, 1862-11-08
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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1862.
OPPORTUNITIES.
The management Of this war has been
characterized, from first to last, by oppor-
unities unimrroved, and BY inaction,
:owardice, and treachcry on the part Of
he officers highest in command. Take
,1c conspicuous instancc-tbe battle of
hntietam. After desperate and bloody en-
lasting from morning until
night, the rebels confessed themselves
beaten, and lost no time IN beginning their
They had per'lous tssk to per-
FIRM. The Potomac 1ay behind them. It !
had to be crossed where for5iog was diff
cult The bank Of the river leading down |
to The water was rocky and precipitous |
The canal, as well as river, had to be ford
ed. In the struggle on the field Of COM
bat, The rebels had nearly exhausted their
Smnunition Much Of their artillery had
scarcely rot1nd left, aud many regiments
had wholly expended their cartridges. Be-
fre day break of the 18th Of September,
the torn and bleeding rebel columns were
making their way to the rear. The fed
eral cavalry scouts and p1ckets discovered
1be movement almost as soon as It began,
aud reported to Gen Mcclellan that the
enemy were rctreating. Did he order IN
slant pursuit? Did he order Fitz John Por-
tcrs reserve corps Of thirty thousand fresh
aud vigorous troops to pursue instantly with
I'll their n,ights This corps stood notion
less during the entire battle Of the previous
taar and fred not round. The cavalry
Toe. had taken but little part in the action
and were eager for the word to pursue.
Were they ordered to charge forward and
sabcr the flying foe? High officers corps,
division and brigade commanders hasten
cd 10 tic Headquarters to urge and implorc
that orders be given fo- an instaut pursuit
Of The enemy. These were the golden mo-
1n.nts when the fate of tue whole rebel
@rmy Was in McC1e!lau's hands. He could
destroy then1 utterly. It was entirely
within t1c power Of his Victorious troops
IL have 1lc,va tlse enemy to pieces, to have
bsvorcted AID sa:red his beaten, demoral-
lied. 1etTeat1rg armT into the Potomac in
tie widest panic ard confusion, and to
boye shot drowned and captured tae1n by
Thousands in their struggles to cross the
sapa1 and river. I: was in the power of
<sYcurr Napoleon r to have crossed after
1lc fugitive wretchcs and win his cavalry
srd hy1ng artillery chased the remnants
ITO Tirha,ord, captured Tia. city and
CONTINUED tile pursuit while there was a
rcDtl battalion rc1naining- The war
ought to have bscn substantially ended
within q foFtn1ahs after the battle ot
A1l.ieta1n. OF at least the great rebellion
r,.:,:ced 70 s...,il's operations in the cotton
Etates-
The order tc pursue 1as withheld until
j. 7sas too lat=. 4 feeble pursuit con
n:erccd the se:ond o. third day after the
bstt]e. The alya9ce gard came to tts
Potomac just as the last Of the rehc
Et.ass!crs we're disappearing on th'
opposite side cf tae river. The COLDER
moments were alleaed to pass b,
u..;u:rrnsea TAtr. is a ti::e in the affair
Of armi:s as veil IS ii ipd:r1lu2ls, which i
taEcn attte fIooi leads to sacce=s. T:a
tide fer tue poin,s,ac army sas tic 1sta Q
September, which tne co1aDa70iaz gene
raj ,c..,se'1 10 isl prave. From taa5 day t
tais She gr:st 2 :1o31ac ar1y has lain do'
man BY liz: orders Of lec same sc EZRA
Fourteen da:= cf the beautiful month (
September aud tbity-oae days Of Oeto3t
the finest campaign mouth OF the entil
9ear-caue aud went, while iha great ara
Of tie Potomac slept Profound qul
1eisE,d ss.l,rey;e, save. n;.en disturbed fro
lis great rcp'se by q 1sid Of S.uart's cave
r., which took lis glrta aud gathered nu!
spoil ia Pennsylvania. It Was not t,
ngane" to pursue and drive the enemy
the val, as onr If tie cons:'irators CO
5esscd it Sas not the program nc to pr
init our army to yin decisive 7ie+ori
tlst +aou1d crush tile rebellion, but rather
drag along and pEocfastinate the war ua
botn sides are exhausted and the North
willing to accept compromise that u
save slavery, and let the Union slide.
The Ni14:.r is now closc ut hand. 7
roads will soon become impossible for
1illery and provision trains, and the ca
paisn Of 1SG2i will he ended Viii
C11ion survive this unparalleled canlpa
Of cowar&ice, inbccility and treacllery
The elections have gone asainst the
;.ublica1ss. Could it have been otlers'
IN TIC face Of the monssrous .manasam
of the war2 The people, tired, dishe
ened, dizgusted, in their desperation tt
ed fyr relief to the very party to vi
those pusitlaEInnus and t1eacherous {
erals belong! TA:Y snote the adm1
1ration at the ballot box, for entrus:ing
ana1ageneut Of the war to its poll!
cnen.ies> and for continuing in comm
men who had abundantly deuons1r
their iucapacity, their worthlessness,
Their lack of sympathy for the u
cause. There remains but ono hope
4A5t EhANCN 3Oi taN {iASs%A = te-AoA et %-i~ ~
Let the President in obedience tc
vote at "want Of confidence" " remove G
do-nothing general, and purge the arm
the whole tribe of Major Keys. Let
reconstruct his ca|iDc: aud CAST out t
Who have whispered cowardly cou1lse
his cars, and replace them viii, men Q
tion, rigor and boldncss, and then lei
give the word to hi. million Of suldiets
lis five hundred vessels OF war: For'
along the whole line!
WHO Is i 1sETYz3le TAN
Suppose the case If Lake street
chant in trouble and perplexity ov'
experience rot UNCOMMON in a bus
li{e. His extensive aT=irs require til:
place large confidence aud i'm portant
in an cmploye whom he h7nors