Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-11-29

ThE icfiN- - ARBITRARY POwEE-DlsTiTU-
rioN ~ ruE AaMY JUsr RrLiEvED-PEocais
90 INA CAxFAisS AGAINST RiCHNoSD.
WAsniSsToS. Nov. -.
The men who nov acci tentally hlpIen TO con
s,-tufe ihe Administration. ciorhei IN a little
brief authority. play such fantastic tricks before
high Heaven - make The angels weep" Ofthese
ACTIONS. M most tyrannici.i and the most unjust
- their arbitrary imprisonment Of innocent men,
sud the detention Of these men in dungeons Cor
months, for crime, lor 10 oileuse, without even
any charge or any accusation being brought
against them. 10 suiieFing thus causei 10 these
men. the agony thus brought - hundreds OF pre-
viousiy happy Ismilies wui never be fully known
INIT The great day OF hnal reckoning But the
day will come. aud It i not far distant. when
enoag h OF the facts vile be brought 20 light 70
cover the Administration. and every member Of
Il. with load OF iliamy coHpare1 With which
that which rests upon the memory of Charles the
First aud his INSCRIPTIONS Ministers viii be light
indeed.
There are dozens Of families. once in comfort.
who are how begging Their bread. because those
20 whom they look for support have been Ian.
gushing sr months in the cells ,pi Fort Warren.
There are ,.0zens Of other families, once in aiiu-
enee the female members OF which earning
precarious subsistence by the labor OF their
hands. while their husbands and fathers (ther
business ruined aud broken up) ere chahng behind
prison bars Nor are the cases few where the
l0ss of husband. torn nc midnight from the
arms Of his wife, has caused reason to totter on
IT. 3 one IN the delicate organic ,On OF the ln.
ter. a lew DAYS ago, "a father va permitted 20
leave the bastle for few days. in order THAT he
might lly 10 hi desolate home. in a ucighbering
city, just IN time To stand by the bedside OF his
darling child. the pride OF his heart. young lady
who, but Tor his unius; Incarceration might have
lived To be the liehI and jo, OF his house for wears
She had literally pinned away and iei of grief at
her fathers absence And this m.n Was one OF
the most honorei citizens Of the city where he
lived. ard one from whose door the poor never
went away empty.
This morning 10 is announced that the prison
doors are open. ami that the victims OF private
malice and oiii.ial spite afe free to depart. Are
we to bow down ia the dust and thank The man
whose name j. signed 10 the order of relcaser
Rather let him tremb.c: and not him alone The
Administration cannot, b, this larly act, atone
for The misery they have inflicted pOr can tiey
bring back the happiness they have ruthlsssly
DESTROYED. The punishment OF tytants j. sure TO
come: and they cannot escape theirs
This act Of releasing prisoners OF State Is a
mere caprice. There Is no more reason Tor do
lng il now than there WIS three months or six
months ago There was no cause for the arrests
at FIRST, AMI there Il no cause Tor Tie termination
OF the conlinements now that did not exist then.
The bnref.tced fhisehouds reiterated 20 the lnst
moment by Gen. McUleans enemies, in regard
to the Gesttulion cot his army are now palnable
u all the World Ghc,e calumuittors denied that
his troops Sere in want oil anything whatever;
they asserted that all of his troops well sup.
piled With clothing aud shoes Nov, mark tie
truth The correspondents 81 all the pipers, wnt
ing tom Burrsides army from the 10Th to the
9th inst. mention the arrival ~ cry day of loug
trains Oi wagons loaded with these very articles
and their distribution 10 the most naked soldiers
On one day il is blankets that are served out: ON
another oNetcoafs; on another shoes; on an
other WOODEN socks. '.rhe troops" the cores
pouden,s write, chad long been suffering Tor the
want Ui these things and they bow receive them
with cries OF joy" No wonder, poor feow~i
But the question Is will those officials Who per
ss,entl, denied that the troops were in want OF
these things ever he brought To punishment Tor
withholding them lunsg
IL Is reported that there is radical disagree
ment b,tw cen General III tlleck and General Burn
SHE in regard TO the conduct OF che campaign
The Iep0rt has been denied; but IL is repeated
again % day ia more authoritative shape sin
cefeiy hope it j. not true for nothing would he
more ptejudica 20 our success Just now The
shape which the story has assumed j., that Hal
leck promised Burnside that certain divisions
should be made by which the attention OF large
portion of General Lees army should he attracted
IA another direction, 80 that he could march to
Richmond without material obstacle; and. also
thft the President promised Halleck. and the lat
Ter assured Burnside, that there should be naval
force to operate with him by the time he reached
Riehmond-that Burnside is satisfied that neither
one OF these parts of The programme have been or
will be per.ofmed-tat he has written letter
To Halleck expressing that be'iei IN plain words,
and asking whether he il expected to take Rich
mOnd alone
IL is certain that Burnside has found obstacles
in his progress toward Richmond th,t he did
expect. IL Is certain, toe, that The Government
has at IL disposal ample insure the
cess OF this expedition TO Richmond II IS my
opinion. however. that these means will not be
used. or. ii used. will he Inisnaias ell : tn
render them OF 10 avail and that this expedition.
like all those that have preceded it, will be fail
There is way, and only way. in
Which Richmond can be taken; and this expedi-
ton has not been planned with reference to that
way The ftc; *, this Administration j. iucapa-
bic OF conducting the war toa successful ternlina
tiOn. That fact became evident when
utterly ignorant OF the art OF war was made See
rotary OF War "