Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-09-10
From the New York World, Sept 4.
The Circuit Traversed- COnserya-
tive Republican Paper ON the Mill
tary Situation

tive hepub iican Paper ON the Mill
tary Situation.
We have traversed the entire circuit OF the
military experiment into which the AdmnStra
ton coerced by the radicals, and are brought
back to the point where were when their
clamOr against Gen Mcclellan first set in
Events have demonstrated that the interference
with his plans has been gigantic and NEST cost
ly blunder. Since this foolhardy experiment was
ventured on, the war has been one of the blood
lest in history; but this heroic prOdgality of life
by our gallant soldiers has been productive of no
corresponding advantages. The premature adj
vance of the army Of the West NOW universally
admitted 10 have been error was by the com
mand of the President everything the judgment
of the then General-in Chief The consequence
is that the immediate fruits of that INSTRUCTED
energy have been squandered. The great and
wealthy cities on the banks of the Ohio, never
before IN danger, are now in state OF active
alarm, and armies i'm the Southwest are com
pletely cut off from supplies and reiniorcements.
In the East, the strategy which overrued that OF
the General in Chief has been equally disastrous.
The President was bounded ON to order prema
ture advance against Richmond and after the
plan of his leading General had been assented to
and was already in progress of execution it was
abruptly nteriered with, and portion of the
troops withheld which was deemed essential to
its success.
The reason for this interference was the appre-
tension of danger to the national capital; but in
point of fact, Washington has never been SO liz
tie exposed to rebel attacks while Gen. Nc
Ceans army was in the peninsula Alter the
terrible seven days fighting before Richmond had
compelled General Mcclellan to make change
of base, an active and vigorous. though gascOna
ding and superlativey imprudent General was
summoned from the West to take command of
the army Of Virginia, and make separate ad
vance on Richmond His very remarkable adj
dress to his army on assuming command, dis
closed both his amazing lack Of circumspection.
and the ideas of Gen McCieIlan's strategy, with
which he had been indoctrinated az the War De
partment. A nice sense OF propriety would have
been satisfied with acting on such notions, trust
ing To results to vndcite their justice, without
putting them in such form that almost every
sentence was an obvious and intended fling az the
more cautious and comprehensive strategy of the
late General in Chief of the army. As this all
dress contains the pithiest statement 10 be found
in any public document of the radical strategy as
opposed To that of Gen. Mcclellan. We insert
some OF its most significant declarations. Our
readers judge OF Their soundness, by seeing
how they look when brought face to face with
their ripened fruits:
81 am sure you long for an opportunity to win
the distinction yen are capable OF achieving.
That opportunity shall endeavor to give you.
Meantime desire you to dismiss from your
minds certain phrases which ! am sorry to find
much in vogue among you.
Il hear constantly of taking strong positions
and holding them-0f lines OF retTeit-and of
bases of supplies Let us discard such ideas
1.-The strongest position soldier should desire
to occupy is one from which he can most easily
advance against the enemy
Let us study the probable line of retreat of
our opponents, and leave our own TO take care Of
themselves.
Let Us look before us and not behind.
Success and glory are in the advance.
disaster and shame Turk in the rear.
Let W. act on this understanding and il is
safe to predict that your banners shall be in
scribed with many glorious deed and that your
names will be dear to your countvymen forever.
''JoHN PoPE.
major General Commanding
This was meant to be satire on Gen. McClel
Ian; read in the light of recent events it is most
terrible and scathing satire on the strategy of the
writer and on the rabid and purbnd radicals of
whom he supposed himself 10 be the mouth piece
Disaster and shame" have indeed "lurked IN his
rear" they are the natural consequences of 'ds
cardng such ideas" as Lines ofretreat and bases
of supplies" 1t Is no wonder that when he thus
publicly advertised to the enemy that he would
dispense with the most ordinary military precau
tons. that he would "look before and not be-
hind. :" they were prompt to profit by this oppor
tune Information, and 10 them most valuable stra-
tesy, and put themselves directly in his rear. Not
once. not twice, but three several times they have
repeated this bold maneuver of getting in his
rear; the last time on Monday night, when they
captured ammunition train, and killed the
brave Gen. keaFney and Gen. Stevens, who rush
ell To attempted rescue
No wonder that the President has come to the
conclusion that the country has had enough OF
this sort OF strategy and has reinstated General
Mcclellan IN sole command of the forces opera
ting in Virginia 1t the plans of that General had
not been interfered with, the rebellion would long
before now have been hopelessy crushed. As il
Is, We Incidentally worse off than when the
crazy clamsr against him began TO take body and
gather strength.