The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1862-08-26

H05- We have, this morning, in our tele-
graph column, the opinion of the New York
Times relative to the failure of the Secre-
tary of War to have plentiful supply of
arms on hand to arm and equip the new
levies. 1t seems that what a good many
persons have heretofore suspicioned, is
correct, and that more men have been
called for than it is possible for the Gov
eminent to Immediately place in the field.
Gen. McClellan's newspaper friends, find
ing that their attacks on Secretary Stanton
for failing to send all the troops in the
United States to re-enforce their fsvorite,
was re-acting with fatal effect, feel CON-
PEELED to change their tactics-transfer
their base of operations-and attack the
War Secretary from a new stand point
TIE fatiuTe 20 have supply VI eru1s SseH1s
to afford the coveted material for a renewal
of the war, and the New York Times makes
Taste to begin the assault. 1t were well,
however, for them to move slow and eau
tiously in this new attack, or their driv-
ing the Secretary to the wall, may result
somewhat as Gen. McClellan's driving
did in the peninsula. ga
1t will be remembered by most newspa-
per readers, how bitterly this same Ne
York Times, and other par excellence con
sentative papers, abused Secretary Came
ron for making contracts for arms to
be delivered in the future and how
approvIngly they regarded the annull-
ing of those contracts. Now, they complain
because the contracts were annulleior new
ones were not entered into. 1t is not assert
ed that the Government manufactures of
arms have not been kept busy. 1t is
known that they have been worked up to
their fullest capacity. Ifthere is a scarcity
of arms it is simply because the Secretary
of War never dreamed that be would be
called on 10 furnish outfits for soc, 900 men
in addition to the 100000 already fitted for
the 6e d. He had no right to anticipate
such q necessity. He had no right to mis-
trust the ability of the commander placed at
the head of the army, whose friends unhes-
itatingly declared was a young Napole-
on. He bad no right 10 conclude that 50,0 0C
men would be submerged in the swamp:
of the Chickahominy, never more to come
to the surface. He had no right to infer thai
Richmond would be attacked after the STYLE
of Mcclellan and that an army which starr
ed out TO assume the offensive would act al
SSUugu n sxpeCtra ~ be Uvrrpowered by gu
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earthworks. In short, Secretary Stanton
had right to presume that Gen. McOlel
lans campaign in the peninsula would b,
decided success, instead of the miserable
failure it eventually proved, and he had nj
business to plunge the country still deepe
in debt, arms for which there was reas
on to believe would ever be needed. Tha
they are needed; that the country is com
PEELED to put 100000 more troops in tn
field is the fault of others than Secretar,
Stanton. We are not so sure that the Sec
rotary had it In his power to remove off
GERS who were proving grossly incompe
tent. We are quite sure he had not. w
are equally positive that President Lincol,
himself hesitated too long to do what b
was convinced he ought TO DO, sole ely be
cause be feared the effect of the howl tha
would be set up By a factious opposition I,
his Administration, because be had remov
ed democratic officer. He never mani
Tested such hesitancy in the case Of Repub
lican commanders.
There are great many Of the orders c
Secretary Stanton that look foolish to US
among which may be reckoned that fol-
bidding the promotion of officers now i
the field. to commands in the new regi
ments. We see these regiments marchin