The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1862-07-16
UNION STATE TICKET.
Secretary stanton.


Scott and Mr.. Holt, the whole country rang
with the praise of his peculiar fitness for
the position, and of the Presidents sound
judgment in selecting him as Mr.. CamerOn's
successor. The energy with which Mr.
Stanton entered upon the discharge of the
duties of his new position, the spirited ar
peals made by him to the army, the life
with which be seemed to Undue the whole
War Office, and the enthusiasm kindled by
him. in the soldiers, added to the admira-
ton with which he was regarded by the
people, The opinion largely prevailed that
the war would soon come to an end, and
the integrity and unity Of the Government
be preserved.
The mighty armies of the Republic,
which appeared to be hopelessly entangled
in red tape,l were speedily hurled against
the rebels by Mr. Stanton, and victory
perched upon their banners in almost every
engagement. Missouri, Kentucky, and
Tennessee were wrenched from the possess
sion of the traitors in the West, and along
the coast, Newbern, New Orleans, and Pen
sacola were brought back to their rightful
owners.
Nowhere did the cause of the Union fail
to make Roadway, except in Virginia.
Why that State was not also redeemed and
disenthralled, was owing, doubtless, to the
desperate efforts of the rebels to maintain
their footing there. To lose Virginia, to be
driven out of Richmond, their chosen Capt.
tai, they felt would prove ruinous to their
hopes, and consequently every other point
in the Confederacy was made subservient to
the defense of Virginia.
During many months of patient waiting
the part of the people, General Mcclellan
gEuI1Fug e4uTppTug Uu0 ING
finest armies upon which the sun ever
shone. At last he was ready, and moved
upon Manassas. The rebels were not there.
With suddenness that was startling, the
entire Onion army was then landed upon
the Peninsula, and commenced the siege of
Yorktown. This position was speedily
captured, the rebels falling back gradually,
but with firm front, toward Richmond.
In the meantime Jackson had made his
ley, chasing Gen. Banks into Maryland.
At this juncture some of the newspapers
of the country commenced a hue and cry
against Secretary Stanton. He was guilty
50 weakening Gen. Banks as to leave him at
the mercy of his willy adversary. How
had the Secretary of War weakened Gen.
Banks? By detaching a portion of his
command and giving it to Gen. Mcdowell,
looking to the reinforcement of Mcclellan.
A few more days and we heard of the bat
ties of the Seven Pines and Fair Oaks
Then arose great cry for reinforcements
for Gen. Mcclellan, although both OF those
engagements were Union victories. Now
the whole country is ringing with denun-
Citations of Secretary Stanton because be
did not reinforce Gen. Mcclellan in time to
prevent the thanking movement of General
jackson. Stanton is the seape- goat for all
the military blunders accidents which
happened on the Peninsula, while he is to
have no credit for the victories. This de-
nuuciation has been going on for some
days, and we have long and learned articles
pointing out what Mr.. Stanton might have
DONE and what he failed to accomplish
None of the papers have been more persist
ent or outrageous in its abuse of him than
the New York Express; aud yet, after
weeks of defamation, it is forced to acknow-
ledge that it has been wrong all the time.
In a letter to that paper, dated Washing
ton, July 9, a specific denial is made of all
that the paper had said on this subject for
weeks previous.
The correspondent says: at has come to
be known that on the Sunday preceding the
seven days conflict before Richmond, an
der was issued by the War Department to
Gen. Mcdowell to advance his army lot
about 10000 men) from Fredericksburg to
the right wing of the army of Mcclellan,
and cooperate with that wing in the pro-
iected attack upon Richmond" Had this
movement been executed, says the Express,
McDowelrs force would have arrived at
McClellan's right the evening preceding the
first rebel assault. That the movement was
not executed was no fault of Mr.. Stanton's.
Washington, although it has been the SUBJ
iect of many snsers, is too sacred place
for the rebels to obtain possession OF IT.
They would willingly exchange Richmond
for Washington, even were they compelled
TO burn and abandon the latter city. The
President may have obtained information,
which induced him to conclude that the