Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-09-01

The "EnfeTpTiSe OF The Neic York Press results
in Prohibition of the sending OF War Meas by
T'eiegrGph-7he MOrements Of Mcclellan and
Popc-The project TO place Light Draught Gun
boats on the Ohio.
WASHINGTON. August %.
The immense enterprise of the New York
press has met with admirable and astonishing
success. When the representatives of all other
papers knew equally well, but were restrained
from mentioning, the movements of Gen. Nc
Clellan, the New York papers could not resist
showing the world how much they were i'm adj
vance of all contemporaries, by publishing daily
accounts OF the movement. commencing almost
with the very day that McClelan's advance
struck their tents.
The result of this has been that the authorities
have ordered that no news whatever shall be tee-
graphed which has the slightest relation to war
movements. If to day we should learn that
Richmond were taken, JEFF Davis captured, and
the whole COnlederacy broken into fragments,
we could not give you the intelligence. Neither
the movements of the rebels nor of our own
trOOps-in short. not word relative to war
movements of any kind can be sent by tele-
graph
And thus has ended the enterprisng operations
of New York contemporaries For the selfish
purpose of getting abroad, they have thrown the
whole machinery of ewS-cOnveyance into conlu-
sion. Most lucky was it that it was the New
York Tribune and Times which thus outrage
ously violated a stringent order. Had the Chi
cagO Times published one tenth of the informa-
ton which those two papers daily received from
Fortress Monroe its editors ere this would have
been in the Old Capitol Prison. and the paper it.
self squelched in due form. Democratic treason
and Democratic violations of the Articles of War
are widely diffehnt things from the same acts
when performed by Abolition ism; one sends its
supporters to Alton or Fort Lafayette, the other
is passed over in silence.
AS there is nothing in the order to prevent
writing. | suppose | may give the late move
ments of our armies. And here may say that
after all the trouble made about publishing the
movements of Mcclellan, it wasnot only known
here from its beginning and all over the North,
but at Richmond. A Richmond paper dated as
far back as july 3lst, states that 1.-The move
ment toward Petersburg by the Federals, is
mere feiht to cover their retreat" and that
General Mcclellan is about to abandon james
river and reinforce Pope All our movements
are perfectly well known by the enemy, generally
long before they known or understood by the
oval press; hence the absurdity OF the present
system of censorship.
IL is now understood that General POpe's ad-
vance toward Gordonsville to attract the at
tentOn of the rebels while Mcclellan made good
accomplished most successfully by inviting an at
tuck, which. however, lacked but little of being
a serious future, Tor, the rebels falling upon him
before expected, they came near annhatng the
column under Banks before the Others could get
70 its support.
RepuiSed jackson withdrew and waited for
renfOrcements before renewing his efforts. Both
came, and on Wednesday last, with formidable
force. he suddenly left, no one whittier. Pope,
however, wide awake, and soon detected in
the movements of the rebels an attempt to flank
him This must be avoided, and there only re-
manned one way-to fall back Every step he
retreated brought him nearer his base OF opera
tiOns-nearer home. friends, and reinforcements;
while every step the enemy followed him increas
ed their difficulties as il diminished his.
And so at midnight he commenced falling back
and in good order and with considerable loss
he has put the Rappahannock between himself
and the foe He has stopped at Warrenton, and
if he fall back further, he will do it under the
pressure of rebel bayonets The grant STRATEGY
cal movement which led him to the Rapidan has
accomplished all that was desired, and he has now
fallen back as far safety requires Here. if the
enemy attacks him. they will get fight; II they
do not take the initiative, there will probably be
no battle for the next six weeks.
The rebels have all their forces in the field
they are sagacious, and, knowing this to be their
last opportunity, they may precipitate their mad
dened egions upon our armies, hoping by sheer
numbers TO 0verpvwer us, and ut one blow 20 win
Washington and their recognition. 1t is their
last chance, for our numbers are less than
they will be again during the war; theirs are
greater and each day ADDS thousands to our
strength each hour they grow weaker.
Thus it is that now is their only opportunity
the moment is present in which they may be sue
ceSsful. Another week, and the sturdy thousands
OF the North will have swollen our forces to Il
size that will render them resistless as Niagara.
The rebel Generals are far seeing, and, being
aware of those facts, they may give us battle. If
they do. the bloodiest page of this wars history
will be white compared to that which will record
the event. II they succeed in defeating in the
field the combined armies of Virginia and the
Potomac,-even if they capture both,-their pro-
gress in the capture of Washington will scarcely
have commenced. Before them will still lie the
defences of the city,-defences the most formld-
able in the world ,-defences which will resist the
hordes of Secessia for half century
The next week may see our armies defeated
and Washington threatened. If not done then,
it never will be- But | do not anticipate any
such result Without giving the actual number
of our forces, may say that with the choice OF
position, they strong enough to render de.
feat from aBy force however large. a matter of
not that the rebels defeat if they make
an attack, but that they can come nearer it now
than they ever can hereafter. Let the people of
the loyal States rest easy; there is yet God in
Israel.
As telegraphed you, Secretary Welles de-
clned to comply with the request to put some
light gunboats on the Ohio river. His reasons
we're that some iron cads are already in process
of construction for Western waters. and further
patrolling her borders presume that the prin-
cipal reason why the committee was unsuccessful
arose from the fact that they were in too great a
hurry. They not only offered to furnish the
money for the enterprise, but to have half the
feet in operation within twenty days
Where is red -tapesm to find precedent for
any such unseemingly haster To get up gun
boat, or anything else properly, certain formali-
ties must be observed; precedents must be sought
for and followed; six months at least must elapse
before thing of the sort should be undertaken.
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