Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-01-26

RESULTS OF HALLECK's AND STANTJS's MANAGE
MENT FOR Six MCNTHs-ALARMING DIsINTE-
GRAFTON or TIE ARMY-PORTENTs OF THE
MISUNDERSTANDING OF FRENCH INTER
vENTION IN THE SPRING
Times.

Special Correspondence of the Chicago Times.
W ASHINGToN, Jan. ~.
The Army of the Potomac is in motion again.
and again the rebel capital is threatened with
capture In order TO avoid giving information
to the enemy, will refrain from any mention
of the routes upon which the Union forces a,e
nov advancing on Richmond Besides, bv the
time this reaches you. the telegraph will have
informed YOU on these points, and you will be
able to judge whether or not it is probable
that the expedition will succeed There is no
one here. however, except those whose judg
meDt is clOuded by their hatred of the South,
who expect any more military successes as long
the is conducted by Messrs. Lincoln
Stanton and HaIIeck. Under the direction of
that trumvIrIte of stupidity, reverse has fol-
lowed reverse. defeat has succeeded 10 defeat
and Que disaster has only given place to
another with still more deplorable results
The records Of disasters and defeats which
arms have suffered since HaIeck has had
the iIectlOn OF the army is appalling. Here is
the list.
First-The failure to take Richmond in July
aud August, when McClellan's army was within
fifteen miles of that place, and when, rs | have
shown in a recent letter, the Government had
100 900 disposable trooUs wlum Halleck could
have sent to reinforce Gen. Mcclellan.
Second-The dsgraceful failure of Pope's
campaign against Richmond, by the overland
route, in August, which resulted in the shameful
retreat OF our army to the shelter of the Washing
ton forts
Third-The advance of the rebel army un
der General Lee in the first days OF September,
IN such force, and TO point near Wash
ingtOn, that the CaEta was really in peril, and
was indeed only saved from capture by Gen. Nc.
Clean.
FOurth--The massacre at fredericksburg
Fiftl-The defeat and repulse OF the Union
troops under Gen Sherman at ViLksburg.
Sixth-rhe failure OF the expedition sent
against Fort Hudson.
Seventh-The loss of Galveston.
Eighth-The loss of the Harriet Lane.
NiHth-The loss OF the.whole o Texas.
1enth-The presence of General Smiths cav
airy in strong force, not only at Occoquan and
Dumiries, between General Burnside's army and
Washingtou; but even within sight of the Cap
ita
! Eeventh-The loss of five large steamboats,
loaded with army supplies and gunboat on the
/ Cumberland river near Nashville.
! Twelith-The presence OF Confederate force
in the rear of Rosecrsns army
Thirteenth-The peril which the army OF
Rosecrans is in. in Consequence of Halleck s
failure to provide ROsecrans with the means
OF reaplng the fruits OF his victory at Murfrees-
bOro'.
Fourteenih-The alarming decentralization
which prevails in the army OF the Potomac,
and the rapid disintegratlon of the army ia gen
eral.
Every one OF these disasters is owing directly
and solely to the acknowledgement oil lincoln,
Stanton and Halleck. Our soldiers, and our Gen
erals in the field, have not failed in their duty.
They have endured hardships which have few
parallels ia military history, aud fought With the
steadiness OF veterans. Bur the heroic bravery
OF even IOO,OOO troops cannot supply the brains
and capacity that are needed here And, whether
our armies amount to 700 900. or only to 6J0, 600
troops--and the latter is doubt nearer 10 the
truth than the iOrmer--they will not long remain
even at that figure In the spring. the time OF
more than 900 of the best disciplined troops
will expire, and they will leave the service Ii
would not have beeu difficult 10 have induced
them to re enlist ii the President had observed
the solemn pledges of his Inaugural, and if the
war had been made war for the Union aud the
Constitution. But they are Disguised with war
for the negro. and will take no further part in a
war merely 10 liberate four millions of blacks.
and turn them loose TO murder their masters and
make the South desert.
In view Of these facts, il il not strange that no