Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1863-08-05
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rrn. Invxsian of.Penrsylrania.

rho wisdom of measures By the result Il,
ne.ds hut little reflection AMI slight :
oa,iitanc,. wi; h nau!;iiii tn cuhvnice US OF
the truth Of, this maxim. Fine wis':St meaSnros'
fhs. most carefully dgeslul p!aus, ale C!ten
thwart.d' &hen on the po'nt OF success Ivy
so,n.. IL f,.reseen iurid"nt of the mhst trivial
i.npor,anca, soine accident which never could
huy rnte red into human calcula'lon, s'ne
mistake of some agent which 1t wa IMP IS
sibls TO forr<cc. What thea2 Is the CO..
ccn.io,, to be condcHnsd a,ritiicuonS teysn d
q. the failure in the execution? So say The
class of pcrs ns to. when N:poleou aiiadts,
an5 so say the maj 'r:ty Of tue world, who
tske.thcir opiuionsread, MADE. and never give
themselves tue trouble Of thinking.
Ofasl. other plans which are subject to this
description OF criticism, military plans are
tn se which are nlcst eptto be Judged by
the result, because, Of all others, they are the
most EXPOSED to the caprice o fortune. a
campsisn prt.j .c,sd with the most pr'tou:d
wisdom. aud having f,f it's end the mast MI
portant objects, may FIJI, while another con-
caived in fully aid executed against all The
rules Of military science 1ay succeed. In
snch cases the public never fail to set down
the first as an enterprise of.sucha nature that
itcouiJ have sueceetcd III no possible combl-
nation OF circums. auues, while they always
aocl.ud the last as the perfection o! wisdom.
The li,,,e fortress af BArd-so insignificant
that it was entirely overlooked in the plan OF
csmoaicn-was hear battling Napoleon in his
cdysnce ..pon Milan in lS00 and shutting up
his army in the narrow Valley OF Aosta, to
be destroyed at leisure by tie Austrians
Tha sagaci,y Of a peasant, by conducting the
curp5 ot the Prussian Gen. Ba!ow along the
roaa that led Immediately 10 the falk aad
rear oi the French army, when several others
presented Themselves, saved the English ar
INV rrMn utter destruction at Wat,rlo,.
#. in the first case, tic unforeseen obsta-
cles had caused the failure of the enterprise,
the Class Of persons who judge of merit only
by success would have pronounced Napo eon
. rash and indiscree. General, who had un.
d,rtaken an enterprise above bis strength and
fliied as he ought to Lave known that mrs;
fail. In the last mentiorcd case be actually
is condemned in alrnost these very terms, be-
cause Buiow. chanccdto met With guide
possessing above the average intelligence Of
Flemish peasants, although his plan of cam
pa:,n was iraught with the most coDsummste
wisdom. Some spring or wheel Of the very
oonul;ccted Inachiaery with which the CAIN
ns:gi aq.iust Ccrawsllis lie, ,minating in bis
surrender at York, was worked, might have
iarred--snd in order to insure success it was
;,.cessary that every part of it should do ITS
saork ;:.ithfuliy-sudNa " asbing.cn might Lave
failed. FLsi, most .assuredly, hosand bis
Dlaa would have pesudenounced by this class
o: persons.
We have been led into these reflec,ions.by by
the comments which we hear made every e.
upon the eau psign OF Gen. Lee III Pcnssy l.
yan;a. TO our'mind it was orcnf the ws.st,
grandcst a1c most imposing schemes ever
conceived By tie mind oi man. 1t proposed
To force the Federal army into battle, the
stake of which w.s Washington, Baltimore,
the whole of Maryland, and the recognition
Of our ex.senre as separate nation. 10
succeed, tae NEST ample means, as 10 was De-
lieved, were prepared. Ee was at the head
of an ar,oy that had never been beaten, and
he wss opposed to az army that had never
ben Victorious. According to ell rational
calculation success was Certain. let, f1n
one -ollhose accidents which are SD common
81 wer--ifroia the failureo!s division that had
never tsiird ~hefcre-he did not succeed 10
the full extent OF public expectation. IN
stantly al tie fools. who jI3se by results,
cried out that The scheme was Impractical bic
and that the attempt to carry it out indicated
q hardinood and desperation that ill became
the commander of the chief Confederate ar
my. Had he.succeeHcd, Us he woaA have
done but for an accident past tho power OF
human ssgaci;y 10 foresee, these very men
would have been the first to extol his wise
foresight.
Persons Of this description are unable to
see aug advantage that has been derived from
The inrasioncf Pennsylvania. The immense
s:ores, of every kind, which we captured the
relief to our own overburdenel land by the
transfer OF the war to. The country of the ell.
eny, the terror with which the whole North
u.s etruck, as by thpnaerbolt; the moral
q Tuautase obtsined by proving TO the euerny
that his dominions were open to invasion all
these pass for no!hing with The enclay, who
secs pDd appreciates tlen all at their fu.!
From eiiss.ssippi.
Tue Atlanta Appsa! llelras from persons
WHO have lately come from Yickshu-E, that