, 1862-11-07
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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER :, 1862.


THE SUMMER rs ENDE2.
Asnowfan yesterday, at . temperature
which allowed it to whitcn the earth with
its accumulation, brought more than the
ordinary gloom which attaches to the pc
riod that marks TIC close Of active opera
tons Of the year. For months the field Of
labor is to he circumscribcd. Out of door
enterprises half finished must rest until
Spring; undertakings not begun must
wait. The farmer with his crop half gar
nc,cd, the artisan with building but half
enclosed look anXious1y at the fast falling
flakes. Tie eaddts: and most solemn vail
that comes ont from the pages Of Holy
Writ is based on this figure, The harvest
Is past, the summer is ended, sc"
But to this ended Summer Of 1862 the first |
snowfall brings significance for newpeo-
pie who have in their past prosperity con-
teptcdly seen the full year gather it, robes !
about it, The period that marks the close
Of active operations means that largely
must pause the processes that Involve the |
safely Of great nation. 1t marks the end
Of an active campaign. It chi]1s
the heart with sympathy for our army in
the field, at the same time it opposes to
our generals obstacles serious to progress
4 winter campaign We were told Of, last
year. 1t meant only 8 lack Of the winter
comforts our enemy snus'y secured for
themselves at Manassas. 1t meant cloth
tents when it should have been warm bar
racks. It realized all this if it did not
mean it. You may open the thick sown
graves that mark that winter campaign,
and find in each Union soldier at rest.
Whatever is to come, the summer is
ended, summer Of which We promised
ourselves 80 much, perhaps too much,
what time We aid Now our army is in
motion with months Of active operations
btforc it, We're We not justified in expect
ing something? Are we not justified in
lament over no single result gained in tue
field: Look at the SCARED war map de-
faced hy crossing and re-crossing lines
Which show that if we penetrated to Ala
bama, our enemy invaded Ohio and mena-
ced her metropolis. We went to the PENN
su1a, the rebels 1ansacked Pennsylvania
lomesteads. They swept back twice and a
third time through the Shenandoah, and
sent in long drawn army trains. which
gained a safe clearance southwark, the ricl
spoi1s Of the Kentucky and Maryland inva
sions While NC write Of what the rebel:
have done to mark this sumner, why for
get the service rendered them by Northern
allies in the late elections, rebel sympa
thiscrs, lood~inking voters by the guiss
Of party, and tying them again at TIT
wheel Of the Slayc Power.
Why do We dwell on these pointss As
surcdly not because they arc pleasant Bu
are they not Ill among the bitter fruits Of
was>ed summer? Could we have cxpccte'
it? Ought We not 1ealizeit noE2 Ousl
there 10 be an instant lost in sending til
alarm through the land to every l,ya
man? Truly there is danger now tn
summer has brought us i1le th.t it prom
1scd. The winter is here, aud finds ou
armies still in an ut.kiu9ly cline, and OH
Virginia forces farther northward an
from Richmond, than last year.
The summer is ended :hat promised $
1nucli, tut NC must nat despair. Out {
s1uipcd hopes and fuse lights we mu
slvan, and may CLEAN Guidance, light, an
safety in the future 1t must he that tt
summer has proved fatal to the cxisteas
OF some dangerous mistakes, has cleare
up many questions Of ability aud reput
tion. The ground has laiu fallow, bu. th'
process has its advantages. Eighteen hu1
dred aud si1ty~two has doubtless som
thing in its unfoldcd record to cheer Cnio
hearts Fer tha: we must wait and wor
Another year will bring quite other rcsu1
before its summer shall he ended, if y
employ the wisdom to be derived from tt
ltsscus Of this just past.