Year: 1862

General Walbridge, whose position as
Union man is well known from his speeches
published in our columns, is aboutto proceed
to the West to stump for recruits for the war;
The General was always of opinion that we
never had half enough Of men in the field, and
it is well known that he made representations
to that effect at Washington in the beginning
of this war, and contended that we wanted at
least million Of troops; but the War


ment did not comprehend the magnitude


struggle in which we were engaged. General
Walbridge was = brigadier many years ago,
and he takes the stump because he thinks he
can serve his country best in that way. He is
q good speaker, and there is no doubt that his
addresses in the Western country will be at
tended with great effect.


Now, some two hundred brigadier generals
have been appointed by Mr.. Lincoln since the
beginning of the struggle for the Union. More
than two-thirds Of them know nothing about
war and are not fighting men. They are
talkers-men Of words. The best disposition
to be made of these is to send them over every
part of the country to recruit on the
stump-there will be ample scope for
their talents-and let the remaining third
part stay with the army to fght-men
like Sickles and Meagher, who have shown
the way how to stump for recruits, and
have now returned to their commands to lead
them to death or victory. Among the speak
ing brigadievs is Cassius NJ. Clay, who will do
much better service on the stump than else
where. Then there is Carl Schurz, who is no
fighting man-who was only an orator even in
..faderand.'' He is wonderfully voluble. Let
him be sent out to raise recruits among the
Teutons. He will earn his pay in this manner
and swell the ranks of the "Hessians." Another
man of the same stamp is Dick Busted, whose
Milesian name would be more appropriate il
the final led" were cut Off and ali ''r'' snbsti-
tuted. He is a prodigious buster" He is iust
the right kind Of recruiting sergeant, and can
accomplish great things among the sons OF tie
Emerald Isle. Let him go to work in earnest
and raise not merely Que, but half dozen
brigadcs. Another general who ought TO so
forth to raise troops for the war is Gen. Wilson,
Senator of Massachusetts. He will be at home
among the abolitionists Of New England, native
and to the manor born. 1t is we'll known he is
no fighting man. He unfortunately advised the
reduction Of our army by 10000 men when it
would have been the highest wisdom to have
increased it by that number. Let him make
amends now by entering upon recruiting mis-
sion as stump speaker, and raising even one
third of 15O, 900, and his grave offence against
the republic may be yet forgiven and forgotten.


Let one hundred and fifty more Of the briga-
diers who know nothing about fighting. but
have great experience in talking, and not a few
of them in blowing and putting, take the field in
a campaign of recruiting from which far more
beneficial services will follow than any they
are likely to render in battle array. In talk
they may give an equivalent for brigadiers
salary. From the tented field and the shock OF
arms they are we'll away Their forte does not
lie in that direction, and their services would
be dear at any price. Better to pay them for
their absencs-doing nothing. Let them, there
fore. be put to the use for which their nature
and habits have fitted them and let the men Of
deeds take their place at the head. OF our gal
liant troops. On the stump the takers would
be in their clement in battle they would be
only like SO many fish out of water.


With such host of decaimers- Of
them almost equal 70 Peter the Hermit, launch
ing into the North, and East and West-an
army would be speedily enrolled which would
be sure to put down the rebellion before the
first frost