The daily clarion. [volume] (Meridian, Miss.) 1863-1866, 1865-02-09

In all nlatOFys Ne war VIII DC iouhU w
have been undertaken under greater dis
and with more limited means
than the Revolution of '76." Precipi-
tated into rebellion by the recklessness
OF the Lord North Ministry, with con-
tinent to defend, and with O population
scAttefed from the Kenebec TO the FloFl-
das, without Government, without mon
ey. without friends, or credit, and with
actual hostilities between several os'the
colonies, thus destroying the necessary
unity, the banner of independents was
thrown to the breeze, and defiance pro-
claimed to naughty Britain.
Col. Washington was chosen by the
colonial Congress commander in-eaief OF
their armies, June, l775. Upon hie re-
pairing to Cambridge, Mass, he found
several thousand raw troops, without any
of thoeg necessaries which keep armies
together, and with all his exrrtions BE
could only supply nine rounds OF ammu-
nition to each man. For twelve months
be Law before Boston, while the people
clsrnored and cursed him for not accom-
Diishing miracles. His reason for inaction
wa. 1s given to Congress in private
let
dTo have the eyes OF the whole contin-
ent fixed upon me. with anxious expect.
alton of hearing OF some great event, aRo
to lie es.rainka a in every nlla@@ry opera
ton for want of the necessary means TO
carry it on is not very pleasing, especial
~ as the means :. cd TO coneeal my weak
ness from the :. my, conceal it also fr2m
0ur Irlends, ana aud TO tneir wonder.
Then, Sir William Howe evacuated Bos
ton, and with heay force landsd upon
Long Island. captured one-fourih of the
colonial army, with two Major Generals,
forced them to evacuate New York,
and routed portion of Washington's
army at White Plains. Forts Washing
ton and Lee fell. and the rebel chief
found himself at the close of the first
years campaign with scarcely 5000 lily
clad and poorly fed men, moving towards
the Deleware, pursued by Howe. The
enemy's forces numbered about IS 900
British veterans and German mercenAries.
This was the darkest hour OF the reyolu-
ton Che little affairs at Trenton and
OTIS. Congress ceased to abuse Washing
| ton ana made him military dictator for
ak months. In the autumn Of 1T77, the
British defeated Washin ton Is Brandy
wine and Germantown, and catered Phil
adelphia, the capital, Con esress flying be-
lore them. The gloom that overspread
the country was relieved by the capture
Of Sir john Burgoyne's army at Saratoga.
Then came the terrible winter at Valley
Forge, when three ,fourths of the army
was unfit for service The "ConEay Ca
ngton with the hero OF the hour-Ge en-.
Gates. The people clamored, and in many
districts the Tories were supreme. Wash
ington MAS calu:nniated in Congress and
out of it. In 1880 Charleston fell,
Gates defeated at Camden, ard the South
overrun. The black treason of Arnold
occurred, and the temporarily astounded
| and dunnerved Chieitain exclaimed to La
f"yetto, Whom shall we trust now ?"--
Butthe treachery was not tconsumated and
Greene, the Swamp Fox" and the "Game
Cock, kept Britons in ceaseless vigilance
to hold the Carolinas. In 1871, Earl
CornWallis traVersed the CarolinAs and en-
tered Virginia. Greene drove the British
from Eutaw into Charleston, while Wash.
ington and Roohambeau outgeneralled
Clinton, and captured Yorktown. aa
| Who fails to see in this war that history
ia repeating itselfi Is there not lesnor
in the great fortitude and perseverance, ot
the peerless Washington for our leaders!
And there is q more remarkable one tt
our people in the undsunted patriotism
of their ancestors. The heroism OF thai
people is q warming to tyrante and cppres
sors. The individual zeal with which
men suffered and struggled in those day.
unparalleled. Hundreds of my men,
asys Gen. Greene, alluding to the battie
Of Eutaw, were as naked as they were
born"
Let us profit by this lesson. If the
colonies entered into war of such mag
nitude with such made quate means, ant
through six years o.. bloody war bore tn,
ST. ards of liberty and self-governmen
tr T. phantly, we, who are united, hav,
an organized government, resources, &c.
cannot fail Though the enemy come
like the winds come when nayies ar
stranded" il is as Alaric said of the et
fete Romans, "the thicker the grass, tht
easier to NOV Be the help OF God W
are unconquerable. Devastation am
ruin to our homes serve to add fuel {,
our resentment. We only require frn
and steady resolve TO animate on
r peepla TO feel assured that success i
, inevitable. The lesson of history-th
r e1 ample Of our IaLneIs-is 4Eara n,
Let us profit thereby.
YANKEE MoVF&Hsys.--The ST. Loui
: Union, of the 18th ult., says: We are at
prised of a great military movement thu
2 viii startle the public in few days. Ii
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