Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-04-27

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Wednesdays New York EUening Post OBJ.
serves:
Let us speak frankly Of wbatappears 10 us
to have been errors committed blythe new
Administration.
n One Of these was to have made no earlier
preparations for the defense of Washington.
Il was well known before Buchanan's term
of office expired that the rebels were prepar-
ing for the capture of the seat Of Govern
ment One of the very RFst- t-objects of Mr..
Lincoln's Administration should have been
TO place 1t beyond danger Requisitions
might have been made on the loyal States,
and the loyal States only, for troops, with as
little publicity as possible, and the moment
they were in readiness they might have been
conveyed to Washington with the utmost
dispatch, before any attempt could be made
to obstruct their passage.
AqWhat do we see as the consequences of this
nealect9 Washington is surrounded BY a
circle of armed foes to the American Govern
ment, Virginia threatening 1t in the rear,
and Maryland, where the State authority has
been nsurped by a horde of rutfsns obstruct-
ing all succor in front. Our Chief Magistrate
himself with the heads of Departments and
the commander of our army, are uncertain
of their own safety. -
The dinary,communications between the
Government and the twenty millions of free
men in the Northern States are cut of, and
the only intercourse we can have with it is
| by stratagem and stealth. The very supplies
| on which the inhabitants of Washington de-
| pend for subsistence are Obstructed; pro.
visions are at famine prices. Washington is
aCtually in state of siege; our capital is a
beleaguered city; the President and the
| Cabinet and the chief of the American army
are In effect prisoners, separated from the
loyal citizens Of the Union-shut up and
| guarded from access by hostile force.
Is there no man high in Office, and in.
vested with large military. powers, who will
| take the responsibility of breaking through
| this hostile circle-no man who will lead on
the thousands, and the hundreds of thou
sands, if need be, who are burning with zeal
| to punish this insolence and wipe out this
disRrace7 The Governor of each State il
the commander-in. chief of its forces, and we
have here in this city the gallant and expert
enced General who holds the second com,
mand in our regular army.
! Will not Governor Curtin, who has been
called upon by the President for troops tc
defend the Capital, and who, they say 1:
every inch a hero, lead on 10000 men tc
break through the armed rabble that beset
1 the most direct and convenient passage tC
Washington Will not General Wool, suit
\ ing his measures to the emergency, and "a
king it for granted that the obstruction o
all communication with the Lieutenant
General leaves him at liberty to act at hil
own discretion, hasten to the deliyerance o
the beleaguered Government, open all tht
roads through Maryland, and restore thu
telegraphic communication
There need be no scruple of legality or o
military subordination. Twenty millionI
of men will stand by him, whether as ar
officer of high rank or volunteer, whit
directs so glorious departure from th'
formalities which are very proper on ordi
nary occasions, but are repealed by grea
public necessity.
= But the troops sent on this errand must q
in such bodies as shall overawe the rebels
not in single regiments, but in an army at
time, whose tread shall shake the earth, AMI
the very atmosphere of which shall inspir
terror and quiet. Three. .fourths of the popu
lation of Maryland at this time are loyal
and would require to see force on thei
boar ders SO formidable that the armed mol
that now domineer in this State shall slinl
away in fear from their presence. The oril,
way to avoid the spilling of blood is to sem
forward force which it would be madnes
to resist andlwe may teach the natural in
stiDcts Of the rascals who now hold Marylant
in fear, TO let it pass unmolested, a.o r.-
Another error committed by the Admin
istration is the negligence which led to tn
destruction of our navy-yerd at Norfolk
with the ten noble vessels which IL contained
, and which we need to blockade .Souther,
| pnrfu-~vss1sOsf our Strength and sinking
millions of money in the deep waters. VIII
were these vessels sacrificed Why wer
the weapons and munitions of war belonging
10 the navy yard destroyed2 Because Their
were not men enough at the navy-yard t,
defend them, or even to work the vessels ou
of the barbor. This should not have been
the safety of these vessels should have beel
one of the first cares of the Government, AM
they should have been at this very momen
on the high seas, with the American fla
floating from their masts, the terror of TIL
9 pirates. If any obstruction had been put il
their way, Norfolk and Portsmouth shouli
have been laid in ashes.