, 1862-07-10
YEE GREAT EN- E1kGENCY.
An Appeal to the President.

LIZ tlE uuk$ Nt tl1E NouAt43 ~ Liza ttdfI %
to repair the disaster which stupenious mill.
tary blurde ring has brought upon the country,
snd to strengthen the army Us rlpid1y a5 pos
eih1e. Itis IDLE to disguise the fact tint the
whole campaign Of the pcrfnsula-in spite OF
aa9 5P51e sI Of ogr q a been MIS- M
conducted, and patriotic men Of the nation,
without stopping to distribute the blame, are
looking to the president, with the insensest
aDxiety, for new manifestation Of energy
The people have still confidence In Mr..
Liccol 1hey are persuaded Of his entire hon
csty; and they know that he means to do
right In respect to the honor rs we'll Us the in
terestB oftle country. But they think he has
Trusted too much to his subordinates: ne has
not been sufficiently peremptory with them,
either #ith his generals or bis secretaries; and
his whole administration has been marked by
a certain tone Of languor and want Of earnest
ness which has not eorTesponded with the
wishes Of the people. He has taken the ad-
vice of the politicians rather than listen to the
consequence his administration has from the
beginning Jagged from behind the popular i'm
pulse. Il has not to this moment realized the
depth, tie intensity and the maligHity OF the
rebellion, and its efforts to put 1t down have
nssn for that reason comparative failure.
Tie rebels themEelve es are feaffullg in earnest,
they are deepotically urised, they make war
as war Should be made, ,as military art, and
not as Q political schen:e, and under tdous-
and disadvantages mauage to get the best Of
rs in the great critical moments of the
TIE single, trs1sparent, undeniable source
Ct all our disasters has been the want Of
ca1ue stnes5 on the part Of the civil au-
thorities and the painful slowness and
!azity Of our military Chiefs. It is NOW
fourteen months EiGce alr. seward-so
little perception had he Of the nature Of
this war-predicted that it would be ended in
sixty days. The Administration appears, by
its acts, to have put full filth in his hllc7oa
words: We have had for year, on the Poto-
mae, the finest army that could be raised in
tEe civilized Wofld-an army no less than
$50 eco etrcngg-weN equipped. well fed, well
fare; but it has been allowed to be FILTERED
away by idieness, by disease, by battle under
adverse circumstances, and b. military incom-
potency in thousand shapes
eyes Withonta moments delay to the exigen-
cy. Three things are more imperative than
ell others: FirEt, he must dismiss every lead
ing agtnt who is imbecilc OF Elothful, on the
spot; second, lie must infuse unity Of design
and energy OF purpose into MS entire cabinet,
and not allow the members Of it to devise in
consistent policies; and, thirdly, he must re-
truit his armies from all classes and ranks as
fast as they can be filled up, without fear of
the mean and miserable prejudices of vulgar
brawlrrs.
Ofthe comparative capacities Of his gener-
ais Le is better judge doubtless, than any
lnan in the country, for he has had the means
| OF testing their qualities. Let him place the
| moGt energetic, rapid and lar5e-mlnded of all
| at the head Of the principal force, just as he
| put Pope over the army Of the Shenandoah.
Again: let him proclaim to the South as we'll
! Us to the North that this war is to be PRISE
cutcd as war, that every lawful means will
be employed in it, that traitors have no Goa,
| stitutional rights, and that an army is not an
organization Of bloolhouuds, or tipstaves,
whose chief business is to protect a hideous
Institution which has been the cause OF the
black rs well as veil as white, that their ser:
vices will be accepted in the holy cause o1
] the Union that the former will be employed
regimcntally in the severe labo1s Of the
t1enchts and the camp, While the latter are
Fer;ec!jug their known and demonstrated
yator by all the arts Of the military manual.
The whole north is burning to proffer its
services to the president; and yet the nort3
holds somewhat back Why2 Because It
sees no definite energetic policy at Washing.
| ton /; because it sees cur existing armies sacri.
feed to shameful want Of enterprise; be
most reckless, desperate and savage that has
ever hecn encountered, with a1l tue weapons
| that Goo and nature has put into our hauds
Tic north is weary Of shilly It Is wear,
! ol the Qe1erence tnat Is pau to the rl5ht:
OF men Hho would cut our Throat, and to thu
p,ejudices Of those who sympatnize witt
Them: it is weary Of playing at war, and Il
wants to see the blow STRUCK, not ut the bi:
toes or the little fingers of the revolt, hut q
is heart. It Is in the power Of Mr.. Lincoln
it lie will rouse himself, to strike this blow
Everybody WHO knows him loves him and re
sFeets him; the bitterest Of his former politi
cal opponents COW defer to his judgment
ard II he would drop the politicians on al
sides, and lay lis Own great heart on the still
greater heart Of the people, and take his inspl
1ations thence, he might arouse the natiol
once more 20 an earnessncss and an euthusi
e-m which would kurpass the outhursts fifth
days Of April We are sick Of cold, unn1eaa
ing, formal phrases; we arc painting for eIcc
tric words; and wh.n Mr. Lincoln shall bios
no more uncertain blasts, but put the tFumpe
Of liberty to his lips, the air will disclose, th
Garth will yield, the very waters will splw
rs armed men, as in the days Of the earlica
| upfisirns