Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1864-06-25
what rremonrs organ says About
GranI.

The New Nation, the weekly journal estab-
Hsbel in New York by General FRExoST To fur
,bcr N. election, saws Of Gen. GRANT in is last
issue.
Oor procnostic- begin TO be realized more and
- .Yery day. and if pride. which clings to ig-
,orsnce did not prevent the recognition Of the
,,uth eyery one would publicly ayos what each
confesses in private: Grant is the completest and
dearest failure Of all the many blunders made by
the Administration. Hsleck vas worthless, but
.lmost harmless Grant j. still more worthless,
but doe much more harm.
We have said from the beginning. Halleck
Wa 90 u-ed % BY public opinion thas the Adj
ninistr.tion lelt the need of ireshening tself up
az 4 popular name: II was then that Na-hhurne
auueared like deus tT machiHa, with hl- Grant,
~hose popularity had been designeily Kept up at
! the expense Of truth, and n that oil the people
+ more especially. by the well known humougs OF
/ the unconditional surrender oi DOnel-on, the Ia
/ nous thirty-seven thousand prisoners OF Nicks
burg. the enforced march of i've miles "a day 8.
/ and the famous cpmbats beneath The overhanglng
/ Gland. which we're ~ stupid a. useless.
b. a strange coincidence. the friends ana the
enemies of government having formed a mutual
Animation society. not. however. disnierested iu
the intent Of turning this new popularity 10 "c-
count. each lor his own purposes but 1T The eI-
pese Of the people. nothing was wanting to IN
ve.i the false god with a substantial amount oi
divinits-neilher incense. gold or men, all these
| were iavishei-ex-ept good sense aud military
science, in the name OF which alone We protested
against them all, and to-day we among qll are
in the right.
Figures and facts speak higher than our feeble
voice can de-: we do no, wish 10 give Ourselves
/ the cay but cruel satisfaction of recalling the
.erles of failures and military absurdies. the
consequences Of the general stupidity OF the PLAN
which Tor the space ot forty two DAYS lei Grant
10 repeat with ere ter success the eternal refrain
Of Mcclellan: Send me men
The last dem mi WIS tor fity thousand men,
without whom he could not hold the new lines
which ms profound aud novel strategy thought
proper TO adopt The administration favored his
demand aud thought ht To send fifty th"nsand
men to join their unh tppv comrades, in the hu
man chanel house on the Peninsula; md the err
ror oi the administration a. regards Grant. being
Endorsed. il must he admitted by blinded peo-
pie, designedly deceived costs the nation, ~ this
moment "A q ference of one hundred aud twen-
five thousand men ia the available force al the
army OF the Potomac, OF whom At least hal aie
killed or wounded. the s,al nee IN part prisoners.
nut tor the most part in the woods seeking to es
cape the fate which threatens them. The daily
eutrv at the W sshington hospitals alone, and
thOse OF the city euvirOns, i one thousand per
day
Such the frghtiul numbers. il our infor-
nation is correct. Aud al these horrors are the
sole palpable result of the high strategy oi that
officer who by hs grade. aud the confidence he
inspires. represents the Hottest expression of our
military genius.
IL ia then time that, for the honor OF the PEG
pie and tor their interest. the only voice which
we have tor an Instant listened to- that OF
reason. should he heard Ii ours could hut be
| listened 70, il the exploits ridiculous "a dis
astrous of this unfortunate victim of party am
biton. so unskilliully transformed into Gen
eral might be put a stop To, we grant him cheer
fully the sixteen days which remain to the h OF
July To accomplish his demonstrations and take
| Richmond: but If when that limit l. pissed. We
| have 20 sum up only new humin hecatumb rs
| the sole result of the change of base myster-
ously laid down by Grant. we ask with earnest
ness that the people may he spared and That a
| return NAV be made to true principles. TO tho G
| alone which will give the victory. To those
which knowledge aud military science have
always laid down in accordance with common
| sense, that is 10 say. the making sure of u good
basis for operations one certain "a regards It's
| offensive and defensive bearings. protecting not
only the capital but the Est and West, Wash
| ington and Cincinnati Kentucky and Maryland
Army OF the Potomac were established from
Charlottesville To Lynchburg. We would consider
| the war as half over