, 1862-07-22
The Right to Cr1tIctBe.

lG1u ~ L. 4AuEtFtA1tuk.l
It has been the fashion to shut up eTerY !
paper that critlclses the conduct Of the war,
with the decl ara1ion, What do you know about
war? We take the ground that the method
and conduct Of the war are just as much with
in the province Of the Intelligent public as any
other national interest: A people that are
competent to form their own laws, to shape
their courts, to discuss their domestic sud
foreign policy-who debate tariff, finance,
state rights, and every intricate principle of
govcrnmeut-are competent to discuss Wlr-
It is too late tor any profession to make its
people, and to be handled only By professional
This is the COMMON peoples WAT. They
furnish the men. the money, aud the enthusi-
asm Of patriotism. They can understand
war. They ought to understand it. 1t is trea-
Six tauryers in cabinet any better ft to dis
cuEs military procedure thai as many honest
men ofequal Intelligence ont of the cabinet?
What has Mr. Iincoln's education done for
bin more than ours for us, to tit him to judge
Of military affairs?
It is said that the cry tsOn to R:chmond''
brought the country to the verge of ruin, and
shows what mischief may be done BY med
ding!
| which followed it that did the mischief Than
march should have been resumed in less that
! three months. Last October aud November
| were better for the ending of this war than any
months since. The people urged the govern
ment forward They demanded an immediate
coEAiet. They were right.
What if for want Of good officers they were
| at first defeated? They should have tried it
again. and soon. Our forcss were not disci-
| pinned? It was the same with CUR enemies.
When both sides are alike militia, they will
win who shoF the most energy and dash
| Views Of a Leading Democrat.
Hon. Andrew J. Colvin, q senator in the
New York legislature from Albany, aud g
lifelong Democrat, at the recent war meeting
III that city spoke as follows:
"The var has no~ lasted fifteen months
We hare expended $500, ,000, 600, and sent into
the field 700. GOO men, and although in one
sense We have accomplished much, in another
We have accomplished bat little. The rebels
are not conquered Except in Louisiaua
Tennessee and North Carolina, secession is
still rampant. Why ia this? How are we to
triumph You don't hesitate to sanction tn.
conhsratlon Of their cotton, rico, sugar ant
tonacco, if thereby this rebellion can bs
crushed out. Then Why should We be NOR,
tender with regard to their other property
In their slayes they have o mighty power
and If YOU allow them to hold it you cauno
conquer them. They have 4 600, 900 Of slaye
to work for them while they fight our armies
| Why not, then, make use OF their slaves, Wh'
ATG Ieau3 u NUlQE Lo 1O4 4Aaho tAbiA - w
allies in this great tight Iwould emaneipat
the slavee il every one Of the rebel States
and make use Of them to put down the rebel
l lion. In the loyal Southern States, woul
/ pay the owners NberalIy for their slaves, az
: emancipate them, too; and thus come OF
from this fight great and perfectly free Pet
| pte-regenerated and disentrhalled from tt
+ cure Of human slavery. This is the polio
: of the president, and if the Northern peopl
. do their duty now, the rebellion will b
crushed Out in one year,