, 1861-08-21
OUT WITH CAMERON!
Let the Country have a Man in
bis Place,
a. VOICE FROM ST. LOUIS.

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to be every wh; re asked, and which addresses
itself to al inquiring minds, ie-why is 1t that
we have 10 action beittirg the programme?
Why is the numerical force Of The rebel army
every where superior to ours? Why are our
armies eompeled constantly to meet the enc
70 pass that with smaller population, the
rebels raise larger armies than we, aud
compel our Generals to win their victories
with an caGB Of two to one, and sometimes
We now in force equal to the enemy: At
Fortress Monroe, at Washington, in West
e7n Virginia, in Southeastern Missouri,
in Southwestern Missouri, In New MeK.
leo, everywhere the national armies
are confronted by superior Numbers and
the spectacle which We now present to for.
eign nations. This is the way in which we
support our Ministers at foreign courts whiie
resisting the claim Of the rebel power to inde-
pendent nationality. This is the mode by
which We maiatsin the discipline and second
II to the mercy Of the foe o. to the miracu-
1ous interference Of Providence In their be-
haE If such is;no unfair representation Of
the present status Of the war, the regrets
Which it necessarily induces are only the
more distressing because there is not the
slightest possible excuse for its existence.
That there should not be at this moment an
army Of two hundred thousand men On the
Potomac, thirty Thousand men in Western
Virginia, fifty thousand in Tenne see, and fifty
tbouEand in Missouri, AID a residue Of one
hundred and seventy Thousand apare men,
ful neglect of duty. That the troops
could have been Eaised and placed in posi-
tion to maintain the national dignity be-
fore The enemy, is beyond dispute Have not
the rebels in 1he month of July levied and
sent here IN army Of sixty Thousand men from
RPpfutEV ArEarS44 1ausEtnus
ard Mississippi, to invade Missouri ? The
fsct not only proves what We say, but demon
Htrates that somewhere the administration of
the war department Is Wctu1ly 1acking in
duties. It would seem as if that department
las not yet realized the fact that large army
il really to be called into the field. And ne
| have It impressed On our minds that the war
| department has ben giving larger part of its
attention to the subject Of stores and provis-
1now that great difficulty has been expe-
1ienced On the part Of many persons who have
offered to add even regiment to our small
army, We could give the names, if it were
| proper, Of gentlemen who spent days, and
even weeks, in Washington, begging Ut the
regiment to fight the bsttles Of the country.
But the War Department wanted no more
| troops! At the time, we make no doubs, the
rebel force WAS twice the size Of ours. Bat
for this course Of the War Departm ent, Mis-
souri would not have An invader on her soil.
the 4th OF March Last have furnished the
President thirty thousand additional men.
We know that Gen. Lyon had offers of troops
BY thousands. We know he wanted them,
hut he mad not and could not procure the
power to accept them. Had the proper
tionA regiments raised and added to the
little army Of the laxnented hero, we should
an an ssny Of ae'o& @ or 1900 m9,
the fate OF Lyon, 1t win not be because the
War Department has not pursued in West
ern Virginia the identical course that 1t did
In Missouri. And unless different po1icJ
prevails, the war must either be abandoned o.
VIII be intermlnahle. ln the mean time, moth.
dent has been furnished the means. We can
put into tbs field. If We viii, twice or thrice
the force Of the enemy; we can present eyery
where crpshing power to the foe; we neye.
need to fight doubtful battle; we need neyel
give the enemy the prestige Of . single victory
one. Il i've hundred thousand men are no
enough, We ehouid put IN the field seven hun
; dred and Fifty thousand, or even million
A million Of men on the field for six month
would cost less than half 9 million 70
, two or three years. But if the War De
. l41LIlat0t IL 10 luu46 anu 1ool away it
time with two or three hundred thou
sand men, and drawn battles and pro
tracted campaigns, and that everlasting buy
ing ard selling Of army stores, which rots tt
, patriotism Of the 1snd, and stinu from Ne,
, York to st. Louis, and no salaers s,so7s tes4M
+ aaaz in s.. Louis, ne can tell the President th
war viii be hopeless. Thst 1t may not actt
ally become GO, and that speedily the manage
, ment Of the War Department be arrested
. shon1d be done with bold, strong hand
9 mems minds must be turned away from spet
t | u1atinG on EoVeznment contracts. The ann
must be made q thing not to loiter In can
= and be fed and clothed, but to take the f1e,t
It must be grand army indeed ono that vi
/ move with an irresistible power that wi; NJ
/ meet and cannot find its equsl Ia the reYolte
= section. sueh IN army the people war
] They have decreed such an army. There
/. wisdom tn their decree. Such an army wi
L redeem the honor and restore the peace Of tt
country, md 1e.establish the Constitution IN
!. the laws. That We may see such IN amy, ~
= that right soon, is the prayer Of every psr1I
. IN the lsnd. We verify believe there is \
' serse and no hope in an}thing else Let Il
E word then be great army or none. War
earrsst, or none ut ali.