The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1861-10-31
The state of Affairs at Washington.

Fort Wayne Times, who has been appoint
ed Governor of Utah by President Lin
coin, writes as follows from Washington
under date of the 10Th inst, in reference
to the state of affairs there:
This letter OF Lord Lyons is we'll an
swered by the Secretary of State; and yet
the dissatisfaction on the part of the Brit
ish Government is ominous Of evil, and
we may as well make up our minds to the
} reality Of the fact that the threatened in
reference of England with our affairs will
assume greater proportions very soon.
God knows that we already have woes,
bloodshed and Gesolation enough TO cause
us all to wish and avoidance Of such a
direful result as collision with that power
| repeat it, We may have to meet England,
and in my opinion before the lst OF fJanuary
next our troubles will be more complca-
ted, and the hatred between the United
States and Great Britain much intensified,
no matter how our internecine troubles
may shape themselves.
The citizen who is far away from tkis.
the very seat Of war. has very little con-
ception of the state Of things hereof what
is thought of the war, ol its prosecution,
and its termination. In the frs;
place, here the public miEd has always
been inclined TO the Southern side of the
question; and though a new element has
been thrown into the city from the North
and Northwest in the persons of heads Of
departments and chiefs ot the different
bureaus and suhordinates, still the bent
of public mind is that way. In the sec
ond place, the very circumstances Of war
no longer attract attention, while our
grand army Of the Potomac. like all others,
no longer inspires that profound admira-
ton which such things DO when they are
read of and heared of at a distauce-Jm
not seen. The army here has come TO be
through which to make money, and it
won't admit of a doubt but that it is used
much for that purpose. Brass buttons,
blue coats and tinseled insignia Of office
are quite too common, and the wearers
seemingly too numerous; while many Of
the latter, as they pass the streets and
loiter about the hotels, seem too little i'm
pressed with the grave duties of their re-
spective oilices--as if profoundly oblivious
that the enemy is within eighteen miles Of
the capital of the United States.
| don't wonder now that from Bulls
Run our forces made such a rush on
Washington. and did newspaper editors
like the New York Tribune and abolition
lists like Sumner. and Wilson and w Wade,
and Lovejoy. and a thousand Of lesser in
fuence make the sentiment still, we might
again run. God koows where. perhaps
into the great lakes Of the North. But a
new genius inspires the heart and directs
the head that now shapes affairs here. The
city is safe beyond all doubt. and all
things will be done just as well as it is in
the power Of the Federal Government To
, do them. Everything needed will be ac.
complshed. except impossibiities. Our
Government cannot be overthrown by
building another on its ruins, but whether
it can prevent another from being main
tanned To the South Of Virginia, Kentucky
and Missouri is to be tested; and did |
; look for reverses such as the New York
Times and New York Tribune of Friday
last essayed to prepare the public mind TO
experience. l should say that the chances
were against US. However, while | do
not despair. still it may transpire after the
grand battle. expected to be fought this
fall between the army Of the Potomac and
the Confederate forces near the city, that
the whole affair may be compromised; nor
need it surprise the people if the basis Of
an adjustment shall require greater
change in the Constitution than would
have sui1iced To have settled the troubles
In the 3Ith Congress. Though In my
hopefulness there is one thing more than
all which ground Of distrust OF our ability
to restore Federal authority IN all tho Con
: federate States; and that is the fact that
they have an active operating Government
l. which that people recognize. while in my
opinion all the Union sentiment to be
found in any of those States save perhaps
in Eastern Tennessee in Carlisle S
New Virginia exists in the Imagination.
. The fact Of the existence of the Govern.
i ment Of the Confederate States" and in
; working condition. will be the cause OF
their success. if anything effect such a
: thing. for though we denominate it re
beiiion merely to keep out of sight the At
u mission Of the fact Just stated, it still
! amounts to great deal more than rebel
u lion, and must be treated as more-a con-