Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1861-08-07
The Disastcr-The Cause of II.

A Republican friend just returned from Wash
ington says there can be no conception of the in
glorious rout at Bulls Run except by those who
Capital The decentralization of the army Of the
Potomac was complete, and even up to last
Thursday the repulsed soldiers were begging for
something TO eat in the streets of Washington.
Our informant says that the newspaper and politi-
cal Generals have finally concluded that the safer
way is to entrust the condnct of the war in the
future to experienced military commanders. We
quote the following from the New York Herald,
of Saturday, to show the confusion in the Repub-
lican ranks in reference to the last battle:
In q long lelder the New York Times of Fri
day follows up the subject, anu shows by lengthy
quotations from Gen. Scott's conversation that
he was opposed to the plan of the campaign
from the beginning. He deemed it unwise TO
make Richmond the main point of the move
ment: but after that had been decided against
him he was opposed TO marching against il bv
the longest and most difficult route, through a
country every foot of which would be obstinately
defended" Gen SCOTS plan was TO perfectly
blockade the Atlantic, and march down the Mis-
sissippi eighty thousand men. But" observed
the veteran General, Il am only a subordinate
There gentlemen in the Cabinet
who know more about war than do, and who
have far gretter influence than | have in deter
mining the plan of the campaign" These are
scandalous revelations, and what makes them
more so is that he who publishes them aided and
assisted the Cabinet in bullying General Scott
into its views and also Joined in.the same cry of
"On to Richmond" But on consideration, in
Fridays Times, "the little villain" thinks it not
judicious for Mr.. Lincoln to do what he advised
him the day before-to dismiss the Cabinet
Tnus Raymond is BY turns at the other side of
the fence, at this side of it, on the fence and on
both sides of it at the same time Ii is as hard
to fix him as 1.-THE little joker under the three
cups Oh the knee of the gambler at the race course
NOW you see it. now you dontl"
Strange to say, the Tribune joins in-'theaccu-
sations of the Times and charges upon the Cabi-
net an ''ill timed and miSerly anxiety about the
expense to be incurred; a blindfold trust OF the
gravest responsibilities in incompetent hands; an
nexplicabe rejection of offered cavalry and artil
lery: general tardiness and ineficiency of prep
aration, and foolhardy and inexcusible under
estimate OF the enemy-these have prevailed at
Washington until they have made shipwreck of
our grand and heroic army" I'VE have fought
and been beaten. God forgive our rulers that this
is So" Greely might have better said, "God for
give them for following the Tribune's advice. -
But he adds:-"A decimated and indignant peo-
pie will demand the immediate retirement of the
present Cabinet " Now, how does the reader
suppose Massa Greeley shrks the responsibility of
the standing war cry in his paper, "On to Rich
mond?' He comes out in card in the Tribune
of Thursday, in which he denies the paternity of
the articles in that journal urging an immediate
march upon the enemy. He thus repudiates the
paper hitherto believed to be his own, but in which,
it now appears he is only drummer boy.
Thus are the Republican organs of the Gov
ernment much divided as the Cabinet itself;
and it is evident that the doom of house divided
against itself awaits them all. If they uni
ted, what vast amount of good they might now
effect for the Government and the country. The
best thing Mr. Lincoln can do is to give us the
chief management of the Republican press after
the manner of Louis Napoleon, in order that
there may be unity in that department, and that
mischief may be prevented by ignorant interfe-
renee and irresponsible dictaton, while to Genernl
Scott is assigned the sole and exclusive manage
ment of the war, so that one head may calculate
the combinations of the next campaign, and carry
it TO q successful issue.