Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1861-10-22
Prom the Cincinnati Enquirer,
Is this a Contractors war?

A gentleman direct from Washington
states to us, that in u conversation with a
! leading republican OF that city, aud who
| occupies prominent position in his party,
! he pu, the question to him: ''Wheu will
/ there be Oig fight over the Potomac ~
/ The answer was: There will be no firht.
! This is contractors war, and they don't
want the war 10 end soon" The Cincip-
oati Commercial seems to be Impressed BY
that idea, judging from the following which
| appeared edIEorIiy in its issue Of day be-
/ iUre yes erday:
1--WE have no definite idea of the amour
of pressure - the square inch that would
be required at present 10 force the truth
into the honest understanding Of the Pros
ideut OF the United States Unfortunately,
it has come to pass in these latter days
| (which include an indefinite number of
admluistrations) that the President is walk
ed in from the people, and only permitted
to hear the truth dt rare Intervals. lie is
surrounded by an atmosphere, made up of
the exhalations of the hangers on about
the capital-the pending politicians-the
sycophauts of power-the begga<s Of the
crumbs that fall from official tab!es-ard
the rest of the sediment and frOth Of the
uSua. quadrennial national boil. This at
mospaeTe, SO offensive to good citizens
asphyxIates the President and renders hun
dun Of sight ard hard Of hearing. The
lIghtuingS of civil war have not vet dis
tnrbed aud purified this atmosphere. There
are too great forces encamped at Washln.>
ton. Without the ciry are the circle Of
t":ts and cucampInents of the soldiers
Within II. the camp fol iwers 4; the cnntrac
tors OF all degrees the tribe of thieves-a
vast multitude. While the defenders Of
the government, in arms, shelter the CAPT,
tai from the bandits Of secession, the blood
suckers are in undisturbed possession
While the bird Of Jnye is allft, with the
glitter Of thunderbolts surrounding him,
the deadliest of its enemies are sheltered
under his wings. NV. whilewo have an
army of near two hundred thousand men
at Washington. and when the season aud
the time for action have fully come, the
contractors talk of delay, even Of gaiug 10
to winter quarters, aud wearing out the en-
envy by waiting and Misunderstanding
as L,ngfellow would have it, 10 labor and
to wait This will not do Whatever force
is necessary TO bring the facts into immedi
ate contact with the Presidential organs OF
sense. will, mus: be employed, - inform
the highest authority definitely, and with
all necessary weight and penetration, that
the policy Of rendering the war subserv:eui
to the contractors has been pursued to the
eS,remeet verge OF public endurance. The
notion Of waiting until the retels can't
march, because they will have worn out
their shoes, and until they are shaken To
pieces III coueequence Of the want Of qui-
nine, and until their soldiers damage all
their good guns, is probably exploded by
the direct trade between the South aud
Europe by :hq line of steamers established
by Yaucey & Co., the Bermuda being the
first arrival, aud the probability of regular
trips being on the cards Wintering the
grand army on the Potomac, if undertak-
EN-. will end the war in the overthrow Of
the Government, in one way or another.