It is "an ill wind that blows nobody any good," and doubtless
Gen. Butler feels the full force of the consolations which
Manassas supplies.
The country will now perceive, reflects
Gen. Butler, that other great
Generals besides Bembastes Furioso are subject to misfortunes.
Whipping Southern troops is a thing not as easily done as said, and if there was a Bethel Church, there is also a Manassas.
We congratulate
Benjamin upon this timely relief.
There are now three distinct and unequivocal Southern victories, against the most tremendous odds, to one Southern reverse.
Bethel Church,
Bull Run, and the battle of the 21st, must convenes the most incredulous that the march of an invading army through the
South is to be no holiday pageant.
The men that inhabit the
Confederate States prefer death to a life of subjection.
They have men enough to defend their suit, and any deficiency in arms they are coast supplying by taking the weapons of their enemies.
