Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1862-12-24

ksy Of ths whole campaign, Hesaw thai
j Slavery was gigaaasc sazaagsh or ruinous
1 weakness 20 the South. II was the Key ui
the whole conflict. For that maaterly In
! tuition be was set aside. After d rninous
3ounaeFing through murdexons nsohths,
the administrator has Sas 20 acesps sRia
fact, or suffer aismsmhHrm ant & & sha
| Unionl The blood Of thousala mea :
| day Is dear price to for that wisdo u
Il which offered itself without money and
/ without EFilse Semebudy wiil wade
! deep in blood on Judgment Daylna 3a91
] It has been the misfortune Of cur egsu-
erals 70 be matched against men who
have shown remarkable military ssktiift.1 ;
In resource, in the power of rapid mo-
hon, IN combination, Ia admirahla han
ding of their men ia the Geld, our gen
erals in chief command stand in hanilia-
ting contrast with those ef the rebels
Jnhnstons Lee, Jackson, pEef against No
Clellan, Mcdowell, Popa2 Vita more
men, better armed and appointed than
the enemy, the Yirginian campaign has
been prolonged and comprehensive de-
feat. ~ 80 .s. a.T 80.
Nay; The campaign haa changed. We
are no longer subduing the South. The
South Is chastising the Nofth2 They hava
| poured their armies into Maryland, and
our soldiers, for the first sime, have been
obliged to tarn their faees northwArd to
meet their enemy! We are, to be sure,
RECALLED with glowing acdounts Of what
Our generals are now going to do. We
shall wait to see what they have doaa.
5. The contrast of the civil admins
tration North and South, will giye food
for reflection. II is said that the Admin
istEstion has bad extraordinary difficult
ties. But with twenty millions of men,
States teeming With every element of
supply, with almost unlimited control
of money, with undispuked command of
the ocean, and with the IN oral power Of
an old and established Government, is it
too much to expect that our rulers should
do as much as the leaders Of q rebellion,
whose States, wholly agricultural, could
afford few facilities for Misunderstanding
shut of from foreign supply, with a peo-
pie at Rrst greatly divided and standing
upon an institution liable ut any moment
to betray and destroy them.
And yet, can any impartial man doubt, |
if she relative difficulties and diseour-
sgements he considered, which side has |
shown the greatest skill in.eivil aaiminis- /
tration?
In view of this whole matter, 1t il |
painfully true that the free States of the !
North have failed. utterly, taas! Ear. I
through the weakness Of their Coy arn-
meut, 20 produce a moral Impression 4p- /
on the world in favor of Liberty ''' -'-'
The conduct Of affairs, 4hus faf, il OBJ :
iging the world to say, that tn slave
States, with eight millions people, are
more than 4 match for twenty free
States, with twenty millions Of peo-
pleI We have civilization, wealth, num-
begs, materials, iutaliigeucs, NOR i pres
tige, and Liberty on our aide They
have Slavery, barbarism, ignorance and
relative poverty. We caanot even say
that it is u drawn game! At present the
North is beaten.
Yet; does any man belidve that this is
a fair adjustment of the relative power
of these two great social davelormeuss :
Does anybody doubt that had Yelling
ton or Napoleon, or Soult, br Louis Eapo-
leon, or Cavour, or any mar of civil and
military genius, had the efns Of govern.
meut, such "a result would have fo.lowed9
Il il q supreme and extra aordinary want
Of executive administrative talent ak ths
head of Government that is briu.ing "a
as false witness againtt liberty and
Christian oiYilixation
II is asked, What profit is there in such
continuous criticism? Admit that the
facts are so, is it not better to JOIN hauds
and support the Government Yes
Let that be done 10 the uttermast. But
sc must secure the existence of Gov
arnnent to be supported. How long will
the North consent or be able to put bun
ireds of thousands Of men into the hands !
Of incapable generals who waste them like
water2 There 10 q limit tb the power of
sven free and demoarEtid common peo~
pie. Imbecility is q national spend
thrift.
Central inefaoiency is vortex that will
swallow down the substance the spirit, ,,
and the men OF nation. We are going
from bad TO worse Ii thtre we're signs {
of any amendment, we could have pa {
isnoe though disaster, marked tue hours ,
md blood dripped the seconds But
here is none. For q long tune we wait
ID the revelation of some supposed deep 7
plan or shrgwd policy. But so many
oaTss of the doings of the last year have :
been finished into history. and are now l
Ipon knowledge Of ail interior elements,
souRd TO have been without policy, plan, !
or any controlling force. save I
,hanee, drifting chance, that we can no
onger console ourselves that there is !
hidden wisdom that will convert appa-
'ent folly to success. 1t is incOntroYer-
ible that eternal insEicieney il wasting q
hs life Of the nation. HHis not because !
his plan OF that policy has not been :
4dopted, but that no comprehensive plaH .
# any kind, and no policy that gave uni
y and simplicity TO the Affairs Of all our d
lrnies and generals, has been pursued :
Neither are we writing I'd blame. We
rare 20 doubt whatever Mr.. Lincoln
means well, and tasks himself to do well I
or the country. But he i'd an ovsrmatch-
d man. He scannut carry the government ?
b its great exigency. We are being
sorsted on every side by all inferior foe.
low comes that ? Good materials make |
,oos armies, and poor ntatsrisls make J
,ood ones. a bad cause wish skillfuI :
managers 10 gaining ground daily :
Igainst good cause with well-wishers
Iad golden drean1crs 20 raanags it'll How !
zones that z Blame bin I Does any
nan believe Mfr. Lincoln loss than honest .
3ut affairs are too mighty for him. Ha
wishes, he almost resolves he turns back
4s inaugurates policy. Like snow, it ;
ncisa In handling. His advisers clash. .
Ills generals quarrel. He ID half- erased !.
Nth persnasions on this side and eouaser
,ersuasions on that. 0na exhorts anoth- !
n warns. lie is shFsatebed by radicals, !
md thIeAsed by the conservatives. What
hall We do 7 SO be does nothing. He ,
caves his generals to their own course !
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