Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1861-09-25

Now, Moseley. il is evident to me that your
Government is rOtteB at the head Davis ought
to be spiked up where men can see him. You
have won great victory, and got no fruits from
It, You have had charge of the Government for
six months, and have done nothing no meat.
no bread, no powder, no wagons, no anything but
salt and potatoes. and yet you sing out that the
Government has the entire confidence of the
whole people Now it has not mine, and want
to know where ! can get a fair hearing. The
only smart thing | have seen is your proposition
TO postpone the Presidential election. This is
excelIent--most excellent. trust this may save
US If were in Congress would refuse every
one of the appropriations for the war. holy though
tits, til Walker was turned out, and somebody
put in his place with sense enough to attend to
the duties of il.
Idon't know either Davis or Walker but
have seen enough 10 raise suspicion in INV mind
that neither is the right man in the right place
Why then talk of the confidence of the people
ia the Administration don't feel any such
confidence myself and believe am not singu-
lar IN my distrust.
III you editors would only speak out in full
tones about the abuses which stink in your nos
trils think we would get right. 1t is a shame
which cries 10 Heaven for vengeance, when YOU
men of the pen are talking about confidence in
the Government and our soldiers are made TO
trot sixteen miles on one meal of salt and pota-
toes. There is rottenness enough in the medical
staff, alone to damn any administration. Why
hoodwink the peopleY Your Government is rot
ten and il stnks We must smell il at last, and
the sooner the better You will not smell any
stronger to Yankee nostris after you turn out
Walker and make Davis toe the mark. Tbey
know you cannot advance upon them for want of
victuals and vehicles, and your weakness remains
patent to them until you reform the abuses of
your Administration. The smartest thing Eng
land did in the Crimean war was reformation of
abuses in full view of the enemy, and her rival
too.
Your enemies know you are rotten. You will
not tell them anything new by turning out Davis
and his whole crew, which am decidedly in favor
of if they do not show themselves more efficient.
But all you editors sing haIlelujah TO Davis q Co.
il frets me- your soldiers are starving but so long
as the President and Generals can wear fine liv-
cry YOU sing peans. IL will not do, my friends,
somebody must tell the people the plain truth or
we are ruined. Freezing and starvation stare you
i'm the face for the next winter, and you call on
the women and children to give up their blankets
and bread for the soldiers, the women have sup
ported the war so far, you could not be in the field
without their needles; you have had the govern
ment for seven months and you confess your in
ability to do anything by your daily ways. and
still you speak of confidence, il is wasting hourly
i assure YOU, and unless the press speaks out
plainly, and that soon, all is lost. | do not know
any politicians and / do not care for any, but
do care for my country and the brave men who
are fighting for us and it stirs my gall to see
! them treated so.