New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-06-03
THE MILITARY ssTUAIsON-Ihh
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patch from Washington stating that the
President speaking of the military operations
on tho Mississippi, said, "he expected the
best results, but was prepared for the worst
If the worst comes, we hope he will be pre-
pared TO .ati.fy the country that everything
thar could have been done to avert II has oeeh
done.
We note this statement, and refer 10
il now. in order that tho Government
may be apprzed that the country IL
called upon to bear the reverse that
il thus apparently half ioreshado"ed' VIII
require much information that 1t does MOI
now possess to convince i. that the Disaster
could not have been avoided.
We do not hesitate to make this suggestion
when We remember how the first Bun kun
fight was lost and the Rebellion set hrmly
upon ITS legs while there were Union hOidlorS
enough 10 crush the traitors twice over Trpos-
ing idly on their arm. within hearing oi the
din of ,hat battle: anl when wc further re-
member how. on that same field. IN the io'-
lowing Summer. Pope aud lis gallant army
were left to contend Tor two day. against h'ar'
derou. odds. sud iiulll, 10 iaA back while
more than thirty thousand men were allowed 10
remain IN sucn If not trcacherous inacton AZ
and near Alexandria, hardly a days inArch
from the field that waa being made drunk VIVA
the blood Of tLrr compatr.ots; a1d "ucn We
remember how. still later. Hooker was permit
It'd ineloriu!-ly To- rrl,nquish tie hold oi Chaa-
ceIlorsye 10 tbs Rcb, enemy, lesi go u u
,aid) In communications with hi' base oil sup
pheI at Acqula Cre,h should be eat Oh al
though National trooPs almost equalins III
number tho whole Rejcl army opposed to him.
lay scattered md unemployed around his hanA
aud rear. not foriy."isht hours journey from
the scene OF conflict.
We shall believe, however 10 long s' We
cnu. tba, the Government will not asAln De
cbarceablc with such fatal acknowledgement.
But il is well that It should bear m mind that
tier. is n limit 10 all human endurance, even
when the suffering 10 inflicted By ones most
trusted friends. ii Grant and hls brave army
shall be lett 10 be overwhelmed, aud the nation
be- again sgoBizcd with the spectacle OF beta
combs of its children slain 10 no purpose, the
loyal millions will not quail nor abate one Jot
! of their spirit, even III the presence OF So
great q calamity; but they may tcel that It
would be no longer q duty To tolerate tho
men IN whom they had coniided, aud who
ouIy day after day have given proof upon
proof tia. they can neither comprehend nor
grapplc successfully with the magnitude and
tie demands OF tho task before them.
/ We feel il our duty to tell the President
the.e things. The People believe IN the per
petuity Of the Republic, but they cannot be-
, lieyc in eternal weakness. The! believe m
the ultimate triumph Of the Aa. orol cause;
/ but they cannot forever endure chronic
apathy aud inproyldence, that no experience,
however sharp. and 40 adversely, however az
pulling, cLn stimulate or instruct. They demand
st least the same foresight and Sigur IN pro-.
noting their cause that - enemies cAasoi. IA
assalllug it. The time ia past Tor quoting the
country under inexcusabe disaster wi,h Hs3nr-
ances that tedious and long wars aud incom.
potency in wagug them hre As old as Tue
world ITSELF. With unlimited means, and with
powers, civil and military, that are htcrnlI!
derpotic, placed ia the hands oi tie President.
there ought at this day To be no failures. We
trust that the issge at Nicksburg vii prove
that thero will be- none, ard that there Is an
eu1 OF the system, or Bo-e!stcm, winch, It
longer continued, must wnSte away and con-
Republic itself