Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1862-02-20
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| During the last three days, tbe Gensr.l.Ip
Chief OF the army has been In coustant oom
muuioation with the Secretary of Warl at I'M
house and request Of the later. On each n
thise three dsys, important orders have bee,
sent both By mail and 20 eRrapb, 20 Gen. ri ii
leek, Gen. Buell., Gem Hauter, and two otba,
Generals iat the bead OF divisions. signed. a
snoh orders always have been slRucd, by m,
Seueral-in-Chieff Of tho army.n Oae Of Nh,
New York pApere, which was ct frst d;,ped b,
tne slily siory Of Mcclellsnd's degradation /,
the mere oommand Of a'dlvision, now retract,
lie errors, and grsoefully says that "MoCleliar
con'inues 70 direct % he has heretofore directed
the, grand national campaigB) and 8 sotetSfy
stanton 10 too bsppy 70 have such an arm {.
lean on tes--the brilliant victory ct 6omer.
set: the capture Of Fors Henry, which IsoIa.ss
both Columbus and Bowling Green, and renderl
them both untehsbleI the brilliant expedition
up the Tennessee River 10 Alabama and Mis-.
siasippi, the very heart Of the Cotton Confed.
eraoy; ead the possession OF Roanoke Island,
arc all paris Of the grand plan Of the campaign
iofme1 py the Genral.in- Chief, and the execu-
.lon q which he cOHaded to men whom be
knes he could trust IN Z. $500. - :
Since my Last letter, the full text of the Ad.
dress Of the Emperor NApoieon 10 the French
pnAmbcrs has been received here. and has bean
scrutnisod BY every one with the eroatesr inter.
eet' The,e are great many French gentle.
men nov In Washington, and they eli agree
that the passage In tho speech which rofefs 20
America may be construed into highly bellie.
erent sense, while IL 10 impossible 70 put upon
ia perfectly pacific construction. Read the
passage In the original, aud twill be seen that,
when the Emperor says that our civil war has
greatly compromised the commercial interests
Of Frepce, be uses the stTopgeet possible ex-
pfessione Aud facts StthIs dag exist whioh
eubstAntiate whstthe Emperor says. Az this
DAY there are In the tobacco warehouses of Rich.
mond, LyDcbburg, and other oitles In Virginia,
nve million dollars' worth Of tobacco owned by
citizens OF France, bought on the spo, between
the months OF January and June, 1861, and
paid for in FTench gold coin, each cask, hogs.
head, or bog, bearing the distibot snnouuce.
ment that y betons 70 Q French citizen -
There may be aTe times that amount, bot that
much know Of. There is also, in the intetior
cities OF Alabama and Mississippl, twelve mil.
Lion dolsse' worth Of ootton in bales, the prop.
erty Of French oitlsene, bought and paid lot 10
the came way, The oEneIa Of thio propety
liTe IN France. Tnsy feel no uneasinsss whst,
ever about their property, sssisfed that thsy
will get it some way, "A Il. .f'.,,q n
!. 10 possible that the recent uDion victories
81 Somsfsst, Fort Henry, and Roanoke Island
will speedily be followed py others at Fort Don.
elson and Columbus, and by the Occupation o
Bowling Green, ihe Cunberlspd Gan. lhe North
Caroline railroads and thoss IN Kentucky Ano
Tennessee. These successes Of the Federal
arms will not terminate the war, bus they will
give u an entirely different aspect from that
which 10 has worn during the last three mobtus
Their greatest elect will DO sbroAd. Il she
French Emperof has not already committed
himself to 2 hoatile policy, he will, 10 tho view
OF the possible hnal success Of the Union Cause,
pause TO. few months longer, and wait zoe
course Of events. II, during tho next few
months, the blockade Of the ports OF Mobile,
Savannah, New Orleans, Galveston, Matapo.
ros, and Charleston be made really eff Give by
the actual presence Of shipa Of war, the prob..
bilitiss are that the Emperor will not interfere
for the present. Bat If the blockade shalllre.
main % Ineffective 50 it has been, and II Bean.
regard shall succeed in siemmins the tide Of
Union Victories in the Wes', there rs not the
slightest doubs that both England and France
will actively interfere Ia favor of the South,
II these expected Union victories take place,
the Southern military lee1srs will merely Pc.
tire 70 their next defensive lines, aud make an
effort TO hold them. But II there 10 ~ much
Union feeling IN the other southern States az
hue bern recently manifested IN Tennessee, it
wall then nnqaestionsbly maniitss iIselL AID
lead TO tReois, both st the North aud Sou,h. %
put 9 stOp 70 Lne Wsr and geoohstTRet As Union
The Question, "on what b4sls aha the Uaon
DO erecOnstractedf' 10 already engAsins the at.
tention OF the leading members Of Congress
and will probably soon be discussed in their
speeches. The only plan yet &C .ually proposed
70 thAs Of that crazy fanatic, Charles Sumner,
briefly alInded to In my last letter. You vii
NOT he surprised when cay thas this de,estable
project OF abnihilatne as one fell swoop a teen
sovereign S'Atee, and blotting them orc of er.
iatenee, Aclusll, fods supporters and admiters
In both branches OF CongrtsI When irst In
troduced it was laid upon the table on 6umner's
own mutton, sad 10 liable to be called no al hny
time From present indications it will not only
be called up. bat will bs discussed ct length
10 10 understood that no less than eigh. SenA.
tors have expressed themselves in favor Of the
measure. and that four more are .'open to con.
viction" on its meritsi Whlle In tho House no
less than thirty members have declared that n
IL was up In the House to day they would vote
for tt These facts are boasted Of BY the friends
of the measure. aI M nd
Toe conservative members Of Congress (alas
that there are 90 few of thom y are in favor OF
the ultimate restoration of the precise stotu guo
ante beiIvm. But a. this is not tho work OF
dAFs and 40 some of the States will probably be
Wrsnohed from the grip of "sne Southern Con.
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