Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1864-04-11

Here Is grand total Of almost seventy thou
sand men killed, disabled, and missing, 10 which
add loss at Fredericksburg, 80 O60. in eight
months, besides all that died of disease and this
the result of the lingering" policy OF divid-
ing the army of Virginia.
1t is sore thing to believe that any American
citizen, and especially any one in authority,
would deliberately plan the endangeing, and al
most destruction, of vast army of our friends.
But any candid man who will sit down and, with
an unbiased mind, read the narration Of the
Virginia campaign, from which we have quoted
vast army Of patriots IN deadly peril, yiaotd
there III The OOreTHmeIf. and witness the earnest
and sometimes almost dispairing appeals Of their
commander for succOr, made day afleT day from
the 18th OF Amil until the lsf of August-al-
peals that made by man that knew there
was, for a great part of the time, near 10000
unemployed men around Washington-appeals
that met by silence, or promises that yielded
nothing, but like the apples upon tie margin Of
the Dead Sea- turned into ashes al the touch or
answered by a single line of insult such as Il
have no reinforcements to send you,' Up. 1907
by the suggestion of some foolish point for
eign TO the important question under discussion,
such a, . am very anxious about the Chicka-
hominy, close in Your rear. Please look 10
H." Page ll3. We say any man that will look
and consider these things, must conclude that
there were, controlling the President, a set Of
the war for some sinister purpOse-either TO reap
rich haryests out of far army CONTRACT or 10 ex-
cite the public mind 10 the point of agreeing 10
strike down State rights and institutions and
seize private properly; or else a set of base
ards. who feared 10 STAY in Washington in the
absence of a vast army shield them in their
nefarious acts. But enough OF this. 4 whole
volume would not be large enough in which 20
write all the acts of turptude committed by Alb
olirionists in causing this war 70 LISGEI"
We turn to the Governors lame apology Tor the
ARREST OF CITIZENS.
In speaking Of the arrest Of private citizens
in LOYAL States, without authority Of law, ard
attempting TO excuse the same the Secretary Of
War >aid, in his report Of December, ls62, that
tie SAID political arrests which had been made in
tic various States were made by the advice and
with the consent Of the Governors Il said States.
The House of Representative, therefore, on
the first day Of the session, adopted the follow
ing:
:. Rssole,d. That His EAceieney. GOV o. 2. Morton.
be requested furnish this ouse VIII the iaet m regard
10 the arrest. that ave been msde The STATE ~ In
dana Br. Rep. p. y. Il. } p lS-
Asit was a matter Of no Importance whatever,
the Governor paid no; the least attention TO this
request. although IL was well known thar the
Government Bastile, within almost a stones
throw of his door, had been flled 70 ovcrflowinc.
for months. with loyal citizens, some Of them
among the first men of the State. This silence
can only be explained on the ground that the
Governor had procured their arrest In every
instance they were his political opponents. In
some case they were public speakers in Others
had been officers of nominating conventions or
had PREF ared resolutions ~ such In no siHgk
instance was there a conviction of any ulan AZ
rested, up TO that time. A great majority were
set at liberty without any charge being preferred
against them, and informed thar they were honor-