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


two parts. with the entire force Of the enemy di-
rectly between them. They cannot be united BY
land without exposing both 30 destruction, and
vet they must be united I have no
inquired, and do not wish TO know, BY Uhose al
wee and for wha; reasons the army Of the Poto-
mac was separated into two paris with the enemy
between them. I must take things A. ] ind
them" tp. l56. 1871
IL u plain that General HaIleck had been in.
formed that the Presidents intermeddling had
divided the army" and a. his superior he could
not say 10 him directly that he had done a wrong,
for which General would have been eourt-mar
tailed and cashierod huf ne evidently Thought
So from the tenor Of his letters
But 70 return: No man Of feeling and judg.
mcnf can arise from the pcrrsal OF this nara
tion Of the campaign 10 the James River. with
ous q sad. bat fearfully earnest conviction that
Gen Mcclellan spoke the horrible truth when
he wrote, on that terrible night Of the 2sth Of
June those ominous-ominOus Of evil-words,
THE GovERNMENI HAS NOT SUSTAINED THIS
ARMY" Page 1872. Every patriot viii inquire,
why was il not sustained Up 10 that time the
Administration had been furnished. by the peo-
pie. with every dollar and every man il asked.
Then. 10 answer this question correctly, each
man should understand. first, that T.al Gboli-
tioais. i as cold a On icicle aS heartless A.
rock and rs bloodless as a tunip. Witness the
declaration of Senators that IL would not be so
bae 10 suffer defeat in battle, As II would for
saucy negro TO be put out Of q car. Second, that
this Administration l. controlled by this class OF
men. Third. that about the time Mcclellan
started thev ascertained he did not ootnclde rIn
them IN their rieurs See his letter 90 Burnside,
when Commander-in-C Chief. who was then about
starting to North Carolina January :, 1862, in
which he SAYS:
s'Iwould urge great caution in regard 10 prooi
tions. In would 30 beyond moderate JOINT
proclamation with the naval commander. which should
say little possible about politics 90 ne negro.
merely that the Issue for vi ch ~e are hight
ing the preser alton Of the CSoS aud upholcng ihe
laws OF the General government al stating thst 81
Who conduct themselves properly wl far possible.
be protected in their persons and property f~er IL
On the llth of November. the same thing was
written 10 Halleck, the present Commander-ip-
Chief who was then placed in command Of the
department of Missouri. Page IS. This was IN
consonance with his first proclamation TO the
people of Virginia. All your rights shall oe
religiouslv respected" Roll of Honor, p. Al.
So on the 9TH of November he had said the same
thing. in stronger language, TO Buell., who was
sent TO Kentucky:
The inhabitants Of Kentucky may rely upon h That
their domestic institutions will IN no manner be inter
ered with. aud that they " receive al our hands every
constitutional protection. know that express the
feelings aud oE mons President" Pages S--s.
OF course he thought he knew his feelings, but
events showed he mistaken or II the Presi-
dent was then honestly of that opinion, he after
wards changed-issued his proolamations Of Sep
tembcr 1862 and January, 1868 Mcclellan
did not give wav 10 the demands Of cold blood
less Abolitionists-the President did: and then
he turned against Mcclellan, influenced. no
doubt. bv these men. who direct his every i'm
portant step He dirided the army of Virginia,
posted his holiday Generals in front of Wash
ington, with 100. 900 men, 10 keep himself and
cabinet safe and sent Mcclellan off TO do the
s,.rl~. ~ lo.e s,on hat ator Ind
Clellan had 10 withstand the whole power of the
rebels for seren days, and then. from sheer ex-
haustion and want of men, retreated. This left
the wav open for Lee TO attack the other branch
of the army under Pore, and thus cut u up-in
detail McClellan's army was taken from him.
even to his body guard (p. 1901. and sent to
Pope. All day he could hear the hight, hut was
not allowed 10 go TO il. Page $50. After Pope
was defeated, they could say, beg you TO as
sisi Us with your ability and experience" Page
lsl. He did assist reorganzed the army, and
in ten days fought the battles of South Mountain
and of Antietam. drove the enemy over the Poto-
mac and when the danger past had his army
again taken from him and placed under political
fayOrite Burnside J who led them 10 the river
bank opposite Fredericksburgh. and set down for
twenty-five DAYS and waited until the enemy bad
finished his last earh-work. dug his last rife pit,
planted all his artillery: and then, having no
further excuse for delay. the army was ordered
to storm the position in front" Roll Of Honor.
vol. l. p. 334. The effect of that order was, that
those that had charge of the transportation, say
that they carried twenty-five thousand wounded
men TO the transports at Aqua Greek" and yet
"many Of the wounded men were wandering
around among the woods at Stafford. not know
ing where to go. Id. p. 34l. This, besides
the killed that were left upon the field, the sum-
ming up would be:
First we lost all advantage from the Chicka-
hominy and the James River campaign, and men
as follows, killed. wounded. and missing