Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1864-10-14

boat. that bad passed through ell of.the other
ioeks upon the canal. bui refused In The face OF
he enemy. TO pas. the cutie, lock.
Did il ever occur TO you that an empty canal
boat, in the hands Of thousands of men, could be
down hill. from the canal to the river.
with but little difficulty. and that there might
have been some other reason than the one az
signed by youf
But admitting all that you claim. did il never
occur 20 you that 10 IS not expected that the en-
detail, attending to the movement Of a large
army. Is TO be superintendent by the com N andes
thefeofin personl | will even grant you that ia
theory you are right. and that Gen. Mcclellan
should rot have had officers attached to his staff
who neglected 20 use every precartion to prevent
failure.
But be charitable-don't fail to remember the
awful disappointment when that pontOon train
failed to appear upon the Rappahannock, and
when the walls Of wrath we're poured. not upon
the head of the favorite OF your party. General
Burnside, but upon those Of Generals Halleck,
Meigs and Woodbury.. and again be charitable,
and do not fail TO remember how carefully you
have secreted that rrore terrible biunder than
ever occurred in the annals of this or any other
var, by which we have no less than senty- three
monitors, constructed al an expense of over
twelve millions OF d%ollars, and which. by the
nice calculations of the naval engineer brought
in after one of them was launched, Il was deter
mined that with their armament they would Goat
just five inches under water. Now, Judge, who
is responsible for thisf Again be charitable.
But DO not fail 10 remember that the President
and Fighting Joe Hooker" carefully conceal
ing their plans even from the COMMANDMENTS
Chief and the Secretary of War to tina. extent,
that, while the battle was going on at Chancel-
louisville, I was informed directly. by the best au-
thority in the premises. THAT neither Gen. Hal
IL -. ~. oo~of.- - w. --
what WAS going on than | did, and that all of
the acquisitions made during the preparations for
the movement, instead OF going through the or
binary channels, were ordered directly by the
President" and do you not know that, to the
present hour, the country has never been inform
cd that, on that occasion, Hooker and the Presi-
dent fought the best army that was ever got To
getheT, numbering no less than one hundred and
sixty five thousand men. against General Lee
with an army of City seven shousand-lost thirty
i've Thousand meu-were completely routed, and
TO such an extent that, az | said before, but for
the providential killing of Stonewall jackson,
our army would have been annihilatedl Why
he's not Mr.. Stanton told this TO the families of
the thirty five thousand unnecessarily slaughter
ed, instead OF attempting 10 console them with
the pitiful story that "the llth army corps gave
way in confusion" and that ''but one third OF
General HoOker's army had been brought into
action"
Why did not your Committee Oh The Conduct
OF the War exhaust a few Of those FIVE hundred
dass. and a portion of those seventeen bundled
pages, especially devoted to General Mcclellan,
upon the military successes OF that great leader,
General Butler, before Petersburg, where six
thousand Of his men were marched prisoners into
Ri~chmOnd-slmost without his knowledge-he
and Mr.. Stanton coolly assuring the country that
there hsd been a great fog, and that il cane be-
fore breakfast?
Before l leave your friend. Mr.. Stanton, !
would instance another evidence of bis treachery
TO General Mcclellan. All know OF the disasters
caused by the Interference Of the President and
Mr.. Stanton with the Army Of the Potomac. 1t
was necessary TO have "A victim, and General Nc
ClellaB was selected and removed. A short time
afterwards. Pope being placed in command
failed most dlsastrously. and Washington was
again threatened. The President and his Cabi
net were alarmed 20 that extent that a stea mer
was prepared md ready 20 assist ia their escape
With earnest entreaty and duplication, Mcclellan
was solicited TO assume command and save them
and Washington. He co~nsented-iguoring the
solicitations OF his friends, who desired that he
should FL 81 insist upon the removal of Mr., Stan
ton, which he utterly refused, replying that he
would not permit any personal considerations 20
influence bis ccnduc, when tho capital was in
such imminent dahgeT he then accomplished
the greatest military success OF the war. He
recognized the demora!ized army OF Pope whilst
on the march, and gained the glorious victory OF
Antietam MeClellan's star was again in the
ascendant Mr.. Stanton begged forgiveness for
the past, and promised bis devoted friendship for
the future.
Again, Gen. McClellan's trusting nature pre-
vailed over the advice OF his friends, and the
trescherous conduct Of Mr.. Stanton was forgiven
by Gen. Mcclellan. only 10 he again more
wickedly betrayed than ever. Washington was
no sooner relieved, and the President and the
Cabinet safe. than. By the influence of Sir. Stan
ton Gen. Mcclellan was again removed from
the command OF the Army Of the Potomac,
when upon the verge OF battle. and ordered into
retirement.
You call up the ghosts of the departed soldiers.
Be assured. Gen. McOlellan's sleep will not be
disturbed by them; bat what must be the broken
slumbers OF those who are responsible for the
tens of thousands lost by Pope, and Burnside,
aud Hooker, in attempting to carry out what the
President called his "plan, and the hundred and
fifty thousand lost since the 4th OF May, south
OF the Rapidan, and what must be the dreams OF
the President who could. amids; the groans of
the dying who lay upon the cory field Of Ante
tam, call for the singing of a rbsld songs
Ia times like these We want some other than
the weak vacilla,ing President who assured Mr..
OIabACuOCu ab4 III piefiONc NuO accompanied
him from kentucky that they might 20 home
and inform their friends that ne would not vic
late their rights and interests by any proclama
ton of emancipation. Before these assurances
csuld be transmitted To the people of Kentucky
bis promise bad been broken, and just such a
proclamation. violating all these pledges, was
made.
II any State has done nobly. and earned dis
junction for pure patriotism under the most try
ing. dreadful sufferings Of this war. in which q
whole people have been despoiled. families EN-
FILTERED against families, and members Of the
came family against each other to that extent
that harmony can never again prevail, j. is the
State OF Kentucky; and if there is any one State
that should have had influence with the Admin
i%stration. il was that State. But her voice,
amidst the din and blood of battle, has never
been beard, or, If heard for the moment. il was
lost under the influence Of Massachusetts, aided
by the demon wells Of radical men. who cried
out determination, and in the same breath pro
claimed higher Law than the Constitution, which
thew denounce as a covenant with hell.
The people Of the South are members OF the
same national family with Us; they mus, be
brought back by continued force, If they sill not
come back by consent. But We must respect
their rights. whatever they are. There is nc
more power 10 the Resident of the United State.
10 coptrol shatever right Of property there NAV
remain TO them in the slave on the day on which
they law down their arms, than there is in The
Sheriff to insist that the poor culprit. who hs:
violated the law in the most outrageous manner
shall be deprived Of his food or his clothing
prior TO his execution. The military s~uihorit.
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