Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-09-11
From the New York World, Sept. G.
Strategy W. Pope-ry.

Strategy W.. POpe-ry.
The Abrupt and Meianchoiy Termination Of Pope
ry-Secretary Stontoa's Spirit of the Lord'
Letter The Model Of Pope's Address 10 his Ar
mg-"The President. the Army. the Country
Stand Ayhasf at the System into rhieh He DE
riated under the Pressure offhe Radicals ayainst
Mcclellan.
The change in the command Of the army con
sequent ON the disastrous failure OF Gen. Pope,
brings 10 AN abrupt termination the predominance
OF certain set of ideas which have tor the last
seven months held ascendency in the executive
councils. We do not now 20 into tile question OF
the military capacity of General Nee elan; that
is subordinate - the larger question whether the
particular order OF military ideas with which his
maine IL connected is To prevail in the future
duct OF the Gen. Mcclellan may TOR may
net he an able strategst; but il will at least lie
granted that he Is the leading personal repre-en-
tatIye among our army officers of the principle
that good strategy is an indispensable element oi
military success Wewish To call attention To the
fact that the persistent persecution of this COM
mander has been equally persistent attempts to
bring the whole idea of strategy into der'sion.
liz has been not much insisted that Gen. Me
Cean is no strategist, as that strategy itsel l.
h,Slbug and Il delusion. The radicals have at
tempted TO sink hun in public estimation very
much as they would an astrolosist who undertook
to read their destiny in the stars, alchemist
who pretended 10 transmute the baser metals into
gold. They have secuted the art even more than
they have dccried the professor.
The idea TINT strategy WAS vi any value in the
conduct OF great Was discarded by the
President soon alter the appointment OF Score
tary Stanton: the opposite idea prevailed in the
War DEPARTING { until the disgraceiul defeat OF
Gen. Pore gave signal demonstration OF its
utter absurdity and folly. The anti -stratee c
doctrine was publicly aud formally enuncate
first by the Secretary of War while vet new to
his office. and more recently by its most distin-
gui-hed personal embodiment in the army. in the
address of Gen. Pope 10 his soldiers Both Oi
.he>e very remai kable enunciauons under
stood by the country and meant by their authors
as slurs on Gen. Mcclellan and his mode of con-
Quoting the war. They were inlorsed with the
warmest applause by all the radical journals, aud
accepted with great gusto in all radical circles.
The memorable logic of events has made ss eeIi-
ing work with those supremacy silly AMI crack
Drained productions Posterty will real with
amazement and shame that for the seven most
important and critical months of great war
they formed the chart and compass of our mill
tsry administration. The following lester. writ
ten by Secretary Stanton. in January, to the
head organ of the radicals. embodies the anti
strategic doctrine in accordance with which the
plans of Gen Mcclellan were thwarted and
upset:
ITO the Editor of the N. Y Tribune:
Sir: | cannot suffer undue merit to be rs
cribed TO NV official action The glory OF our
recent victories belongs To the gallant officers
and soldiers that fought the battles. No share
of il belongs Ia me.
Much has recently been said OF military combi-
nations and organizing victory hear such
phrases with apprehension. They commenced in
inhdel France with the Italian campaign aud re.
suited in Waterloo Who can organize victory !
Who can combine the elements of success ON the
baitleheldl Weow our recent victories 90 the
Spirit of the Lord that moved our soldiers t. ruth
into battle anu ieu thefearts OF our enemies with
terror and dismty The inspiration that con-
quere in battle in the hearts of the soldiers,
aud from on high and wherever there is the
same inspiration there will be the results
Patriotic spirit, with re>oluie courage M Officers
aud men, is military combination that he, eI
failed
I'VE nav we'll rejoice at the recent victories
for they teach Us that battles are To be won now
and by Us in the same and only manner that they
were ever won by any people or IN any age since
the DAYS of Joshua, by boldly pursuing aud stink
IN. the toe What, under the blessing oi Provi
dence / conceive to be the true Organization %:
victor, ami military combination TO end this wal
Was declared in few words by General Grants
message TO General Buckner-"I propose to mo, &
Immediately on your work.
.'Yours truly.
"EpwIS NJ STANTON
Gen Popes address To his army merely a
repeu,on with great deal OF suited gasconsde
the staple idea of this preposterous but much
apalauded letter. Gen. Pope had been summoned
from the West because he considered n nj
representative of these anti strategic ideas Uu-
fortunately Tor the country. they have been too
faithfully adhered TO and have borne their bitter
ffuits. The large portion of an intelligent letter
Ia the Tribune which NE transfer 10 columns
this morning, gives vivid but most appalling
picture of the results OF this policy, which Was
thrust upon the President by the clhnlOr at the
radicals. and the pressure OF public opinion
which they created
What Gen. MeClellan's strategy would have
resulted ia il he had not been Interered WITH Is,
Of course mere matter of opinion. like all posi-
bilties which have not been carried out at the
realm OF conjecture by he actual march OF
events Bat what the anti strategy which was
set up in opposition 90 him has resulted i'm. j..
uhhap,ily for the country. not subject of spe-
eulstion aud conjecture. but tenible aud dis
graceful accumulation of disasters. The prema-
ture advance in the West ordered by the Presi-
dent in opposition To the Judgment of General
Mcclellan. caused the concentration OF effrt
and the sweeping military cunseription by which
the rebels have acquired their present Strength