New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-09-01
GOVERNMENT AND pKOPLx.

GOVERNMENT AND PROPLK.
The Government is blamed III many journals or
every reverse that our arms encounter. as t9'Lsn
ill.success necessarily involved inefhcency. sdis
is clearly unjust. "Wby were not reinforce"
81 ments sent to Gen. Lyon Z" "Why ia NOD CIR.
" Rosecranz strengthened" "Wby VA II
assistauce seasonably sent to tbs patri'9 #
" East TennesCesi Such is the ten of
gruu.b!ing queries which seem TO US it's 30
without due consideration.
There was O time when such question: were asked
with manifest reason-ssy six 10 ten weeks ago.
While proferg of regiment after regiment Of foln-
teers were being declined, or not respoDled TO- or
met with such answers as" We don't want cavalry
-" Gen. Scottl plan docs not contemplate the EN-
ployment of cavalry'-it was proper TO inquire Why
The Union forces were allowed % be weaker on any
puiDt than their assaiauts and why any 10y, sec
tio xyss left 70 the tender merces OF armed tracon.
Such questions Were then asked through thee col
umns, and with an emphasis That commanded d re-
Spouse FROM thc People if moi from their rui'rs.
But since, for weeks pact, Che Government has
promptly and gladly accepted every regimen I n
autry OF artillery aud every effective squaGf)a Of
cavalry that has been rendered, ard has manifested
its determination to persist in go doing until the
struggle shalt be ended, we feel that faut6ndinf
queries are generally reckless and often unjust
SuprOsegss Government arms aud equps all tho
forces ut its command, and disposes them to the
best advantage while the Rebels by meanO Of draft
mg and terrorism, bring into the field much laIgr
number how can we avoid being outnumbered in
most of the collisions 80 frequently occurring1 II
we have but $50, coo men in the field, while the
Rebels have many more, how shal we prevent their
attacking us in much superior force, IA they have
frequently done IL not increased eucrC IN re-
clutirg. or in Luryiug up re9niolcements TO the
front, our clear, imminent duty, instead of ineIect
ual grumblng
So long &C we shall be ipfsIiOr in numb Gs, We
must act mainly on the defensive; AMI wais &C
dc 60 We must expect point ailer port ing
our line 10 be attacked from time To line in
overwhelming force. The oUy rsmed, f lis
uhwelcoue state OF things is TO uake o,i aInieG
the stronger al tae earlest possible moG mt ard
then resume the Offensive mos. docisivclJ Tter
zee can strike the enemy at exposed poo ire
tstibiy, as we did In Western Virginia and in
Central Missouri ak or eight weeks ago.
But our SIDE cannot afford 10 let tho struggle
degenerate tito Z guerrilla warfare. proeecui, q
aleng liGe stretching from the Chesapeake G |
the Colorado. such struggle would he exae
suited t. the eXigences Of the rebels, who sub |
sist their armed bands mainly BY forced cortri- /
buttons on tbs districts they scourge, att Hh0 /
can thus more easiy maintain two hundred |
thousand men d,spcrsed over vast area in |
lodies Of three TO thirty thousand each, than |
smgo concentrated aImy Of one hundred thou.
sand; whe We, paying for our supplies, may ~
Wei Keep our meR together en- scat!er tnem eycr !
10 widely. II We rightly comprehend the pl, e.,
OF our Government, tb'y contemplate ofensl'
operations Ii ample lUpce, 30 coon ae TIA
force cG1 he equipped and provided with mate ,
iiIl, from the two 1Hses Of We6liDeton and ST.
Lofts, Hh.ie we maintain de'eDbIss attitude
OF most otuer points. And this pocy conn .lds
oLr LeaF'iest approval. decisive victory oa
the Potomac would do more for the oppressed
u.ionists OF Ess. Tennessee thau an advance Of
twenty tlOusa1d men tbroceh keutack, e their
Immediate support, while il would relieve West |
q IN Virginia from al danger OF supjdgat.pG &c
rebel sway. But whether so have or haze not |,
rightly OWNED tho purposes OF tho ~ lmoistis-
ten, there can TO 10 doubt that every dnt4-, |
every gun, every man, will be employed b! = 10 !
the very best OF its ability in the defense of " .nc
- Union the Consultation and the entOrcemeat Of
" Inc laws" and that if our forces are defcielt
on any part OF tke vast arena OF this conflict, 10
j. simply because tho need Of theln ia sou oriipr
guaf,Cr Is estecned moro urgsat and iIpefaGes. !
Let ns, then, devote our beos energies to ralsng
lew regiments OF filling 1p the ranks Of .hos,
dread, Ill service, and We shall soon see d
brighter aspect presented by the Wa for t1e
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