Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1861-05-22

Morton.
The Madison Courier, radical Republican
organ. citicises with great severity the military
skill of Governor MoRroN, in his disposition of
the five regiments Of State troops, anil the mill
tary skill of the Commander-in Chief Of the
Army and Navy of the State Of Indiana. The
following is the article as appears in tire Courier
of Monday evening ucrbafun, ct iierat'uH, 1t
punctuation, a paper which sympathizes with tue
political views OF the Governor
"The administration of the old pub. func. has
been Justly condemned for its course in regard to
the position it assigned to the entire available
force of the army The major part of the army
was scattered along the Southern frontier OF
Texas and the far North West, while the war
vessels were either laid up out Orepair or sent to
distant services When the present administra-
ton came into power, its first duty was to gather
the land forces, recall the distant war vessels,
and repair those 1t the navy yards. In some IN
stances the latter was an impossbiliiy, and some
| fine vesses-the Merrmlc, for instance-had to
be DESTROYED to prevent their falling into the
hands of the rebels. The regular army beng
manifestly insufficient to keep open communica-
tio.s volunteers we're called out and new mill
tary route established The policy OF the old
pub. func resulted in the isolation of Washing
ton For weeks that city Twas cut of from It's
communications with the n orth and West.
The policy adopted by Governor Morton in DIS
tributng the six regiments of State troops ON the
| line of the Wabash is almost an exact parallel to
| the policy of Secretaries Floyd and Toucey under
/ Buchanan
The first effort of an invading force in any OF
the border counties on the Ohio river would be to
cut off all communication with the interior. Tho
! telegraph wires would be cut and the railroad
bridges destroyed and the army from Ierre
| Haute and LAFAYETTE would move towards the
Ohio river as slowly as Gen. Earrison's army
moved against the Indians in the Tippecanoe cam
4 paign. The terminus of every railroad ON the
Ohio river aud the railroad line for the first thirty
| or fifty miles ought to be the first care OF the
Executive I,,sto'sd of doing, this, G0rornor Nor
| ton uses the men and means Of the State tar away
| from the counties in danger. True, he has a
precedent in the policy of the United States when
/ General Harrison was sent 10 the Wabash river,
but then the Governor fOrgets u was the northern
| frontier that was in danger-now It l. the south
| ern frontier that is in danger. The army or a
| regiment at Madison, at any point on the line
| of the Madison and indianapolis Railroad, could
be transferred Of at North Madison the bridges
and track would be rendered secure by their pres
ence) 10 indianapolis in four hours after the men
/ were placed OH the cars The army could be
| transferred to Jacksonville, New Albany or
Evansville, below, or to Aurora, LaWrenceburs
/ or Cincinnati. above, WITHOUT u Grunge VI catS VI
locomotives. in eight or ten hours. An army
could he sent from North Madison to st. Louis
or Cairo in six hours less time than from Clncin-
/ natl These facts have MI been laid before Gov
ernor Morton aud urged upon his attention and
| consideration.
| We are authorized by responsible persons to
| propose to Gov. Morton that they will give him
a bond, with security that will be satisfactory to
him, that they will protect the line Of the Wa
bash and the towns of Centreville and Richmond
/ from all danger and loss, and also to keep harm
les the soldiers Of the SIX regiments Of Indiana,
| if he, the Governor, will put arms into the h'nd.
of the organized military companies in this and
other counties on the Ohio river border
VIC learn to-day that Gov. Morton had prop
osition from a responsible firm in this city, ps
sessed of the requisite means to perform ae
/ work to make the cannOns ordered st Cii,cin-
natl, at the prices paid by the United States at
Pittsburg, freight added on the manufactured ar
tcles at Pittsburg But Gov. Morton preferred
to give TIC job and the money Of Indiana to Gin
Il cinnati, instead of to citizens OF Madison.
The Courier man deserves to be hung for
treason and gross disrespect to the powers that be