Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-05-06

The gallant Capt. John L.. Worden, the com
mander of the iron clad steamer Montauk in the
recent attack on Charleston, is now in this CITY
on official business, and is the recipient of mark
ed attention from all quarters. He had a long
interview Yesterday with the President and Sec
rotary of the Navy, and those two distinguished
officials now, for thu first time. understand all
about the terrific combat before Charleston on
the 9Th inst. Capt. Worden has been ordered to
New York on special service connected with the
fitting out and armament OF the vessels compos
ing the new iron-clad feet, for which duty he is
admirably fitted. 1t may interest your readers to
know that this distinguished officer was amazed
to find that every one had had the temerity to
breathe a suspicion against the loyalty and abili-
ty of Admiral Dupont; that he sustained the AID
miral's course in the most emphatic and decided
manner; that he demonstrated to the complete
satisfaction of the President and Secretary of the
Navy that no other course was open to the AID
miral than the one he pursued; and that the con-
hdence of the President and Mr.. Welles in Ad.
mirai Dupont's wisdom is now completely restor-
ed. The administrator has determined, how
ever, not TO permit the official report of the Ad-
miral to be published. The reason of this is,
that il places the Administration in the very un-
enviable position of having caused the failure of
the whole expedition against Charleston. The
Admiral demonstrated that his naval force was
wholly inadequate To reduce Fort Sumter alone,
10 say nothing of the numerous other forts and
batteries defending Charleston. He also shows
that the reason why Gen. Hunter was unable to
afford him any assistance or co -operate with him,
was simply because he had not one. tenth as many
troops as was necessary. and that the soldiers
which he had were demoralized on account of the
fact that negroes were allowed to bear arms in
their company, and were put on an equality with
them. OF course, facts so damaging to the Ad-
ministration as these, will not be allowed to 60
before the country. When the next Congress
meets, however, the publication of Admiral Du-
points report will be demanded
If anything else had been wanting to show the
incompetency and ~unftness of General Hooker to
command a large army, it has been furnished in
Burnside's celebrated Order No. 8, which has
often been spoken Of, and is referred to by the
Committee on the Conduct of the War in their
report. but which has just now seen the light
This order was drawn up and signed by General
Burnside on the 23d of January last, and sub
mitted by him TO the President for his approval.
The newspaper in which it last appeared, appro-
priately characterized it ms an Oriental man
date" The order recites that General Joseph
E. Hooker has been guilty of unnecessary crit
cism of his superior officers and of the authori
ties, and has endeavored to create distrust in the
minds of oficers; that General Joseph E. Hooker
is hereby dismissed from the service Of the Uni
ted States. as a man unfit to hold an important
commission"
Now the Developments of Burnside's campaigns
have proved that he himself is a man of weak
judgment. and totally unfit to conduct success
fully the movements of large army. OF to plan
campaigns; and Of this fact the President is so
well convinced that he mas Withdrawn him from
service of that kind. and made him Military
Governor of the loyal State of Ohio. But, while
this is so. Burnside is a man of truth. His vera
city has never been called in question. His
/ INDIGNANT il dofocfiva- buf ha upvar ufror- fa1.a-
hoods. When he says. therefore. that Hooker
has been guilty of the high misdemeanor men
toned above. it Is true. and furnishes the reason
why that officer is unfit to hold an important
commission. What shall we think, then, of Mr..
Lincoln, for appointing to the command of the
ARMY of the Potomac, the very man whom
Burnside has denounced as disaffected and unfit
TO hold an important commission This is one
of LincOln's caprices, for which the country will
pay dearly.
When he wrote this Order No. 8. Burnside
must have fancied himself an Eastern Satrap
with almost kingly powers. The order further
recites that major General William B. franklin
commanding the Left Grand Division consisting
of the First and Sixth Army Corps. can be of no
further service TO this Army, and he is hereby
dismissed"
Why, upon what meat had this our Caesar fed,
that he had grown so great? Burnside dismissing
General franklin from the army Why, every
intelligent man who has watched the progress of
the war knows that in all things that 60 to makeup
an able and successful General, Franklin is inf
nitely the superior of Burnside. And every one
who knows the'two men. who has seen them both
for months in camp and frequently in action,
knows that, To use a familiar and rather inelegant
expression, there is more military, more OF the
soldier and the General in Gen. Franklin's little
finger, than in Burnside's whole body. General
franklin had been an army officer all his life.
The science Of war and the art of war, its theo-
~ and its practice, It's tactics and its strategy,
had been his meat and his drink for thirty years.
Burnside, though he had been at West Point for
three wears. never gained any distinction in the
old army. and bad been, for twenty years previ-
Gus to the rebellion, in civil life. Franklin,
though a younger man than the gray and grizzly
old General Sumner, was "A man of the Sumner
mould. Indeed. in the old Army of the Potomac,
Franklin. as a General, had no superior except
Summer, unless. indeed it was brave old Heintzle
man. Was Burnside. then. the man to dismiss
Franklin with ignomiuy, from the army? Evil
IDENTIFY Old Abe thought not, and for once he
was right. The report of the Committee on the
Conduct Of the War saws: The President in
formed Burnside that he declined to approve his
Order No. s, but bad concluded to retire him
from the commind of the army of the Potomac,
and to appoint General Hooker in his place"
Evidently, Did Abe is a wag. "He do love a
practical Joke" Here was an opportunity of
playing a capital one on Burnside: and Honest
Old Abe could not resist the temptation. Burn
side" he said in effect -" Burnside, | have petted
and cajOled you; now III take YOU down. You
thought. because | pulled down Mcclellan and
set you up in his place, that YOU could play the
tyrant. Know that me and Stanton reserve that
game to ourselves. You were tickled at the idea
of playing Marius to McClellan's Metellus But
l will find a Hooker for the part of Sylla." And
sure enough, Burnside had TO swallow the bitter
pill of surrendering his baton and the command
of his great army to the man whom he had sought
to dismiss in disgrace. and whom he had branded
as "unft to hold an important commission. !"
Truly. Old Abe is a hard master to serve.
Who will saw. however. that Burnside did not
deserve that singing rebuff His same "Order
No. {" struck right aud left. and smote down a
dozen Ofthe best officers in the Army of the Po-
tomac. Gen. Brooks. Gen. W. F. Smith, Gen
Sturgis. Gen Ferrero, Gen. John Cochrane,
and Lieut.. Col. J. n. TAYLOR. the Adiutant Gen
eraI of the Right Grand Division, were all IRE
lieved from duty" by this order No wonder the
President declined to approve"it. Why, at that
rate. Burnside would soon be without any officers
AZ all.
Halleck's recent threat, that when the war is
over. the heel of the army shall be used TO crush
out the s~neaking traitors Of the North, #" was no
idle menace, nor was it made on his own authOri-
ty- The men who compose Mr.. Lincoln's Ad-
ministratiOn, and the men who are urging them
on IN their despotic course, will try to dc that
very thing; meaning. by the s~neaking traitors at
the North, those Democrats who have the cOur.
age TO expose the violations of the Constitution
perpetrated by the Republican party, and the