Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1862-01-23

that after hard days fighting our forces sue.
ceeded in putting the rebels to flight and in
killing a brace of their generals.
We have been slow to complain. Even now
we do not complain of our army or of its off.
GERS. We have no doubt but that they have rs
loyal men done what they believed to be their
duty in the premises But who that had pre-
dicled SIX months since that no considerable
battle would be fought from that day to this,
would have been bclievedp What we do com
plain OF is this rumors are daily sent over the
telegraph assuring us of an immediate advance.
Of "grand concentrc movement" that all
things and every body are now ready, and that
effective blows will be Immediately struck in all
quarters of rebeldom that shall crush out the
spirit and life of the rebellion, when nothing of
the sort whatever is about to happen or is even
intended. The people will bear with number
Of such disappointments before uttcring very
loud complaints, because they have some appre-
citation of the difficulties in the way; but it is not
wise to put them off too long, else they will de-
mand that these in power shall confess their
incompetency by. resiguing the posts whose du-
Ties they are not able to perform, and give place
to ADLER and better men.
1t may be that we are "taken i'm this time.
but 1t does appear as if there was a determine
ton on the part of our civil and military au-
thorities that something effective shall be speed
lily done to deracinate this most foul rebellion
There are indications that the powers that be
have awaked 10 a realizing sense of the i'm
porance of raising and equippng armies for
some nobler purposes than those of putting
money into the pockets of favortes, Matching
out broods of full fedged officers seemingly for
10 other object than to show the world how
little OF the raw material goes to the making of
a whole tribe of generals. 1t is seriously
hoped that all signs will not now fail but that
the tidings by mail shall confirm the predictions
by telegraph. If our government is to be main
tanned, if the business of the country is not to
be irretrievably ruined if foreign powers are to
be kept at wholesome distance, if the rebellion
is ever to be crushed now is the time to COM
nance the first and most important lessons.
1t is of no earthly use to wrangle about what
we will do with Slavery and the negroes. Those
things can take care of themselves for the pres
emit or at least until we have obtained iurisdic-
ton over these matters. If we do not succeed
in reducing the rebels to submission we shall
have no occasion to interfere with their domcs-
tic institutions, or if thus we do NEEDLE our
interference will be Of no service to anybody;
il we are successful in the great end for which
armies have been raised and treasure lavishly
expended there will then be time enough to de-
termine these minor questions of state policy.
What the country now demands is hard and
effective blows that shall paralyze the rebels and
pave the way for the speedy restoration of the
just sway Of the national government. This
and nothing short of it will satisfy the just de-
mands of the people.