.
self by some political compensation, or some