Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-04-18

would come into W aShhlngtOn IN tue rear. As
late as the 18th Of September. recoilect tele
graphic dispatch from Gen. Halleck, in which he
pressed the same idea aud told me | was wrong
in going so far away"
so far"l And vet Gen Mcclellan had only
Just commenced his campaign against Gen. Lee.
He could not fight him till he had caught with
him. and, while he was following him. Gen. Lee
would have something else to occupy his atten
ton besides plots against Washington. But Hal
eck could not see that. Y.
Progress Of the War-..Uhe Way the
Administration Makes "a Sure
Thing I'd H."
OF what avail is the bow of Archies in hands
too feeble TO bend il 7 The abortive attempt TO
take Charleston after many months of elaborate
preparation is of n piece with the whole conduct
OF the war. IL is still the old story Of enormous
expenditure and feeble results Here were con
centrated the flower of our navy. our proudly
heralded feet of Monitors and all the appliances
which money. science, and inyentveness could
bring together. The result is Fat failure. The
idea that Charleston is TO be again within any
reasonable time assaulted by Admiral Dupont, is
preposterous. The protested purpose, in The
sault that has miscsrried. To make the arma-
ment so powerful and the preparations com
pete as to render success, absolutely certain when
the oh was undertaken 1t r. obvious that the
fleet OF iron clads cannot this summer be assisted
by land forces as 10 give better assurance OF
success than entertained on the first attack
OF the nine iron clads on which we placed our
main reliance four were temporarily disabled and
one totally Destroyed.
Nobody supposes that the gallant Dupont and
his brave officers are To blame, but the admins
traiion that compelled him to incur hazlId
wholly disDroportioned both to the changes OF
success and to the value OF success had it been at
TONED The attack on Charleston was an enter
prise undertaken more Tor prestige than for solid
military reasons IL has shared The fate which
commonly attends difficult undertaken at 4 dis
prOpOrtiOnate RISK not san toned by sound judg
ment a twentieth part Of the expense iavshed
on it would have strengthened the blockade rs
to render it as efficient a blockade can prac
tically he made. But except for the purpose the
blockade Intended to accomplish. to-wit, the
tx 'incion oI rebel commerce. The present posses
sion o. Charleston would lie of comparatively
| little value Until the rebellion i >uhducd else
where 40 cotton would be furnished for exp0rta.
ton. and the importance of Charleston depends
minlv on the fact that il is the chiei cotton port
on the Atlantic. The possession of its forts is
indeed tightly desirable; but they were built for
protection against hostile approaches from the
sea anil the rebel forces lie il, the other direction
As a means ofapproaching terra hrma and land
ilg troops To operate in the Interior Charleston
not worth this great expenditure and risk.
we had abundant access To the coast elsewhere
! Unless therefore, the probabilities had been so
greatly in our favor "a to have made success the
same "a certain, the capture of Charleston should
not have been attempted till later stage Of the
war. when il might have been taken from the hand
side with comparatively little resistance
The country has had quite enough of Secre
tary Stanton's famous strategy OF moving
straight upon the enemy's works expecting them
~ fall by the exhibition of an uncaculating cour
age as in the DAYS of Joshua the walls Of erlcho
fell 10y blowing trumpets oframs horns. To say
no. hing of Biz Bethel. Balls Bluff and james
| Island. the more recent examples of Fredericks.
burg, Vicksburg. and Charleston afford demon
STATIONS that were not needed of the fasity OF
Stantons dictum that courage and n bold attack
is " military combination that never failed "
In Gods name how much longer are the re
sources and prestige of the country 10 he thus
squandered Never did patriotic people so
ungrudeingly pour out men and treasure, aud
never. since the days of Xerxes. have the vigor
and success OF the war been in such Notifying
dsproportion TO the mighty magnitude OF the pre-
partitions IL is related by Herodotus that among
the portents by which Xerxes was warned against
the ill-f,ted expedition into Greece, that of a
m IRE. the natural mother of war steeis, bringing
forth hare This fabulous incident tallics a.
well with the history of Mr. Lincoln as with that
of his satrap making prototype The seizure of
the rebel ENJOYS was the mother of war horses
their surrender the birth Of the timid hare the
sane figure applies 90 the vapoiing beginning Of
the Pope campaign. and the trepiiation in Wash.
ngtOn at H. close; To the sounding promises aud
slender performances nj Vicksburg 10 n mighty
results promised and the results realized from
the emancipation proclamation, and, in tact, %
he whole operations OF the war, both in their en-
semJie and in their details.
The Administration has constantly held ont
that 1t was about 10 make sure thing OF
cess. When. in an early stage Ol the war an
enormous army. halfa million strong, vas called
for. the argument in lis favor Of econO-
NV II was better, 80 the aH'hnrities tod u %
incur great expense and crush the rebellion ~
once. than to operate with smaller force and
allow the war 20 spread over Two or three wears -
The idea To call ont a force - overpowerne
that nothing could stand IL The rebellion tor a
long time after this enormous levy WAS always
within ninety DAYS of its extinction. Finally one
year aEO, a promise of this kind VAS made by
Secretary Stewards agents IN Europe 70 the i'm
patient foreign powers: but when the time was
NJ. The Government suddenly discovered that il
needed more than twice the soldiers it had al
ready in the field \ vast levy of three hundred
thousand men was ordered. aud. To m tke the sue
cess perfectly sure there was an immediate add
tional call for another three hundred thousand by
draft for nine months. within which time this re
beion would beyond all peradventuFe be crush
ed out. The reason for these vast levies was the
same as at firSl Ii was better to exert the whole
strength OF the nation at once than % permit tie
war To be protrhctei for another year the time
for about huff this great levy /, about TO expire
AMI no progress VIII ,teee or has been made since il
WAS called for We have had The wholesale
butchery at fredericksburg repeated repulses
AMI inter failure az Vick>burg; and now the NOR
tifying repulse at Charleston. We hold no more
Of the Rebel territory than did on the day the
first three hundred thousand were called for at
The pretended instance of Il . Governors of the
loval States The Governor. urged lin obedi
ance 10 an intimaton frou Washington that
these men should be raised 10 speedily crush
the rebellion The President in his reply. said:
4 entrust they may be enrolled without delay
50 - tn bring this unnecessary and Injurious evil
war t. a speedy conclusion To-day the speedy
conclusion, 20 often heralded from Washington.
seems further off than ever : Y. Y. World.
TIM Esd or THE REBELLION DRswETH MICH
Next Tuesday is the day the philosopher Of the
New York Tribune has set for the rebellion to
be put down. or pence TO lie male At any cost or
sacrifice The rebellion i not put down. and