Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-02-08

the gentleman here can shake that faith. The 1
attack Of nv colleague Is like that of the "pg I
my With straw against giant cased 70 ada
nIan'.'
Nv colleague i not satisfied with anything
short OF an advauceat eTery hazard. lie i npt
satisfied VIII the President for he defers % Nc
Ciel4n. not satisfied with any c0mmtnder-in
chief, tor no one can command even three hun
dred thousand men; not satisfied with what has
been dore: not satisfied with what i - be done.
He would discourage all our efforts, and make
taxation weigh ikea useless burden 81 Al AMI
ious and sadiened people. His pohcf wouid dis
organize the army. and realize his theology by
msking n he'll on earth flsughtcrl without giving
"a the satisfaction OF future state, where seces
sion may have its ST aud eternal DOOM Laugh
ter
50 much for the critic Vow what IS the crit
cismE
First: he carries Us to Missouri, and SAYS that
General Curtis was sent with some ten thousand
men against Price. when there Was almost a Ger
tainty of Prices capture, when all az one IA or
der came from a general officer, either there or
here. which called halt. and nothing done.
Now, either my colleague meant that General
Mcclellan or General Halleck, by their hesitation
and delay, have allowed the campaign against
Price 10 be suspended, il not abandoned. do
not care which General he meant; IL is simply
not true that either of them have been thus deFe
lict. The facts are these: Generals Gurus Sieel
and Asboth have been ordered towards Spring
field to attack Price. if il was thought best 10
their Judgment. They sent forward large cav
airy reconnaissance, and found that indefatigabe
and able General Price IL sach force that they
/ concluded to hold council of war and decided
that six additional regiments were needed. On
notifying General Halleck, he at once ordered
them from General Pope's command, near Seil
liza, to move to the scene OF operations. General
Halleck'. opinion. in letter received by General
Mcclellan only two days ago, was that they
would either beat Price, or drive him out of Mis-
souri,. Perhaps my colleague never got as far as
Springfield and he does not know the almost
matchless strategy of Price. He has ventured to
appear in force IN Southwestern Missouri, but he
takes care To be in convenient range of the B0s-
ton mountains, where he can hide in that almost
inaccessible locality, and where II is easier for
him to 20 than our Generals to follow. But it is
utterly unjust TO General Mcclellan to say that
he has restrained the eager impetuosity Of the
Missouri soldiers General Haleek has received
no orders Inconsistent with the most prompt move
ments in Missouri
/ When General Halleck took command of the
army in Missouri, he found mountains OF Difficult
\ " To Oyercome--as Buell. did IL Kentucky, as
/ Mcclellan did herein the organization and
/ equipment of the troops. General Halleck
found. it is true. fine paper organization. He
has labored with statesman'S foresight, publ
cIsts learning, aud soldiers skill 10 bring order
out of chaos. He found troops without concen
\ traton, and required arms. transportation and
supplies, which General Mcclellan has strained
every nerve to afford. There has been delay
by any orders of General Mcclellan. His orders
\ TO H.Lleck. rs TO Buell., have been 10 hurry his
Il movements "a fast as 1t was safe and possible.
state these the positive facts of the case; and
if gentlemen want the facts, let them 20 to the
headquarters and they can have them.
Again, my colleague makes the specific charge
that he Is informed, on authority which he Is not
permitted To question-and suppose to quote
that some ten or fifteen thousand Confederate
troops. near Ro nney were in the power OF our
army of forty thousand and that the capture So
easy was not made, because an order came from
headquarters here not to advance. This is a
charge "a sweeping as 1t Is irresponsible and
groundeSs. do not care who is his authority. |
question it here, and now. Nv colleague reads
certain telegraphs which have strangely come in
To his possession. to show that Lander aud Kelly
dispatched that they could take the rebels, and
all that Was wanted was an order; and presto
here they are. " e have had good many such
, successes in anticipation. | believe we had one
at PiketOn. IL is said that General Lander tee
graphed and General Kelley sent messenger Ia
apprise each other OF the absolute certainty o
success. General Lsnler admire for his eau
ton and intrepidty: bat will state the facts to
which | suppose my colleague refers. | state
them correctly General Lander went 70 reliev,
General Kelley at Romney-Kelly being sick
He reached Hancock the 9th Of January
lie found the enemy, under General jackson, OF
the other side of the river, i'm considerable
strength-sav fifteen or sixteen thousand. TIL,
enemy had driven a few Of our troops across the
river When General Lander reached his post
the enemy were Smelling. or about to shell, Han
cock General Jackson summoned Gen Lander
to surrender. Lander declined jackson shelleC
away at Hancock without effect. Lander sen
for reintOrcements General Mcclellan sent one
OF Banks'S brigades. by forced marches, at once
While there. General Lander sent two or tire,
long dispatches suggesting various movement,
To cut oil Jackson. Gen Jackson had shorte
distance to return to Winchester than Genera
Banks had TO march to cut off Jackson's retreat
besides the river, which itwould take forty eigh
hours 10 cross, Is thew had no means of crossing
General Mcclellan refused to trust a command {,
cross the river under these circumstances, will
no chance of retreat provided. General Lande
then sent another dispatch TO General Banks crit
Ching the President General Banks and Others
to which Mcclellan replied that General Lande
J was too suggestive and critical" | think here
is the rub: Mcclellan had seen enough of Oh,
Balls Bluff busness-that affair which do no
1 refer to except To say that no one attaches tn,
responsibility to General Mcclellan for that terri
ble disaster. He knew what the gentleman from
New York depicted graphically. that to eros
Il river ike the Potomac, in the face Of an enc
, m and with no means of retreat. was almost in
sanity. lie did what prudent General, havin,
own plans matured. ought 10 have done: and her
E | distinctly say that General Banks wrote a let
ter, in which, from his stand point, he entirel
/ commended TIE action of General Mcclellan
And now. and here. we have General AT
raenei By my colleague on facts not authentic
= and when 80 far as we can see, nv colleague
military experience does not reach far &
tell. by practice the rear rank from the front, o
breech from the mnzze of a musketl
have replied to these complaints in detail
Now for these general complaints Oi no move
e ment. so glibly rehearsed Nv the gentleman.
I II l. compl,ined that Mcclellan has not moved
I that nothing has been done, and that nothing
Z about to he done. that lie does not let curiou
e people know what he is about If he is don
e nothing n they allege, he has nothing to divulg
l to these curious gentlemen. Ii he * doing some
thing. the very wavto undo il Is 10 let them know
; il. for they are as leTky rs the present weather
or Oregon where il is said to rain fifty two week
n of the year.
I But has he done nothing? | say that he ha
e done all that he could safely. Mcclellan ha
: not merely perfected the deienses of Washingto
;, AMI the Potomac but, considering the fact tia
u m. force and the shirt of the South are cOncer