Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1861-09-06
Gbe National Crisis.
MIR. RUSSEL'Sl LETTER TO THE
LONDON TIMES.
anne Results pf the Rattle.

i
The Results Apf the Battle.
WASHINGTON, July 29.-0n this day
week the Confederates could have march
ed into the capital of the United States.
They took no immediate steps to follow
up their unexpected success. To this
moment their movements have betrayed
no ixity of purpose or settled plan to
pursue an aggressive war, oreven !" to
j liberate Maryland if they have the means
of doing So" And, indeed, their sue
cess was, as I suspected, not known to
them in its full proportions, and their
loss, combined, perhaps, with the condi-
J ton of their army, as much as political
, and prudential motives actuating their
leaders, may have had fair share in
producing the state of inactivity with
! which the Federalists have no reason to
be dissatisfied. Let us look around, now
, that the smoke of battle has cleared away
and try to examine the condition of the
ground. First as regards foreign rela-
tons. The personal good feeling and
perfect understanding which exists be-
tween the representatives of the great
European powers directly interested 10
! America are founded on an appreciation
of the exact demands of the interests they
represent, and on the necessities of a
common honorable policy. England,
having vast commerce directly involved
: in the contest, has naturally been the
, first to provide for its safety in American
waters, and has also felt it desirable, in
the face Of the .desperate counsels which
have been givef ,o4 this side of the At
lantic. to furnish atrihing reinforcement
to her small military establishment in
Canada. The feet at present in obser-
walton is neither powerful nor Extensively
| disposed, and no exception can be taken
to the mode in which it has acted, by the
most sensitive Americans, although at
tempts have been made TO arouse vulgar
, prejudices by erroneous statements re-
t speeding the declarations Of Admiral
t Milne. The authoritative assertions on
t that subject in some of the journals here
! are destitute of authority, except that Of
I the writer What is Of more consequence,
/, perhaps, in respect 10 TIE preservation Of
friendly reletions between England ana
4 IKE 4;,..issd ! sas s. q ssSs greet
G change has come dger the views Of the
members or member of the Cabinet who
r was supposed to seek reconstruction Of
a the Union in war with Great Britain
and that the most favorable disposition il
o evinced to cultivate our good graces, moi
by any sacrifice Of principles, but by the
r adoption of a tone at once calm, just and
c dignifed, which will be appreciated by
the foreign Office. 1t is not probable
$ either that we shall hear much more
i about the immediate annexation of Cana
da, and the fury of the 1904 900 better
!. than French" soldiers with which We
d were threatened will be for time averted
M. MERCER, the energetic and able re-
n preventative of our ally, is said to enter.
4 tain strong notions that the contest now
}. waging cannot terminate in the success Of
the North in what it proposes to itself
a M. dc Stoeckl, the Russian Minister, who
If has lived long in America, knows heI
n statesmen and the genius Of her people
and institutions, and is man Of sagacity
and vigorous intellect, is believed to hole
similar views. Perhaps the only minis.
ter who has really been neutral, observ
L ing faithfully all engagements to actual
ly existing powers, and sedulously avoid
l. ing all occasion of offence or irritability
e to an irritable people, rendered more thar
usually so by the evil days which have
r. fallen upon them, is the discreet and 10y
y al nobleman who represents Great Bri
tain, and who is the only one threatened
with a withdrawal Of passports and al
/ sorts of pains and penalties for the pre-
6 sumed hostility of bis Government. to tn,
United States. The world sees that thu
"a North has not treated the southerners al
- rebels-we will not say it has not daret
: to do so. But the Federalists hav'
treated the Confederates up to this mo
g ment as beligerents. Rebels are hanged
y imprisoned, and shot at discretion. Thei
flags are not received; the exchange o
At prisoners with rebels is incredulous. A
"A regular BLOCKADE of rebel ports il
al quite anomalous. II remains 10 be seen
after Mr.. Davis's recent hints, what the
Government dares to do in the case Of thu
pirates" whom its cruisers caught in thu
u act, red.handed, of privateering piracy
70 Meantime the arm raised TO chastise ant
subdue has been struck down and the at
Q. titude Of the North is just now defensive
is There will be on the part of the one peo
is pie, whom the American press has mos
Of insulted and abused, every disposition Il
b. give fair play and to listen to the call TO
le time" But the QUARREL must have it
!" limits-the time must be fixed, and tn
sponge must be thrown up if one or othe
Oh Of the combatants cannot come up to it
10 nor does it seem case in which an,
e. amount of ''judicious bottleholding" cal
70 prolong the fight. Now, at the presen
e moment the North Is less able to 60 int
- the contest than she was a month ago
10 She has suffered defeat she has los
morale and materiat. Besides killed
a. wounded, and prisoners, cannon, arms
D. baggage, she has lost an army Of tire
o. months men, who have marched away h
y their homes at the very moment tho CAPT
TX tai was in the greatest danger. Up h
a this period the reinforcements receivet
lr do not bring up the federalists to tn
" strength they had before the fight. M
a. one can or will tell how many bav'
r. strayed away and gone off from thei
n regiments since they returned to tb'
camps here but the actual number 0