Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-07-06
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Spirit of Il Lending Republican
Press.
The New York Times and the New York
Tribune of Saturday give forth the following
views:
Iron the Tribune.l
The statement that Lee meant 10 disturb
Hooker before his Inos ementilto the Shenandoah
was accomplished is preposterOus. his plain ob
ject was to transfer his army with the utmost
possible celebrity and secrecy. aud be did it with
m isterly skill.
1t does begin to seem as IL nothing could rouse
the people of Pennsylvania into a courageous
activity. For a week The Rebel army has been
steadily advancing into the heart OF the State
Her towns are plundered. her fields ravaeed. her
capital Threatened vet no passion stirs the slug
gish blood of this unworthy race 10 any noble
purpose. Reused they certainly are. hut the ex
element il wholly of fear, and the only thought
is of retreat. There are troops IN Harrisburg.
but few of them are from Pennsylvanii. What
ever resistance the, may be able Ia make TO
Ewell's entrance will he purchased by the blood
of other States than that whose capital is To be
fought for in the streets and on the banks of the
river which still Loyalty hlws in the. enemv's
front. The Governor calls to day for 81 600
troops to defend the capital, but who knows
whether TO day and to morrow there will be a
capital TO defendf
Meanwhile. there is an army in the rear and on
the A INK Of Lees audacious columns. General
Hooker knows al least rs much OF the movements
of his scoruful opponent as l. known ut the North,
and it is impossible to suppose he is not doing
something. When Lee had once seized the She
nandoah and te Blue Ridge passes. which Hooker
never should nave permitted him TO 90, it was na
longer practicable for Hooker TO prevent his in
vasion of Pennsylvania. hutit is possible, and the
nation which has trusted HIM with its army will
expect. thath he should see tn Il. that such an in
vasiOn he dearly atOned Tor. Gen. Lee is an &C
complished soldier, experienced, wary aud coura
geOus, but he ventures on such a campaign as this
because he taslittle fear OF the commander whom
his temerity thus insults. IL remains Tor General
Hooker t. Prove the mistake OF Gen. Lee, and 10
exact for tia terrible penalty.
W a FEDERAL ApMISIsrRArIoNP
From the y. Y. Times.l
One Of tie newspapers published in Washing
ton, rejoicing arcnratelv, we have no doubt, the
sentiments IF the War Department. observes that
the most dtpl0rnble fact involved in the present
situation is, certainly,
9TH apparent utter incompetency Of the people Of Penn
syivanla 10 p o ect themselve , and aid the cause, even
10 the pouI extent Of dr. wing tleir horses and cattle
North. ard soncealing their civeted other goods, efore
the diferentlttle squads Of Rebel cavalry pounce upon
tn m"
We have not been struck ~ith the al ,crity of
the Pennsylvania farmerS--the class whom we
fnd thus impugned-iu rushing to arms in the
defense of heir homes and their country. On the
contrary. We have NOTED with surprise The apathy
that seems widely to prevail in some parts OF
PENNSYLVANIA in the presence of invasion. But.
whatever citizens of other States. and civilians
generally, may think oft, we cannot help lee ing
that reDronch comes with i'll grace from a source
ordinarily inspired bv the War Department. 1t
does not become Washington, whose precincts
and whose inma,es are prote ted by no sm Ill
portion of the hundred thousand solhiers that
PENNSYLVANIA has sent To the war, to huut and
insult that State becau-e it is itself invaded in the
absence OF its armed sons and champi, n.
Was Pennsylvania wrong for believing these
siren notes from acknowledgements tied so re
Gently from the field of 9 h,n~ellorville, promis
ing Nh early resumption of offensive
against the shattered remains Of Lees army2
PENNSYLVANIA has had from Washington no warn
ing OF danger, but has been lulled hy official
war bulletins into n false security. The enemy
has lie ,ped into their midst as "A wolf into a sheep
fold; and the frightened. unarmei. unorganized
farmers naturally flee in terror They seek first
their own stfetv. and that of their wives and little
ones The w ashingtOn newspapers thinks il II
clear case of pultroonery, and that, neglecting
their families and lie wing them to the mercy of
The Rebels. they would be more creditnbly EN-
D owed in holding their treasures. burning their
barns. and running off with their horses aud cat
tie to places of SpfetNl PnsSibl, fiishtened child
rem and wives think and feel otherwise.
To sum up the matter. we derlite thu while
the country at large NAV criiizise the people OF
PennsNlvania for any lack OF judgment or arior
IN infested on the present trying occasion. it he
Comes Washington to put it, hand ON irs mouth
and its mouth in he dust" While Washington
monopnlizes he military power and resources of
! the States. IL his 10, Tt1nt TO 6 ~ N4DU the StutpH
the duty OF self defense Ii Washington is pre-
pared 10 admit that il is unequal to the work of
defending the States. then " e 'loubt not Pennsyl
vania will address herself with an entirely differ
ent spirit. and greatly different results, to the ex
pulsion OF invading armies.