Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-10-14
From w asiaingtOn.
The SITUATION IN TESNEssEE-CABIxET In
TRIGUEs FOR THE SUCCEssloS-PRoGREss To-
WARD DrsPoTIsM-MR BLAIR's PROTEST
AGAINST THE ATRocIoUs PURPOSES OF THE AID
MINTSTRATION.
Special Correspondence of the Chicago Times
WASHINGTON October T.


WAsHINGroN October 7.
Reports are in circulation here to the effect
that the rebel General Jones has occupied Knox
Vile; that Burnside has retreated 10 Cumberland
Gap: that the Confederates occupy McMinnvile
in strong force. and that Burnside abandoned
the whole of Eastern Tennessee to the rebels
without "A struggle. although he Outnumbered the
euemv two To one. There l. little doubt that
these reports are true Johnston's forces near
Chattanooga are known to amount to l5O. 600
troops, namely: BraCg's Infantry, 56 900;
Wheeer's cavalry, $4,000: Longstreet. two di-
visions. 20 .000 exchanged prisoners and other
veterans, 80 O0O his own cavalry, 10000; over
two hundred pieces of artillery, and 10000
Georgia militia. His object. OF course. is to pre-
vent reintorcements from reaching Rosecrans.
aud 10 defeat him and Burnside in detail Burn
sides record in this whole campaign is a most
ugly one According to all accounts. he richly
deserves 10 be dismissed from the army in dis
grace Yet aS a reward for his subservieut
trucking To the Administration in times past he
will probably be permitted to resign His childish
jealousy of Rosecrans has caused the failure OF
the whole campaign. and has caused also. the
blood of the heroes of Chickamauga 10 flow in
vain Twice during the campaign he has had the
opportunity to render TO Ro>ecrans the same
service that the gallant Desaix rendered To n
poleon Oh the field Of Marengo. and twice he re-
fused TO do il II Rosecrans is now compelled To-
re cross the Tennessee river. To evacuate Chatta
nooga, and to cut his way through to Nashville,
il will be owing TO Burnsides utter inca pacity
and unhtuess for command
The conduct OF the men who compose the pres
ent Administration presents shameful spec ace
10 the American people II might be reasonably
supposed that Mr. Lincoln. Mr Stanton, Mr.
Seward Mr. Welles and Mr. Bates would use the
influence which their high position gives them 10
bringing the war 20 a successful termination. and
in the prosecution of measures which would lead
to a restoration OF the Union But they have not
done 30 On the other hand, the measures which
they have set on foot tend 10 protract the war
and to prevent restoration of the Union. But
the shameful feature of the il, that thew are
doing 30 in order to keep their party in power for
another term. and that they using the great
influence of their high positions in inrigueS tor
the succession. Mr. Lincoln is determined that
he will be re elected. or. at all events. that he
will retain his office. by some means. for another
term And Mr. Seward, Mr. Stanton and Mr.
Weles are ali intriguing To effect this end On
the other .de. Mr.. Chase. the Secretary OF the
Treasury. is in the field for the next nomination.
and his claims are supported by Mr. Blair the
Postmaster General, IN very quiet. but very
effective wav The events OF the last thirteen
months have proved that Mr. Lincoln has given
himself M entirely and without resistance 20 the
guidance aud direction OF the most ultra and
radical abolitOnists of whom Charles Sumner
Horace Greeley Wendell Phillips. Senator " IL
son and Zach Chandler are the types What they
believe aud assert is law To him. He has adopt
ell all their Wild and impracticabe theories. and
will carry out ali their designs His next mess ge
will contain paragraph enIbodying the aIrocious
doctrine OF Whiting letter and another in Inch
the equally atrocious sentiments OF Sumner IN
the recent Atlantic Monthly article. will be an
nounced the governing principles OF the Ad.
mustraton
Step by step the Administration has marched
towards despotiSm-revolution- snarch,: First
the orders 10 Generals IN the field not i0 place
guards around private houses ia the = ,uthern
States Then, the Instructions % Generals Ia
permit their soldiers to pillsge our fellow citizen.
men who love the Union. merely because they
lived IN Southern states Next. the Orders 10
subssi the Union armies or the people of those
States, without making ANY compensation. thus
treating all the people there alike. as public enc
mics Then. the conhscatiou act. aiming n
throw the sacred shield OF law over the wholesale
robbery of our fellow citizens IN the Soutberp
States Next. the atrocious ema n q patton rroc
lamatiou. Then. the pub catiOn of the Willing
letter. shadoring forth tie purpose Of the Adj
ministration never 20 permit any OF The southern
States 10 re enter the Union unless they will
abolish slavery. Next. the announcement by the
President that the h-beas corpus exists no longer
for the American people. that il is a thing of the
past: that il may be good enough for the people
Of Enslsud, but that. as for u. he will take our