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Excerpt from The Rebellion Record, a Diary of American Events, Vol. 3: With Documents, Narratives, Illustrative Incidents, Poetry, Etc
Sept. 5.-the Charleston Mercury Of this day says: Under the Fabian policy, our army has remained stationary for the last six weeks, a prey to ennui and discomfort, discontent and disease, while the capitol at Washington could almost be seen from the generals' tents. How long this policy Of masterly inactivity would have continued, God only knows. It was gravely announced in a Richmond paper, that they were intrepidly waiting for the enemy to come on again. The enemy, however, very wisely determined that, as they were left the range Of the whole continent to attack, Bull Run was not the choicest place for their future Opera tions. They accordingly make a descent on the coast of North Carolina. Perhaps our Govern ment was astonished that they did not return to Bull Run; but seeing that such expectations were not in accordance with Yankee policy, they see the necessity of advancing on Wash ington. It is clear that our Yankee enemies, always pushing us into our best position, intend to force us into the alternative Of a campaign in Maryland, or the devastation of our sea-coast. The Carolinas, Georgia and Florida, are to be defended in Maryland. It is there, by a firm and aggressive war, that the United States must, on our part, be forced to defend them selves. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
