Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1861-1862, 1861-09-26
WHAT HAVE THE PEOPLE 10 DO WITH IT,

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Yours, truly, @.
WHAT HAVE THE PEOPLE 10 DO WITH IT.
To tie Editor Of tie Wig:
War Is science. Years of instruction ara pscessafy
to master It's rudments -Four years. after having
been tried at West Point for quarter Of century
discarded insufficient, and another year vas ADDED
At the end them Of five years Of sborous study, The
STUDENT Of this profound and complicated scisnc, 10
thought to be- BY the great masters Of it. only prepared
for second ieutenancy. By the hab,udes Of thought
the spirit Of ambition and the influence Of association,
the soldiers taste for war; his courage and all his SOL
diery attributes developed hodesy one Of the
insepsrabls concomitans Of vsor ana IL Is unusua
thing to I'd an officer nov who hes been educated at
West Point ard in the service for ten or dcssn years.
heaitating to take the command CT Z regiment They
feel profoundly sensible Of the responsibility they are
about to and Gtrustfu of their own limited er.
,risnes Il vas not at all unusual, few months ago,
for officers thus circumstancsd to whom oolonecy vas
tendered to debate the policy Of ptng IL In their
ewn mind, before returning ~ answer It soon sp-
parent however that If tho educated officers to whom
such appointments were tendend ds lined to accept
them politicians and civilians amsng tho people would
be found with Brass inpuiencc, vanity and recksnsss
enough to socept them and thereby mperl the safety
Of a,s the glory otOur fame and the destiny Of
county. In secdsfence these old officers of the old
army felt constrained to accep. of positions for which
they would not have bsd the eRfontsry TO ask. Bu!
even edusstop, indispensable it L. and experience,
valuable II IT, may eli be Of avail In the posscu.
ton Of campaign, IL the fortunate possessor Of these
high Accomplishments and quail 6cstious should no: hap.
pen to thoroughly understand the geography Of tho
country in which the campaign Is to be conducted, and
should happen to be quprovided With Same important
Of the service in his own camp necessary to mako
contest With the foe completely successful Il would
seem, them that before expect campaign to be
prosecuted With signal vgor aud brilliant success,
must place Il in the hands Of thoroughly educated
10 the science Of srms-endoued with enlarged eype.
risnoe-intimately familiar With every bill and valley
which they may have 10 ADVANCE and upon which
/. may become polite, II practicable 10 make stand,
and then equip them with all the appointments and sp-
pances sssry 70 give them mmu,sble cor 6dence.
Ga the Potomac We have at the head Of one OF the
most splendid armies upon which the risug ever
shone two of the lblGs. Generals Of the age. They
years ago. They arc to-day rich In all The wealth ard
and unbcuaded eonfdsnce in their military sttairmcnts
and abilities, aud the people join the army ia the most
snthuastic admiration Of their courage and patriotism.
Nov, under such ciioumstsnces allow me to irquire
what the people have to do with the operations Of or
army on the Posomsc' Greeley raised the hue and Org
olson to Richmond" The Northern people caught Il up
and Northern hills aud valleys were made to resouud
With the shout Of "0n to Richmond" As long as II
was only GreeIeys cry notice was taken Of it, but
when the old fcoundr. succeeded in making the people
echo he tumphed and the order Forward" given
before the army ready to move. The result. his
tory Il the lesson il teaches to be lost upon our PEG.
plsi In the ssme prsgmatc, impairment, and fool.
hardy spirit will they persis. in the cry son 70 WASH
ipgtoui" What do they know about the condition Of
our readiness to advances What do they know about
the preparation the enemy has made for our reception
Wtat do they know about the condition OF the Poto-
mao our means to cross Il, the number of troops
snd that of the enemy, When and uhsro did they re-
ceivs Q military educatonf where did they acquire
such ys experience In the science OF var that they
should know % much better than Gener 10 Johnston and
Bs,uregard when, whore, aud how to sdvsncei II il
DO true that our peoEl, are btooming diseased with
rcksty rssessness upon this subject it Is high time hat
they be informed that Il 10 matter with which they
have nothing 70 do, snd about which !: ID prudent pol
i,y tina. they have nothing sy Toe manifestation Of
public dscontent now may do some harm, but can, In
no probable event. do any good The only possible re-
suit that can 20 rus from Ii viii be to weaken pubic
confidence in hcs, to whom the public should cease In
an hour like this, with an ulfaltsriug trust. Suppose
you we're on board Of sap, far away at Sea- and
ribe storm we're bowling around yon, would you tsvs
tho csp,ia and sailors directed BY The pc pie tina. might
hippca be passengers on beard' IL would be equally
IS wise to do to aow the people to have anything
whatever TO do with our army on the Potomsc!
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