, 1863-07-03

ceivcd everywhere with regret.
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FAULT-FI3D1EGs.
There have been written very many
drea1y rlatitudes, intended honestly enough,
to be patriotic, on the subject Of fault-iind-
ing. To judge from these mild newspaper
essayists, the CHEF evil Under Which the
country and the cause is just no,E suffering,
and by means of which the war has
draggcd, is fault-dnding. The grand pana-
cca Of those who find none to complain Of
but the fau1t- finders, is to speak well and
believe well Of the Government and
those in charge Of our armies, and all will
be we'll There arc two varieties of fault
finding widely different from each other,
and these who are only acrimonious against
fault-fnders in the aggregate, should pause
for suitable distinctions.
The cause Of the Union has two classes
of fault-6nders. The war is first, a theme
OF discomfort with those whose sympathies
arc with those against whom it is wagel.
They began by finding fault with the doc
trine Of coercion, they hare become pro-
gressiyely disguised with every fresh call
for troops, their captiousness has increased
with every step Of progress, eliminating
in Inc near prospect Of draft. These
men are Copperheads. They love the
South. They are used to doing the dirty
work Of slavery. They admire the institu~
lion Of man selling. What chance is there
t1lat these men will be pleased with the
war which in reaching the enemies Of the
Government has struck down with the
mailed hand the drea1y prison house Of
oppression. This class Of fault-fnders are
too common. The war must carry them
as 1lindrances and dead weights.
But fault-fnding, which exposes faults
Tor thesake Of rcctify5ing them; which is
continually bcckoning On to progress; is
sharply rebu]sins dehecaions and tarryings
By the way side; which appreciates the
yalue Of time, and so ourges to promptness;
Shich recognizes ootued criterion OF
right, and seeks TINT it may be the basis Of
n1l tests; ult-finding Of this kind it will
not do for the Government to be without.
1t seems, indeed, likely to be attendant
upon our public affairs FOR some time to
come. It is the admonition Of a friend. It
is earnest in exact proportion. its sympa-
thy. Its hatred Of thcintam; of the rebellion
is The precise measure Of its zeal lest
something may be omitted which may do
the rebels harn, and bring their Outrage
upon humanity 10 the more speedy end.
The difference between the two classes Of
tault-t1nders named, is simply the differ
encc between drawing forward and hold
ing back.
! But those who. decry fau1t-inding as
SINE specia1 claim Of grievance from the
time chosen for its exercise. Just now,
for instance, say these gentle:mannered
patriots, let every tongue be dumb
That cannot praise the authorities at
Washington. It is now an hour Of
peril, and no time for fault-fnding.
Is this so? Il fault6nding be taken to
mean what it expresses, it shall be
guile the desirable thing to discover the
sral fnults in the management Of our at.
faus, and to discover should be to rectify
them. On every corpus delicti in this war
M inquest should be promptly held. The
coroncr only exercises lis functions upon
the dead body. Committees Of inyesti-
cation sit over tho exploded boilers and
wrecked trains. Juries are called to cx-
amino into actual cal1ses. The worlds
fauli-fndera in and out Of the courts choose
the very discovered fact of the fault to
make their case against it. 1t is the sick
who Feed physician.
A month ago VIC could not as well have
written as we can now Of the actual folly
OF which We have been guilty in allowing
Cur broad Northern States, with their
tcaining population, 10 be 80 entirely
dcGnscless against invasion. We felt
it indeed. We urged months ago
the necessity Of putting all our States
on war footing. How plainly shines out
at once the danger, the necessity, and the
fault, in the red glare Of doubtful battle
even nov waging in the Cumberland VAL
lev for the safety Of Philadelphia, Balti-
more and Washington. The evil has
1ipcncd and its bitter fruit has fallen into
thc lap Of Pennsylvania. The veteran
forces Of Lee are opposed by our army
weakened by The folly Of postponing the
draft Our only 1rinforcements are raw
lcvics fresh from citizen life, and unslzil1ed
in AIMS. Where months ago there should
hare been organization and drill, and On
every side preparation, there is only zeal
without knowledge splendid body Of raw
material, which, however, are not soldiers,
and only With heavy risks to be pitted
against veterans.
The people may well ask what have the
War Department been about, to permit
This th1nge It is indeed poor return for
the unstinted patriotism with which these
people laid men and means without stint
at the feet Of the Government. A great
and glaring fault shines out in the Penn
sylvania invasion, the folly Of delay, o'
tempcrizjng, Of halt-measurcs, Of mistakingG
The enemy with which we hare to deal
They arc the best friends Of the Union, and
llc cause OF the Union, who press home
these Gcts upon those who are responsible
Tor 1hrn