The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1864-1911, 1864-11-02
STANTON AT TRfE FRONT.

The telegraph, yesterday, brought us the
startling intelligence that Stanton had gone
to the front. When we first saw this an
nouncement upon an Abolition bullatin
board on Fifth street, Stantons order, two
years ago, to advance, at once, upon the
enemy's entpnchments, " trusting for sue
cess to the Lord of Hosts instinctiTeiy, &C.
Cured to us. and we concluded that he had
made up his valiant determination to lead
our forces to the certain deStrlsctlofleF the
rebel capitai But elias, after we pernsed
the dispatch, imagine our disappointment
when we read the following; = ,-<
''Ihe Secretary Of War has gone to City
Point, taking with him the Quartermaster,
Commissary General and the. Surgeon Gen
eral to confer with General Grant upon the
war estimates for the ensuing gear.
The announcement of Stanton going to
the front. filed us with all the horrible con-
ceptions of destructive war. Incur 'nind s
eye' we saw the furious Secretary exultlng
in carnage and blood, seeking for jeff. Da-
Wis in the very throat of death. The swift
fury of the valiant Prince Hal, which dash
ed against the gallant Hotspur was mere
child's play to that, which, we imagined,
our burly and rotund Secretary would hurl
against the rebel ohieftain. After invoking
the Lord Of Hosts" and telling his intre-
pid followers that, dangers retreat when
| boldly they re confronted, we expected to
hear of his performing one of those impetu-
Gus assaults which mortal valor is not suftl-
cient to resist. But alas for the uncertainty
of human expectations; instead OF our war
minister going to the front to fight, he mere
ly goes to inspect the condition OF Grants
| larder. -.
But our chief object in alluding to this
pompous announcement of Stanton going to
| the front, is to direct the readers attention
to the fact that tits for the purpose OF ma
king war estimates for 'the ensuing year.
For more than month, this same Secretary
has announced almost daily. that the rebel
lion was melting away, and Grant himself,
over his own name, informed the country
that Lee was losing regiment day by de.
sertion, and that the rebels had robbed
both the cradle and the grave to I'LL thell
armies. And yet, in the very teeth OF these
assurances, coming from our War Minister
and our leading general, we are now notified
that the war department Is engaged In ma
king war estimates for the ensuing year;
This simple announcement, of itself, ough
; to be enough to consign the Administrator
to eternal infamy; but that combination
national cut-purses instead Of being asham
). ed is asking to be continued in power witt
as much assurance, as if they had been sue
cessful in putting down the rebellion. i
, truth, it may be said that the War Depart
ment has done little else, in its war bulletins
than openly and palpably lie. At ir;ti'
was the chief power which conspired t.
PROSTATE some Of our ablest generals, AM
! since then it has been taxing its resources +
: deceive the people. Every week, for tn
past two years, it has announced he certail
: fall Of the rebellion; it is pursuing the sam
5 game Of deception now, even while it is en-
t gagged in making calculations ofexpenses fo
0 the ensuing year.--Pits Post. .