Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-07-09
Democratic Union State Ticket



The bltcsn Criticisms ON
the Conduct Of the War.
The New York Herald, of the 7sh inst. in an
article discussing The msmsnageme and mis-
managers OF the War Department" remarks:
There IL time 10 keep silence and time TO
speak. The campaign has concluded with our
repulse from before Richmond. The campaign
10 come gill require new troops, new plans and
new combinations. with, perhaps. new emergen-
cies of foreign complications. The time has
come. therefore. 10 expose. rebuke and correct
the errors and Encouragement of the past, in
order 10 secure a thorough reformation Tor the
future.
The weak point Of the nation is the War De
partment. From the gross errors. reckless mis-
mana cement and .criminal intrigues which have
disgracei that department can be traced all the
disasters, all the defeats, all the repulses which
arms have sustained. The errors OF the
War Department have been OF threetold char.
acter; errors caused by ignorance and inca
pacity; errors caused by personal and political
jesloa,es and intrz.es aud errors caused by
fanaticaI Abclitiouism. Some OF the bunders OF
the Secretary of War and bis advisers appear in
stgsted by a combination OF all tee-e faults. We
shall en,ieiyor, however, 10 sufficiently distln-
gussh them and - demonstrate by results that
either gnorsmus, an lntrgusnt or 4 fanatic Is
unfit for Secretary OF War. How much less
qualified. then, is a man who combines these
three unpopular ehsraetersr And We must state
Ia advance that it will not do for President Lin
coin to attempt TO father Stantons plumbers, as
he ir,dofsed C,,meron's extravaganza. The PEG
pie will allow such self -deyotlon TOR once; but
IL IL be too often renewed the people may take
the President al his word. Ii is better TO change
a Cabinet officer than a President. No Execu-
tive has right to sacrifice himself ia the respect
oil the people IN order to the credit OF
popular subordinate
These censures come from paper which has
given the Administration a vigorous support in
its efforts 10 crush out the rebellion. The New
York World is also equally severe in its condem-
nation Of the criminal blunders and gross mis-
sue Of the 4th il speaks boldly, and we may say
justly. of the errors which have wasted. grossly
wasted, the resources eff the country, and the
lives and health OF the brave volunteers The
World. be it remembered, is Administration
paper, and has been an ardent and unylelding adj
vocate of the vigorous prosecution of the war
We copy the following article from its issue of
the 4th inst, and ask for the sentiments it utters
the careful consideration of all who desire pure
and wise administration Of the Government:
The nation is in the most eventiu crisis of its
history. On the prompt patriotism of the loyal
North, on the moral courage and foresight of its
rulers, hang all our destines-hangs the very
existence of the Republic. The Union is to day
not worth farthing's insurance. unless within
the next City days the three hundred thousand
men called for by the President rush to arms, un
less the President himself appreciates in all its
instant peril and It's momentous consequences the
exigency of the hour.
The best army which the world has ever SEEN
spleadidIy equipped, thoroughly trained, we'll
Differed, and ably led. has been, at Richmond
outnumbered. checked, and driven back. An
other year Of desperate fighting is all but newt
able. All the energy of the united South has
been put forth. Tie army which surrounded and
defended their capital has been doubled by rein
forcements from Georgia to Texas, while we
have dribbed out to our General but few beg
carly thousands. hardly enough to make up his
loss Of killed. wounded. and sick since he landed
at Yorktown. At least one hundred and sew en-
~ FIVE thousand men have been led against us in
the SIX days terrible onslaught of the last and
present week.
Read the letters Of our correspondents, eye
witnesses of those awful encounters-who saw
day after day, from Wednesday morning till
Tuesday night. whole brigades and divisions of
the rebel army hurled with utter recklessness of
human life against our decimated and ieebler
colu mns-who saw those hourly reinforced with
fresh troops-while weary battalons.
half famshcd bore the brunt of each successive
charge. slept upon their arms. and worn out with
fatigue. still stood fell dead at their posts with
no help. for there was none TO be sent. Read
how Porter. with twenty seven thousand men,
bore the long onsets of seventy five thousand
Not seventy five thousand men, have we had TO
oppose against their one hundred and seventy
IL. l.
Not seventy five thousand etfectves-and We.
their young General begging daily and hourly for
the reinforcements which never came. Ii is too
painful: and vet one little month ago the Secre
tarv OF War wanted no more men.
We nave been outnumbered aud oyerborne IL
is Of no use TO blink the fact. The Secretary
NAV conceal il. The press will not. The Gov
eminent has concealed il as long "a it was able.
Ii has held the ends of the telegraph in its posses
sion. IL has guarded the routes 20 and from For
treSs Msnroe Ii has suppressed the dispatches
which gave il full and reliable information. 1t
promised 20 communicate the truth, good or evil
10 the public whenever il was sure of the facts
IL has violated its promise. It's Cabinet officers
have caused falsehoOds or statements which sup
pressed and perverted the truth to he transmitted
over the country and. with fscts IN their posses
sion which the people had right TO know. the,
have RECALLED us with ROSY fctons which every
private aud truthful report from the seat of war
now at last arrived by messenger aud mail pro
nouuces deceit aud sham. This is no time fol
needless ordinations We inculpate no one
We blame no one We mention not singl,
name We do not seek To turn the gathering
wrath Of the people upon any single head Blu
none without blame Does even the Presi
dent think that the people will not feel insulteC
that he thought their patsiOtism--their unhinck
ing deter mination. never less persistent than il
the face of an unexpectet disaster less safe
reliance in the hour of our neei, less likely {,
justify his call for three hundred thousand men
less likely 10 I'll up the ranks. than round robin
signed by dozen GovernorsY The Governor
will be heard. but our disasters would have beer
trumpet-tongued We tell him plainly, aud
consistent. unwaverng friend has right To tel
him. that he. too, has Numbered. That he, too
has not felt the magnitude of our crisis as TIA
people feel it--that he. too. has moderated th,
courage and determination of the people VIII
placed him IN power. Had he overuled IN
petty piddlng orders OF his war minister an,
thrown open Co the press and the people every av
enune OF intelligence by which they might ge
knowledge of the deeds or the disasters Of ou
army: had he let the wors, be known ut once. an
IN iui face OF our pert. bad be issued upon hi
own notion. and by his own authority Com
maader ia chief of the armies OF the Republic
his call for i've hundred thousand men, the
would have come-a half million of them
sooner than the three hundred thousand vii
come and he would then have intTenched himSel
In the confidence aud affection OF the people a
A. never vet has done honor,sl and revefed niue