Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-05-06
The Result of the FanaticaI war Pol


When Dupont, eighteen months ago. electrified
the country with his brilliant success in the cap
ture OF Port Royal, thus securing i'm South Caro-
lima Il harbor for our ships of war and transports,
and at the same time a base of operations against
that State, thenews sounded like a death knell to
the hopes of rebellion. No doubt the insurgent
leaders felt that it would soon be the turn of
Charleston and Savannah to share the same fate.
And who can Doubt that, if the blow then struck
had been followed Up Immediately by an assault
on Charleston by land and water, that city would
have fallen, as certainly as did Beaufort by the
capture of the Notifications which protected il?
At that time Charleston was not fortified TO any
great extent. Now il is a stronghold greater
than Sebastopol and Cronstadt. But why was
not the victory 10 Port Royal harbor taken ad-
vantage OF, and a feet collected there at once tc-
operate against Charleston Or why was not a
sufficient army sent to secure a base. and take il
in the rear, as il was taken by the British com
mander? Why were the engineers OF the rebel
army permitted deliberately to make it impregna-
blel And, when that worse than crime was
committed by the authorities AZ Washington, why
were the works at Charleston attacked ut all?
This was only to heap blunder upon bluBder, like
Peion upon Ossa.
But why was the first blunder perpetrated that
which was the parent of So many others? Why
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Immediately after the capture uf Port Royal ?
Ii was because Mr.. Chase and the fanatics, OF
whom he is the Rep sentative IN The Cabinet.
conceived the idea of e~levatiuc the negro TO a
social and political equality with the white races
OF the United States, and determined that exper-
iments should be made on the coast under the
guns of our war vessels and the Qualifications at
Hilton Head. The negroes, Young and old,
must he taught the alphabet and educated so as
TO read Minton Rowan Helpers book and the
Tribune newsplper. before Charleston is attended
to. or any other navy or military operations IN
dertakeu in South Carolina. TO make white
men out ef blacks, dyed in the wool. was some
thing far more important than the military and
naval results which would flow from the fall of
the city where the Rebel banner was first raised,
and the Asg OF tine Union trailed IN the dust.
Teachers and preachers of both sexes, GideOnites,
members Of the Freedmen's Association. et hoe
genus 0mHe, from Boston. New York and Phila-
delphia, took the negroes in hand, under the au
spices OF the War Department and the Secretary
of the Treasury. The Generals of the army,
AMI the army itself. were made subservient to
the grand deSign-helps to missionaries and
evangelicles-instead OF marching against the
enemy. Meantime the people have to pay the
piper.
All this folIy is consummated at the expense
| Ol OIcle OiDl. ana CtfnDO DG-iIc ~ buhnh V
only as good as q white man, but n great deal
better. Gentlemen of color, about whom the
Government and the army were making such a
fuss. surely could NOT be expected TO work. Hence
forth labor was TO be for the white man and the
negro was to eat the bread of idleness. The
schools failed. the negro was neither willing 10
work nor to fight. Attempts were made to or
ganize brighdes of blacks; but that device broke
down. Cotton raising was inaugurated; but that,
too, is a failure. Meantime no small amou1t OF
private immortality and public plumber were car
ried on at Hilton Head by the agerts OF the pro-
cess for whitewashing the negroes. The expert
ment To change the laws of nature totally Jailed.
But meantime, while the army and its generals
were engaged in this business, or were resung
from inaction, or demoralized and divided in
sentiment by the frebrand of the negro
question sent in among them, the Rebels were
working hard at their Notifications in Charleston
harbor, and the opportunity to take the city
passed away.
By the result of the late futile attempt to cap
ture it, the army, navy aud country are disgraced
in the eyes of the civilized world. Such are some
of the bitter fruits of the fanaticism which from
first to last has controlled the war, and rendered
its history one of continued disgrace and shame
IN. Y. Herald.