Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1864-03-25

~ does u Again At the head Of the armv. ne
advances toward the enemy.
1luch hss been aid IN the newspapers opposed
- yen VI rCieilAO about his SLOW marching ~
psr-un OF Lee. Al you Who have read zen
MV O,ellan report know Sho-e fault that SO"
marching "as; that he vas constantly. dag of
uat' lmnortuued bs Gen. Htiieck not 10 mareh
700 last Applause and laughter Aud fet
my saf ten haiteck Is the basis and i0uhu1
'vn VI All ths rant, because in testtyiHg IN an
other case. when fsked the question hos much
was the average progress Of Gen. Mcclellan. ne
answered. SIX miles. Remember, six miles per
day, without word OF explanation; without
saying that be prevented his marching faster
de marched as FAST as Gen H4lleck wanted him
70, AMI rather faster. The reason vas perfectly
PLAIN why ne should not march faster. hey
neith|r knew the exact wheresbOu OF the enc
nv nor hls proposed course of advance-@hether
he intended To attack Washington sud pass on
into u Try land to B,itmore ar 10 penetrate On
rectly into Pennsylvania Until they knew what
hIs particular design there could be no RAPID
ity 10 meet him; nut the N oment that y ss knOSn
the marching Was rapid enough, aud be oserio
them at South Mountain. anu fought splenaid
battle there, and another at Antietam. Much Is
SAID about Antetam and that more ought Ia
have been done there: but il must be recollected
vas the Army of the Potomac. most of whom
had been worn down with severe fatigue, and
were H no condition 20 render gre, service at
that moment In due time. however. this army
y ready again 10 enter ulon another campaign.
Gen. McCieilen, when brought into public ser
wee. SAD: Il Will never move until am ready
until the army Is entirely prepared" Applause
They complained because he did not move. Well
finally he did move. aud got very near the army
OF Gen. Lee before Jackson had united with
HIM. AT that moment. when he was advancing
towards Richmond. thew deprived him OF his
command. Now should like To know-fOr
have never heard any man attempt to tell-whaE
Justification The government had for taking such
step. They complained first of his trchns
too SLOW aud hen they stopped him tor IN .rchn Z
ton iasl
Whit followed this stepg They applied to
Gen Burnside to take command of this army
" hat Wa the answer that Gen Burnside midei
He sard 70 them, Gen Mcclellan can do more
with that army than anybody else " Az
plause de said To the President AT Washing
ton. "Gen Mcclellan can do more wi.h that
army than any body else. IT things can DE m ,de
easy for him, rs they should be | do not feel
competent to command such an army" Never.
theless. Gen. Mcclellan could not retain com
mand OF the army under he present Admins
traton and Gen. Burnside is named as his sue
cesSOr.
Now let u look back at the events which fol-
lowed Gen Haleck and Quartermaster Cen
eral Meigs met Gen. Burnside some distanc,
from Washington Fairfax Court House.
believe-And there received from him his prOiec
OF the campaign. which project was that he marct
down opposite Fredericksburg. cross the rive
there. and advance toward Richmond from
thence Gen Halieck did not entirely approve
OF that plan but said ne would consent TO il If IA,
President approved of it, laughter aud the,
went back To Washington and the President die
approve of It.
But in this conference that took place be,w eel
the Generals there il appears that QuarterrnaSte
General MegS did not know exactly where ia,
pontoon bridges were by which they were to eros
the ippthannuck river at Fredericksburg: an
niler he got back To ashngton to consult Gen
Woodbury.. who had the direct charge of them
he ascertaiued that they were somewhere no in,
river. below H,rper's Ferry. aud that it woulC
take nearly week to get them down
Gen Woodbury. Said, before the lnyeStigatin,
Committee OF Congress. Il vent To Gen II al
lsck and asked him 10 delay the march for II ~
DAYS, I'LL these bridges were brought down Gen
Halleck's reply was: Il will not delay the All
vance OF the army upon r chmnnd for y sing
hour After having stopped Il tor ten days io
the discharge of Gen Mcclellan, he would no
stop il for one husr 10 enable the transfer of tn
bridges to the sAppahannOck. where Genera
Burnside could svAt himself of hem in crossing
What WAS the csrsequenceY Gen Burnside. no
being apprisei BAT the pontoons hid not arrived
marched down To Falmouth. No means 10
crossing the river being at hand. he had I,
wait eight ar ten days before the pontooi
bridges had arrived
In the melniime Lee had advanced down OF
the other side of the river. so that. when Genera
Burnside got the bridge, he was compelled Z
cross in the face of terrible FIRE and almost i'm.
Dregnable Notifications He Was obliged TO 4,
something and made the desrerate attempt I,
storm these Notifications. Then followed tn
utter defeat of the army and the slaughter o
many thousands of our brave soldiers Ther
Gen. Burnside devised n the records show. an
other plan of attack Hs officers. however
disapprovei it. They came up to Washington
and laid the matter before the President Tn
President then sent message 10 Ger. Burnside
not TO adv ince without letting him know il
Laughter Gen Burnside becoming acunainte,
with the facts relative t0 this Interview goes III
To Washington and c,rries IL his hand 4 list o
twenty officers. at the head oil which is Genera
Hooker whom he desired 10 have dismiss
Ell from the service or at any rate. from nj
army: aud tells The President that unless HI
docs II, he wIil resign hi~ commission a a Gen.
eral in the Army of the United States A
the head of this. recoect Is General Hook er
The President said: That won't do: IL vii
break mp the Army; We will provide for vol
sonewhere else. aud put another commander a
the head Oi the Army of the Potomac" An,
what commander did thew put there? Genera
Hooker, General Hooker: the man AZ the he.,
of the list at those whom Burnside said ought u
be dismissed from The army: and General Hooke
- still favorite General of the Administration
Well. what does Gen. Hooker doy He adj.
vances across the Rappahanpock: encounters tn
enemy at Chancellorvile; there is anothe
slaughter Of tens of thousands OF on
brave -olier- aud another defeat Then Gen
Lee. encouraged bs that victory. advances nortl
agaIp into Pennsylvania. and the result Of tha
Campaign j. the battle of Gettysburg i'm whicl
many thousands more of our brave soldiers ar.
sacrificed; AMI all this, telow-ri'izens. in cnnse
qnenoe ct the discharge OF General McClellai
and the manner ia which he and the Army O
The Potomac have been treated Applause
] nus The thousands and tens Of thousands OF on
brave soldiers have been sacrificed
rbe Alleged Interview Between Gen