Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-08-01
a sre.. urd,rn,,y 90 a. p. NJ.


The State Of Indiana. a loyal and sovereign
State. through her representative. His EEcellen.
cy, o. p. NJ. has been treated with marked dis
respect. In fact with utter Indifference. by a Fed
eral General who IL somewhat known to the
American people under the familiar cognomen
Of u. s. Characterization Surrender
GRANT Our ''noble" Governor. who is making
according 90 the court journal gigantic eff
forts'' 20 achieve national reputation and fame
out OF the war. but keeping respectable dis
lance therefrom at the same time. has an
itching 10 interfere with the duties OF the
generals are in the field. and gratuitousy to give
them advice uDon matters which they understand
better than he. or which they should if qualified
for the positions to which they have been as
signed The people, that is the "loyal" people.
are inclined to believe that Gen. GRANT under
stands himself If eminent success is any critic
ron of merit. we may safely put IL down that
Gen. GaAST i an able commander. He has
given the rebellion the severest blows il has yet
received. and he has not put himself to the trou-
Bile. as some other great men have done. to puff
himself lie has been willing TO let his deeds
speak for themselves, an earnest and good man
should He has employed no penny a.liners to
trumpet his fame. for fear that the country
Would not know aud appreciate his services.
The other day il was duly announced in the
court organ tina, His ExcelIency had detailed a
worthy gentleman and accomplished officer to
visit the Indiana batteries in the field and su
pcrvise them generally. The gallant artillerist
started with his rowing commission into General
GRAsrs department, but it appears that Uncon-
ditionsl Surrender was unwilling to have any
portion Of his command inspected and instruc ed
land We speak with all respect.) by an inter-
loper. feeling that he fully compe-
tent and able to attend to the
military condition of his department himself
Duly estimating the distinguished services and
intense. loyalty Of His Excellency. o. p. NJ, Cen
GRANT most respectfully declined to receive the
military ambassador being entirely unneces-
sary. If not slightly presumptuous. aud hence the
Indiana batteries in the field will fail to know
unIes. advised by the Republican press the great
interest which our mobile Executive manifests
in their welfare. especially f there is little CAPT
tai to be made out of such demonstrations for
himself To be Gen. GRANT has fought
we'll. but he has committed an egregious blum
der in not ministering to the vanity
and demagoguery OF our gigantic Gov
ernor. and we do not know what NAV be the
consequences of this oversight on his part Ii is
probable that for this act Of disresrect His Elk
eellency may demand the dismissal of General
GRASr. and OF course the President will yield
for how the Government get along without
the gigantic efforts" of our noble" Governor?
This indignity TO the Governor must be promptly
atoned. else in his wrath he may do some
rash thing-perhaps fall upon his own sword like
the degraded officials of some Asiatic despot, but
unlike them it will be upon the hilt. not the
point