MIDNIGHT
I asked him to make an advance on my repeater , and he said he could n't . '' This argument , my boy , exposes thoroughly the base disloyalty and fiendish designs of the newspaper brigadiers who are constantly urging McClellan to advance -- advance ! Let them all be sent to Fort Lafayette , and the moral effect on this cursed rebellion will be such that it will utterly collapse in two hours and forty-three minutes . The serious New Haven chap , of whom I spoke to you some time ago , takes a `` radical '' view of our long halt , and gives his ideas in THE MIDNIGHT WATCH . Soldier , soldier , wan and gray , Standing there so very still , On the outpost looking South , What is there to-night to kill ? Through the mist that rises thick From the noisome marsh around , I can see thee like a shade Cast from something underground . And I know that thou art old , For thy features , sharp , and thin , Cut their lines upon the shroud Damply folding thee within .