The daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1863-1864, 1863-10-23
From the New York Herald .7
The Blunders of the War and
Navy Departments-.Mr. Lin.
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i Navy Departmenfs..Mr. Lin
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i After all our troubles and sacrifices il
more than two years ofwar, the country j
expected to hear with intense pleasure tha
we have a victory at Bristoe Station, ant
after one or more promenades to Bull
Run General Lee finds the Army of thu
Potomac sin front of Washington"-jus
where it was when the radicals raised thu
great shibboleth of son to Richmond" u
Since that period the Army of the Potomac
has numbered at different times as many a,
one hundred and fifty thousand men, and
now it is reduced to so small force that il
is deemed proper for it to retire when the
enemy makes denomination on its front
to cover other movements. And for the
multitudinous disasters that have brought
us TO this we are indebted to the Presi-
dents radical advisers. Their pernicieus
counsels caused our first defeat, and have
made barren all Our Wet Jries, and they
alone are to blame that the country has
not now in the field aud under arms the
three hundred thousand men that the Presi-
dent has just called for. Listening to those
impracticable extremists, the President
tried the bad experiment of draft, and
now he discovers, as the result Of all that,
that he has collected rather heavy tax and
lost six months of vitality important time.
He sees Rosecrans beaten for want Of suffi-
cient force, and sees Meade compelled to
retreat for the same reason, on the very
day when, by his call, he gives abundant
evidence Of his faith that there are plenty
of men in the couutry'to have prevented all
that.
But now, that the call is finally made, the
country has to furnish the men, and can do
it. Let the loyal States, which have al
ready so emphatically shown that they are
the country, muster this final instalment OF
their sons at once. Let the Governors ex.
ert rtthemselves properly, and it can be done
in six weeks. Especially is this the case in
New York State, and Governor Seymour
has now an excellent opportunity to clear
up forever all possible doubts as TO his ear
nestness in the good cause that may have
arisen from the unhappy events of the past
summer. Let him go to work now. There
are plenty OF our men-our population mt
to bear arms was over six hundred thou
sand when the war began. There is plenty
of money-ten millions have come in from
commutaton for the draft. Every cent Of
that ten millions mnst be spent in bounties,
and these three hundred thousand men
must be raised to save the country from
world wide disgrace.
But, as these three hundred thousand
men go forth from tho workshops, farms
and 6resides of the North, the people Of the
great communities that send them should
require of the President some guarantee
that these, their sons and brothers, shall not
be wasted in that horrible extravaganza Of
human life that has characterized the last
two years; aud this guarantee should be no
less than the complete reorganization and
renewal of the war and Navy Departments.
Let the country at once insist that the peo-
pie shallno longer pay with their lives for
the incompetency and nnfitness Of the
Presidents advisers in these two depart
ments, and we may confidently hope that
the three hundred thousand will put down
the rebellion. But If those departments
remain as they are there can be but little
anticipation that the next two years will
give US aay better result than the last two
have. Mr.. Lincoln can give the country
no better earnest than the reorganization
of these departments of his intention that
the country shall have the full benefit Of
the efforts OF the men he now calls for, and
this earnest he should give without delay.