The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1863, 1862-01-30
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JEFF DAVIS, POLICY lDlorIc.

The Cinciuuati Gazette recently pub
liahsa an article from the Memphis Ar.
gus of the 9th, in which tie Davis Gov
eminent was handled without gloves, and
rslsreuce made 10 threate uttered against
the editor on account Of former inde,
pendent expression Ofopinion, We sub.
Join the article referred TO:
Price is in fall retreat souIh%ard-
Price will probably continue In full re-
treat, for there are several--indeed no less
than threc-Federal armies. each as large
better armed aud bel,sr equipped ,coverg-
Ing upon him, His past victories have
been rsnde:ed ynlueless. Federal forces
have hsen massed 10 Kentucky loo great
for man Of Sidney Johhson's oaliber to
venture to attack, and the paraly zing of
Price through the withdrawal Of Mcoal.
Tough has rendered the oveIrunning of
Missouri to the Arkansas frontier an easy
task 10 the Federsls. We are forced
back out oi Observation-Disclosures in
Kentucky. Chase has obtained his mon
eyGiG Wah street.
The blockade is unbreakable by Us as
yet In one word, We are hemmed in.-
We have allowed the moment Of victory
to pass. We wer4 so anxious watching
the operations of England, that we stand
aghast on turning our eyes homeward
again 10 find ourselves tetfJld worse of
than we were ere the commencement oil
Prices last forward march, and that ae-
cursedly used scnsaiunism, the arrest OF
Mason and Slidell. Day follows Cay. and
in lieu Of Icing weakened we fhd the
Federal armi,s. q, all points. being
strengthened. Almost every article Of
manufacturing aud domestic necessity
ouadrupled in price, and money will soon
be exec yediug scarce for lack of paper and
paste board wherewith TO make it.
We pay fifteen cents piece for sperm
candles, and are told we ought to be glad
TO get them at that. Our twelve mouths
soldiers time will soon be up. and we
cannot help asking, as they do themselves
what have they been permitted or led tC
do? II is an old and ever proven truismr
that where two nations are al war, that
which has the least means must fad sue
GEES in early and rapid action, for it car
gain little by time while the other finds
in time the power 10 bring into othcien
use its more varied means.
Catined, cribbed, confined as we were
and evidently would bo, our shortest
cle,rest and most noble policy was to 6nc
in the rapid use ofour ea,ly revolutioua
ry enthusiasm an overmatch for the slow
or and less spirited. but more enduring
North. We speak plainly to-day, bs
cause ere the full military policy Of ou
leaders was maze known. We persistent
opposed any outside pressure by the press
upon it. We speak plainly. bo' auso as
Southern paper we have the tight t.
speak and ask TO see the benefits that ar'
to compensate ior this prosIruiion OF bu
siness, these domestic bereayements ant
heroic sacrifices made by our women al
well as our men. We ask why this yea
has passed, and 100 further than tver from
RECOGNITION at home or abroad? We asl
why we are 6fly fold worse off than wheI
the war commenced. 4.
I We ask why we are not told that ou
ports must be opened by the foreigner
ess we could not be armed sulfic entity
!. do more than remain imprisoned by tn
bayonetS Of an outnumbering foe aIonI
our frontier, and an impossible navy alon
our coasts. Where shall we ask reliel
Where should ws ask it save in the camp
on whom have been lavished our heart
blood, our hopes, our wealth, our whole
where but ON the banks Of the Potomac
When will we see an end to the fare
there being enacted, at our expense?
! Indirectly every mouthful we eat
! taxed, our babies wear taxed caps an
k shoes, our boys write on taxed paper, OF
Q girls wear taxed caliCoes, our men do
taxed business. and hopclesSly ride in
/. taxed heArse to taxed grave; and w
o forsooth, are hurting 1.-THE cause" if "
4 dare to turn from Messrs. Mason and 81
/, dell 10 look at the county we were Dor
0 and bred iE: and having looked, We al
/. hurting the cause if we dare tell what Il
. sec.
Our cause is right, it is holy. Our su
t fering may be Gods prise oil success, b
who, seeing what might have been, al
knowing what is being suffered throue
j. its being undone, can refrain from cur
k ing the sel6shness or idiocy, that stoppt
II the conqueiing Beauregard, that arrestC
the march Of Price, that checked Il
r gallant Johnston.
i We have gazed imporingly on the lio
!. while the fox has been weaving his toll
i. Our press anI our people have trust,
n far enough. We now ask are we TO co
d lnue hemmed in for another six month
10 and lack all things, or shall our armies
y to Washington and lack nothing?
>, INCIDENTS OF CLIFF CREEK The Lo
1t isSillc Journal says:
A gentleman direct from the vicinity
Somerset, informs us that there were
4, leven Of the 10Th Indiana killed, ten
the Second Minnesota, eight Ct the 4
y Kentucky, eight Of the 9th Ohio. and .
70 or two Of the Woodford cavalry. T
h Michigan engineer and mechanics res
b meut dug trenches and buried the dea
~ the funeral service having been appr
= y priately performed on the occasion.
y Wounded prisoners state that there W