Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1862-12-16


with their appointments, excel by far I'll ths
forces which the insurgents have now, witt
any augmentation ttey can make; that, IN ad
iilion lu tho present forces, the orders*sar
issued, tie machinery is in motion, for. tht
immediate addition Of three hundred thous
and men, all Of whom will come into camps
with All alacrity equal to that which has here
tofore heen exhibited by the people; that i'll.
activity is already giving place tn new
and effective eYeriions which will heSsuf
Gcient Tor the termination of the war
| that below these new. ran -s Of volunteers
there still remains mass yet sedentsry, and
which il daily increased by immigration
which is equal to all that has Lsen called
forth, which will be prepared MS a reaerve
and, il necessary, will be brought up to de-
tide the contest Neither the Governmen,
nor the country has experienced exhaustion
nor even financial pressure, but in the midSt
of wars and campaigns the fiscal condition
Of both is satisfactory, ana superior To that
of any other Government and people. We
are q nation not chiefly OF. cotton. ;,;,s.3f .fs g.
| but off farmers, pianufacturers and mIners
We will induce On oblgs our slagcholding
citizens to supply Europe with cotton if We
can.
So far nj we fail we fill up the deficiency
promptly by sending bread and gold. We
invite foreign products, such as We need, al
prices which we can afford to pay, and we
invite a premature return Of all our bonds
and STOCKS, aud will promptly pay and re-
deem in gold, with which cotton may be
bought wherever freeman can, with gold, be
induced to raise it. Let the world Judge
whether more can be required Of US. If we
are not met by sorious obytacles raised by
foreign Powers, we shall speedily open all the
channels Of commerce, and free them Fl ON
military embarI aSsinenti, andi cottan, so
much desired by all nations. will flow forth
as freely as heretofore. We have asccr-
tanned that there are three and half mil
lions Of bales yet remaining in the Region
where it was produced, although large quaint
ties Oft uIc yet unginned and otherwise unprr-
pared for tho market. We have instructed
Tie military suthoritie, to favor, SO far as
taey can consistently with the public safety ,its
preparation lnr and despatch 10 the mark e,s
q here it is so much wanted; and now, not
withstanding the obstructions Which have
necessarily attended the rc-establishment ui
tho Federul authority In tlut region against
watchlul and desperate public enemies, in
WhOHe hands the suppression of the cGttOn
trade by fire and furce is s lever with which
they expect 10 raise up niles throughout
Europe, that trade has already begun u re
yive, and we are assured hy our ci,il and mi
litaIy agents that it may be expected tu Increase
fast enough TO relieve the painful anXietles
expressed TO US by friendly nations. The
President Inns given respectful consideration
il tho iesIc informally expressed to lna l.y
the Governments vl Great britain and FraInr
for suns fnrthcr relaxation Of the hluckad,
in favor ni that trade. They are not rejected.
but they are yet held under consideration,
with virw tn ascertain more satisfactorily
whether they are really necessary, and
whether tlrrj cali be adopted without such
Serlons dclrIlnnut tn our military operations
~ would render them injurious rather than
beneficial u til, interest of all concerned
= An answer will Le seasonably gwen, which
will leave foreign Powers il no uncertainty
about CIR Course. S;,ci, arc the eSpectat ,.,s
of this Government. They involve Il con
tlrucd reliance upon tho practice Of justice
and respect Of our Sovereignty ty foreign
Powers. 1t is not necessary for me to suy
that if this reliance fails, this civil war will,
without our fault: become war Of condiments
"A war Of the world; and whatever else may
revive, the cotton trade, built upon slave Ia
Dor in this country, will he irredecmsbiy
wrecked i'll tho abrupt cessation Of human
bundage within the territories Of the United
States.
alu, sir, your obedient servant,
WILLIAM Fl. SLw.RD.
T., A L.,
SECRETARY sEwAKDS SECOND npiII0H or EaIAN-
CITATION.
DEPARTMENT or Sr.TE. W..HlNGruN, Sept. 81,
1862. Ae you ure we'll
aware, it hns never been expected by tho Pre-
Bident that the insurgents should protract
this war until it should exhaust no, only
themselves but the loyal States, and bring
foreign armies or navies into the conflict, and
still be allowed to retain in bondage, with
the consent Of thin Government, the sluyes
who constitute the laboring and producing
masses OF the insnTrecliunary States. At
LLe same time, the emancipation Of the siavcs
could be effected only BY Executive authority,
and on the ground Of military neaessity. AS
preliminary 10 the exercise ui that great
power, the President must have not only the
cGi5ency, but the general consent of the loyal
people Of the Union in The border slave States
whore the war was raging, az well as IN The
Free States which have escaped the Ncourge,
which could only be ohtaiued through clear
conviction on their part that the military exi-
gency had actually occurred.
II il thus seen that what has been discussed
30 earnestly at home and abroad, as ques-
ton of morals or OF humanity, has all the
while been practically oply military quss-
tion, depending on circumstances. The order
for emancipation, to take effect on the lst OF
january, i'll the States then still remaining in
rebellion against the Union, WAS issned upon
due joliberation and conscientious consijera-
ton of the actual condition Of the war and
the state Of opinion in the whole country.
No one who knows how slavery was on
grated upon the nation when it was spring
ing up into existence how it has grown and
gMued strength as tho nation itself hns ad-
vancod in wealth and in power how fearful
the people have hitherto been of any change
which u.ight disturb the parasites, will con-
tend that the order comes loo late.
1t is hoped and believed llrnt. SITTER the pain
ful experience We have bud Of the danger to
which the Federal connection with slavery is
exposing the Republic, there will be few in
deed who will insist the decree which brings
the connection to al end either could nr ought
To have been further deferred.
Tho interests Of humanity have row be-
cunlc identified with the csusc Of our coun-
try. una Ibis has resulted not from any. inilc-
ton Of constitutional restraints by the Gov
ernment, but from persistent unconstitutional
md iactious proceedings of the insurgents,
who have opposed themselves TO both.
ain, sir, your obedisnt servant,
Wm. H. SEWARD.
C4,s. FnArcIs Ap.s's, ESQ, &C., &C., &c.
SECRETARY sEwARD's PHILOSOPHY nH THE NEW
YORK ELECTlUN.
DEPARTMENT or STATE, WASHINGTON, Nov.
10, lS62.-Sr: 1t is probable that the ground
,rh;cb tho enpmiaa of thc lipjnn in Eurnnr