The daily bulletin. [volume] (Winchester, Tenn) 1862-1863, 1862-09-24

failure The rebels have resumed lne OHen-
we. and have driven our troops back to the
re,ise position they held after the battle OF
iull Run, more than one year ago. OUT
Generals do not seem to be aware whether
hey intend to attack us there, or push orwarl
m some otner Inc of operations. One thlnS
nav be deemed c~crtain-they Will not SIT
in front of Washington and attempt 10
educe it by siege They will either attempt
flank movement upon II, or, what seems 10
still more likely, they will push a powerful
olumn directly into PENNSYLVANIA and strike
blow at the Union cause on loyal soil.
There is a class Of pubic men who think IL
highly unwise to admit that we have suffered
serious reverses. They have copious eX-
,lanations OF the apparent checks our forces
ave sustained, and abundant assurances that
hey are all to be redeemed in the immediate
uture, We regret that we cannot share their
.redulous confidence. All their explanations
,anliot change this fact, that wherever we
lave met the ebel.-whcther behind anlearth-
work. as in front Of Richmond, or intho open
iald. os in front OF w ashington-they have
us. Sometimes they have outilanked
sometimes they haNeigot completely in
tear of our forces; sometimes they have
nsta their whole force upon n single weak
bers our line and so6verborne us by num-
ambuscatimes they laye drawn us INFO an
remains but it matters not how-the fact
Mat these they hare beaten us. And al
t,at tba;, rVaous explanations amount to is
FIJI and h%ueheils are holder and more skill
Tbs il all ue gu armies more effective than ours.
it is wsrsa mat anybody can ask in war. And
to atenna, .nan idle-itis childish and idiotic
repuisiy6 qs c shnt our eyes to the Elging. and
nave the 'est of me fighting. The sooner we
realize or actual condition, the sooner shall
we hnd a'emedy for it.
what the cause of these awful disasters?
Not In ay lack of men, foff armies outnumbcr
the rebel two to one. Not in Lack of arms,
Oh munltns, of supplies-of all the means and
applianc' of successful WARRIOR no army on
the lace ( the earth has ever been so layishly
suppliedvith all these as ours. Not in the
goodnessf the cause-nor IN the spirit of the
people-tor in the yalor and patience Of our
soldlorsso r in all these respects we may chal-
lenge thaworld to ssurpass us. We are driven
70 the exclusion that the rebel Generals have
been supei,r to ours that the rebel Govern
ment hasbeen better able to WELD skillfully
ana SUCCESSFULLY the weapons placed in its
handsf tesmts afford the only test of militia
~ capacit. Tho army that conquers is al
ways tle list Large or small, ragged or we'll
ciad' nungy or full, armed or unarmed, the
armythat rives its enemy off the field is al
.'waysithe bitter CT the two. Our forces have
beensplenddly drilled, admirably clothed and
armed. ant always supplied with abundant
lood; Dut ley have been defeated, and that
!act overrldes all others, and brands them as
inferior.
We all hope that all this is to be changed.
but SO we rave been hoping for the whole wear
past The very next step was always to turn
the tide. We were to have ''no more Bull
Runs when Mcclellan took command. The
enemy was to be "driven to the WALL after he
had evacuated Yorktown. The army of the
Potomac, it was declared, should enter Rich
'mond, after it had suffered defeat behind its
own fortl1ications. And there were to be no
Hyore retreats on our side after Pope took the
sesd toward the rebel capitol Yet, in spite
srs g. y. ssese assurances, maddsse viii SiRtda GffSsdcs5s11 conn.
kry, our armies are besieged, but all ..safe' in
lhe Potomac forts. Who can saw that tha
llde of disaster has yet been stayed? What il
Mere to turn it? W. have fresh men in the
feld-but so we had before. Possibly the enc.
my cannot take the brts-and, possibly know.
ing that fact, they will not try. But if we can
iudQe the future fbm the past, thew will be
yeJy likely 10 atteHpt something which thew
csh accomplish I'D the first we Shall know cf
x will be thaxft has'.aen done.
We see 20 ground 1or PREDICTING better ra
suits so Una as zoe employ the same Means W.
thsahe same GenerasS$he same policy. the
enter aposHfn m, tile Se President, and
psets aisaNe,ly which have pns Ne same . we
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