Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-02-07

nonsense. WHY did not my colleague. IL his mo
tive wa good. 20 the President, and with his
array of map, teiegraphs, facts OF omis son and
commission. lay before the President his military
conceptionsg Why doe he have them delivered
here. before the nation Was il to display his
military eradtiong o. vas Il o. CRAFTY What D.
thinks was Tie popular prejudice and impatience.
10 which he would administer. regardless of con.
sequences Why did he not go 70 General
Mcclellan aud verify his facts before he used
them for the public disservicei
Mr. Chairman IL the gentleman bad been
skillful comuanler. or had. like the gentleman
from NewtY ors. Mr. Roscoe Conkling. the hu
m.Bc motive tor investigating the confessed
blunder at Balls Bluff. in which many brave men
were lost, could tolerate this nsischievons line
OF debate.
But. sir, my colleague eOmpels me to examine
into his merits as a military critic particularly,
and the proprety Of military movements" here
in Congress and elsewhere by civilians. Ny col
league will admit that he i not military by
education nor a soldier, like FalstafI, instinct.
Laughter His profession was that Of Cos.
peler. Laughter His studies do not fit him
TO discuss martial subjects We do not go TO a
blacksmith TO have our watch repaired. nor to a
matchmaker to have our horse shod. We do not
20 TO Carolina for cheese, laughter, nor 70 the
w c~tefn He-efNt IOt COitDu Iali Wei hN
how a fine scholar, Is my colleague, might,
like BeaumOnts "elder brother" ST in his study.
and mount upon the wings of speculation. and
"hourly converse
With Kings and Emperor. aud weigh their counscls,
into a strict account, and in his fancy
Dcface their III placed statues"
But sir criticisms on the art of war. 10 be val
liable now. must be backed by specific study and
experience What has been the study and ex
perience OF my colleaguel
The country was thoroughly Disguised with the
part Congressman played at Bull Run. Laugh
ter in the galleries IL may be remembered
sith what iocund levity the House adjourned TO
90 over to see our army march upon Richmond
Not one of us ever got there, except my friend
from New York, (Mr Ely.) Qaughter.) who
made his exile so conspicuOusly honorable in the
use he made of IL in behalf of has fellow prisoners
The House NAV remember that opposed the adj
iOurnment then on rhe ground that. by going over
the river, we would only get in the way OF the
soldiers. IL turned out that the soldiers got in
the way of the Congressman. (Laughter)
have "A letter, written by member OF this
House and published in an Ohio paper which de-
tails with graphic accuracy, the part displayed
by truculent Congressman on that day. ! will
have il read ut the Clerks table.
The Clerk read. as follows:
just as the dragons turned back, a cry was
raised that the Black Horse. formidable body
OF the rebel cavalry. land these were part of
them.) were charging upon Us and II seemed as
II the very devil of panic and cowardce seized ev-
cry mortal soldier officer. citizen. and teamster.
No officer tried to rally the soldiers, or do any
thing. except to spring and run towards Centre
Vile There new er anything like 1t for cause
less sheer, absolute absurd, cOwardIee, or Rather
panic, on this miserable earth beforel
IL. Is..fff a Frrl-
way, over across fields towards the wO IDS, any
where. everywhere, t. escape Whether it com
municated back 60 the soldiers still ia tine woods,
and so on back to the regiments who had Just
driven oil the rebels, | do not know, but think
it did To "A part OF them, for share OF our army
seems to have been demoralized, ii not broken up
Nv ell, the further they the more frighteu-
Ell they grew, and although we moved on as rap
idly we could, the tugitlves passed by scores
To enable them better to run. they threw away
their blankets. knap>acks, canteens and finally
muskets, cartridge boxes, and everything else
w called To them. tried TO tell them there
was no danger called them To stop, implOred
them To stand We called them towards, de
nOunced them in the most offensive terms, pu,
out our heavy reyOlvers, and threatened TO shoot
them. but all in vain; cruel, crazy, mad, hope
less panic possessed them. and communicated 70
everybody about, in front and rear. The team
sters all turned their heavy wagons, and dashed
their horses 70 Il run. aud mixed and mingled
with crowd of running iOotmen, citizens and
hOrsemen all raised an obScuring cloud of dust
and thus the dust filled the entire highway "a
mscadamized turnpike) with a Heterogeneous
mass of flying madmen, intent upon nothiag bni
TO escape.
The heat was awful although now about 81
the men were exhausted--their mouths gaped
their lips cracked and blackened with the powder
OF the cartridges they had bitten off in the battle
their ewes starting in renzy; no mortal ever saw
such a mass OF CHASTITY wretches.
As we came on borne along with the mass
unable 70 60 ahead pause, draw out of IT,
with the street blocked ~ with flying baggage
wagons before and behind, laundering and crash
ing on, we were every moment exposed To immi
nent danger of being upset, or crushed, or oil
breaking down; and for the first time on this
strange day felt little sinking OF the heart
and doubt whether we could avoid destruction Ia
the immense throng about Us; and nothing but
the remarkable skill OfOur driver ana the strength
of our carriage and endurance of our horses saved
US Another source of peril beset As we
passed the poor Gemented exhausted wretche:
who could not climb into the high baggage wag
ons, they made frantic efforts TO ret on TO and
into our carriage. They grIsped it everywhere
and got 10 it. into IL. over IL, and i'm
piored us every way 10 take them on. We had
10 be rough with them. At first they loaded US
down almost to Il stand still, and we had TO push
them Oft and throw them out. Finally, Brown
aud /. with pistol each. kept them out, although
one poor devil got in in spite OF US, and We lug
eed the Internal coward two miles finally open
ell the door. and he was tumbled out"
Mr. COx-Now hear what these brave Con
gressmen actually did to stay the tide of re
treat
The other side of Ceutreville we had overta
ken Senators Wade and Chandler, or saw them in
the crowd the Sergeant-at Arms OF the Senate
and a Mr.. Eaton, of Detroit, with whom We were
in company much OF the way afterwards.
Wade planted himself with cooked May
nard in the attitude OF battle; laughter Chand
Ter with Il revolver ne.T INN; aud We placed our
seyes-exce)t Morris-by them, and all wiki
loud voices commanded one and all TO halt OF
have their brains blown out Our action instant
" checked them Many on horseback under
took "a dash by. aud we seized the birdie relns oil
their horses aud compelled them TO stop.
Seven men staying a crowd maddened and
desperate with fear: Wade firm and bold rs an
old lion: Chandler frantically excited. aud the
rest OF our band struggling, commanding, Ell
treating and threatening. As FOX NE. AcTEr
Just A. YoU KNOW | WOULD WHEN THOROUGHLY
RoUsED ls,ughteri caring for nothing and no
b,dy, and determined. as We all were, that the
men should stop there
do not mean TO convey the impression that
my collei que wrote IT, Ii is a scrap OF history
written by a Republican Congressman.
Mt Gurley-l desire to say that am not the
author OF H.