Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1861-03-13
NORTHERN
CONFEDERATE

their respective Cabinets:
SOUTHERN
CONFEDERATION. CONFEDERATION
President Abraham Lincoln jefferson Davis
Vice President. Hannibal Hamlin. A ii. Stephens
Sec of State. VIM H. Seward. Robert Toombs.
Sec of Treasury Salmon Chase. c. S. Memminger.
Sec Of Interior. -. Caleb b. Smith. Vacancy.
Sec Of War;. Simon Cameron. L. p. Walker
Sec Of Navy. Montgomery Blair. John Perkins, Jr
Postmaster Gen'l. Gideon Welles. Fl. I. Elicit,
Attorney General. Edward Bates. J. p Benjamin.
The Southern Confederacy. it appears, has
already decided upon most of the financial, mill
tary, naval and postal measures necessary to its
defense and consolidation 1t has authorized the
issue of loan Of Sl5 900 900 to provide for the
immediate wants of the Government: it has
adopted measures for the formation of a small
navy sufficient to protect its harbors and coasts;
it has organized an army of thirty thousand
drilled men. and it has laid in an immense sup
ply of provisions and breadstufs, thus giving the
lie to the Republican organs which have been
telling their readers at the North that the South
people were already beginning to suffer from
want of food, and would soon be starved into
submission. This accounts for the large amount
of gold which has found its way to the North
west. and which has been to a certain extent ben
efttng us here by helping to alleviate the embar-
| rassments occasioned to the mercantile COM
munity by the stringency of the money market.
In addition to these, the Southern Congress has
/ passed several Otner measures Wnicn attest Its
foresight and lfreance. 1t has adopted a tariff
provisional in its application, but which will answer
its purpose by giving the new Government por-
| ton of the revenue that it will require. The ma
| tional loan of Sis, 900, ,000 which has only been
| emitted within a few days, has, it is stated. been
| all taken up. In addition to this, Georgia has
appropriated 81 900 900. South Carolina S675,
900, Louisiana $780, 900 and Alabama $500 ,00C
| for the necessities of the confederation. 1t i:
amply supplied with munitions of war; for, the
Northern journals have been taking care to in
form the public, the seeding States have seizec
on war mdteriel, belonging to the nation, amount
ing in value to about 900 900 900, but which it il
true they offer to pay Il reasonable price for wher
the accounts between the two Governments come
to be squared up. if that should ever take place
In point OF military organization they have beer
equally favored, having secured the nucleus for
splendid army and navy through the resignation
of the numerous military and naval officers emu
merated in the list which we published yesterday
and who comprise some of the best officers il
the service, the greater part of them having beer
educated at West Point, or on board the nationa
vessels
In matters of internal economy the Southerl
Government has set us an example which it woui'
! have been well for us if we had long since ini
tiated ourselves. 1t has decided, for instance, t.
make its postal service self sustaining; and, il
proposes to discontinue all useless contracts, abol
ish postoffices that are an expense, do away wit
the system of free newspaper exchanges and tn
franking privilege, all of which constituted tn
great obstacles to the proper working of the De
partment. Thus it will be seen that statesman
like views have presided over the preiminar
measures of the new Southern Government, an
that it is arming itself for all contingencies. i
{ the seeded States men seem to be animated b
| huf ovrpn IN 10 failura in a
a settlement Of the existing difficulties and the
8 entertain strong hopes now, fear destined t
be realized, that they will be joined by the borde
States.
/, Such are the condition and prospects of the me-
S Southern Confederation CT this 4th day of Marcel
e lS6l,-a day likely to prove one of the mos
D memorable in history.
On the other hand we have the Northern con
: federation, which is to inaugurate the Presider
. elect to-day. The new Government, if it is nc
openly and boldly in favor of coercion, is in hope
= Of settling the differences between North an
: South by attempting to retake the Federal fort
r and to collect the revenue by means of block
ade of the Southern coast Its leaders, il is tru,
protest against these measures being considered
q the light of coercion; but this is a distnctio
= without difference. The mere attempt to us
I force will precipitate the country into blood
: struggle between men of the same race and Lin
e cage, and who, if the could only be taught I
think So have interests in every respect identca
Nor will this conflict be confined to hostlities b
e tween the North and South. Here in the Mort
) there will be division between the radical po
d ton of the Republicans constituting one part
It and the conservative elements resolving then
e selves in another; and whilst all this is going
IT the Administration will be weakened by dissei
sons in the Cabinet, resulting from the efforts
o the extremists to crush out the more moderate,
H. .,I I1o~
/ growing out of the distribution of the spoils
q Office.
e Such is the aspect presented by the two CO.
y federaces they stand to-day. Before a wet
l. passes the worst anticipations to which the pr
r, parations on both sides point may be realize
e Should the administration of Mr.. Lincoln attem
d to carry out its indicated intention of coercio
l. we shall at once find ourselves in the midst of
crisis the most dangerous and momentous tn
d has ever agitated the mind of people.-N.
ii Herald.