. The great Civil War : a history of the late rebellion, with biographical sketches of leading statesmen also distinguished naval and military commanders, etc. . n 3 M q k; ON TO RICHIVIOND. 383 unity of the nation, now threatened toattack the Grovernment in the very seatof its capital, was impatient to avengeboth the injury and insult. Not com-prehending the necessity of mihtary or-ganization and discipline, or too impul-sive to await their slow operation, andat the same time proud of and confidentin their citizen soldiers, the people ofthe North became impatient of feeling foun
. The great Civil War : a history of the late rebellion, with biographical sketches of leading statesmen also distinguished naval and military commanders, etc. . n 3 M q k; ON TO RICHIVIOND. 383 unity of the nation, now threatened toattack the Grovernment in the very seatof its capital, was impatient to avengeboth the injury and insult. Not com-prehending the necessity of mihtary or-ganization and discipline, or too impul-sive to await their slow operation, andat the same time proud of and confidentin their citizen soldiers, the people ofthe North became impatient of feeling found expression in thepublic press, oftener a servile flattererthan an independent guide of popularopinion. Most of the Northern news-papers were filled with systematic at-tacks upon the administration at Wash-ington and the Commander-in-chief fortheir inertness, and with vehement ap-peals to action. Thus was raised thecry of On to Richmond. The enemy,it was declared, were a mere handful ofbravadoes, who were presuming upon thecowardice of the North, which they hadalways proclaimed and the inactivity ofthe Federal forces seemed to one swoop of t
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