Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-12-22
WAsnlNerox. Dec. II.

mismanagement 81 The affilr ~ Frederick SbuTg,
Instead OF being too seeere, we're not halt severe
enough. The affair. As Il has resulted i an en-
tire failure of the whole campaign against Rich
mond by the overland route The Administra-
ton papers NAV gloss IL they please,
but tell YOU the attempt 20 move on the enc
my's works" at Fredericksburg will not lie re
peated. That il made M all j. a fact that
disposes at once OF all Of daleck's claims To
genefalship, aud that furnishes an additional
prOof of what the Chicago Times declared edi
torially months ago. namely: that any campaign
which Halleck should attempt TO direct from his
closet AZ Washington would be failure. Hal
leck and Stanton both knew that Tor more than
three weeks Lees whole army had been Fred !
ericksburg, working night aud DAY at their iorti
hcations, and that IL was scarcely within the
bounls of possibility that they could be dislodeed
therefrOm. They knew too, that il was certain /
that even the attempt 90 dislodge them could rot |
be m ,de without frightful sacrifice of life Ua |
der existing circumstances. they could not have /
expected Ia succeed There i cause for thank /
fulness. indeed that the disaster is than !
il Is If Burnside had lot rerreated as he has 1
done. his whole array would have been anaih |
lated, and Lee would now be in Washington.
Perhaps. upon the whole, Lincoln and Stanton |
together are even more to blame than Halleck
Ii was understood by every one here. and BY !
Burnside and his officers, that the Banks expedi
ton had been sent either TO the Peninsula or to |
North Carolina to join the forces OF Gen. Foster
and Gen. Peck already there. in order 10 advance
upon Richmond from the South 1t the Admin
istration had caused this be DONE the resulr 1T
Fredericksburg might have been very different
For, il il had been arranged, the enemy would
have found il necessary have kept at least halt
OF their disposabie troops at the south of Rich
mOBd, Ia order to operate against Banks ami Eos
ter, and thus Lee would nave been weakened TO
that extent, and Burnside might have been sue
cessiu on Saturday But the rebel ensSaries
kept sharp look out tor Banks On the 5'h
inst. his fleet sailed past Cape Hitteris o. the
9th inst. that important fact was known at Rich
mond. All doubts and Tears then ut an end
there and on the 18th inst the 81 900 troops
which had been kept Pc ersburg and on the
Peninsula were on the march DOrthwaId To join
Gen Lees army al Frederic ksburg. They had all
arrived there by the 18th; aud although they were
net needed, and took part in the sangun,ry
contest OF the next day, vet they were on hand;
their presence encouraged those of Lees troops
who did fight; aud If Burnside had succeeded III
'carrying the first line OF the enemy's works, ="
here would have been the troops that would have
met HIM and stll vanquished him.
1t is evident that the 900 brave soldiers
whom we lost on that fearful day were murdered
by their own Government. Their blood cries for
justice. They were ncedlessly slain Their death
has not accomplished the slightest result Their
acknowledgement of the war on the part OF this
Administration. Is this msmana cement to con
tinuef Can nothing stop IT.
In making up the record of this fearful aifiir,
the falsehoods palmed of upon the country
der the sanction OF the Administration shall be
forgotten. Mr. Lincoln led off himself by de
carinS when Burnside had begun the
river, on the llth, that "the rebellion was now
crushed, and that Richmond would soon he ours -
xpa1 ti.e.a -artfn =. hat
that the rebels had 300 900 troops was false, for
that their whole force did not exceed 80 900
Next lt was asserted that Burnside had seut word
that he did not need any reintOrcements, for that
he had ali the troops he wanted. Then came the
story about Banl@' landing ia North Carolina aud
marching, WITH syn and Forsters troops, on
Petersburg IT,, - the Washington Chronicle
stated positively Mat il was authorized To make
known that Banks had landed his troops Har-
risons L'nding. up the james river Then IL
asserted that Sigels corps had been sent Ia
reinforce Burnside Next il WAS asserted that
Burnside had sent dispatch "a the President
stating that he had carried the first line OF the
enemy 5 Notifications. Aud. lastly, it gsas as
serted ON Sunday. and repeated ON the 5th. that
Burnside WAS perfectly satisfied with the result of
the butte on Saturday, and would renew the
gagemeHt Immediately Every one of these
precious lies were telegraphed from here all over
the country, and every ole of them Is on record
in your telegaphc columns. How contemplate
do they and their authors appear in the light OF
subsequent syontsl
In nv letter Oh the bill for the admission OF
the bogas State OF West Virginia, ! merely nj
luded to the speech of Hon Martin F. Conway
of Kansas. ! now desire to call the attention OF
your readers particularly TO that speech Mr.
CONWAY. the only member from Kansas. Is Il Re
publican. But he il = lawyer, and, a. his speech
proves. constitutional lawyer and statesman
Other Republican members Ot Congress could
see. as well a. Dir. Conway the in>idious sIiare
that TINS bill laid before their feet But Dir
Stevens AID Mr. Conway were the only ones who
had the courage To denouure Il. The strongest
and by far the ablest argument against the I'm
constitutOnallty of the acknowledgements of Nir
GINA WAS that contained Ia Mr. COnway's speech
the bill for tie admission of the new State of
West Virginia The admission of the new State
wts opposed by Mr Conway on constitutional
grounds alone, and simply because the diSmem
hermeat OF the State of Virginia in the manler
proposed would he paipablc violations OF the
Constitution. The must come to end
sometime. Aud when that event tpke~ o. ice,
whether II be year hence twenty. the
Union must bc restored. Anu when the Union
is restored. tia Slate OF Virginia wilt he "Old
Virginia again, with the same boundaries that
she had IN 1860. Either this must be 50, or else
the Union NIL never be restored at ali Ii is
indeed. the game of he radicals in Congress TO
obll,crate all tie old State lines ia the Southern
States: Ia reduce them 10 lerritOries: AID then
70 mix them uP by DINING into one Territory
parts oi what are now two States, aud TO cut up
some OF the present States into two or more new
States. The di>nemberment of Virginia il the
first step IN The programme Whether Mr. Con
way Is aware OF the ultimate dcSi. rs of the con-
splr4tors or not, he has the courage 10 stand up
against such Dtlpahle violation OF the Con,titu
ton > the di~meraberment al "a State Let NJ
Conway stand 5rm on the ground ne has chosen;
Il is the rock OF the Constitution tie will not
~ alone there. For. whatever may be the pre-
en- division OF the members OF Congress. the
day Is bot lar distant when there will be but two
parties there: tor, the other against, the
Constitution. And the people will take TO
sustain those who support and sustain the Con
stitution Y
Banks ExPedision-Ets Destinatson.