Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1863-07-15
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The fall;ef Vicksburg istdgsrdcd 3Iat now by
every ene;;a. a grcat calamity; blT human judg
msnt i. weak and ahort:sighted.S Sbtssmen and
military mon hsIa often sr.edl when ssiimating
the results OF victories or dssests asachingS
of History may be tminenpy useful a,fns here.
There were inciIlents connected With the Russian
campaign of Nspolcon, nhioh may at fSrd matter
efsproftaole refectiea at this particnias time.
When Lord w s1ipgton In Isl =; NSs Seontem-,
plating an saylncs upon Madrid Sir W illians
Bsresford was sent with a large force THO ENG.
tern Coest of Spain, tu,Inakos diYersisnsof the;
French a.rmy in that direction, while Wellington
adva:iccd upon tho Capjtsl. Sir William, instead
of "Seylng orders, made foolish and fruitsss e1.
peditsn upen tho coass Of It.ly,- thereby dcfcat-
Ing Weliugtonc plans, and leaving Spain s.fely in
possession Of Napoleon. This Ut the tinolTas
rusnrdod by Ill Eurvpe as o gfcut calamity, MS it
lcft Spain g: the mercy Of the Froncl, aud Napo-
leon free to conmeace his fatal Russian campaign.
! The next evcpt in that camRaign ofsa,similar
character was tho battle of Doradino. That MSS
a.draNn bat;los Napoleon REFUSING, though cnr-2
nestly cntreat9l by Ncy, to engage his old Guard,
KutuscG however resolved the next day to retreat
upon Moscow, and was followed by Napoleon. Tie
fact has since loen disclosed by history, that tho
French haii in that battle entirely exhausted thor
nm muritjon, and We. without eomriissary stores;
and had kutusuiT o+ered the enSmy battlo tho
next day, Napoleon himself inust have retreated
anG fnllon back upon tho. Ehine, and thus have
ondcd this Russisn campaign which lod to his
ruin. There iz ,sti anosher incident in that CAM
paign WORTHY osir consideration. The winter OF
1914 in Russo, tct in some threo OR four weeks
later than ever knoHn before. Donaparto was
thus induced BY the delightful bat dclusire mild
meas Of ths autuma TO loiter away at Moscow those
precious hours cestotial to the salyation Of his
army. When tho irast didcoIne, it caioesuddsnly,
and with sush severity as to out OF tho mesRs'of
rstreot and u.te,2y destroy his army.
. Thus ue soc II Sir William Bersaford had obey
cd orders, Wellington wsuid liaTe marched upon
Madrid, and Fiapoleon, by The defeat Of his army
there, would have been. recalled to Spain, and SO
his Rassixn campsign'hare teen dcfeatea.. Agsin,
had Kutuse,f offered battle Atter the fight at
Boroaino, Nspoleon would still have been saved
from the xnews Of Rustis. And still further, had
the win ter oflS14 approached in its usual time
sEid mode, he would even 'thsn have had time to
make his o,clpo from that field Of death. And
yet the Rsissisns we're praying, we are told, that
tho frost would se.in, and regarded that mild
autumn as an iniicstion of Gods displensurc.
What is tho lesson tuught us Ly these cronts z
In the incidents Of the Russaals campaign just
referred TO, we that the wisest men Of Europe
were unable rightly TO interpret thom. All thvee
things are against ut" WAS ,hci, neuagc. But
1t now appoUrs to us, to whom the book is unsea-
cd, thut these wcro the very cvcnS by which God
was leading tho tyrunt Napoleon, step!bJ step, to
his fiua and utter downfall. It is .undoniabie ut
the same timo, that tbere Was good and sufficient
reason then for thinking that thoso ovonts were
tending to the finul. subjugation Of Europe. Tho
great ccson her, taught US is not to despair be-
canse tho ovonts cf.the war seem to- DO going
against US. Human judgment is short-sightod
tho wiscst men to not correctly soc NIL tho conse-
quenccs flowing from victory or dcfeat.
yicksbure ha: falion, and ull men eco in it o
great calaIity. II may turn out rs did tho defeat
of Sir Beresiord, the retreat of kutusoG, or the
Iair9st of liussia. hlslolyls Pnls's?Pny s'asH"s
by example," If VIC believe, ns wo proisssto be-
licvo, that eo4is with us'in this. war, it is en
unworthy abandonment of our principle to bo
cast down by every ulverso event We have ro-
covered from as heavy blows as this, md shen
we were much weaker. Remember Fort Donald
soz, Roanoke island and Nov Orleans. Va rose ]
from those calainites With removed strsngth; and
have wOn-m: any glorious victory since. Let Us
Z" put our trust in God and keep our powder dry
and we shau win many brilliant one again.
--e-o <----------- = 8 4
,-..asU-In the House of Commons, on tho 26:h
Janc. Eoebuc1 stated ho would inoYo for 70.