St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1862-08-21
The New AriuY.s.

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Sick at heart this morning, and a bad
ache in the bead, The very flower Of our
young frontier town, have just started to
oppose, their brave hearts - =; wall against
the hosds Of ssav,ges, who threaten, 70 in
wade aal desolate our homes. From eve
~ mountain, from every glen, from hill
side and prairie, from the ,9fiee, the field
and the. workshop, from: ,eity, village and
farm, all over this broad hnd, they 30
tramp, trsmp. Thousands upon thou.
sands, hundreds of thousands; and, every
one Of them is somebody's son = Eve
|,ry one leaves, one or more aching hearts
behind him. It is our -second great army
gathering to do battle for Constitutional
Liberty /; aud, much We fear, it will be
compelled to follow in the, footsteps. Of its
illustrioua predecessor, >. ,..>, :.
Looking , forward; not with prophetic
vision, lsI bptI in the light. Of the past n and
present. to: what appears inevitable as cause
and eject, we see. opr: second army. ...on
the sacred soil,"" furnishing, bayonets,
securing little brass plates. rubbing brass
buttons, blacking boots and, getting up
handsome toilets generally, in order to ap-
pearing on dress paradcs, got up for the
enlightenment Of some scion Of European
Royalty. We gee, them all out, in gilt
tering rows, while the "young chieftain' -
rides past, attended by Prince, Punctillio,
Count Candyhead, the Marquis Of N ute
banks and other distinguished personagss,
besides resinqe Of lackejs and nevspa-
per correspondents Of the toady stripe
We hear our brave fellows, ordered to
:'hurrah for Mcclellan" g their: prede.'
cessors have been and hear them, like
the others, obey, orders, while in their
hearts feeling they "might be put to II
better usev' Then We see tho blaze Of
glory which shall surround the published
descriptions Of thesapleudid appearance Of
the army, the enthusiasm Of the men for
their leader, and the still more important
fact that his royal highness of some place:
was graciouely pleased to express his ap-
proval Of the raree show got up for his en-
tertainmept, and most important Of ALL,
the exact bearing Of "the young chieftain' -
how he sat on his horse, what manner of
horse it was, when he bowed his august
head--the man, not the horsc-the exact
expression Of his wAtcbfal eyes, the shape
Of his glove, the astonishing circumstance
Of his sneezing suddenly and throwing his
devoted body guard into an agony Of ap;
prehcnsion lest something fatal may have
happened to that divinity for whom each
one is particularly anxious to lay down bis
life. 'AGo779> :-.'! !,s:.. ; '1su .,,,..
o'. Well; the army Of the Potomac is. get.
ting ready. People are impatient, and
have vulgar idea that they are deprived
Of the presence ofloved ones, and are pay.
ing very heavy taxes with but small re-
turn; but, they must think very quietly
or'1t will be stfeasop against his majesty,
Mcclellan the First To all miurmurings
comes the one answer that: he will; do
something great-when be- gets ready
He will know exactly what ho is about
and it aill not be TOR ordinary mortals to
question the mysterious workings Of that
mighty mind, 10 grand, gloomy and .pecu-
liar. Isn't he Napoleonsthe Fourth ( and!
what if the resulutof his strategy has been
altogether dissimilar to those Of the First
Napoleon's that is all to!the; fault Of Sena-
tor Wilson or somebody else who has been
talking, while the giants intellect has
been oogitating 8 and by his noise has
interrupted the train Of the grand ideas.
Mcclellan has been thinking; and tho
world, unbeeding the istupendeus fact and
forgetting the honor conferred upon it by
being made the sanctum Of the great mill
tary scholal, has gone On with it, bust
ness, failing tolpresera the profound hush
Of awe betting the grand occasion. yil W hat
would hsvej become Of Saheeplans of Napo.
leon: the First, if Senator Wilson, or Sum
nst. o. some other fanatic had been. there
to- eppo"s them'?saTruly the Egyptian
Eeampaign would hare been - total, fsilurc.
FWhat great military leader ever did, suo.
|iceed if'apy one 4opposed him b. Aa# bt
We'll, u the far OF uaivsr,al victory