Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-12-27

tkhu ~ ELWAhp AND
.##| WAsnnerox Dec %
With the facts connected With the recent affair
AZ Fredericksburg the readers OF the Times are
already familiar. Glorious. in the brightest de
gree, so TAR AZ the val0r OF our officers and tie
bravery OF our soldiers are concerned il is die
graceful in the highest degree go far a the Ad
mnistration, and particularly Gen Halleck. Mr..
Stanton and the President are concerned he
newspapers Of the Eastern States do not hesitate
to siy emphatcally that the $4,000 soldiers who
were 80 uselessly Killed and manned in that
wicked effort 20 CRAFTY the radicals were dutch
cred, "massacred. "slain by their own Govern.
ment;" and the terrible accusation il literally
true. The people who have so lavishly poured
out their money at the feet OF the Government
who have sent so cheerfully their sons their
brothers. their husbands. To fight for the integrity
of that Government and the restoration of the
Uni0n-haye been all along assured and until
have believed that the 6n>ng
dncted on some settled and well considered plan.
which afforded at least some prospect of success.
But the occurrence of this affair at Fredercks
burg, and the facts that have been developed in
consequence of il. have dspeled that idea for
ever Ii is now too evident that the war, so Tar
the Administration is concerned is being
Quoted bndly and bunglingly. with no purpose
view except the abolition of slavery, and IN
accordance with No general plan whatever
Gen. Mcclellan had plan by which the
could and would have been conducted TO a sue
cessfu termination and the Union restored. And
! now place on record the declaration or predc-
tOn that the Union will never he restored, nor
will the war ever be brought 90 a successful term
nation until General McCelans plan is again
adopted and himself invested with full power to
carry it out. Under the present mode of con
Quoting the war, campaign will follow campaign
st2itt md uPh lf1fF1q
see tens of thousands OF Union soldiers uselessly
slain Thus matters will so until the finances
OF the nation are exhausted, I'LL national bank
ruptcy and national ruin stare US in the face, tll
the nation becomes exhausted and worn out in
The unayailing struggle; and then, at last, II will
have TO be abandoned without the accomplish
ment of the end for which il was ostensibly com
menced.
The campaign against Richmond for example,
is at an end: it Tor no other reason, for the rea-
son that the Administration has other troops
available for such campaign. Admit, at once,
that Burnside, at this moment, is in command OF
300 900 troops. No matter how many he has, ii
has been demonstrated that he cannot advance
against Richmond by the overland route Ia my
letters ever since last August. have asserted
the utter impractcability of that route. aud the
correctness OF my views on that point are now
indicated Not even Stanton or Halleck would
dare order another attempt 10 reach Rich
mond by that route. That route, therefore, will
be abandoned The next attempt that is made
TO reach Richmond must of necessity be made
by the proper route, mai ely: by way of the Pc
ninsula. But il is a physical imposslblty to
make that attempt now or before spring. Sup
pose that the Administration should determine 10
send Burnside's army to the Peninsula Ii could
be done before the LIST of March, WhyT
Because every available vessel has been hunted
up and sent off with the Quixotic Banks expedi-
ton. And 80 scarce were Appropriate transport
vessels for that purpose that many rotten and un-
seaworthy ships had to be taken. Every day we
hear of one more OF these wretched tubs put
ting back leaky and in distress Therefore, for
the want of transports, Burnside's army must re-
main idle till spring.
Where, then. are the troops that can be sent
to take Richmond? We have nearly "A million of
men in arms Where are theyg The pepper
box strategy of the Administration furnishes the
answer Enumerate, in addition to the troops
destined for the openis.g of the Mississippi, and
those under 5sn Rosecrans, the troops in Texas
and Florida, in Arkansas and Missouri, in West
ern Virginia and North Carolina, uear Charleston
and Savannah, at New Orleans and Baltimore,
in the Banks expedition, and those IN hospitals
and absent with and without leave, and it will be
found that, in addition TO those under Burnside,
the whole of the 500 900 troops are absorbed
With the exception of the troops under Burnside,
McClernand and Rosecrans, the whole available
force of the United States army is irittered away
on objects OF no account whatever. Such are
the results of Hallecks strategy
1t idle to deny that these facts are as
well known to the enemy as they are to US. And
as the war. on their part, Is conducted according
to the rule Of military science, they Will. of
course, take advantage of the burdering stupid
ity of Stanton and Halleck. They have NOT
much more than halt many troops as we; and
yet, by being properly managed, they have, for
twenty months, baflied all efforts to suhu
gate and subdue them, so that the New York
Herald in general review of the whole war; can
truthiully say: I'VE have gained nothing, and a
victorious rebel army still holds its ground with
in sixty miles of Washington"
What will they DO, therefore, in consequence
of the defeat of Burnside, and the necessary
abandonment OF the attack on Richm0udl They
will leave Richmond to the protection OF its for
tifcations, (now said 10 be more formidable than
those OF this city) and will concentrate all their
available forces ia the West. They will attempt
to seize Nashville. and to again expel the Union
troops from the whole of Tennessee and Ken
tucky They will make such dispositions along
the Mississippi. and ut Vicksburg. will render
Netherlands design of opening that river
tTemely difficult if they do not make it entirely
impossible. They may even attempt to retake
New Orleans; and who say, now. that an
attempt on our pant to take Mobile can be under
TAKEN Win EOou prospect Oh SUCCESS! CuCu
are some of the fruits of the military policy Of
the Administration.
As close this letter. there is a rumor that the
President has prevailed Mr. Seward to remain
in the Cabinet Should this rumOr prove true.
the nation is saved for the only terms upon
which Mr. Seward viii consent to resume his
seat in the Cabinet are the dismissal of Stanton
and Halleck the withdrawal of the emancipation
proclamation, and the restoration of Mcclellan
to the supreme command of the army. What
ever may have been Mr. Stewards faults hitherto
be has seen his error, and. if be remains in the
Cabinet, will act with the conservatives. Y.
COMPREHEND THE IssUE-A Boston letter in
the New York Tribune. announcing aud mourn
ing over the death OF Major WILLARD, who fell
at Fredericksburg. SAYS:
He l. gone. another willing offering from the
men of the noble. educated upper class oi Mas
sachusetts. We Weld them up almost without
tear-ior this j. Massachusetts, war-Mas-
sachusetts and South Carolina made il, and We
demand the dufv nd tha clio nt fall