Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-09-08
From the London Morning Post Lord Palmerston's Or
TIA x about Recognizing the SOufh-
crn COnfederaCy.

cfn tOnheOeraCy.
There can he but little doubt that. sooner or
later, the Southern Conederacy will he admitted
into the family of nations After teiiously |
proiracted war Of eighteen months. the Federal |
Government have failed in making the slightest
impression OH their reSoute opponents. 1t is not
unrea> enable to presume that even should the |
be proceeded with for another year and "A |
half the result ut the end of that time would not
be different We have now had fair opportu- |
nifty Of estimating the qualities and the caibre of
both belIigerents Those who derive their ideas |
of strength from magnitude not slow to
conclude that the North must of necessity prove
victorious. And in truth, the advantages pos |
sessed by the established Government ut the I
commencement of the contest were TO all appear
ance overpowerng The Federal States entered |
upon the war entirely free from debt, and with |
resources at their command for the production Of
wealth which were really stupendous. They /
possessed Il powerful navy, and though not hay |
ing at their disposal il standing army, had at All /
events IN abundance. the materials out of which |
it could be speedily created. They enjoyed the |
exclusive command of the ocean, and SAW not I
the slightest danger to apDrehend in the proSecu-
tVn OF their trade With the whole world open |
to them, they found themselves speedily supplied
with every engine of modern warfare which sci I
ence has OF late called into existence. Besides /
all this, they embarked in their enterprise with
To the established order OF things. Such were
the circumstances under which the North al i
dressed its. i: 10 the task Of crushing the So 1
called ebellIon; nor is it possible to lose SIGHT of
them IN estimating the probabilities of carrying
to succcssiu, issue IA war which, in it, present
stage, exhibits the cOmbatanis standing towards +
each other IN relations different from those
which they occupied when the war began.
liz would have been impossible for any nation /
tn ha flnflf
under circumstances more ,.isadvantag eous than
those under which the States which seeded from 1
the Union underworld 70 establish their clalm To
a separate form Of government Numerically, /
the population of the South stood to that of the +
North in the relation of one to five OF the I
mdteTiet OF war the SOuiherners entirely
destitute No sooner had the standard of indie
pendeuce been raised than every port in Il large 4
seabOard WAS at once sealed. With such mum 4
tons o. war as they then possessed, they found /
themselves obliged not only to commence but to
sustain what they we'll knew would be protract
Ell conflict. OF ships of war; with two I
exceptions, they possessed none. Their trade
entirely annihilaied Instead Of tire prestige
with which their Northern opponents entered on
the war. they found themselves held up to the
execraton of the civilized world To foreign
States they were Represented by the Federal Gov /
eminent rebels, whilst fanaticism -tigmatized
them as slave owners Numbering in all little
more than eight millions. they found Themselves
at the same time Obliged TO cope with the North
ern States. and To retain in subj cton. within f
Their own territory, population half as nnmer /
their Under disadvantages 20 great
A. these id the Southern Confe1eracy fight the
battle of independence.
1t j. impossible to compare the present position
of the Federal States, with that held by them at
the beginning of the war without being irresisti
bly, impre-Sei with the hopeiesSne-s of Their
attempt To subjugaie the South The South has
suffered mnch; il has also contacted Debt: but
nothing hy it be regarded worse than
defeat, il will be enabled ultimately, should it
succeed in establishing It's Independence to regard
with greater equanimty the burdens which, this
war may impose. To II seems impossible that
the North, in it, present crippled state. effect
an object which 1t has hitherto showed itself un
able TO accomplish.
4 he question when the South ought 10 he re
garded having established right 10 demand
recognition still remains open for consideration
Until the close of the present campaign Il had
certainly failed TO satisfy the world of it ability
To maintain It's independence. Had the result of
the recent engagements IN the vicinity OF ch-
mond proved different, the Confederate capital
would in all probability have fallen. Now. how
ever. when to all appearances the North Is com
PEELED to desist from active operations for some
months. it would certainly seem that the claims
Of the South to recognition deserve the serious
consideration OF foreign Governments. Another
signal victory OH the part Of the Confedera,es may
possibly decide The Cabinets of England and
France on the course they will adopt.
The Democrats of Philadelphia havenom-
mated Daniel l. Fox for MAYOR. aud the Reoub-
licans have nominated Alex. Henry.