Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1862-03-07
Hear Them Groan.

Things down South are not working ex-
actly to the rebels liking. They find a
change in the programme which indicates
that there are reverses in war as well as
successes. The rank and file are fast ma
king up their minds that the entertainm snt
furnished them is not such an one as that
to which they supposed they were invited.
They are beginning to find out their great
mistake. and loud and deep are the cur sss
they visit upon the heads of their leaders
who have betrayed them. Well, it will
do them good. When they get out of this
serape they will not be very likely to get
caught in another one like it. There is
the Charleston Courier, for instance, which
has been wonderfully crank in it's talk all
the while. and done as much, perhaps, as
any paper in the South to help the rebel
lion along. It's editor is now singing a
tune out of the other side of his mouth.
When he heard of the taking of Roanoke
Island and Fort Henry he fairly had the
dumps" Hear what be said in bis issue
of Feb. 18th - ~ ~
We have sustained heavy loss in munitions
OF war, our country has been deprived of the
services of several thousand of her best discipl-
ned and bravest soldiers, and parents and
wives weep in the bitterness of grief over those
who will never again bless them with their
smiles. The enemy pushes on flushed with
victory. to win more triumphs, and to cause
other hearts to bleed. We feel these reyerses.
We acknowledge them openlyD
At that time Fort Donelson was not
ours. What effect the capture of that
stronghold with its thousands of men. and
immense stock of munitions of war, army
stores &C. &c, may have had upon the ed
itor we have not learned, but it must have
been terrible. .-
But this Charleston man is not the only
one who has awakened to a realizing sense
OF his situation. The Raleigh On. c.
Register has also got an idea that the
South is in bad way, for on the Goth
ult. its leading editorial commenced by say
ing sit would be criminal as well as idle
to deny that the present state is the most
gloomy period that the South has witness
ed since the commencement of the war;
1t cannot be denied that the editor tsld
the truth then though be undoubtedly has
not enjoyed the luxury of doing such thing
before for months
The Richmond Wing likewise is doeful
and depending. In its issue of the 21st
ult. in alluding to the Inauguration of Jeff.
Davis which was to take place the next
day. it delivered itself of the following.
which we think is not bad for .sOld Vir-
ginny -
Judging by results SO far, it is the most Ia.
mentable failure in history, and suggests to the
rejecting mind that the most signal servica
which that Government can no1 render to the
country is the surrender OF the helm tn ohler
and better hands.
In view of the past, the present and probably
the future, the pageant of tomorrow is bitter
mockery and miserable compensation fer the
ruin OF free people, A child with bauble.
an old man with young wife, are partial il.
iustrations OF the dsplorable folly"
We think this will do. We might con-
tinus our extracts but these will suffice to
show that gloom pervades the South, for
when such papers as those we have named
set up wall, it is safe to infer that thew
and their cause are hard up indeed.