The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1862-08-25
Co. w ico1 ON The Policy OF the

CO.. w icox ON the Policy OF the
War.
Col. Wilcox, after describing the suffer-
ings he bad undergone, and pronouncing
the past policy as trainless one, expressed
the hope that better day had arrived. he
said: 5I j. . 10 a1s
We have now at the head of the army a
man who stands first among men in the ma
ton, who has distinguished himself rs
statesman, and in his bread and compre
hensive views, more so perhaps, than any
mere soldier-who has distinguished him
self as soldier in addition. Everything
that proceeds in this form in this war will
emanate from one brain, with a united de-
sign to accomplish great results and 10 let
little results and little politicians aud little
contractors 90. lCries of Good good
into the idea that this is not great rebel
lion. In my humble judgement it is great
er than it was six months ago. So far from
the resources of the enemy being exhausted
they are greater; and | will tell you why.
The Southern people are. as we Yankees
are apt to call them, the most shiftless men
in the world There is naturally an en-
! tire lack of system in all they do, and in
consequence, for six months after the re-
bellion broke out everything was lying
around loose. Though they lost the prin-
cipal part of the beef which came from Tex
as, the great supply of grain, and though
they have expended greater part Of their
munitions of war, yet this is what they
have done instead: they have organized and
'systemiz.d themselves their Government
aud al! the various offices, military and
civil, under the Government, so that, though
they WELD q much smaller weight,it moves
- with much greater velocity, as a bullet,
issuipg from a rife barrel, will do infinitely
y, more. execution than cannon ball in the
hands of child. Now, gentlemen, 10 order
to meet this, we are to go further in our
organization than we have yet done. /
vould like to see every man, woman and
child engaged in this war. | would Like to
see forges and machine shops for manufac-
turing arms in every public square in the
nation. would like TO see every woman
engaged in making up army clothing.
would like to see every child tearing up
rags for lint would like to see every
town organized so that by its committees oi
volunteers and patriotic and devoted citi-
zens, they know every man in the neighbor-
hood, whether be was true to the Union OF
traitor. M
In the South, gentlemen, everything i:
completely organized. A man cannot walk
over two miles square in any part of the
South without it being known who be il
and all about him. .Thst is the kind of or.
ganization we must have. 1t is known
perfectly well there whether be is traitor
IN thenl or foval tn this Government This
consequence is tha, q comparatively few
men have the macs of the uneducated com
pletely within their power, and it win no
be otherwise until we have overrun tht
country and have satisfied those who arr
friendly to this Government that we ar
going to occupy their country and main
tain our supremacy at all hazards, anC
protect those wlo are disposed to return
to the Government. Then we may be sur
they will return, aud not till then.