The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1863-01-07
Prom The y y Ir.aaae.
The Attempt to Lie Down the Sso,.rnn,.,,

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The Attempt TO Lie Down the Csov.rnn.,,
brave and earnest. but We think un..s.r,
p'all-d attempt 90 force the lines OF the R.t-
'rlud Army % tie RappaL 4nuock Ess n.,f,. r,
'Ira- Burnside on the 18Th icst Il rnise,rri. :
'o-l De- lave been made dsy earlier. il uin-
nave succeeded. But tie Preparation 10 c-o,
- c'"-sng consumed 80 much time thar ft.
H7'ri- lad tine o. concentrate IL our front -I .
''es- itching Tor Ike attempts a. other po.r,.
on ine riFer including that a, ah.ch Gen Rp-r.
sii- had Intended 70 cfoss. ard had - 49,.
'.- saptrior- - TIE columns cf attack W.
frr-'-td With heavy loss But though 80 los,
cons ir' ably more men than the Rebels. ~ los,
Ao-Hl'g else Not a gun. not a aag. not a csi-.
sou can theF boast as trophies o. the iesoersta
---i' oAlF me clothing they Tore from our deaf
soldiers I'D front Of their deiences- soldiers
"hom they bad the iuconceivable bas-ness IN
81 10, aud thes required u 10 bury)-rernsin H.,
Their hands 10 tell of their advantage Tber.
"as no victory for our brave army held the
ground vhereoh they had fought for ttirtv..i,
hours after the battle celsed aud. thougb mi.
81, directly under the c0nceutric fire ef The
"5"-Yiacel Rebel batteries, ttey dil not see 6t
~ proEoAe another light oy opening upon u
"e"- burnside fully intended % renew tue attack
next morning, aHd Gen. Lee fully .rnec-.s h.
non 4 ffU.
-upe Iority Of the Rebel position too great and
Gen Bnfaside, on rher advice desisfe5 on
army waited day and two rights for a Rebel
-einon stfaton, and then rrcros-ed the river
"iin al Their material ard sirhour eicitiny the
corr piimeAt OF shot from tie Rebel batteries
commanding their position. That Army. on
equal ground would have smashed apv Rebel
iofcr ever concentrated, aud would ike chance
'.o that thing % morrow. But it will have IN
vance 10 find the enemy. and 20 fsht under
great Disadvantages in order 10 get chance ~
night az all
but the use made Of that battle bv the Onpo.
-lll"n Press remains a lesson aud a warning
~ t. have already shown that Tie World N opce
shouted that the crossing al Fredericksburg had
Dreh made "jy Cen. HalecEs orders'-that
'en- burnside "Gefed under strict orders"-that
"'S C'afrs 'cere peTeraptory," &c. &c That
"a' Alu IT. kindred charged President Lin.
'''n, Secretary Stanton, and Gen. u.lleck hv
ame with having sent to death tbons,ods ~,
Ao1sauds OF our brothers and friends " by their
in naFfanIa0ie, imperious dictation to Gen. Burn
u e oi the time and place for crossing the Rap
'ahannocA-that be made the movement In an.
'os''oh 10 tie advice of all his division comman.
.erS- uHd-r the c0mpulsion Of orders fran
" 'ld.h'ngtDH. Said The World.
In the face of the impregnable wall which
ne enemy vas able TO accomplish bv reason sf
hat failure IA the arrival of pontoons 7 B,,ru
de eeutd neper hare maize the attack A. h. d;d
ad he not, in spite Of his most Dressing nyo'
,'fs' ofeH oTdered 4 ctoss that ri.er and storm
nose he'ghts, then and there, BIZ the n,e,, at
ash'"gto's. That is the true record"
We might quote columns like this from The
'ofld, IN addition TO what We have alreasv +
iihted-ali OF It not only calculated but avow-
NV H'ehded' to destroy all confidence in the
H'nini-'' aton and raise one mao. frenzied o., D
ie'o'uuohary overturn as our only refuge =
ON despair and ruin. 4
Now see how The Erpress indorsed and Gao. :
lded The Worlds cslumnious trsitorons f,l... 8
0Oi-:
l. seems now coHeede3 that Mr.. Lincoln and y
en: Haieck were the str4tegists who sent ihou. Z
nds OF men from time into eternity. bv tun y
ing them over tne Rappahannock into the nit
The Fredericksburg valley. '
"en Burnside ought 20 have risked imn-is- =,
lmenf' or death even. rather than thus tumble f,
great army into thar pit of a tbea,er. with NJ
.h- ..ees great army iu thc boxes. niH If ar C,
!ery. --h@press, ~ Dec Is. &,
r. writes from Washington IN that same {,
'ue that 4
50 There i strong evidence 10 the city that the to
''le A. ana neal Fredericksburg oas fought 6g
ff
ffts'- lthe latter especially aqain,f fbe j4Fy
nf and "e rc0onStrGnce Of Gea Barnsi3e
q of GeR Sumner. and perhaps Of otber al
ices associated with them ia the command of oI
e army These two names are given and fb. ar
'ts can all BE- furnished to Congress if an OF
lliry Is ordered &c &c. eli
We might till our columns with similar cir. VI
rs ifom the columns OF the two journals -
eady named and from those Of The Hsrai9 w
"T"at ~ Commerce, AiJanv Argus DC &c
ID the moral was eyeryW herr sharply enforced
he President - an idiot; the Admins tratjor re
q hopeless failure; our brave soldiers are ~
'ieSsy slaughtered; there must be an overtnrn n.
the Government that will drive ont all ,b
idicals, all T anatics, All supporters Of the y.
icy OF lighting Slavery bv Liberty or tho =,
lntry must 90 to pereition." :,
Vow that Gen Burnside and his subordinstss =
re utterly exploded this whole fabric of lies ~,
'e shown that they were nowhere buried ar
D crossing the Rap ahannOck-that the cross 81
at Fredericksburg so far from having been a.
lated from Washington, was not even anfic;- h.
ed there-that Gen. Burnside. in all b;s -
ratiou- on that river WAS left entirely IN bi- =.
D Judgment, h- superiors expressing no -
iety, no preference, further than thar h. -,
uld some hOE and al some time advance
s do the detected and pilloried aeceivers ana =,
ndlers meet the exposure Of their crime
AT excuse do they give, what authority alleqc
Their shameless. wicked calumnies on the
ctors OF the National energies in the fearful
gSe so "antonIy forced upon us by Slave
ling Treason2 rec