The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1862-08-23
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can scarcely hope to Obtain the ear, or i'm
press the Judgment, of the dignitaries, Of
State, who now .ezereise aasboritycotsr ua.
-and-rule for the soeat-er-seoe of millions of
American freemen. Yet, as one of those
freemen, claiming the constitutional privi-
lege to speak and write my honest senti-
ments, submit for utterance through your
Journal, a few suggestions upon the pro-
prieties and improprieties of the public adj
ministration of our affairs, during the pres
ent crisis. q ? ..ns tis- a.'at gsah
!, Among the prophecies of the Admins
tration, | reckon the improved policy of
conducting the present war for the suppress
sion of rebellion aud the restoration fpeace
aud prosperity to our common country. A
speedy and powerful concentration of every
available means within the control of the
Government, is certainly desirable. The
cali for six hundred Thousand men, and the
proposed CONSUMPTION in default of volun-
teers, I'd fill the number, blythe President,
was cert inly majestic stroke in the right
would by word or deed hinder it, not only
merits public opprobium for his contumacy,
but to be utterly disfranchised of every
right Of citizenship. 1aABd that man who
shirks the draft by feigning sickness, un-
souIdness or exemption By age brother Uise,
is a CiIe, abject, soul-less fraud upon our
nature's-manhood- Ia tchits- livered biped
whose das'ardy reduces his humanity to its
last point of degeneracy; men can't help
despisng him, and women in health, would
shrink away from him with the same in
stinct that teaches them to shun the loath-
some Mephitts. ~ -
The prompt and ssgacious measures of
the Government to prevent the evasion of
the draft are certainly highly satisfactory
to all right thinking loyal men. Our laws
secure to oil the same protection, so should
they impose upon all the same obligations.
II would be just rs reasonable to permit a
miser to escape paying taxes as that the
coward should shirk draft. Thank God,
our authorities do pot, Intentionally, pro-
pose to put a premium upon meanness.---
But, to err is human p the six hundred
thousand men now called into the employ
ment of the Government requires the APP
pointment of, perhaps, seventy i've thou
sand commissioned officers, including chap
lains, quartermasters, commisssries, and
surgeons, with the strictly military corps,
from the Major General to the Second Lieu
tenant. sssf l'er sases Cd. s--sies f',.i go st
Is the policy of the Government refusing
to appoint to the new, regiments now
! brought into the field, the experienced men
of the army, judcious oneP or, shall raw
and inexperienced men be appointed to the
! responsible, positions in command of this
! vest multitude Eof undisciplined matarial
7 What does the experience of the last fifteen
| months teach us2 Does it not show that
the large majority of our reverses in
this war have been mainly due TO the in
| competency of our officers 2 1t certainly
does. And now, that the rebellion has as
! sumed such huge proportions as to extort
| from the most deliberate and hopeful patri-
4 OTIS of the land expressions of anxiety as to
/ the permanency of our institutions and the
continuity of our federal Union after the
snock sof battle has ceased. Does 1t not
indicate that the appointment of men, un-
tried and inexperienced men, wilhsprOve
even more fatal to our cause in the future,
/ than in the past2 Our authorities should
/ know and appreciate the value OF military
experience gained in the field. If from no
other source, we may learn it from our enc
mics, who seem always, so far as practical
BILE, to officer their men with those who
have qualified themselves in campaign and
battle. a-..f.... i...s,, ~ - aai Oh. ,f.n
OF course there will be great effort from
outsiders to get in; the outside pressure
may strain to their utmost tension the thou.
4 sand sinews of the well-balanced resoiu-
lutions of the appointing power. Civilians
! will claim epanlets and shoulder straps; .ev-
| cry pothouse and cross road politician must
have an Office and the friends, fayorites,
and kindsfolk Of every commandant, re-
cruiting officer, and ally, must be rewarded.
These lows have greed for place that
drives them MAIDS, at the sight of SO many
gIittering prizes thereisa no bound to their
assurance A Brgadiersbip, iColonelcy,
or Surgeons place must be ha6; when, if
the aspirant was required to direct COM
pany through It's proper military evolutioDs,
y or TO diagnose the probable results to pa
tent, from capital operation, he could no
more do it than he could walk over Mag
ara on a tight-rope; or could one Of Cover
{ nor MoFton's recent appointments of Senior
q Surgeon, with his paralyzed and shriUetled
!. right hand, minus the ander finger, manlpu-
late successfully the amang led bones and
bleeding arteries Of some of our noble col
diers OF the first district. ..- .---.s.g '-sf,
u Such men are sometimes shown the way
to Washington or indianapolis, and return
with commissions in their pockets, who are
yet as Ignorant and Incompetent as SO many
South Carolina woolly- heads. And what
is worse, some of these are bereft of thcse
appreciable qualities of virtue and honesty,
2 which, if POSSESSED, would, in some degree,
: excuse this disgraceful prostitution of pa
tronage.s En- passant would suggest, if cur
worthy Governor has been imposed upon by
any such cases, that be at once, purge him
self from the semblance of completely with
them By their immediate removal. 81
This may be done by supplying it With Of
feers having military experience and tried
, ability. 1-s aasi .-.a -er Fai ~
We all know that many of the officers
! commissioned last year, have been dismiss
ed frOul'sheer incompetency, but not until
the service had suffered incredible harm
|, from their laundering. it is equally certain
that IT, the appointments made now, follow
suite in mode, and material, we may look
/ for similar results,in the fut ure. Can we
afford this, now that we have a more for
midable enemy 10 meet, an enemy that
7 presses upon US with strength and a skill
: that will not tolerate delays. We have no
] time TO be choice in separating the noxious