Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-03-31
Special correspondence of the Chicago Tin
From washington.

A Social Revolution an the Captal-Niggers as
Good as White Men--A Counterblast from
Senator DOoiittle-A Chance for Abolition Sol
diers-Fremont in ,oant of Recruits, &c, DC
WASHINGTON, March 81.
social revolution has commenced i'm Wash
ington which, if not arrested, may result in con-
sequences the most appalling. 1t is a form of
nigger worship which maniiests itself in adua-
ton of the genuine, simon pure article. Hereto
fore, (at least before the election of 1860 had
thrown so strong an Abolition element into Con-
gress,) the negroes in Washington were respect
ful, attentive, polite and useful. They were kept
in their places, and they were really useful mem
bers of society. Already all this is changed
They have been informed by the tools Of the in
cendiary members of Congress that this war is all
on their account; that "Mr. Lincoln and his
friends in Congress" (these are the very words)
will so shape the war and the legislation of Con
gress that they and all the people of their color
in the South shall be SCI free; that they shall
have an equality of social and political rights
with the white people of the country, and ex-
tracts from the speeches of Mr.. Lincoln in 1853
of Mr.. Seward. of Wendell Phillips and of Sum-
ner and Lovejoy are read to them. to prove to
them that il is the intention of the present Ad-
ministration to place them on perfect equality
with white people i'm all respects The effect is
groes here are becoming idle, useless, diseon-
tented whenever they have to work, insolent and
offensive in their manners. Already they are be-
ginning to attend lectures at the Smithsonian In
stitate and to thrust themselves in other public
assemblies. Some of them even had the assu-
rance to attemptto to enter the galleries of the Sen
ate and the House of Representatives. The
doorkeepers, of course, refused to admit them.
Whereupon they held meeting, got up peti-
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being circulated for signatures. When all the
niggers in the district have signed it, it is to be
presented to Congress by Sumner in the Senate
and Lovejoy in the House.
Let all honor be awarded to Senator Doolittle
of Wisconsin, for his noble sentiments in regard
to this negro business. He reminded the Senate
that the present administration was brought into
power on the solemn understanding that it would
not interfere with slavery in the States where it
exists. The chief cause of the war is the belief
on the part of the people of the South that it is
the purpose of the administration now in power
not only to abolish slavery in the District OF Co
lumbia, but also to abolish slavery in all the
States, and place the blacks on footing of per-
feet equality with the whites Mr.. Doolitte took
the ground that. if the bill for the abolition of
slavery in the District was passed, it weuld con-
firm the South in that belief, and would make
false all the pledges made by the Republican
was unanswe erable, and answer has not been at
tempted. ~
In a recent letter, in speaking of Fremonts
new department, said that the President was
convinced that road 10 Richmond ran through
it, and he wished the Pathfinder to discover It,
The remark was made jestingly; but it is never
theless true. The new department is really
very important One-far too important to be
trusted to such man as Fremont. 1t embraces
h. H.
trance to East Tennessee, the only way by which
Knoxville can be reached, and the great artery
of Southern life severed by the occupation of
the great Southern railroad. The President
showed rare discrimination in including in Ere
mont's department the States of Ohio and Mich
igan. These two States are Fremont's recruiting
ground. In them he is to raise his armies Ohio
contains l67 900 men who voted ior Fremont in
1856, and a total fighting population of $4,000
men. and Michigan l54 900 more OF these only
81 900 are in the army from Ohio, and "a 900
from Michigan. There are 900 men still
left then in these two States, ready to rpsh to
arms at Fremonts summons. Most of them are
bis devoted admirers, for he carried both States
by handsome majorties in 1856. Now is the
time for noisy Ben Wade and blood letting Chan
dler to distinguish themselves Ii they run
home and raise the latter l00, 900 and the former
100000 men, they will do the country some SER
vice.
Fremont will need 300 900 men fer his exped-
ton. The CoDfederates have force of rs 600
troops at Knoxville and covering the Cumberland
Gap, which they are determined TO hold at all
hazards. Ii is, indeed, a matter of lie and death
to them. If that pass in the mountains is forced,
Knoxville falls. And if Knoxville falls, the
Great Southern Railroad, from Abingdon, in Vir-
ginia, to the Georgia line, will be in possession of
the Union troops. A glance at the map will show
what stunning blow this will be to the rebel ar
my which is now defending Richmond FIRE.
mont's friends are running around here grum
bling because, they say, there Is nothing in his
Department to do. They would be nearer the
truth if they would say nothing that they like
70 Go. a.
The movements of the rebel General jackson
are part OF the grand movement of the rebels
toward their second defensive line. and are still
In progress. He has been moving his forces very
leisurely from Strasburg up the Wiley Of the
Shenandoah, in southwestern direction, his ult-
mate destination being Staunton He is to have
command on the left of the new defensive line,
extending from point on the Flat Top Noun
tains near Lewisb,rg,o ,on the west to Nagaffytown.
on the Shenandoah. on the east He win thus
cover the important line of railroad from the
White Sulphur Springs to Charlottesville. The
country along which his force will be distributed
is we'll fitted for defense consisting entirely of
ranges of high hills, rising in many places TO