The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1862-09-20

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Ne instals; - u isinpettaAs Nat The United
States d America should know whether the
face OF the wearsr was turned toward the
Southern Cenfsdsracy. or n On opposite dires-
ten, ct The exact moment 81 the dissstsf.'
The slessrifying wisdom Of this tAssshtful
spsssl, ny boy. had The eject TO preduee IN
Immediate adjournnent ofths generals friends;
for when the test q anatomy 10 applied 10 .
nsn's bravery, that bravery becomes mere
The general, my boy, is the idol Of his
Aackerel ehildrel, and % eur armies slowly
advance 20 deal the death blew - this impioIs
rebellion It will Do proved that he Was not re-
spsnsihle for . single one II the mistakes he
has made, and could have taken Richmond
long ago,but for HE inability TO do -. Heav-
en- forgive these Jacobip black republicans Who
object to his being President in 1861 This 10
the prayer Of twenty millions Of free white
men under the Constitution, ~ was very
justly observed TO me by political chap from
New Haven last week. On Tuesday the Mack
erel brigade was on the outskirts Of Accomac
COMPANY 8. Regiment J., being sent ahead
under Colonel Wobert Wobinson, to watch the
movements Of come regiments Of Confederacics,
who we're believed to be either there or in
South Carolina The advance guard stayed
there two days, my boy, and then ~ orderly
came riding in to the general, with the request
that he would Immediately send Reinforce
ments and provisions, as Company 3. Regiment
l, was in danger Of starvation and defeat, at
short notice. asN
The general ceased tanning himself for mo-
ment and says he to the psrspiring orderly:
Il have heard your request, my child; but
before comply with il, wish 70 know what is
the present political complexion ofcolOnel
Wobinson.' aat-
The half-starved orderly clasped his thin
hands together, and says he:
4 don't know; but for Gods sake general,
send us something to eat, and some help, or not
one Of rs can be saved z ssv ss..t
The general waved his hand magestsrislly
and says he:
That. very true. But must first know
what are the sentiments Of Colonel Wobinson
on the negro question: rst rsIIy sss
The orderly might have responded, my boy,
had he not tainted just then from weakness.
| In pity for his comrades orders were at once
given for the transportation Of provisions and
lre-enforcements to Company before the end
Of the month; and had the before mentioned
Copfederacies delayed marching into Accomse
until that time, should not now be obliged
now to chronicle another Of those disasters to
our arms, which the trsitorous harrangues Of
Wendell Phillips have 80 outrage0usly pro-
duced.
If this war il to be prosecuted with vigor,
my boy, We must repose unlimited confidence
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generals, resolutely frowning down oil Jacobiu
demonstrations at home, aud suffering oul
leaders to be interfered with by NO one but
each other. If We permit civilians to manage
matters, the country will be undone; but if or
the contrary We trust everything to our gene
rails, the country will be 'done'-brown.
Luckily for rs all the occupation Of Accomas
by the celebrated Southern Confederacy is 9
part of the great plan Of the General If the
Mackerel Brigade to end this rebellion in ona
crushing blow, and % soon as the entire Con
federacy shall have entered Accomac in safety
the Mackerel Brigade will proceed to bag it..
You don't exactly see how that is done, eh!
There you go again, my boy! always med
ding with what you don't understand, and
presuming in your civilian imbecility, to doubt
the practicability-not to say the utility -o1
. covert invincibility, rendering it . futilitJ
on the part Of Southern agility to take 70,
debility what is really strategic facility, sns
and bound in its great fertility Of warlike in
ventibility and utter reliability TO turn al tn,
foes agility 10 final accountability that shall
Cause him, in future humility, to treat ms, 81
least, with civility. &,
Il Such, my boy. is the Msckerel plan to T
i This strategy is like some plan for gain de
pending so much on fall Of rain, that in les,
than ! week. should the drouth remain
'twould ruin it altogether. It pondereth blind
~ whether or no the opposite hosts will do 50
and 50: and how it will end at last, you know
, dependeth upon the whether
) Yours calmly, ORPHHus G. KERR.
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