The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1861-07-05
For the Bedford Gazette.
HOW TO SETTLE THIS. WAR.
Ma. EDIroR /:

| / wish 70 make few sug-
gestIons for The especial benefit Of those editors
who seem SO well booked in the art OF war [
| think then; OF the utmost Importance and If
properly observed they will undoubtedly settle
the difficulty.
| As it is very evident from the NJ Y Tri-
6une that Gen. Scott does MT know his business;
I would propose that Horace Grrely be made
Commander in Chief of the army and navy,
with number of aids, from tue editorial corps
Of the different New York and pbiIadel ptla
journals F; say, for instance, that James Gordon
Bennett, Raymond OF the ''Tmes" and John
w. Forn1y, De- made Majnf Generals in the ar
ny. The advantages of these appointments
would s1on b. fill in the army, as well as in
the general quiet which would Consequently
follow at home. After having laid Gen. Scott
/ on the shelf; and having superseded Generals
Butler, N CIrl an, Patterson, and few others,
who DO not Know their duty in regard 10 thr
'sniggers," by such men as Wendell Phillips,
VIM. LLOYD Garrison John Brown Jr, Z dpath
and Fred. Douglass, and promoting Billy Wal
son to BIigadier G7neralshIp, / would pro-
pose plan OF operations as follows. First, as
! have recently invented new prajectIle which
Will be an actual necessity if my plan is adop-
ted / would give Governor Curtin the con-
tract to supply Them, tor the army which he
could do for something less than $3,500,000,
besides leaving pretty fair margin for sub
con tractors 10 fr!l their pockets. Besides this,
he could arm and equip a few more men from
this slate, with much more ethcieCI weapons
than they now have.
Having completed all the above arrange
meuts, would have tha army drawn Up IN
battle arav,' Immediately opposite the R,b-I
fsrres: ard Instead ai powder and ball. would
have them fre provisions, such as bread, m-al,
uu' & s. as to fall SOM fliren or tw4a-
2. ..- 10 the rear If tn en~uy. Tnis, fts
.aeg are known to BE- 10 STATE Of a5s,I4te star
vatiorJ would draw them from their def ace,
when. don't you see, our men could march
right up, take their position, and "a soon a,
they have formed new lines, repeat th- So.
and any word for 1t, Redmond AMI AL ,h "nrl-
gers" would be in our hands in less taaa
fortnight.
This plan, in my opinion, has many atvan-
iages over ~ old method of ighriug.- F"r,
dom, you ser, alt.r several engagements of this
character, Mr.. J,tT-r,on DAVIS would g~t asha
nrd oi himself; and prop,s- to give back lRr
forts and stolen property IN rrtarn for our pro-
visions, and having no food to spare for sour
colored brerhrrrn,'A would throw them in Is
part pay and We, as usual, would have the
best Of the bargain.
srcoodly, 7 " ould then propose a s.peaceab'e
Sr'''~''-"i" ct The a'fhs"''-'. N 'h's " -. !
w'".o MAKE Horace "ir~'y President "t lHr
o'''Tn o'a'rs Tor NE 20 Or succeeded 0y h's
eldest cn''u--"h"'nrF male or female. Ih'Fd-
/ ~ would abolish all state iineS' ''a' down
the caPioi oi each s'a'e' or conhsoai' them
LOT me support "i "F"ri~E and iamiiV' and ts-
'ao''sn an of'rT' 10 Or cail-d me ''hn so's "i
AoolhloA,D ior The SPECIAL benefit OF the decaP-
ha'rd Governors. FonLthiy' would increase
'he Standing army 10 one hundred thousand
men abolish Congress, suspend the writ Of ha-
heas corpus by military force, aud the Judges Of
the Snpr~m" Court, by a rope, Filthy, l
would 's77lsh ord 1t nobility br thr rspr
o'ai .-@.h. e re Aaa'rl" 'rs.s and their army :;
a". t- 'hr m.. 'h+ 'N1p--r1" iaw Il Tire