Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-01-01

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strength Of the enemy's position. and his decla-
ration which he illustrated and proved that. "if
~e has -crrriei the fret tier Of the enemy ; Rofks,
We could not have held it. shows lie blind folly
Of Bumside's order for a general assault on Sun
day General Simmer also fully %justhe- what |
said IN a recent letter ia regard 10 the demOraii-
zatIOn Of the army since the bsttie.
Condemned thu. on hs Own testimony. OF IN
competence and unhtne>s, how long vii the All
miuistration continue 10 keep Burnside ia com
mand OF an army which will be utterly useless 20
lOng a. he IS al rs bcadF y.
FosrGE's FOUR vrcroKlIs TOO DEARLY BousHr-
PKoBABlLlrY or An ExrRA SESSION or Cox
GREss-REsULTs or Az EXTRA SEssioS-SUITs
BRocGHT AGAINST Numbers or THE ADMINS
TRAIIoS FOR ILLEGAL ARRESTS. &c, &c.
WASHINGTON, December 20.
had the pleasure of seeing the gallant Gen
Foster Yesterday, who came here direct from his
-four victories in one day" in North Carolina.
He j. every inch a soldier. and a most gallant of
dcer to boot. The precise object of his visit to
Washington has not trnnspired; but | have good
reason To believe that il was in order to have "a
personal Interview with the President. and 10 i'm
press upon the latter the urgent necessity of Civ
ing him more troops, u he was expected TO &C
compli-h aBy results. His command Was badly
cut upin his late expedition to Goidsboro': and IT
he had not hastily retreated % Newbern, the Con
federates would have cut to pieces the remnant of
his little army. He, too. had received orders from
the stupid triumylrate here to move OH the en-
emy's works" And although his movement
was successful. although he gained -four victo-
ries." yet they cost the country dear. -Four more
such victories would have left him without a Cor
poral's guard. The entire result accomplished
by the expedition was his destruction OF a few
miles OF railroad aud telegraph, a damage which
.can be repaired in ten days, and will be 80 re-
paired Whether this result is worth the hun
dreds Of lives that were sacrificed to accomplish
il is a question that the country has a right to ask
But a. Mr. Lincoln is %serenely thankful for the
loss OF twelve thousand lives at Fredericksburg
we certainly ought not To complain of losing only
twelve hundred at GOldsbOr0'.
The authority OF the present Congress will ex-
pire, by constitutional Limitation. OF the 4th OF
March, ten weeks hence. The President, if lie
WIS so disposed, might call together on that day.
in extra session, the newly elected Congress. A
4 patriotic President would DO so, But no one
has dared to hope that Mr. Lincoln would do so.
The radicals, indeed, boast that Mr.. Lincoln has
promised them not to call the new Congress to-
gether at all.
But within a few days events have transpired
which indicate that possibly Mr.. Lincoln may be
compelled to call the new Congress together
eariy in March. IL is certain that no military
operations can take place during the winter, in
Virginia. The prospects in the Vest are ex
tremely gloomy. lie seems that disaster is i'm
pending over our armies there, and that the i'm
beetle and obstinate triumvirate here will take no
measure to avert the danger. And it seems Ger
tain now. that, If the winter passes away without
some brilliant victory, the first of March will see
the Emperor Napoleon in close alliance with the
South And il is more than likely that, by that
time, England, too. FOR the sake of gratifying her
hatred TO the United States, and in order to
cause the downfall of the American Union, will
join with France in recognizing the Southern
States a. an independent nation. Intelligence,
| say, has been received here from Europe by the
last steamer, when indicates the probability Of
these events.
In this case, the people will demand with one
voice that Congress be called together, and Mr..
Lincoln will not dare to disobey. He will be
compelled to call an extra session of the new
Congress. And if once Congress does meet in
an ex IRA session, look out for a revolution. The
day that the new Congress meets will mark the
termination of the reign OF imbecility, ignorance.
and stupidity in Washington. From that time
forward the whole conduct of the war will he
changed. The object OF the war will be dis
tinctly announced to be the restoration of the
u llOH rs IL was Otfbi tNt WI aIa tht ~ tIt
cy of the Constitution. And every measure in
compatible with that object will have to be at
once abandoned. From that day there will be an
end to pillage and rapine by fends in the garb Of
Union soldiers. From that day the war Sill be
conducted in accordance with the principles of
the military art. Ii will be conducted and man
aged by soldiers, and no longer by politicians
And, in the meantime, it is more than likely that
q convention of all the States will be held, and
that this convention will devise means by which
the war can be brought Ia Il termination honora-
bic 70 both parties, and the Union restored on the
basis OF the Constitution. Then, aud not till
then, We can bid defiance to a world in arms.
Once more a united nation. the combined EN-
pires of Europe will not dare 10 insult us. As
long as we are divided, We are at the mercy OF
either France or England.
1t will not have escaped the notice Of the
readers of the Times that a great many suits
have recently been instituted in the courts OF the
Eastern States, BY parties who have wrOnginllv
suffered, against Mr.. Seward, Mr.. Stanton. and
Mr.. Cameron, for false Imprisonment. The
damages in each case are laid at $50 900. there
can hardly be n doubt that, when these cases
come TO be tried. the defendants will be made to
suffer for their wrongful acts. The uncOnstitu-
tional acts of n corrupt Congress cannot save
them. In anticipation of such prosecutions il i
stated to day that Mr.. Stanton has secured as his
counsel Mr.. VIM Whiting, an eminent LAWYER OF
Boston. The administration, at the request of
Stanton, has created a new office, called that of
The Solicitor to the War Department. and Mr..
Whiting has been appointed to fiji it.. Thus Mr..
Stanton will get his lawyer paid with the money
of the government.
In the criticism on Gen. Burnside in my last
letter | omitted one very important point. Gen
franklin. i'm his testimony before the Committee
of Congress. swears that the enemy's position
back of Fredericksburg could have been cap
tured. If Burnside had had more men at his dis
posal. Yet only a few days before the battle.
when il was proposed To send endorsements TO
the army OF the Potomac. Gen. Burnside declared
that he had men enough; that he did not need
another man, &c: ana this declaration was tele-
graphed all over the country, and is duly re
corded In the telesraphic columns of the Times.
Now. il Burnside really made any such declara-
ton. il proves that he Is not capable OF estimating
the strength of his enemy. Ii he did not make
il. the lriumvirate at Washington is responsible
for keeping tens of thousands OF disciplined sol
diers die here and in Baltimore. aud for keeping
here, too. Tor the protection of their precious
bodies. such Generals as Helm zelmsn.
Nothing new has iranspired in reference TO the
recent Cabinet embroglio. But YOU may rest as
sured that Seward will not remain in the Cabinet
unless Haileck and Stanton are dismissed.
How colonel >hanks Does BUSINESS IN
Kentucky.
A correspondent OF MEDARYs Crisis, writing
from Owensboro'. Kentucky. under date Of tie
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