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THE REVEILLE. 1
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In the course of a lecture delivered in San Francisco Rev. (
T. 8taR2 Kn?c. recited the following stanzas, written, but
not before published by T. B. Hart of that city. Mr. King .
thought them worthy of Dr. Holmes. The applause of the {
audience was not worth the leas because it was reserved (
t:ll the last line wan finishe \ an 1 then came measured zc- (
cording to a deliberate jndgment: ' |
Hark! I hear the tramp of thousands, j
And of armed men the hum; 1j
Lo! a Nation's host have gathered i
Hound the quick alarming drum? 1
Saying " Come, I
Freemen Pome!
Ira your heritage be waatod," said the quick alarming ' '
, I
- "Let me of my heart take counsel; <
War is not of lite the tarn; I
Who shall stay and reap the harvest ' I
Wbeu the autumn days thai', cook- ; 1
But the drum
Beboed "Come! '
Death shaB reap flu brave*! harvest," said the solemn j
sounding drum. ~
" But when von the coming battle,
What of profit springs therefrom f
What if conquest?sufcj ugatiou?
J*vrti greater Bls'becduie ? "
, But the drum, . i
Aaawered "feme! j
V*a most do the ram to prove it," said the yaukee autwet- (
ing drum. ,
" What If, 'mid the cannons' thunder. 1
Whiatiiag shell mmI bwwling bomb? 1
Wieu mT DwJbari fc* around me,
Should mf bout (row cjld and numb!" j '
But the drum '
A.usrcr*d "Come, *
Better Abaaiu death united, than in lite a recreant?Come." j
Xhu* they an*vered?hoping, toning? 1
Some in faith, in doubting some,
Till a trumpet jpioe proclaiming ^
Saul, " ily chosen people eomc' j
Tb*.n Use dram (
Lol was dumb, ' ,
Fmt Use great heart of the nation, throbbing answered ! j
"Lord, we come."
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* Have We a General Among Us ? j
They say at Washington that we have some ' t
fhhrty-eight to forty Major-Generals, and nearly ! t
<"tbree hundred Brigadiers; and now the question \
Is. bare we one man who can fairly he called a first t
class General in the proper meaning ol the term / j;
betore ims war uroKe out. n was me prevailing i i
"' opinion in military circles?more or less inspired J i
by General Scott?t'.iat "Bob Lee," row comraan- j I
iler-in-ehief of the rebel a?uy, was tho ablest strat- j
e*ist in our service, lie had baen chief of staff to j a
the Conqueror of Mexico. Next to him, Albert S. I c
Johnston, who commanded our expedition to Utah, t
and Iras kiHed on the battle-field of Shiloh, was t
. understood to rank in point of military capacity, c
Bu it was doubted by General Scott whether either y
of these two men, or any other officer in the service, (
totmpuvering 50,000 men. j 1
* . Wh#n *he rokellkm occurred, *rtd Scott, with <
; MsMfeaagacitY, foreiaw the ?*tore of the straggle (
and that we must have a Hocbe or a WoHe to lead
>nr armv, himself being too Old for the work, the j
[uestion arose?who should he the man ? Lee and
lohnstun were with the eneuy. Harney was not
rusted Between Scott and Wool a deadly feud j
eigned. Twiggs had played traitor. Patterson,ike
Scott was superannuated. After much coninltation
the choice of Government fell upon Irvin
tf'Dowell, a soldier offair wpute, who had been
.mniMi-orf liir nianv vears in the bureaux at Wash
/ UjMv; v?- j J - ugton.
'I he recent court-martials hare effectually
lilenced the calumnies which at one time obscured
icneral M'Dowell's fair fame ; no blot now rests
ipou his honor. Tut his origiual appointment was
irobably due to political influence, and his subse-!
|uent record at Hull Hun, and in the campaign of
1862. sh jwed that, while hit abilities were respec-,
able, he had 110 elaim to the first place among
Jeneras,
To him succeeded M'ClelUn, whom every one
pronounced the coming raaiK Such opportunities
is he enjoyed have seldom been vouchsafed to any
me in any country at any tii^e. And it is still an
jpen question whether or n<yhe made the most of
;hem. For though his dela/f were exasperating,
it is not sure that greater hute would have been 1
lafe: though his peninsular campaign was a failure,
1 is not sure that this was not caused exclusively
t>y the refusal of the Government at the last hour
-11 ? ?f?iv II on nnui?lo ivifli Viim . thiinrrli
iO UIIOW .U i;un I'll IV n III! IIIIU uivugu
re wasted a precious month in inaction after An- j
detain and refused to move at the command of
[he President, it is not sure that if he had moved
lie would not have met his Fredericksburg. It is
certain that he possesses some of the qualities of a
tirst-rate General As a strategist, he is admitted
to be perfect. His plans are comprehensive, farreaching,
and safe. He now n?*glects *' lines of;
retreat.' He knows the value of.earth-works, and
is aware th ;t cannon-shot hit hard. He has made
in army, and, more than that, he has won their
l ive, as Napoleon won the love of hisnW/e gardee.
But, 011 the other hand, it is doubted by his critic*
ivliether he has the dash and daring which are
essential to the making of a first-class General.!
He is said newr to have made an attack upon the
enemy, but always to have waited to be attacked
In him cautiou is said to preponderate over enterprise
: be is always prone rather to exaggerate than
underrate an enemv's strength : a nnn, it is
iven nai>i, of more science than genius. Such a
toldier would be admirable and perfect in comuund
01 a fortress, but could not aspire to the first
*ank among Generals.
Burnside's place among soldiers is undetermined,
lie has hitherto given proof of the very qualities
vhieh M'Clellan is said to lacU, viz., energy and |
taring, llis attack upon the rebel batteries at
Roanoke and Newborn, and the attempt to storm
Lee's intrenchments at Fredericksburg werv not!
it all in the M'Clellan style. They remind one
wore of Napoleon's method. lie resembles,
d'Clellan in his perseverance and in his popularity
vtthhismen. It remains to be seen whether lie
assesses the other great qualities of that eminent
commander?his coolness, his power of comhinaion,
his foresight, aiid his rapidity of conception. |
It he does, he will prove the General for the crisis. 1
Tlie West has been prolific of Generals of fair
nerit. Lyon, had he lived would probably have
ii.wvt iiiirh. ticncrjl I'oDe. who at one time en
oyed a repute second fr> none, struck his name ofl'
he list of competitors fbr fame by the disastrous
:ampaign ending at I'entreville. Ulysses Grant
las given evidence of enterprise aud determinaion,
and persoual gallantry which have stood him
n good stead. He was very fortunate at Fort
Donelson. Whether his record at Shilo- where
le would have been destroyed but for accidents
>eyond his control?will bear the test of inquiry,
s a question yet undetermined However, he has 1
itill opportunities of vindicating his claim to the .
:onfid,cnce reposed in him by General Ilallcek..
leneral Stephen K. Curtis did exceedingly
veil on the frontier of Missouri, and showed such ,
ulmlnistrative ability that, when General llalleik1
vas called East, he sncceeded him at St. Louis.
General Blunt has lately won laurels in Arkansas; |
its march to Van Bureu is one of the finest exploits j
>f the war, and if his expedition terminates successfully
he will rank high among our heroes.
"At the present moment, however, the most prom- j
ising of our soldiers is William 8. Rosccrans.
'lhis officer was selected by General McClellan at
the outbreak of the war, and served under him in
Western Virginia. He, like McClellan, bad served
in the anny, resigned, and entriged in scientific
and business pursuits. When McClellan was
ordered to Washington, Hosecrans succeeded him,
and thoroughly accomplished his work. He drove
" 1 -* --*? w?? t". A ?.KI^ ?l,a
ine reocis out 01 v> csiern > irginm auu tuwioi mv
people of that State to organize a State government
in peace. But for an accident he would have
" bagged' h loyd and his army. After a period of
idleness, he was sent to Corinth, where be spent
some weeks in necessary preparations, knowing
that the enemy naust attack him if he remained
still. The attack came, and resulted not only in
the repulse, but in the destruction of the rebel
army, and enabled General Grant to move forward
to Oxford. Promoted then to the command of the
Army of the Ohio, he spent six'weeks at Nashville
in concentrating his forces, and accumulating
equipments and supplies for the campaign. He
moved on the 29th December, and after five days
desperate fihting, completely defeated and -'drove"
the rebel army under Bragg, which, according to
the Richmond papers, was "to repossess Nashville
within a week. ' As a strategist Rcsecrans has
proved himself second to none. In Western Virginia
his combinations were most ingenious, and
his foresight wondcCftil. So at Corinth, where ho
alone of his officers foresaw the battle, and how
i? wm.M onH Wia wnnHnrfnl mathematical abili
ty, which was remarked at West Point, stood hini
in good stead. At Murfreesboro he seems to have
developed personal gallantry of the C rant order.
Twice, at least, in the course of those five days'
battles, he saved the day, and repelled the enemy,
by galloping into the thickest of the fight. If he
pursues the enemy as briskly as he attacked them,
none of our Generals will stand higher than
Roseornns.
General Banks' record as a soldier has thus far
only been illustrated in his successful retreat up the
Shenandoah Valley, and in the battle of Cedar
Mountain. Both operations were correct, and
showed that he understood his new calling. Those
who know General Banks expect more of hint, and
believe that before this war ends he will take a
high place among its heroes. West Point has furnished
the country with but few genrrals-iu-chief.
Not that a military education naturally utifitsa man
for being a great soldier. But war being an art,
not a seienc *. a man can no more be made a first
class general than a first-class painter, or a great
poet, by professors and text-books; lie must be
born with the genius of war in his b east. Very
few such men are born in a century, and the chances
are rather that they will be found among the
millions of the outside people than in the select
circle who are educated at West l'oii t.
Victor Hugo's Bishop.?The n any readers ,
whose eyes hive gathered tea s at the portrait of
the Good Bishop in Victor Hugo's l.es Miserable.*,
will be interested to know that the artist drew his
picture no from faucy but from life.
* In 181-V' as the story begins, <M. Chailes
Franco;s Bienvcnu .Myriel was Bishop of 1? . He
was a man 01 scveniy-nve anu imu upuu .....
Bishopric of i* since 1?0>."
We see it stated that the real Bishop whose
go.al deeds are almost literally nariuted by the
novelist, was Charles Vrancis Melrhi-ir 1 ienvenn
Miollis, Bishop of Digne, wl.o was horn in 173;;
and died in 184*3. These figures do not exactly
correspond with Victor Hugo's; the Bishop's birth
having been moved backward thirteen years, and
his life shortened by eight years to suit the story.
Tfiegood man lives anew in the w ?>rkt :trer ins
death,and " 1 e'.rg dead, yet speaketh "
Who Govern Great Britain1.?MasOti Jones,
in his lecture in New York, told his audience that
in England three hundred families controlled the
Government, a few thousand landloids owned the
soil?five men owned one-fourth of Scotland, ami
five millions of adnlt men had no voice in the Gov
e ninent.