Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-07-09


nssifal ~ih they grudge No cost will they
sllnt Though Mcclellan and bic gallant army
were 90 day matching south PRISONERS ~ war,
be whole amy captured aud al ita material de.
sifoyei, the determination Of The North sould
ony harden % a mote desperate eneggy--lt eould
only demand slll more impeflDusly OF those
whom ID has placed la power a wiser aud more
efficient use Of the means OF victory. stll more
lavish use Of every instrument which God, nature
and the nation had placed in their power--they
would only swear. Nth fresh aduratons, the re-.
qelion must and shall be put down.
The people have denied their servants nothing.
They have led: II " their rulers VIM have fol-
loved Nothing which they have done has been
grumhled nj unless II has crippled the efficiency
Of our army and navy. Money and men they
have had "a their hearts content. I'LL they them
selves pronounced the untlmely word. no more
are neeled And now what il the result OF the
yearf What has been achieve Ell since the isst
anniversary Of our ndependeneef
How have our blood aud treasure been spenti
We are twenty milhous OF peopIe-the South has
les thanten. Has the contrast shownf Where
have we ouinumbered the enemy two 10 onef
Exespt those advantages which our superior mar
itIme power gave us. OF which the direction OF
our great water courses led US To. and almost
compelled Us 10 seize. what have we TO show for
our superior numbersy what for our superior
powerf Where have Northern siDews and North
ern endurance been made by our leaders 10 shine
pre-eminent. TO win the victories which We ached
To win. Let Shenandoah. Shiloh, Stone. and the
Malvern Hills reply. Let all the unreaIed Veto
ries which one year ago se promised ourselves to
gather In the Gulf States before this summer was
past make answer.
just or unjust right or wrong Il is now nds-
putably the peoples voice that the President must
give them new men and new measures. They
demand that the very best brains To be found in
the nation shall be had for his sdvisers-that
those who have been tried and found wanting
shall make way for those whose nerves are
strong and whose hands are steads and skillul 10
help him pilot the ship of State through the He'll
Gate which enyirons her. The people demand,
aud the press can only echo their thunder
tones "A more energetic conduct OF the war. They
will bear all cost and loss with willing. even with
thankful hearts. But they demand imperously
that not one dollar, not one life shall be wasted :
that what il spent and who are slain shall pur
chase no laundering delays. no wretched exodus
from valleys fought over and conquered. no co T.
Nv defeats. They demand energy-everywhere
energy; they demand economy and wisdom IN
our finance, an advance over the territory which
remains c0nquered-e,erywhere energy and
everywhere the victories which We know our
selves able and determined to win.
The shifting OF General mere ana tnere VIII
not satisfy the people. Nor the displacement OF
a mere war minister. The mismaDagement OF
our finances has cost the nation more than our
war expenses; the incompetency and slowness OF
the head of the Naval Department lost US Nor
folk, and has nconceivaby delayed the energetic
prosecution of the war. The alternate faulty
and frenzy of the war minister have cost US many
a thousan lives and months more hard bghtlng
What strength from the nation. what wisdom in
council. does the President get from the two OF
three who should be his tower of strength
Tried and found wanting" is the damning yer
dict which the nation pronounces against most oil
the men to whom the President has intrusted for
them the administration OF the war-through
whose arms they expected their own vigor and
unfaltering will to flow and strke--to the de
struction of traitors and the crushing out OF Their
mOnstrons rebellion.
Better men-the best in the natien; more Wig
orous measures-the most vigorous which they
can plan and twenty millions can execute-this
is to day the nations voice. 1t is for the Pres
dent to hear and obey.