New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1862-02-12
Nsm @rleans 4ailp Crescent.
WEDNESDAY MORNING. FEBRUARY Il, 1862.
SUGGESTIVE INTIMATIoN.

SUGGESTIVE INT1MATIoN.
We clip the following paragraph from the Mem.
Dhs Avalanche of the 10th:
The war news creates much excitement among
the curbstone orators Of the CITY, They are of the
opinion that the Yankees are getting themselves
into position where they will hardly be able to
get out. It may be SO, but we don't approve of
the strategic move of allowing them to come into
the river. They should receive good duckipg for
their temerity
There are some hundreds Of thousands ofpeople
in the Southern Confederacy puzzling their brains
at this time to account for the astonishing strategy
and wonderful science which permitted one of the
main passes to the heart Of the South to remain ex
posed to the attacks Of the enemy. They can't
understand it-they are wholly unable to compre-
hend it, Next to the Mississippi, the Tennessee is
the most important stream in the Confederacy. 1t
is nayigable through parts of four States-ken-
tueky, Tennessee, Mississippi and Alabama. Yet
it was only protected by one wretched mud
fort, erected on a low fiat, and the rise in the
river would have soon driven the garrison ont
even if the Lincoln gunboats had not arrived
and commenced pitching shells at the watery
structure. No doubt there was an infnity
of science displayed in the selection Of the site
and the erection of the fort, but the fool people,
being only endowed with little common sensc,
can't see through it, and thereby manifest their
lack Of capacity for self-goyernment. The con-
founded dolts don't appear to understand that the
scientific architects of Fort Henry had an object
in view when they built it in peculiar locality
and in particular way. The intention was to
entice thousands of Lincolnites into the fort for
the purpose of drowning them out by the rise Of
the river! That's it exactly. The river rose just
as it was intended to rise, but the ignorant Hes
sians instead of doing as educated men would
have done, remained on their gunboats and pep
pered the fort with a great deal of gusto. The
consequence was, instead Of drowning the Goras,
our troops came very near going under the turbid
waters. In no other manner can the erection of
Fort Henry be accounted for and the result should
teach our commanding generals lesson never to
be forgotten. When they are dealing with fool
enemy instead of calling upon the resources Of
science, they should resort to the vulgar practice
Of hard knocks. Had they done this weeks ago,
perhaps our military affairs might have worn diff
ferent aspect. 2~ %"
If the above explanation is not satisfactory, we
shall regret it exceedingly, as it is the only one we
| can possibly think Of at the present writing If
the scientific builders of the fort did not intend to
| coax the Lincolntes into it with view of drown
| ing them, we cannot see why they should have
built the fort at all. Its only recommendation laid
in its water privileges, and from what we have
heard if the plan could have been carried out, we
verify believe that that whole division of Buell's
grand army could have been easily drowned
But the ignorant wretches appear to have had nc
appreciation of the value of water. Perhaps, il
the scientific builders had put little whisky in the
| water thew might have been more successful. By
all means let them use whisky the next time they
tax their educated brains. Shall the Confederac,
be endangered in order that few barrels o
| whisky may be saved? Forbid it, common sense
Forbid it, genius of patriotism!