Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-09-10
Streaks of Luck.

Vs have nov fairly cred oar regular annual streak
OF eaa luck The recurrence of these sEeaks ia sOue~LA
ou8egfa 20 the unreh citing The hst began In The fst
yea. OF tie var With the misbSP a. Dfanesvile, And
continued AlmOs. without inteTmsiOn until the spring
OF the following year. When Jackson electrified the
coun r. With his famous Valley esmPasu After that
che tide turned and ran in favor until Lse was re-
brf,d At iArpsburg. Then the current sat in the
other way, and 80 remained until Burnside was de
mosbed a. fredericksburg, WIEN it again changed and
a scneshat in favor Of the enemy until the battle OF
charlottesville Toe campaign Of 90 opened brightly
ioF us and good fortune followed our arms until the
fatal July Whel the splss ~ Gettysburg vas succeed
"A bV the fall OF Y.eksbuEg seri Of gloomy onIl
susued relieved BY the great victory At OhekamAusA,
hut soon clouied again By the melancholy events st
Missionary r dge and Knoxville. in The hfsl month
og siuter however, emerged from the streak II bad
LICK and teSrniDg with the MINOR successes Of Long
street aad Jones' spring lad summer Of uninterrupted
tumuns blessed the Confederate standard. As the fall
.op,osohed toe current rsgGryia Ell The loss Of the
Alabana VS. followed BY the cAPitusdOn o! the forts
near RoaIs she oeeul alton Of toe Weldon road, the
fan Of Atlanta and the death Of Morgan.
How long the present s!rehk Of raiuek viii continue
itou T. impossible 70 conjecture. Heretofore these
.treAks have diminished in dGra0n with each succeed
inc year, partly becsu3e tie Of hOstdes was cur
tailed AID partly because better prepared to
,ss., .he enemy Ia truth, though, here is no such
tbipr as lux good CT baj, a. every sensible person
knows This world is ruled by laW sni not by obsrce
OR SCALED ureaks OF bad luck have been but the
love,l sequence Of cau3es-,hs inevitable result Of
vsnt Of prspara.iOa and middleton. sppOintments-
G-Lsr
p-ooSe,s bit the columns Of half dcz journals in
tas Ssuh will show tia every one Of Ih' really seriOus
s,.,sters which have bsis our have be, pre-
e,sd in the most phAtc and unmisAkSbls teTms The
r;f Of prsscsnee mad rothiDg WlA'eVer to do With
tss.s predictions 1t vas a simple putting Of two and
to together Any child in the COniederacy, could
Fors,sl the eject OF opposing inferior army, com
a,uded By . General in whom the soldiers had no
ssr;hly confidence, 70 a superior amy led by a
cor nandsr o. " q fashionable ability cry member
N the Cabinet at Richmond knew thai certain appoint
slts could ony bs fOOEed by disaster Unfortunately,
ih,y we're afraid to utter their honest opinions, or
,rhsp5, We should rather say they knew their opinions
would lave 40 weight whatever, and 60 KEEP. dsereey
sleuE
II the popular idea that ssresks Of good and bad
uoa come A. 20 Of their sweet will iSresE ective
Of The Extraordinary commissions thTust upon ineom
psIsE oassrs b. the appointing poNeF, then it ia per-
fsely easy to prophecy what is n OTgis. LIT
US pray however this popular iaAC, may be from
ta4 moment dismissed ard ;ba! bercelcrh the adapta-
tioa o. means eds msy be the 6Eed policy OF cur
rvlaS. We 10 forgiven 50 as vel Of the public
a. Of tie highest iuncoaarss for suggesting, in this
connection an ancient Kin touching silk pursc md
bss nav Dot bs transformed into il Ccud "a slisvs
hat this homsly sdAge weud nov Be taken to beart
re slculi ulhesangy e0lare that the present raak
Of bad luck sil be o. duration the bIieSs:, and tia
be poglsn: cry FOR peace OF 90 may hundreds Of
.lOusG Is OF ,oFely tried men, women and children,
viu DC lead and answered, in accordance with the
gaasr 1pSo.atioo, Vi min the current year. To tLis
coou nra;io9 50 GevJ l. wished, let most ieIveni
apiraiols 30 directed Alter al! streak, a. best, is
but thin., ard iced oDly De patient vi;
ne The re.l,n Of better fortune AM brighter dsys