The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1862-12-06
Helping the Eslelny.

"Forewarued, forearmed," says an old
proverb; il is easy to see that il we only
give timely notice to the enemy of where
we are going to attack him. he will prepare
himself The winter campaign is about to
commence; everybody knows that the most
energetic preparations have been made by
the governments and the Generals in com
mand, for an active and vigorous prosecu
ton of the war. 1t is important that We
should add to our advantage in the assault,
The element of surprise; at least, the enemy
ought not to know the strength OF our CO.
lumns, the composition of our different for
ces, or such particulars OF the outfit Of an
expedition as would enable him to guess at
once and correctly its destination.
! To give the re bells such information is to
i leopard the success OF our efforts, to endan.
ger the lives OF our soldiers and the victory
| of our cause. Yet, At this critical period
of the war, we find few journalists 80 far
| forgetting their duty As loyal citizens. as 70
make public elaborate accounts of the prepa-
ra,ions made for certain expeditions. and the
situation Of large parts of our armie as
well as movements ordered. OF course all
such accounts are carefully gathered to-
ge,her. and attentively studied in Rich
mond. 1t is known that our own War
person for the express purpose Of studying
the reports of military movements which
appear in southern journals. and from the
mass Of guess-work, intentional falsehood
and accidental or incautiously uttered truth,
there found, sitting the lew facts which. to
o military man. may reveal indirectly the
secret of the euemy's plans. the carefully
concealed object Of q campaign OF course
nff,oo in Ia
in Richmond; and we are sorry to have TO
believe that they have easier work than their
opponents.
We have noticed within . few DAYS q
very full account of General McClernaad's
expedition. his troops. his ships. his guns.
and even the time. almost a month of. when
it will sail. A Philadelphia journal printed
a few days ago An article on the cam paign
in Virginia, which. while it answered no
useful purpose to its readers. was surs to
give. indirectly important information to the
enemy concerning the position of certain of
our forces. We see that the situation Of diff
ferent corps Of the army under Rosecrans
are described by correspondents OF western
Newspapers. and their movements followed
from point to point. OF course. such in
formation At once reveals the details of The
generals plan of the campaign, and gives
the enemy time to prepare himself. 1t i'm
poses new burdens and hazards upon our
gallsn, soldiers. aud gives the rebels .
chance of success which they ought not to I
have. ,s-g,ssese-f as rsfa err 3 /
All loyal men heartily wish such impru-
dent revelations could be entirely stopped |
IL is very we'll known that the southern
press is much moro careful in this n sitter
thar our own. The rebel journals give US
very little correct intelligence of the move
menls or situation OF rebel forces. They
are carefully edited to mislead rather than
10 give informsiion. Refugees from the
South unite 10 the assurance that most Of
The important military news printed in
southern journals is published to mislesd
our commanders. and that nothing OF the
kind ough. to be believed merely on the
assertion of rebel uewspaper.--NewH York
Eresisc Poa.