Year: 1862

From the Richmond Examiner, Jan.


Tho weather challenges the enemy TO advance. Snch
a state of roads and atmosphere we have had for
weeks III succession known before IT has ar
forded opportunity INVASION which itself would
sufficient TO inspire the purpose if it had not before
formed In the latter days Of November none doubted
that advance and assault upon the Southern lines
would be immediate and ut all points. No contingency
admitted possible To prevent the onset but bad
weather and bad roads The stat of to eeer sce has
ieea ir'pred IN ttc South uprsf0ts Of ne fdror q
Prord IN teir behdIf But Providence seems TO have
understood the enemy better than did ourselves The
weah has deed him to the combat and he has refused
the challenge.


The failure advance will be infinitely more rre
judicial to the Yankees than it would have been had The
weather been stormy for the world forced to
the conclusion that they afraid of tie encounter
Every facility has been afforded by the elements which
they could have desired and vet they have not dared
attack Tho fault is not witk their fate the heavens
that they have not assaulted us Beyond dispute and
denial it is alone with themselves. The bad statesman
ship which brought and which keeps up this war is
equal led by the bad gcncrashp which conducts IT, and
this again. is only surpassed by the cowardce of the pr
Yates who cannot be brought TO lgh III Dranesvilie,
the other day tho commander Of regiment heard 70
upbraid his for refusing TO charge upon inferior
force lie declared to them that they had enlisted to
fight, that they hal that business that
the time show their pluck and that they would be
eterrally dgraced they refused TO charge But not
man could be induced to step forward. Instead of
charging upon the Conederates under every advantage
of numbers ground AMI Of arms, they left the battle
field and were not 10 be found on the morrow.


What to infer from the facts thus afforded us?
Tho best condition Of the roads and OF tho weather that
could possibly be desired has been offered TO all their
forces ana nowhere nave they made use oil the advan
tage. glorious opportunity for performing brilliant
achievement presented particular corps at Branes
vile and they craveny and gnominousy refused to
IT, In the general and In the particular has been
thus proven thatthey will not fight Tho fault is not in
their stars but in themselves. Their armies afraid,
and refuse 70 execute the designs Of their rulers and their
people at Eome.


Ihs Soe 0rierously disappointed, and sonse'chot
inclnei 10 quarrel aith Ptvince, that the great Storm
NoresIer did not destroy larger number Of the vessels Of
their grand feet The South were also very much vtxed
that garrsons Forts Beauregard and Walker did
not make better under the naval attack To
which they surrendered, but the sequel has shown that
Providence after all, did not mean hs any great HARM
and that the loss Of the forts is not to entail any long
chain Of disasters The operations Of Sherman and his
Yankees the seaboard hare been annoying than dis
asous and the loss of the North in and money from
the oxpediiop already two three TO that Of the
South, is likely 10 continue So Cincinnati paper de-
carcs in agony that failure Of the Northern armies 10
advance this winter will bc decisive Of the THOR
failure TO the admirable weather which they have
had for several weeks gone by, has already decided
against their competency 10 successfully during the
winter.