The daily Chattanooga rebel. [volume] (Griffin, Ga.) 1864-1865, 1864-08-27
THE DAILY REBEL,
GRIFFIN, Ga.
FRIDAY EVENING, AUGUST Of. 1864.
IneAeieney I'm Once.

Aoss q The evils with which The country il al
A,sed. nd nasy ofshe disasters to which cause
- aAisessd, ressia from the iaes5eiency of men
sesg.s4 - Pesinens Of grave responsibility We
eaEe be ReoiA oDPlaint To make II is not our
P0Psss to jain n the general csamor. .often uu.
named, ag.iast the abuse Of Office We have
eosvsetsSe, however. not speculative but positive
ssss grseS eva results to the country from tho
s.EsassDes With which men are frequently u.s.
n&nsd 70 the discharge OF duties without regard
70 tAesr Pee.aiaf adaptation to the Office or the
energy with which its labors should be discharged.
1AsEs are Many successful Generals who would
mare very Indifferent Quartermasscrs, and there
are others again who. though they NAV hare &C
qussed themselves well in some subordinate posi-
ioa IN the hesd, are very Improbable to the ser
wee - eo@naadants Of posts o. provost MAR
shaas. AID Jet. each .nd al Of these Are po.i
tons Of responsibility. in which much good can
&C zone ief the country, or q corresponding evil
eesaaied By m ineficiency Of incumbents
How often DO We end persons filling positions,
The last 10 Which their. aoou.ip,anee, ron,a have
eaapsd them on the score of qualification. Du-
ef76; IL as5ss WHO are only qualified as exec
utivS olSeers, are not unfrequently appointed to
positions that require them to devise and Plan
But worse than all is to see position of high and
with an incumbent wtc has ability neither to con-
eeiTe nor execute. the fidelity To exercise the
little capacity be has And yet, every one know.
that sueh ID not unfrequ.pt the case.
The defeuees Of the country need s,rcnrthcnipr.
Thsrs Is . demand for every energy aui virtue tia.
can b stimulated into sc;isn On 'he part of the
gerefnuent and the people We have nothing tn
spare N this time Of great public trial In the life
time OF . nation, thRc is seldom bat one such de-
Inand for universal action In ricu If which VIC
beg b suggess that great good can be done by a
careful eoasider.tion OF the evils To which we Lave
esea sd'ertios on tie part Of those at the head of
Inc erd and military departments, who hold With
In fhsir hands the means of correction
weakness 50 common, 10 lcni our ini.,c
eoes In placing mca IN position from motive. of n
personal and private character. rather than from
ne sole and higher view of public interest. tina,
Ne pear OF IL with great charity Ant, vet rho
uaa say that any relation Is szcred s 10 justify
IL being tskea into in times like the prc<
sns9 1he weigh. m the balance now /. hl,,d yea
mere DIAN blood, i is the liberty, the honor tie I'll,
that 70 sacrsd to the people: involving NO. enly the
presest but the future and every act of an osci.I
character should be discharged in view Of the
sossmnity Of :he time. and the magnitude Of the
isssa.
Ills not our purpose to read lecture or TO write
hooay. We simply throw out \ thought often
sugksstpd BY the lamentablc ineficicncy which
ssFy osss eneeun;ers; and which, while i. may not
Be nttrsiy prevented, can ie greatly rcmedied by
hsfss more thoughtfulness the part of those
Who hare the distribution of labor incident, TO the
great wsrk now before us.