Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-07-29


mined 20 have his own way. Over and above his
ordinary allowance OF staff officers. he has hiiy
iour OiheFs att ,ched Ia hm hose salaries re sch
the snug sum Of So 900, aud - there nothing
Srohg tn ihatI IL he ~sre Democrat. or IL ise
bad succeeded in whipping tile enemy. what a
howl there would be through the laaa! But
viii not tax longer lerIes Of Go on, but viii
PROPOSE
Our Gnest-Brave-t among the Brave.
This wis greeted with three hearty cheers, and
Gen Shields repe,:
he SAID he had come TO this city almost iRcog
nlto. ior the porpOse of recruiting las health.
which had become impaired during his late cam
paigns Alter his rejection 10y tie Senate tor Tie
position OF NJ ,jor General he came here To re-
main privately ior short time; be had declined
all public ovation IN New York and had intesided
To do the same IA this cit,; but when he learned
the charact. vi the gentem,n tho profie Ell the
present. compliment 60 hun, he did hot ieel &c
liberty 10 refuse Ia avail himself OF the pleasure
meeting them. He would ask leave 10 he ex-
cu-ei irOm making any extended regIrks ia re
gard To the army. tut that all the iirsnua
tons cast against him Ia tie papers aIIi those IA
authority 40 tile seat of Government, had not the
slightest foundation in fact. You have been
kIud enUugn. he said. to allude to me ia comp
ment-ry terms. anu 10 the action that the Senate
has taken in my case You will excuse me Tor
not touc. Ing upon that point say II confident
" To YOU tndt when NV report sees the light. Il It
ever does. will be justified in ho.dii,s my head
as high as any OF my nlaliguer>. Applause J
There are men who, a. screen themselves and ~
cover up their own Misconduct, lind il necesssr,
~ throw the blame somebody el-e. and just
As c''n'e nient Ia throw il upon an lrIsum as
"any other man." But have not trouUied nav
se,i about this matter. | know injustice has
been done me; but this time entered the service
when | cared very little Tor ambition. Ia, e
been sOmewhat wrunsed, but who hats not been
wrunyed IN this waIg Aud there l. 40 appeal
except ia silence. You. SIR, have been Wrong Ell
burning To Gen. Patterson have trdveied
yer the ground that your army once occupied.
and say II NOW, without fear of contradiction.
that if you had hid 10 900 men OF the best ap
pointed troops You could not ha,e prevented under
the circum stances. the retreat of Johnson TO VI q
nassa-. Applause You, too. will lie vindi-
catel in time. AID he let me say th It ne' er
have met better treatment than nj the hands OF
the Presiuent OF the United States and his Cab
met
With respect to Secretary Stanton. mqy say
that he look only to the immediate crushing out
OF the rebellion, and IN nv opinion he lid every
thing tdktreng then NC elan Yet Mcclellan
ami Stanton hive both been wronged l entered
into this war from high SeII>e of duty | tried
To discharge that duty eirlessly 30 help me God
and nj the saZu d OF nv lie, | did it. Ap-
piause For one. never underrated this crisis.
knew the mettle of the enemy. | knew The
desperation OF that enemy | know il now Let
me say here Ia ni2ht that IL will tske all the ct
forts tina all parties il the North put forth to
crush cut this rebellion This il no time tor
quaneiing about that General or this: that party
this party Let u> sink all these; let FOR
get individual injustice; let u ii. ht tor the coum
Try; let Us stand b, the country; ami when the
war il over. can then settle these other mat
tiers Sr 90 not care that the Senpte rejected
ms nomination ~ 4 VI ,ior General Shpuld they
they even now take off my Strtrs u Brigadier.
il they vel want my services. | am willing 10 en-
ter the ranks. Applause | shall stand lay the
H. OF my countr, whether justice shall re done
me nor not They may call me insane: they
may call me traitor My actions will prove
that am more sane and more loyal than any OF
my accusers.
In conclusion, Gen Shields stated that the
spirit of desperation in the Southern army ex
ceeds ANYTHING lie ever met with in his lie
They are not equal 10 uS IN numbers. discipline
and aDD0intments, but the whole he lrt OF the
South j. ia the contest. The whole pow OF the
Northern 5tSteS would he requisite to bring the
rebellion To close The enemy had bees too
mucl ,nderraiel from, the first: he had never
ders'o1d them. hut the Union must lie preserves,
though it may be requisite to have $40 900 more
men.
Gen. Shields sat down amid prolonged ap.
plause The reminder az the evening spent
in the most agreeable m,nner.