Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-10-08
Special Correspondence Of the Chicago Timesl


WAsHlNGroS, October 2.
The truth in regard to The loss Of the cam
pliru in Tennessee. (for such i the result OF the
recent defeat of kuSecranS.) AT last begins 10
come To hght The Government" has tried To
play The same game with the people that 1t played
when Pupe was defeated in August OF last year.
when Hooker defeated at Characteristic,
and when Burnside was defeated last December
A. il did on those last three occasions, So 1t did
on this IL auth"rize,l the publication OF state
ments To The effect that the Union army had
suffered no disaster aui th,t il woLld speedily
resume the offenSive. Tho-e statements were
false before ami they are itl>e now. The defeat ct
Rp-ecrans has been complete inh total defeat.
with ln-~e- in kile wounded and prisoners. that
the Administration dare r,t publish; ia say moth
ing al our loss IN artillery and >mail arms The
public lie m these facts INV from the official re-
ports OF The Confederate firers How stupid in
the Administration To- think that they could be
conce lied The fact that. after the battle. Gen.
r ,secrtn> sent fig OF truce To Gen Bragg,
asking PERMISSION to bury his dead has been con
cealed I'LL now The realment OF facts Ike
these j. the greatest insult that eau be offered to
th. people The Administration treats the peO
pie. however. not only with studied disregard,
hut with utter contempt When the Admn>tra
ton q ci,ed, last November. 10 remove General
Mcclellan they decided. also. 10 DEFY tue people;
[
has been in def unce of the REQ lie he people
! n al "A right to know that zen. Bragg had taken
/ over OuO prisoners In the battles of September
/ 10 rud -. and that he employed them ia givins
tine sad rights of sepulture To their cOO or yn
/ de al comrades Yet. it il not tor General
/ Braggs official report. we should remnn IN ignu
rance of that mourntul aud hum Hating fact.
So also. the people were bamosOzled nv the
official statement that Rnsecrans, on the 25th and
] 10 m
.iton from which the enemy could no; drive him.
no matter how strung they might be. To day
! the tar,iy statement Is made that he has moved
all his trains To the north side OF the Tennessee
river aud that he has several lines OF retreat
ready
II il we're possible 70 cover the Administration
with more infamy than the load under which II
.t,gcerS, ALREADY, the results of this campaign
would do IL The success of this campaign would
have gone tar toward bringing the war To a ter
minatiom. The means OF making Il successful
were within the grasp OF the Administration Yet
those means have been sha meuly dissipited and
wastei on the most childish baubles he dis
graceful results If this campaign will cover Mr
Seward with ridicuie. aud will furnish an a~k
war,i commentary on the text OF his recent letter
II shows that the successful termination OF the
. war is A. far of now A. ever.
The liberation OF the southern slaves by the
ration into regiments aud incorporation into the
rehel avn, ~ that project Is really carried on. o
which there is nov little Doubt Sill lie the ei,l
blow "a al hope or reunion II the southern
people resort TO that sxuenis measure, they III
de- Ia IN order 20 gain their m-ei deuce
After the, take that step. u Will be ia VAIN tT
~. a. indulge n any hopes at reconstruction
They sill have been dtived Ia w. u ey de- t'k'
Il. b, the peruhat AR policy OF the Admins
traitor. and IL VIII react against ns WITH terrible
effect
The conquest of The south on our part y hope
les. whether they take that step 90 not hut y
the, do take u. the leo?e Who sappet, The act
tninistr.tion Niil be soon "auVinccd ot that taci
The Anolitiouists apd Republicans, The people
sha support the administration. ate sh ia'pf q
the var becsas. they knaw ~ . q ~st tor th'
alnllion of sltvtf, Thew du nol want ih'
Uulon fe.iofcl Al lhes want "a Tho sbolitci
of sla,ef, When, tisrelaN ihst ~, that slave
~ has hesn sbol.sed they vail have ~ ist'ae