True Democrat., 1863-04-29
From the Chlcago TiInes, AprII Io' Duplicity of the Administration-1t Claimed A Victory at Charleston.

Claimed Victory at Charleston.
 Terrible Repulsion ot Feeling at Washingtoa
 a1sea the truth ,cas known-Demonstration
 of Me .InapregnaJiliy of Charieston-4he
 Administration Abandoned Me Siege Gs
 Hopeless-Resuhs of hc Failsre 10 talsc
 Charlestoa-E6ects of the Faitu,e in Eu>
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 During the last foor days the administration has been striving with its utmost power to keep from the people knowledge of THE GREAT DIS AsrEa that has befalen the national arms in Charleston harbor. On Sunday 1t was given out, under express sanction of the adminlstra- tien, that the bombardment of Charleston had commenced, and that the government was inre> ceipt of intelligence which rendered 1t certain that Dy shst time that nest 9I .reasnn MAS m our possession. The same telegram stated that many government officials bet heavy sums that Charleston was taken, or would be taken by the l4th inst, and that those bets found no takers. No such bets were ever made. On Monday, the administration authorized the statement to be made that the affair of the 7th was only a reconnaissance, that it had proved successful, and that Com. Dupoint, having ascertained what he wished to know about the defences of the place, would begin the regular bombard~ ment about the 10th; also, that the affair of the 7th was without loss on our side. Yesterday, the falshood of the official reports of the prevl- ons two days was exposed, and Lincoln and his minions here were obliged to admit that our loss had been severe; that one of the finest iron clad vessels was destroyed and sunk, and five others so disabled and shattered as to be use> less until repaired. But the administration, with blushing effrontery, then caused the state nlent to be made that the damages could all be I. H. S.b. hot hv fhat n na.: val force there would be reinforced by three other ron,clad vessels; and that on that day the bombardment of Charleston would really begin. Mr. Lincoln himself said emphatically that the Hair of the 7th was not repulse, but only | heck, and that Com. Dupoint would be ready k b-2s4-;saratipns there Tn earnest on .he l,aih.
 The day for the people to be fooled and ban- hoozled however is over. To-day neither Mir. Lincoln. nor any member of his weak and wick ed administration, has single word to say about Charleston. The facts are now known to the world. The people now know that the al, fair in Charleston harbor on the Ith was no reconnaissance, but thai It was the lons iaiheo of and mucb boasted dttack on Charleston, which wa. to demolish Fort Sumpter and grind it to nowder. and reduce Charleston to heap of smolderino ruins. They know that this at tack was made deliberately, after months of preparation. and with the utmost power ot our naval force. They know that 1t has proved a total comnlete and confessed failure. They know that some of our iron clad vessels are en- tirely destroyed, and others so much strained, bent and battered, that they can never be made servceable again. They know that the impreg inability of Charleston has been demonstrated and that no further attempt will be made to take that city, in word, that the campaign against Charleston IS over.
 i,o obarc of thu administration, 100, kfOW these facts. They gnash their teeth over them and swear awfully (you know they are all dreau'uiiy profane swearers, from Abraham down to the taii- end of the Cabinet, except Mir Usher, the new secretary of the interior, who aithoush III pau company, is every inch gentleman and don : swear: yes. they all swear awfuiy about It, and are trying to throw the blame of the defeat on Commodore Dupont, Gen Hunter, and the brave Captains of the iron-clad vessels. They say Du- pont is incompetent, and almost call nim co" ard (they dare not do ttat), and talk of superse' ding him by Farragut, and they say that, 1t the Captains of the ironclad vessel were men ot the Paul Jones stamp, they would have renewed the action on tue 8th, and would have taken Charles ton or persIed in the attempt. They point to the small loss of life on our side as evidence that our brave sailors did not do aH that they might have done.
 need not tell your readers how unjust all this is; but nothing better can be expected from the men who compose this administration. As igno- rant children of all that pertains to war, they are attempting to carry the most stupendous war the world ever saw. Commodore Dupont is by far the ablest naval officer in the service. Ii he were here, man would dare to call in ques. ton his courage or his devotion to his country.- When he says the capture of Charleston is inn practicable, IT IS so. As regards Gen. Hunter, explained, in my letters of February 27 and March l4 the reasons that would render bis force useless In those letters I stated the instructions which Gen. Hunter had received from the administration and said that, in consequence of them, The ex pedtion against Charleston will have to be aban doned. What Gen. Hunter is doing will cause the failure of the whole expedition, and he is do- ing in obedience to express and imperative orders from the administration. The demorali zation o Hunters army is such that no results can be ex ->acted from it'' These statements have now been verified,