Smyrna times., 1861-07-04
Ooinion of the Administration on the
War.

Our readers will, perhaps, be interested il
shat appears G. be an authentic programme
40 fsr as It goes -of the purposes of the Pres
idsnt aad his advisers. 1t is furnished
ia letter TO the COnrier and Enquirer, o
recent date, and is written from Washing ton
whltber the writer has been sojourning on
eosGJential terms with the Administration
whllst awaiting his instructions as Minister to
Brazil. Ii he is correct. the war will have the
aspect Of war OF outpOsts for long time to
come:
His theory is-'this rebellion must be put
dIwn, and that speedily, cest what it NAV.
Time 10 money. The war must be brought to
q close next winter, ct any cost. Better en-
ploy four or five huHdred thouss nd men, and
close the war ia one winter campaign than
carry il into another year by an economy of
men and money. Say what force you want and
his at your service; only bear in mind that
the rebellion must be crushed out, and the
leading rebels hung or driven from the country
By next spring.
ITO this his Cabinet cordially assent; and
General Scott, to whom Mr.. Lincoln looks to
d. the work. as readily undertakes the task.
Toe old hero insists, however, that while a
proclamation will. if required, call half a mill
lion men into the field, it takes time to convert
them into soldiers. Make haste slowly is
bic motto and as he has never retreated and
never met with a reverse. he says TO the Cab
iIst. IL is your duty to resist the out pressure.
and preach patience TO the people. We have
abundance Of men aHd money, aud in due time
we shall have abundance of the munitions off
var. The only thing in which we are def
cisnt is patience, aad that, gentleman, YOU
must give the people. We want time TO ina ke
soldiers OF our vsunteers; we want time to
organize the commIssariat and baggage trains
we want to get ready to insure victory and
success and we want time go to arrange every
department of the army. and go organize our
eolums that we can predict weeks and even
months in advance of each days work. With
inszhaustble means and any desirable number
ofmen all Of whom will be good soldiers by
November, you have only to exercise patience,
and on or before the 1st Of May next, pledge
waaI little reputation have acquired, that the
rebellion snail be suppressed, the Constitution
sad the laws be yindIeated, aud the Union Of
the States be re-estsblished. The people have !
80 wi'lsd it; and with ordinary patience, every |
good citizen may feel assured that peace aud
quiet will pervads the country and business !
subslde into it's usual channels before the lst |
day Of May. 1862
Taken n Connection with the above, the fol.
lo~iag, from London paper, may not be unin
ierssttus 90 harmoniring 10 its judg smens Of
0snerat Scotrs character with the purposes
set forth by General Webb
"'Ge 'ersl Scott is proverbially q slow COM
mander He is Away unpopular during his
ea|palgns. II is only when the campaign is
over and ne has wou-as he always has doue-
tnal the wisdom OF his action is understood md
hs oeeo mes populsr.' Higher praise could no,
well haT+ been bestowed upon any comma 1der,
Iof the parallel is an exact one with that paid
Tue Duke Of Wellington. He was always a
slow Goa a:h-an old fogy. He never seemed to
De doing hyIhing. But he always won. Ia !
ms end b. was always wOrshiPpsd. Al Torres
Vsdrss, ia the PeHinsuIar war. Wellington could |
have cut the French army to pieces in a few |
hours. witt The loss of half his own. He watt
Cd maneusred. and secured advantap pes for a
seek, and he obtained a much more decisive
'lesSry. with a loss that scarcely figured in
lne bulletin. Scott could have taken Vera
Cruz in three days with the loss OF three thou.
nnd men; he took it in three weeks, and lost
but hundred or two.''