Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1862-07-02
Tie Danger OF FOroign Intervention,
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Il could be done safely. The absurdity and
the injustice Of interference have no effect
upon the minds Of the unscrupulous lead
ers on the other side of the waters, and
only questions Of necessity and policy
guide them. Itistrue that our dispatches
from Washington report healthy and sat-
iifactory condition Of our foreign relations,
but It is impossible not to notice with some
5 apprehension the restlessness upon the
American question that pervades the for
sign aa3ices The London and Paris pa
pers made great cry on the retreat Of
Gen. Banks down the Shenandoah, and the
reception which that affair received shows
the oxuitation with which the same for
sign press viii hear Of our repulse at
: Charleston The battle at Richmond will
be the next one they win hear Of, and there
We hope and thoroughly believe all our
minor disasters viii be wiped out in glo-
rious victory.
A gentleman who has travelled extern
sively through Canada during the last six
months speaks of the wide spread desire
there for Intervention, especially among
the class that are most in sympathy with
England. dispatch to the New York
Times from Washington says that Hon.
John A. Gurley Of this State has received
a letter upon the subject Of Intervention
from a highly intelligent adopted citizen
Of Ohio, who has been spending six months
in England principally in the cotton dis
triots. In this letter he states the follow
ing propositions and conclusions: lst.
That Intervention in our affairs was deter
mined upon BY England and France some
months ago ID. That this determination
would have been acted upon before this
had not the contest between the Monitor
and Merrimac upset the calculations Of
those countries, and alarmed them for
their own safety. 3D. The dread of Mon
itor feet, whiehit is understood the United
States is building, adds another to the
reasons which determined those Powers to
interfere, and they win Heper permit this
feet 70 Be completed if they can prevent it.
4th. They will soon offer mediation, taking
extreme Southern ground, not wishing or
expecting that it win be accepted. 9th.
This being refused, they viii send their
combined fleets to surround our coasts
while there is but one Monitor in exist
ence 9th. The first of October next, if
not an earlier date, viii find the French
and English fleets upon our coast if the
Federal army is not thoroughly victorious
before then, and the rebels defeated, the
visit Of Lord Lyons to England being un-
dertaken to confer with the Governnents
Of both nations and arrange the details of
the expedition.
These conclusions, from one who has
taken special trouble to inform himself,
are certainly worthy Of consideration, al
though they may be, and doubtless are,
premature in their announcement
But If the contest is to come-if Eng
land or France chooses to interfere, then
but one heart viii animate the American
people, and that viii be to resist to the
last, We are already great military
people, and our resources are but half de-
veloped. The other half are ready to be
brought forth when the call arises.
The Sick and wounded Ohio Soldiers.
Dr.. Seymour of PainesviIle, who has
been for the past two weeks upon mis-
sion Of inquiry and investigation from
Gov. Tod to the hospitals and camps Of
eastern Virginia, passed through this city
yesterday upon his return. BE has visit
ed the divisions Of Generals Banks, Ere
mont, sigel and Shields, examined the
hospitals in each, and attended, so far as
he could, to the wants of the invalids.-
BE has visited SOS Ohio sick and wounded
soldiers during his absence. He found the
sick in Gen. Banks division generally
well supplied with hospital aceOmmOda-
tions and attendance. They have no cause
for complaint or of special suffering. The
forced marches which Gen. Fremont had
been obliged to make had greatly weaken
ed his command and increased the sick
list. The men were obliged to leave all ex-
ira baggage behind and consequently had
been without change of clothing. There
had been but little time or opportunity to
erect hospitals or care for the sick as they
required, but this was being remedied as
rapidly as possible, and by this time, the
men have as good care as they can get
There was, unfortunately, a jealousy found
existing between the medical men Of the
several divisions, 50 that in the town
Of Winchester while some Of the hospi-
tails under control Of officers of Gen. Banks
division had many empty beds, there were
sick men from Fremont's command, and
who had been sent there to be better cared
for than they could be in the field hospi-
tails, found lying about in out Of the way
places, having been refused admittanee
By the former into the hospitals. This
state Of things, however, is being rapidly
corrected. In Shields division a great
many men we're found thoroughly used up
BY the forced and almost ceaseless marches
they have been obliged to undergo. They
had marched over six hundred miles in six
weeks and were, very many Of them, COM
pletely worn out. A months rest would
put them all right again, but until they got
It, the men cannot be very effective in
fighting. The wounded Of this division
are at Washington.
These commissions from the State Of
Ohio to look after the interests of her sick
,srd e,,fParing eons are uroductive oP grpat