Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-11-02
FROM WARRINGTON.
Exposure OF Lincoln's Foiiy-ResuIts
OF hts silly order tn Gen. Meade
Violation Of his Promises TO the
People Of Maryland

WASHINGTON. October -.
The events Of the last seven DAYS have shown
the folly aud utter absurdty of the President
order 10 Gen. Meade Ito pursue after Lees army
10 tind the enemy. aud 10 fight him wherever
found: aud that he (the Presidency would be re
sponsible for Meades defeat. il he should be de
ieated During the last seven days the Army
oi the Potomac ha- been engaged in endeivorng
10 execute this silly and most uumlitlry order
Gen Lee retreatel from Manassas Junction to
the Rappahaunock about the 10Th or ooh. ami
across that stream about the DIST - t. in order
10 draw our army that far away from the capital
Gen Meade understood the device. aud would
not have fallen into the snare if left To himself
But Old Abe orders were pcremptOry: ami, IN
executing them, our army has fallen into the
trap that Gen. Lee set tor il. By the 23d inst
the whole OF Gen. Lees army had crossed To the
south side of the Rappahanuock. aud our army
was IN fall possession OF Warrenton aud Warren
ton Junction That night Gen Gordon's brigade
OF Early division laid two pontoon bridges across
the river. three miles above kelly's Ford The
work was done in five hours. the moon making il
nearly as light as day.
On the morning of the 9th the whole Of that
portion of Ewell's corps which is now with Lee'-
army (and believe il Is only two divisions prob
ably ~ 600 ~ 900 mem recrossed TO the north
side Of the river, and were drawn up IN line ol
Dtlllt iflfrT the latlIuhl INfk VII TINT ulOtl-
ing the 2i aud ~ corps of Meade's army were
advancing from Warrenton Junction, in ohedi-
ence 10 Abes order Ito find and fight Lee
army" The cavalry divisions of Gen Gregg
and Gen Dlven were ia front At Beilton Sta
ton our cavalry scouts reported that the enemy
WAS in force short distance ahead. drawn up in
line of battle: aud, almost Immediately after
wards, the latter attacked with vigor. After =
short skrmish our cavalry were driven to the
a L. a
enemy's infantry and artillery and the main body
OF our forces The result of this engagement
was that our forces withdrew. and the Conieder
ates remained masters of the field No explana
ton has been given TO tchy the action resulted
IN this way. In j. certain that the Confederate,
had not over ~ 900 men engaged. and nothing
but an inierOrity of numbers could have caused
our brave boys 10 retreat | know something oi
the troops ot the 30 corps, and know there j.
no better fighting material ia the army Bu
why were not these two corps supported by the
rest of the army Ii is evident that, from some
cause or other, the rest of the army was unable
To support them, and that since that time the
army has made no further advance. The whole
army j. probably massed at WarrentOn auo
Warrentou Junction. The Confederates retair
the advantage which they gained. and the tw,
divisions eft ENell's corps remain at Bealton Sta
ton. on the north side of the Rappahlauock
NO attempt has since beell ulaue 10 ui~lOde them
But where - the main body ct Gen. Lees army
In moving his army from Washington to III,
Rappahannock. Gen Meade did exactly what
Gen Lee desired above all things IL l. probable
that nov, leaving Gen Esell. two divisions il
front of Meade. To keep his attention engaged
Lee Is AZ Frederick sburg with the main body o.
his force, say about o. 900 troops Take mp
now. aud see the position OF the two arm -
Meade army is 81 miles from Washington. viii
al enemy IN MS front whose strength he does
not know, and cannot ascertain without a b tttle
Lee army. ii at Fredericksburg, is only 80 mile,
from the defenses of Washington. which, IL they
hold the interior lines they can reach. by marcl
over excellent roads. IN two DAYS In fine il
looks very much as # Old Ace bad cause,
Meade's army To tall into the trap which Lee hac
set for him. and a If Lee could very easily turr
Meade's left flank. Indeed il is stated to "a,
that the whole Confederate army has agait
crossed to the north side o, the RsDpahannock
ard extends in a long line from Bealton. on the
west to Stafford At the mouth of Aqua Greek
on the east II this be so-ii the Confederate.
have really crossed the river agtin-there must
be a battle or else old Abes order must be dis
obeved, and the army must again retreat 10 the
capital At all events Meade has pursued after
and found the enemy The only question now
j. will ne obey the remainder of Old Abe's order
and light the enemv, or viii he not Ii he
does he Nil obey I'd Abe. aid be defeated. tol
Lees army l. At least - 000 stronger thtn ours
And The defeat ot our army will place shin. ,
ton within Lees power II tie does not .ht h,
will disobev Old Abe's positive orders-he vii
retrCa; u Washington. bat i ne gets here before
Lees army, he will have saved both h. ~.
my and the capital But he can only saveeither
his army or the capital los downright di-obeieuce
to Lincoln : order. We'll may the people blush
with shame az having such President He said
% a gentleman a few weeks ago. who had ask el
for the interpositon Of his influence with the
Var Department: cant 40 il sir: can, DO il
don amount 10 pig tracks AZ The War Depart
meAt History will record OF him, though not
in ne same classic language that he did not
amount u PIX tracks n any thing ei>e except al
relating vulgar stores. In that line he j unap
proachabie
Your readers have no doubt seen the secopni.
of the outrage> that are committed on the farm
ers and planters ~ Maryland bv the officers n
command of bodies OF negro soldiers Who o.
from one plantation 10 another, carving of AL
he able bodied black men | think | mentoue,
in one of my letters the insuliing treatment wheel
Hon Reverdy Johnson. OF L-At State. met viii
a. Tie hands OF the President, when he came her,
u expostuate on the subject. Since then Ii,
matter has grown worse and worse. and the cir
cuu>tances attending this robbery Of men OF thei
property have become more aud mere aggrtva
tel ! he last instance of the kind Was ARRAY
lev DAYS ago, between "A planter named SOth
Orou and negro recruiting officer i'm which IN,
latter vas shot add killed No one regrets such
occurrences more than | DO But let an, of YOU
r-.Aafs Mace fhem.elVa. An .ht.