Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-04-30


CRUsH " DEMooRArs-A WAENISG FROM
MoDERS FRENCH HIsToRY.
Special Correspondence Of the Chicago Times.
WAsRNGroS. April 81.
The gallant Capt John L. Worlen. the CON
mander of the iron clad steamer Montank IN the
recent attack on Charleston, j. now IN this CITY
on official business and IS the recipien, Of mark
Ell attention from all quarters lie had a long
interview Yesterday with the President and Sec
rotary of the Navy. and those two distinguished
officials now. for ths hr-t time. understand all
about the terrific combat before Charleston on
the eth inst Capt Wofden has been ordered TO
New York on special service connected with the
fitting out and armament OF the vessels comps
ing the new iron clad fleet. for which duty he is
admirably fitted. IL may interest your readers 10
know that this distinguished officer was amazed
TO find that every one had had the temerity 10
breathe suspicion against the loyalty and abili
" of Admiral Dupont: that he sustained the All
mral's course in the most emphatic and decided
manner: that he demonstrated to the complete
satisfaction Of the Pre-i en- and Secretary of the
Navy that no other uFse was opea to the Ad
miral than the one he pursued: and that the con
fdeuce OF the President aud Mr.. Welles in Ad
miral Dup0nts wisdom Is now completely restor
ed The Administration has determined. how
ever. not to permit the official report of the Adj
miral to be published. The reason OF this IS,
that it places the Administration in the very
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,
to 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 cooperate 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 damaging to the Ad
ministrati0n ~ these. will not be allowed to 90
before the country When the next Congress
meets however. the public ,tion OF Admiral Du-
pont ) report will be demanded
If anything else had been wanting To show the
| ncOmpetensy and unfituess of General Hooker to
command a large army it has been furnished in
/ Burnside'S celebrated Order No. = 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 AMI 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 il A. an Oriental man
date The order rectes that General joseph
| f. Hooker has been guilty of unnecessary crit
cism of his superior officers and Of the authori-
ties and has endeavOrei to create dstrust in the
minds OF officers; that General Joseph l.. Hooker
is hereby dismissed from the service of the Uni
ted States, 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. aud totally unit to conduct success
fully the movements Of large army. or to plan
| campaigns; and Of this fact the PRESIDENT is so
well convinced that he has 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 man of truth His vera
city has never been called in question. His
judgment is defective; but he never utters false
hoods. When he says. therefore that Hooker
has been guilty of the high msdemeanor men
toned above, il 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 c0mmlSslOnl This is one
of Lncoln's caprices. for which the country will
pay dearly.
When he wrote this Order No. 8. Burnside
must have fancied himself Eastern Satrap
with almost kugy 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 20 this Army. and be is hereby
dismissed +"
Why, upon what meat had this our Caesar fed
| that he had grown so greatg 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 go make up
an able and successful General. Franklin l. inf
,.tta 81. e L..
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 ineegant
expression. there J. more military more OK the
soldier anu the General in Gen. Fr'tnklin'S little
finger, than in Burnsldes whole body General
Franklin had been army officer all his life
The science OF war and the art OF war; it, theo-
~ and its practice, It's tactics and its strategy
had been mis- meat and his drink f'or thirty wears
Burnside, though he had been At West Point for
three years. never gained any distinction in the
old army anu had been Tor twenty years previ-
Gus 20 the rebellion. in civil life Franklin.
/ though u younger man than the gray and Grizzl Y
old General Sumner, was man OF the Sumner
mould. Indeed. IN the old Army of the Potomac
Franklin. a General, had no superior except
Sumner, unless. indeed it was brave old Hentze
man. Was Burnside then the man to dismiss
Franklin with ignOminy, from the armvI Evi
ueitiN Oiu Ace tnOh-ht not, and Tor once ne
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. ), but had concluded TO retire him
from the command of the army of the Potomac,
and to appoint General Hooker in his place"
Evidently Old Abe is Il wag HE do love a
! practical Joke" Here an opportunity OF
playing Il capital one on Burnside. and Honest
Old Abe could not resist the temptation Burn
side" ne said in effect Burnside ] have petted
and cajoled YOU; now III take You down You
thought because | pulled down Mcclellan and
set YOU w in hi, place. that vou could play the
tyrant. Know shat me and Stanton reserve that
game 10 ourselves You were tickled ri the idea
| of pavipg Marius to McClellan's Meiellus But
| viii find Hooker for the part Of Sylla' And.
sure enough Burnside had to swallow the bitter
/ pill of surrendering his brton and the command
of his great army 20 the man whom he had sought
10 dismiss IN Oh. grace, and whom he had branded
a unfit 70 hold IN important commission "
Truly. Old Ace j. n hard master to serve
Who wlii Stv, however. that Burnside did not
deserve that singing rebuff His same Order
No - struck right and lett. and smote down a
dozen of the best officers in the Army OF the Po-
iomac Gen. Brooks. Gen W + Smith. Gen
Smrsis Gen Ferrero Gen John Cochrane.
and l. eut Col ! II Tayior. the Adlutant Gen
efli of the Right Grand Division. were all ere
lieved from duty by this orier No wonder the
President declined To approve" L. Why. ~ that
rate. Burnside would soon be without any officers
AZ ALL
Haileck's recent threat. that w hen The war i
over. tie heel Of the army shall be USED 20 crush