Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1864-09-10

the conservative reotIimen Who bsppepsd ss
that tine TO be running lks frezident and q nod
| ifcstion Of the ONLY bosi. manly uttersuce dcrl
ing the var. vas order4d by hia. By this step
Mr.. lincoln showed cotclssively that any trust
the anti slavery people tf The country hsd Ia hin
might a. well be vilhdr3vn-t0 permit h 10 re
| main longer vas 20 subiit 20 additional humilis-
| ton and defeat have no patience 10 hear
discuss the stupid platitdde that the people vere
not ready for such boil measure The people
we're not ready for the .ebelhon. bot when it be-
came an accomplished act they vere ready 10
make use OF every messs Tn their pS-er 90 sup
press t. Mr. lincoln eas never been up TO the
people 10 bis life. and sever oil catch 40 9th
them: the last Conrres3 fresh from The people.
|, we're far in advance 81 lie Adninistration. and
the people we're as fsj IN advance Of them &c
|, they we're Of the President The truth y. and
, | might a. well be told VI Lincoln. and not the
country. was alarmed srthis bold move. be vac
still under the thumb sd finger Of Kentucky.
| and had not vet recove&d from her
buke over the fanaticisfn Of Mitchell aHd Sher-
man and more than thu. he just beginning
10 come under the contS Of that cisss OF men
. | who Rad 20 much mOnetlnvestei In the var 20
| regard with connplacencf any measure cslcuistsd
20 shorten its DAYS Gineral Fremonfs procls.
nation Vas not Pope hull sgenst the comet"
or il might have been kolersted. BIT H ~ss an
honest, square blow, rig 3 out from the shoulder,
| plumb between the eyA Of the rebellion. and
sent il staggering 20 nj ropes, aud u followed
/ = y bv other Generals inf the feld. would have
1 90 Il the war ond made is author President. and
,I.~. pas fAe rub IL he anti slavery men Of
| the coun 'ry had viewed fith distrust and alarm
the nrocl,n ations Of the President, this measure
| - - ted 10 ous-aee them had the good
elect 10 uni eis e'nen -.o-' - - ''eo'" "'PO
critical anti-slavery, -,
4 - - - c--.sal Fremont continued
bis energetic Efforts until e. ".', Jus' ns sas
on the eve of destroying Price - g.. -
dent OF The United Statei interi. "
vation. and Fremont ~.. semov ed fr. 'm TIE CON.
msnc OF the army he hsi created. 4 -.
trust myself TO speak OF re shameful indil "'''e'
| beaped upon General Fr5mOnt BY the Admin.
traiion aud i,s tools, Hsllsck, Thomas aud Blair;
| thes written and kn0ssa OF all men. and form
chapter of iufamy ia fe history of this Ad-
mIni;trat!on that stands !Ihout parallel in the
annals OF any nation = ancient modern
| times.
| After the removal Of General Fremont, Hun
ter placed in commafi aud a. IL is cardi-
dina principle with that 4eoeral never 10 fght,
he OF course fell back aux abandoned the cOun.
try to rebel violence. ended in gloom and
disappointment the campaign IN Missouri. that
had opened With such bsight promises for the
cause OF the Uuion
The evil genius OF the President Was a. patent
to rob the campaign here ,.f It's fruits be Was
IN Kentucky and on the Pyomac. With the de-
structiOn of Grants srmy bt Belmont. the gen
eral want of success along the river border. frit-
tering away OF the sGmm':r aud fall on the Po-
tomac, Nelson's famous victory at Piketon,
from which brilliant field T. sixty miles with
out stopping To breathe bi4 army replenish his
csnteen, aud the planting he Army Of the Ohio
in the mud of Camp Nevil. with Buell. standing
guard at Louisville, sixty n les distant. his whole
duty being 10 prevent the Union army, by any
sudden move, from lessenisg the forty miles dis
tance that separated il from. Buckners handful Of
men at Bowling Green. tise campaign of 1851
drew 10 dFeary close. lad aud depressing as
were all these consideration upon the country.
they were not equal in theft dIseoheartening ef-
feet to the conviction forced upon the minds of
the people that their President utter, fail
ure ruler only in the empty observance and
the name.
The success OF General Grant at Fort Done.
son, Commodore Foot at Fort Henry. General
Burnside at Roanoke, with ..ome minor victories
in the early part OF 1862, sessei 10 atone in some
for the want Of enefky which characteriz-
ed the milltsry operations OF the year before and
the war feeling of the country was maintained At
the proper pitch by these fortunate occurrences:
though the continued laIurs o. our Generals to
follow up their victories cat;sed great murmuring
among the people. and Oliea excited doubts as 10
their completeness. The capture of Donels0n
by Grant is a notable instance OF this character.
At the battle Gen Grant has forty thousand men,
and afterwards was reinforced BY eight thousand
more; the rebel force ~ass eighteen thousand.
After three days fighting. and the escape Of
Floyd and Pillow with thes omuands. the tort
captured with thirteen thousand men With
the large force at his commsnd, Grant could and
should have moved a once on Naseville, which
place, the depot OF suppliH for these armies,
with its immense stores ssld advantages as
ctr .tOod refdx IN fall fnto
hands. Nashville in our possession, the force 10
Buel's front would have ha no means of escape
save through Cumberland s0r Pound Gap. aud
they could have been intercepted long before
reaching either point, by q: superior force; but
such movements would have required general
ship, which implies definite plan Of action. and
our Wsr Department had MT as yet found tine
for settling upon plans Of military action only for
the rebel armies. :.
The campaign OF 1862 IN the W est as one OF
alternate victory aud defeat. the crushing disas-
ter of Grant at Pittsbsrg Landing was compen-
sated by the timely arriysl.of part of BoeIl's
army; and rebel defeat at Shiloh which was IN
tur0 compensated by the shrewd manner in which
Dame Halleck. held ia eaeck by formidable
straw pickets, allowed the: rebel army 10 slip
through her fingers at Corinsh. Ia the East the
Yorktown and Peninsulsr campaigns wasted the
summer. and were ended by the bootess victory
at AnteIam. Thus the summer Of le62 passed
avn anu ~ -Soo'aniai ibh1su mace upon the
rebellion; indeed. 10 all apDlkrances il was much
stronger than ever. MANY Ewes had been lost in
the fierce engagements Of the campaign many
mere we're being lost in the hospitals and in camp:
the papers began estimating the public debt. and
expressions of dissatisfaction, both loud and deep,
were heard all over the cour!ry. These express
sions came from psrticulas party or clsss, nor
were they in opposition to the war; the cause of
discomfort the ineficier:y Of the war meas
ures aud policy of the Administration and It's
conduct generally.
The people were fast imbibing the belief that
Mr.. Lincoln vas carried away by the exalted
chaIac.er of his position. and Was too much en-
crossed with trivial matterH. and the bezrtiess
demonstrations becoming :, frequent at the
vi hite House. severe.' commented upon
and of course laid TO bis charge. So deep be-
came these feelings Of dissatisfaction, and so
general, that the fall elections approached the
people determined TO administer TO Mr. Lincoln
a rebuke through the BALLOT sox. The elections
OF that year attest how we'll Iaey adhered to their
resolution; the rebnke Hitter and singing.
aud il vas general over the. country. That Il
was felt. aud keenly too, is que. and that il was
utterly unheeded Is equally true. Mr. Lincolns
aesthetic nature IL not of a very peryious tex
ture, and bis sensibilities no. easily affected by
the wincng from young With Ars OF the .nimsIbe
is riding particularly If they ride be q limited