Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-07-04

as deliberately as any other military movement.
and i might be fatel TO the whole campaign If
Jenkins cavalry were now permitted 90 load
themselves with plumber. and 80, for the sske OF
the patry booty Of Chambersburg. miss. perhaps.
the splendid prize OF PFiladelphia or the crushing
blow At the enemy's bead IN " -shiBgton
1hese are some OF the considerations which
should make all take patiently. for the pres
ent. the vel piessel announcements made in
Yankee papers about private property being hith-
erto respected and payment made in Confederate
bills. Certainly il the expedition Of Gen. Lee
we're To end soft at the very moment when
hordes OF Yankee brigands are burning and plum
deriHg far and vide over our country, not only
stealing all they can lay their hands upon, but
letting loose bands OF negroes with bayonets in
one hand and torches in the other 10 the work Of
ndiscrimipate outrage and devastation. our army
in Pennsylvania were to march through the coun-
try just AZ II il were our own: asking permission
Of Dutch farmers 10 draw water at their wells
pressing their custom on the smiling storekeepers.
and paying them in the best aud only kind of
monev we ever see at home: and should return
so. amid the compliments of the Pennsy lvanians,
and their heartily expressed wishes soon % see
again among them such courteous and liberal
gentlemen-in that unheard Of AID unsupposa
BILE case the whole world would laugh US to
scorn: il would be said to amount to admis
SION that we do indeed Zee ourselves 20 De IN IN
unsuitable rebellion ansl have no right To presume
to deal with ou- enemies they NAV deal with
Us 1t would be giving up the cause; formally
surrendering people throughout eyery State
to pillage and oppression; inviting continuance
and aggravation of all the evils of invasion. aud
virtually offering the necks Of our riDgleaders to
the h2ngnsn.
Ths 10 so horrible % think of that 20 may
safely conclude it 10 not the intention OF tbs great
chieftein to WHOM so mighty Z task has been IL
trusted by the President, and who has up to this
day discharged his duty Bobly. His opera
tions for the present we take to be wholly strate
gical. He may purposely forbear to alarm the
hostile populations. and give them warning To
run off their herds and flocks so IT, leave the
country waste before him. until. Hooker once
we'll cleared ont Of his path. he can throw tn
whole Confederate army into Pennsyvani wide
wigued. far stretching. in vast combined
movement. envelOpng Washington OH the one
side. Harrisburg on the other. and 81 forward.
forward. till our red battle flag reflects Itself in
the Delaware
Even in this latter case-even If General Lee
designs To make Pennsylvania the seat of war.
we presume that he would not give his troops a
general license to pillage. He would probably
o-'ler each Major General to call before him the
Sher IT of each county on his line of march, and
impose upon each certain provision-and lao
small provision-of beeves. horses. clothing. sil
yer ard gold. all 10 be delivered ut given points.
ut given hours. with the alternative of making the
defaultlng county -
The copy of the Enquirer from which take
the above il mutilated. and the conclusion of the
article is therefore lost -ED. HERALD