Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-08-04
For the Daily State Sentil
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publish this communication You say: "The
/ 1865 ,976 citizens who voted for STEPHEN A..
DOUGLAS, Notwithstanding the patriotism of
their great leader, and the alacrity with
which they rushed to arms to meet the re-
bellion, have received no recognition what
ever by any branch of the Administration
Neither in the Cabinet, in Congress, nor in the
leading commands In the army, have they
been acknowledged or treated as worthy of
CONFIDENCE" Ard again you say: "But the
mere matter of place is of no importance.
Exclusion from erery position saDe the rank and
Jfe Of the battlefield, can be cheerfully en-
dured by a party whose every aspiration is
for the integrity of the Constitution and the
preservation of the Union" Such publications
if true, are rightly made; for it would be a mon
strous wrong for the Government to ask Demo
Gratis to enter the ranks of the army, to peril
health and life for the republic, and yet deny
them such positions in the higher grades as are
accorded to men of different political views; but
if the Administration has not been guilty of the
favOritism charged, your article is a great wrong
on the other side, as it can not bring about the
correction of an evil which does not exist, and its
only effect will be to cripple the present effort to
increase the army.
Then what are the facts as to the action of the
Administration in making appointments in the
army2 Look at the following lists of Major Gen.
erals in the Army of the West" alone. Hal
leck, Urdnt, McOlerndnu, Lew. alidce, mCCOOk
and Buell., all these men were Democrats. Gen
erals Buell. and Halleck for a time divided the
entire Western army between their separate COM
mands; subsequently the whole was cOnfded to
the sole command of General Halleck. Can you
name as many Republican Major Generals in this
department, or a Republican General anywhere,
who has had so important a command or such a
magnificent army as Gen. Halleck2 Of what
party came the throng of Kentuckians upon
| urhn.o oborllo-1 the - 80 hn, Nl,ool
the stars of Major and Brigadier Generals? Ger
tainly not from the Republican party. with the
single exception of Cassius NJ. CLAY. What were
the politics of Andrew johnson of Tennessee,
and OF Gov. Campbell of the same Slater Both
political opponents of Abraham Lincoln. Was
not Gen. Mcclellan a Douglas Democrat? Yet
he has not served in the ranks. but ON the con-
trary, has held the destinies of this great Repub-
lie in the hollow of his hand for one full year.
Was not John A. Dix of New York a Douglas
Democratic Yet he was appointed a Major Gen
eral almost as soon as the thunders of Fort sum.
ter aroused the nation to arms. b. T. Butler of
Massachusetts was also early made a Major Cen
eral. He had been a leader of the Democracy
of Massachusetts for twenty years-true, he was
not "A Douglas Democrat, but the President was
as much bound to recognize a loyal Breckenridge
Democrat as though he had belonged to his own
party.
i will not go over the long list of the Generals
of the army of the Potomac, for with the politics
of most of them | I'm unacquainted. but of the
whole number | know of but one of decided au-
ii slavery predictions, and that is the heroic
Gen. SUMNER.
Let us look at Indiana, and see whether all
her Democratic soldiers have been required to
serve in the ranks. The first Brigadier appointed
from Indiana for the three years service was
Gen. Reynolds, "A Douglas Democrat, followed
by Lew. Wallace, Dumont. Hovey, Manson, JEFF.
@. Davis and CrittendeD, all Douglas Democrats.
Gen. Wood is credited to Indiana af>o, as thor
Ough Il Democrat as any of them. No, Messrs.
Editors, the Democrats have not been overlooked
in the distribution of honOrs; and if they had, it
is scarcely fair to charge the Republican Admin
~istration with the neglect, for has not a Douglas
Democrat. Mr.. Stanton, been Secretary of War
during the giving out of the great body of these
priest
You make no direct attack upon our State Ad-
ministrati0n. but the complaint is general. |
therefore desire to cali your attention to the APP
pointments made by the Governor of Indiana.
To say nothing Of the array of Democratic Lieu
tenant Colonies and Majors who bear, or have
borne commissions in our regiments. l present
you the following roll of Colonies appointed by
Gov. Morton from the Democratic party, and all
of them Douglas Democrats but two: Critten-
den, DumOnt. Gavin, Manson, Kise, Lew. Wal
lace, McGinnis, Wilder, JEFF. @. Davis, Gooding,
Sanderson. Hovey. Steele, Ryan, Walker. Blake.
McCook, Mclean, Carter, Fitch, Slack, Eddy,
Durham. Owen and Mullen.
If it be true that Douglas Democrats have re-
ceived no recognition whatever, how does it hap
pen that Robert Dale Owen and Joseph Holt
hold important positions by appointment of a
Republican Administration or that the voice of
Joseph A. Wright is heard in the Senate of the
United StatesY FAIR PLAY.
If "Fair Play had looked into a mirror he
would not have been at all astonished at the
charge of exclusion" brought against the pres
ent Administration Our correspondent himself,
a radical Republican, by appointment holds an
Office which was vacated by his predecessors Ia
king a military position whom he classes as a
DoUGLAs Democrat. Should not a DOUGLAS
Democrat have been appointed to the Office thus
vacated? Can one DOUGLAS Democrat now
identified with the Democracy, be named who
has received a civil appointment from President
LINCOLN or Governor MoRroN2
Eleven regiments are now being organized in
Indiana, and of those appointed as COmmandants
of Posts we fail to recognize one who is identi-
fed with the Democratic party. There are some
who were Democrats, but their claim to Execu-
tive favor is identification with Governor Nor
TONS no party "Union party" party. Yet Demo-
Gratis are appealed to, and successfully, to fiji up
the ranks.
The politics of MCCLELLAN and HALLEcK were
not known when called to their present places.
The former received his position as the "Hero of
Cheat Mountain and by recommendation of
Gen. ScoTT, and HALLEcK was recommended by
MCCLELLAN. Neither of them had any political
character known to the country, in fact McCLEL
Lam never voted but once, and they were called
to the field on account of their being represented
as able and accomplished Generals. McCLEL-
LEN had been commissioned by the Government
to study and report upon the art of WARN Europe
during the Crimean campaign and HALLEcK had
published a work on military tactics. LEW. WAL
LACE did not receive his appointment of Major
General on account of his DOUGLAS Democracy
or any great military skill, but through the iDfu
ehce of his brother in law, Senator LANE. GRANT,
McCooK, and BUELL., whatever may be their po-
iitical sympath'es, owe their advancement solely
to the fact that they were experienced military
officers. and were called to the field for that rea-
son alone. McCLERNASD is a DOUGLAS Demo
GRAFT, and that appointment may possibly be
charged to the DOUGLAS Democracy upon political
considerations
ANDREW JOHNSON was a BREcKINRIDGE Demo.
crat, and Governor CAMPBELL, we believe, was
for BELL.
JOHN A. DIX was a BREcKISRIDeE Democrat