, 1862-02-03
Chr Trihu,re.


Ii,m- -ioH> IL dIRLEf Ol CINCINNATI. Will /
IL l9rused with great interest It Lifts up |
nc corner Of the curtain just high enough !:
!" give :he public Il peep at what is going ! !
81 a'cl,ind the scenes The consequences
+ the 1,o1d back, lo-nothing policy prac-
ticed 3ry Gen, Mcclellan for six months, t
..,c lniutetl out il, plain terms, 4 campaign
las bctn FILTERED away. Six hundred
1hvuss,,gi r,c2, la.c been agonizing for Or
dcrs 10 advance on the enemy; the treas
u1y Of tue na1ion is about exhausted, and
we are in daily peril Of European intcrven-
tion III behalf Of the rebels; but 10 move
,acnt is permitted lest it might Interfere
with The 1great anaconda plan Bat the
.lylmmoth reptile that was to draw within
lis folds and crush the rebellion ut a single
sweep of his tail, has already swallowed up
4nlr contemplated victories and gorgcd
himself with the substance Of the people
IL 10 purpose Mr.. Gur]cy points
*ut several instances where great
la,,ss might have been struck with
little danger and certain victory,
hut the urlifted sword was order
I'd i. re si,cathed by Gen Mcclellan, for
:4,1;sc iascru,ab]e reason. Thus Banks and
Lauder, with 10000 men, had the rebel
General Jackson, with $4,000 secesh, COM
r!ctcly in their power, and could have bag
.rd tic whole column, but they were per
.m::e,ily forbidden to :,adge an inch, and
sharply reprimandcd for daring to propose
such Il tAing. So in Missouri, whcr Hal
ictk had Price in lis power, Mcclellan
:.r}':1 his !'cins captured. So, too, .fter
Tic battle IF Wild Cat, the road was open
into E;4st Tennessee, where the people en-
lEas=e would hare welcomed our soldiers
ni,!, oien arms. Mcclellan refused to
grant permission TO advance, and he has
held Buell. back eyer since. The abortiyc
expedition to Port Royal may lie traced to
the same cause Secretary Camcron's
tr1ers were eountermalided and oyc1raled
7w Mcclellan. Fortify and stand
still, Is The general order given to
all uur commanders. The fruits ot
this sad 1alicv is & Inion fast drifting
10 L.e gulf Of pertiition. The hopes Of the
COUNTY res: On the new Secretary Of War.
II is believed that he Will be master Of the
situation. and that the President, ce;lsing
10 tie I, spectator, will become an act2r,
and will resume the functions Of Com
,na,t'e,-in-Chi If the army and navy
Tho :,1,aconda plan ~ has proven to be Il
ft:.dui fa;lure and a lorrid hunllug.
The HIM Secretary announces to thu
<o-n,rt that hereafter the purpose Of tic
var is to attack, pursue and destroy The
zsi,tNitezs enemy" For few weeks tht
:,1u,y will be literally j" stuck in the mud. ,
l.z: =f;cr that, the fur will begin to fly. ant
;c3!cCltlia:, has no stomach for the fight
i,,c. lie can stand back and let those Leaf
pEs. 1.,e1ieyc III the efficacy Of the Sccrcta
~: n4:l.od Of dealing with the rebels
Tx. T,l1.n cannot be saved l,y Standing
sill slnG waiting fer the rebellion to cS
b.,s1st Itself; like tie fool in tie fablc WIKI
SIT t;,,ya on tle rivers bank for the floot
to flow fast, that he 1uisit cross over Or.
shed
THE UNION MEN OF TENNESSEE
tsnc Of the saldest and most cloque1
1.:ccs Of this Wet nc lay bciorc our reader
in thr ,,,escu: issuc- In some respects
.rar@ceuds in powerful interest any doct
mcnt that has yet appeared IN the 10y;
1rcss siucc the outbrea'~~<:e--s<Ts6i1 Scr rebellion
owing lo;h to The nature Of the intelllgens
i,sc|r. aud tle source whence It comes III
Northern newspapers and their CORE
1s,nGcnts have Lefore and often written
,1,ctAIs,euce Of Mon scEtimcutin Eastc1
Tennessee. but these statements have bc'
Liable IT, the suspicion Of exaggggeration
of distortion. Of far greater weight Is
when We learn even stronger facts III
l.ayc ever yet been printed, Il
thai, too, from the secret militia
and cabinet councils Of the rebels INC
selves. Here NC have The testimony
Zo1licnffcr on the point, correspondence
1cading rebels, State dispatches over
signature Of Secretary Benjamin, and Q
ci;l reports all going to show an appaA
state atI:iirs in Tennessee Loyal conn
mites existed .lerc as firm aud true to
Fcdersl Government as those
Ohio and Indiana, and the c<
,mr7son we quote from, the rebels.
represented i power and force in
community that once made 1t L wor'
1p1il for tic rebel leaders even to 50
:.1no..s .1,cn,, and tbs dread has never b
1xt~4 41,A aS-idrnnA wH
se,,: to day. Tic call was im1',i1
and pressing for action on the rar1
71e t1ai1ors, and for the sharp. Stern y
Which ;1onc crushed down beyond the
sibiii:v Of Formidable demonstration,
l,aye aud courageous hearts that stood
.hc Government The scenes that L
have been enacted, That are indeed s.
owed forth by the official OF
wc wirt, constitute a painful plc1
which the French Revolution itself CT:
srrl,ass nor Austrian tyranny in Italy 1
than parallel. Who cannot imagine
blank despair Of these patriotic Tenne
aus, when month after month rolled al
and their hopes Of speedy dcliyerance
Te,lcral troops were sill deferrel2 II
light now cast upon these unfortunate
:1ists, comes out stronger than ever
beauties Of Kentucky neutrality and
Pulley Of the war thus far controlled b
which has left East Tennessee to its
and coolly Stood aloof with folded arm
The evidence NC here present sli
s1nk deep into the hearts Of the pc
should persuade the last of those who
a1llconrmccd Of the realities of the S
gle Tor existence IN which the govern
is engaged, should nerve anew the a1
the Executive in the conduct Of the
should give q meaning 10 our army. II
mnnts and new spirit 10 our conn
ers, should replace every semi-sccess;
officer in the service by Jealous
true man, should realize in acts and
on our battlc:fclds the words Of Scc1
stanton that "tlle purpose Of the wa
attack, pursue and destroy the reb
enemy"
Has tic Government at wash
nothing TO answer for that these b
Tnionionists were left to their fate, h
and hunted through their native I
1ains: What cheer it must hare
these brave and bleeding hearts coult