Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1862-10-02

GOl0lndc 1OrIS. w no CAL say lIla1
tlie tide Of disaster has yet been
E stayed? g'Whatis there to turn IT.
) We have fresh men in the. field
but so we had before. Posi-
bly, the. enemy cannot take the
'forts-and, possibly knovipg that
fact, they viii not try; But If we
can judge the future from the past,
they will be very likely toattempt
something which they can accom-
plish, and the first We shall know
Of it viii be that it has been done.
q We see no ground for predicting
better results SO long as ate enptog
the same means. 81 We have the
same Generals, the same policy, the
same Government, the same Pres
ident, and the same Cabinet,as we
have had hitherto. We enter up
on the same future under the same
auspices precisely which have pre-
sided over ourgpastz disasters
What possible, reason, then, have
we to expect a change? The en-
tire responsibility for all these ca
lamnities rests upon the Govern
mentL simply because all the po1c-
er is IN its hands,. Grant that
many of our commanding Gennr4
ais are incempetent-that they
waste in personal gwraugIings, en-
ergy that should be. given to the
csuseAtKat they are weak. ifreso-
lutte, incapable, and therefore IN
successful Government is re-
sponsible. .for their failures, because
it has the power to displace them
x General may fail once through
his own fault; if he fails a second
timethe fault rests with those who,
kept him there. War is no time
for elaborate experiments, or fot
patching up shattered reputatious-
The President needs to reinforce
his Cabinet with new yigor and
new ability. Without any I'M
parchment Of his capacity, tie
President must have a strong Cab
met or he will have a weak Gov
eminent The ab,estof eur Pres
idents have been the ones who
have surrounded Themselves with
the abiest men. The theory that
Cabinet officers are mere seereta-
ries, and therefore not respoasi-
bic, does not avail; each Secretary
carries rot only into his own de-
partment, bat into the whole poll.
cy of the administration. the spir-e
it, the vigor, the energy Of his
own nature; and if the Cabinet
is made up Of weak men, they will
give tie country a
weak Government. Weneed now
the strongest Government the
country hes ever tseen.i And it,
needs no prQphet, TO prediet that,
without more strength mere Wig
Orous power, a larger g1.asp, and q
more energetic masterJrcf Ahe re-
sources which tbs. copRtry, is pour
ing into the hands Of the Admin
than we have lad hither-
to, the Union cause is doomed ! to
q speedy and disastrous soverthrew
Reputation E0reshade@ed.--A
d recent "war meeting held in
Brooklyn, the Hon. ii. u Stator
in order to stimulate the jeIlicos.
feelings of his auditors, said
amongst other things, that "if on
Government went to pieces ther
would be no United States TO sSi q
the debt, and he would advis
those who had ANYTHING invest
In United States Stocks TO gave q
and spend halfR5of ilEoo s.s 10 81.
This looks a good deal Ike pyf
pairing the public mind IN J-i1eala,
dom for a repudiatiop, Of The emo
nous war debt which Is. fuunie
up there at the rate Of siz H9iilel u
a day. There is no otter syal -
ever laying It,
The Richmond coffespsstae
Of the Charleston mereVrH say
a man was taKeh 'hef5Are u
Surgeon General, tlie 5the1 das ''
to be exempted, inqoqsasliancelol
not having any fRgeFggSp 1hagiea
hand and only two 81 10 aghh
The Surgeon General decided that
according to the law, he cou.bn9t
be exempted. tes yAs2 a5
% The new u. 8. stesm-figate,
Adirondack, was lest stAsea en- tbs
-5rd Of Aagust--crew saved