, 1861-06-20
REEDLAR AR0F OFFICERS.
We find the following paragraph in


New York exchange:
There is a petition In prisate circulation
emorg The officers of two or three regiments
Ct the regular army, praying that the practice
OF e1a1tirg unetucated military men above
old cfhce1f, be discontinned- 0Fer 48 namss
arc now attached to it The signers ask
whether It Is right to ignore promotions in
WEI time, that civilians msy be made disttn-
Erlshed. Annexed is o paragraph from the
cLcument:
There are 1G0 men known to eight sub-
scr.btrs Of the petition who hare grown gray
as IltuterontB, nipetenths OF them having
averaged Beren years In the field. Can the feel
appointed demands from them the salute Of q
eubcIdinate, which he knows not how to re-
turn :"
Nine gentlemen have resigned since the
2s'h Of May. because they were ordered to
serve under persons OF no knewn military
skill
And the only wonder is that more Of
them have not gone out Of the service
War is science, the details of which are
Tot 10 be acquired without long study un-
der men who are competent to teach it;
1ld We cannot be surprised that those who
lave mastered it should decline to hold
positions subordinate to new appointees,
who know no more Of their business than
OF the Choctaw language Where the vol
Cntects Of o regiment are insane enough to
e,ec: such an one to lead them, theirs is
the penalty; and Though their folly may
prove to be greatly prejud:cal to the public
service, and often destructive in the hour
Of danger, We cannot complain; but in
high quarters, where the importance of
c. mpctent commanders Is or ong ght to be
understood, this weakness Of which the
militia are guilty, ought not to be in
du'gcd. Above all, military distinctions
should. not DO made the rewards
ofpolitical service. That is downright hon.
icide acd-we should be guilty Of violating
all our convictions Of right and duty if we
did not emphatlcally condemn It, no mat
Ter by whom appointments are made The
country is in danger. That fact strangles
pa1tizanship aad puts all men who are
earnest and Jealous in their efforts for the
triumph Of The popular cause, o. an
equal footing; and unless the Re-
publican party intend: to fight
the battles without the aid of their loyal
eouutrymen not in the organizations, the
era Of good feeling must not only be recog-
nized, but acted upon; and in the manage
ment Of the armies, the appointment Of
officers, and the allotment. of. contracts,
and the distribution Of honors, all parti-
sanship must be ignored. We are cmpha.
tic because we: nre in. earnest; and ne are
In advance Of some Of cur contemporaries
because we have thought deeper Of the
crisis that is upon nj, and have got clear
er comprehension Of the way in which it
must be treated to rebound to the adynn-
tnge Of Republican institutions, than those
who hing to the notion that parties hays
not changed, snd. this country has no. pro,
gressed since the struggle in Noyenbe,.
We are for The 1ar.:: !: Ne want no, peace
until ali danger Of . renewal :of;. .&he con
flics j. :aEe1ted,: Such being nur position.
We shalt never consent to be made parties
to any fayuritism which makes Blowhard
General, because he can rant On tha
stump, setting him over the heads Of men
who kqE what war d; and we shall set
our faesa hke . flint against the official
facility which: gives 6queezem a fat con-
tract and etarves our brave troope, becsuse
he Is committed to the giver Is the = neYt =;
candidate for the Presidency: MOL Il
evez honesty in: administration and swise
discretion IN appointments were needed
to esye not only our cause hut our country
from utter and. hopeless ruin. they art
needed now We have believed in AnRA
HAH LINCOLN In vain Il hs does not recog
nize this fact, and II "a far ~as he can, b.
does not mike it the rule Of his Admins