Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-01-24
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Special Correspondence Of the Chicago Times
WASHINGTON Jan. %.
The Army Of the Potomac l. in motion again.
and again the rebel capital Is threatened with
capture In order 70 avoid giving information
% the enemy, will refrain from any mention
of the routes upon which the Union forces ale
nov advancing Richmond Besides. by the
time this reaches you. the telegraph will have
informed you on these points and you will be
able IN judge whether not il i probable
that the expedition will succeed There is no
one here. however. except those whose judg
meat Is cloude1 by their hatred Of the South,
who expect any more military successes as long
as the j. conducted by Messrs Lincoln,
Stanton and Halleck. Under the direction OF
that triumvrate OF stupidity. reverse has fol-
lowed reverse. defeat has succeeded to defeat,
and one disaster has only given place to
another with still more depior,ble results
l The records OF disasters anu defeats which
our arms have suffered since Hslleck has had
the direction OF the army Is appalling Here Is
the list.
First-The fixture to take Richmond in July
aud August. when McClellsn's army WAS within
fifteen miles OF that place. aud when. as | have
shown IN recent letter, the Government had
| 100. 900 dispOsabie TROOPS whom Haeck could
have sent Ia reinforce Gen. Mcclellan.
Second-The dlssracelul failure of Pope's
i
route. in August. which resulted IN the shameful
retreat Of our army 10 the shelter Ut the Washing
| ton forts.
Thini-The advance of the rebel army un
der General Lee, Ia the first DAYS oi September,
IA such force. aud to point Wash
Ington. that the CaI ital really in peril. aud
was indeed only ed from capture by Gen Mc.
Clelian.
Fourrh-The massacre at fredericksburg.
Esft-Iha 10 81 TTnn,
troops under Gen. Sherman at Vitksburg.
Sxth-The failure OF the expedition sent
against Fort Hudson.
Seventh-The loss OF Galveston
Eishth-Ihe loss OF the Harriet Lane.
| Nnth-1he loss OF the v hole o Texas.
Tenth-The presence of Gecrai Smiths
airy N strong force. not only at Occoquan and
DumIries. between General Burnside's army and
Washington; but even within sight OF the Cap
ital.
Eleventh-The loss of FIVE large steamboats,
loaded with army supplies. and gunboat on the
| Cumberland river. near Nashville
| Iwelith-Th presence OF Confederate force
IN the rear at kosecrans' army.
Thrteenth-The peril winch the army OF
Rosecrans Is in. IN consequence OF Hdieck ;
failure to provide Ro>ecrans with the means
OF reaPins the fruits OF his victory at MuriIees
boro'.
Fourteeu,h-The alarming demoraliz alton
which prevails in the army of the Potomac
and the rapid disinlegratlon Of the army in gen
eral.
| Every one of these disasters is owing directly
| anu solely TO the mismanag cement OF Lincoln
Stanton ana Halleck. Our soldiers, and our Gen
| erals IN the field, have not failed IN their duty
They have endured harJships which have lev
parallels in military history, and fought with the
steadlncsS OF veterans. but the heroic bravery
of liND flilD ~Inplx the hr.itt-
| and capacity that are needed here And, whether
our armies amount % 100 900 or only 10 GO 900
troops-and the latter Is 10 doubt 10 the
| truth than the iormer--lhey will not long remain
even at that figure. La tile spring. the time vi
more than 100 900 of the best disciplined troops
will expire. and they will leave the service. 1t
| would not have been difficult to have Induced
them to enlist. ii the President had observed
| the solemn pledges of his Inaugural. and ii the
war had been made a war Tor the Union and the
| Constitution But they are dis listed will war
| tor The negro, and Will take no further pat ia a
war merely 10 liberate four millions oil blacks,
aud turn them loose 10 murder their masters ana
make the South desert.
In view oi these facts, it Is not strange tina; no
confidence is felt here ia the result OF any expc
dItIon planned by either Lincoln, Stanton OF Hal.
| lech. or all OF them Even the New York Her
aid OF yesterday, which has until recently de
| Tended the Administration. SAYS. editoral,: I'VE
tell the President that ms administration has for
ielted the confidence OF the COUNTY,. Without
| that confidence it is impossible to conclude the
war successfully" And will add that that con
| hdence can never be restored by any Adm.nistra
ton OF which he i the head
To me, who witness from day TO day the
shameful manner in which our splendid army is
mismnns geo by the stupid aud imbecie triuInvi-
rate who control matters here, it seems uuac
cOuntable how the Ration and the army eau en-
dure it any longer In two years OF war the
Government has called out and had under arms
| 300 900 men OF these, 900 have been
killed or permanently disabled. leaving SOC. 900
now under pay. During this time the Govern.
| meut has spent two millions OF dollars every day
or contracted debts 10 that amount, besides over.
whelming the country with a weish t of national
debt that can lever be paid This vast military
| strength. these boundless resources. are utterly
useless in Tue hands of the pI e>eBt Administration
| Is there no Cromwell 10 Napoleon, in Ameri
lea! l. there not even IA General MOncky Was
the Parliament that was dissolved by Cromwell
hat corrupt AS the present Congress- Were
the crimes that cost Charles his head halt a.
hIerant rs those which have been commit Ell uii
der the authority of Abraham Lincoln and " hcl
will be iustigated by his emancipation procana
ton? Was the administration IN England NJ the
time that General Monck re>Iored her cor,>titu-
tional government, half imbecile AS the al
mIniSlr.tion oi Abraham LncOlnl These are
questions which the people are beginning TO ak
The Americas people are patie I AMI hong suffer
lng. but the dav must come when their patience
will be exhausted
| Ms Seward has caused the announcement To
| be made that the Sta,e Department is in receipt
of news from abroad of the most cheering nature.
in regard TO our foreign relations That shows
exactly how well posted Mr.. Seward Is in regard
to our foreign relations The news he refers 10
comes from Mr. Dayton, the nam who cannot
| speak a word OF the French language and whom
the Emperor Napoleon so completely mystltied
by hat he said To him ou New ears day. he
tact - we are the eve of ope.. rupture with
France war with France unless We choose Ia
look ON aud see Napoleot aiding the rebels with
men and ships, and breaking the blockade of the
Southern ports For that Is what Napoleon j.
going 10 90 in the spring NJ Information is
positive and direct and know il % be true. and
| | place this statement OH record how, in oppo
sIion to Mr. SeSards placid assurance.
The resolution introduced into the Senate yes
terdly. by Mr. McDougali. OF California, shows
that he. too cOmpEeleud> this dang er IN it, full
extent IL j. evident - those who choose 10 u>e
their ewes and reasoning faculties prnpeIl,. that
Napoleon has completely beiooed Mr Dayton.
aud that he Is playing game in Mexico which
~il give him. in the hrst place, foothod ia
thit countr, for the French troops. with which
lie desisus to ad the COuie,lerites ia the spring.
and. IA tie sceond Plate. which wall give him.
a possession forever, the whole OF Mexico, and
1t may be Of California also
| In the midst OF the gloom that invests every.
thing here We zee glenn Oi hope in the elections
for United States Senators recently held b, the
Legislatures of several States. Illinois has done
nd oil III.