Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-08-11

Mcclellan. but rather TO send Pope towards Rich
tnond overland. that j.. by way 81 Osange and
Corsionsvile The route appears plain enough
on the map. bui ! am satisfied !, vii TTove the
most imrracticabe route of tie two. The dis
lance from Washington Is 80 miles The army
would have TO march with both tanks exposed,
and with ~ resr unprotected. since il would be
impossible to keep that long distance guarded.
The place where Mcclellan IS now Is only nine
teen miles from Richmond. We still have the
use of James river How much easier. then. II
would be, instead Of Withdrawing Mcclellan, %
reinforce him by Pope'- army. and. by taking
Richmond, practically end the war at once by n
brilliant coup The secret OF the whole matter
really Is however, that some timid souls here be
lieve the bugbear stories about the designs Of the
rebels against Washington, and have persuaded
Nr. Lincoln that the capital IL really IN danger
Aud hence, no matter what becomes OF McCtei
Ian : army, Pope and hi- force must be kept a. A
shield betwee Us here and the rebels at Gordons
vile. IL j. said. by the way. that Gen Ewell Is
terrifying the railroad junction at Gordonsvile,
80 as to make IL a second Manassas. It. geo
graphical position is nuch like that of Manassas.
tie Rapidan river taking the place OF Bull Run;
while in a military view, it is position of mucn
greater Importance.
The indications now are. that turning point
in the history of the war has been reached, from
which will be dated order of things. The
AbolitiOnists have had FULL swing for a while.
but they have now reached their limit There
are gentlemen now in this city from the border
States. from the middle States, and from the
West, who making such representations to
the President in regard to the state of feeling all
over the country rs may well cause tie Admins
tration TO pause in its mad career of making
slaves of white men in order to free the blacks
The key note of this feeling was struck by Mr.
SennOtt i'm his eloquent speech in the Gordon
case in Boston, and by Gov Wickliffe, of Ken
lucky. and Senator Garlic, of Virginia, in their
speeches in the Indiana Democratic State Con
yention a few days ago. The people of the
country will spend their last dollar and pour out
their blood like water, 10 sustain a war for the
restoration of the Union and the supremacy of
the Constitution But, If the war IS to be waged
for the emancipation of the negro-if innocent
women and helpless children are 10 be made It's
victims-if savages are to be let loosen a
word, If the war is 20 be waged in such "A man
ner as TO make the restoration OF the Union i'm
possible, Il will have to be stopped, for there are
not men enough i'm the North tc carry on war
for the destruction Of the Union. These are
the representations that being made to
the President. The American people are not yet
slaves They still retain the right TO speak free
distinction betw cen the Government OF the cOun
try and the persons charged with the admins;ra-
ton of that Government. They know that they
are the supreme power in the State-tlIat they
are the sOvereigns-that they are the Govern
ment. The members of the Administration are
their servants, and their creatures, made what
they are by the people, and liable to be unmade
by the same power. They are responsible to the
people, and the people mean to hold the Admin
of the Union. ii they permit it TO be destroyed.
The people will never abandon the right to criti-
else the acts OF their public servants. They do
not recognize in Mr.. LincOlna military dictator.
as some of his hatterers call him. They will
fight for him as long as he stands firmly upon the
Constitution But the moment he departs from
that said instrument, that moment the peO-
pie will desert him. | think Mr. Lincoln com
prehends this. and will shape his conduct accord
ingly.
By his obstinate refusal to dismiss Mr. Stanton,
when the whole nation demands ii; by retaining
him in office, Mr.. Lincoln indorses his conduct,
and juSti6es his action in refusing TO reinforce
Mcclellan during the Peninsula campaign In
point of fact, when the history of this war comes
to be written, it will be seen that Mr.. Lincoln
was far from blameless in the matter. Perfectly
well aware of his ignorance of all military knowl-
edge, he had yet assumed the entire direction of
the himself
On the 18th of June. Mcclellan, who was then
only five miles from Richmond, telegrapbed to
the President that his left wing strong enough
to make the final assault upon the rebel capital,
but that he he'd not troops enough on his right,
aud to protect his line of communications, and
begged that troops for that service be sent at
once. Embarked at Washington Baltimore.
they could have reached him by way of Fortress
Monroe in two days The President replied that
he would send McDowell's troops To him over
landl But he never sent them either by land
or water.) Mcclellan photographed back that,
coming BY that route, Mcdowell could not reach
him in time to Toe OF any use; that he (McClel-
LAM was ready to attack Richmond now, and
would do so if troops could be sent by water in
time TO guard his rear. To this the President
never replied. week afterwards, however, he
wrote to Mcclellan that he bad just heard from
intelligent contraband that ID 900 rebel troops
had b Ell sent away from Richmond to reinforce
jackson. and that this was equivalent to sending
him reinforcements TO that amount Do the
na,s of history furnish example of stupidity
equal to THAR That is the way Mr.. Lincoln con
Quoted the campaign.