Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-01-06
Special Correspondence Of the Chicago Times,
Prom Washington.

Special Correspondence Of the Chicago Times
From Washington.
Mr. Scenarios Settlement Of the Trent Case--Ne1c
and PerpleriRg Questions ready to arise ,cifh
Enqland--U asuccessful attempt of Mr. Serard
to procure from England some equivalent for
the Surrender IRE hare made-FGint prospect
Of change in our Foreign Relations.
WAsHISeToS, December 80, 1861.
The telegraph here has sent all over the coun-
tIy the announcement that the SlideIl affair has
been settled in manner honorable to this coun-
try. and that by this settlement war with Eng
land has been averted; and, furthermore, that the
terms of the settlement a matter of congratu-
| lation on every hand You will remember that
some months ago the telegraph here was placed
under the surveillance OF the Government, and
nothing allowed to pass over the wires that
not approved by the Government. A Govern
ment censor was appointed, under whose eye all
dispatches had to pass. BY the orders OF the
Government he suppressed everything that would
have conveyed TO the public any intimation that
the Government had met with any rev, rse either
/ in the field of battle or the field of diplomacy
/ Mr.. Ray mond the editor of the New York Times
has placed it upon record that the night fol
lowing the battle of Bull Run he wrote dispatch
to his paper and placed it in the telegraph office
Mt w Washington announcing the true result of the
engagement, and that the Government suppressed
it, and sent to the country instead the statement
that the result victory. The same thing
has been done on numberless occasions since
| The telegraph here only sends such intelligence
as it is agreeable TO the Government officials 10
read. Hence the announcement alluded to in the
beginning of this paragraph.
The Trent affair is ''settled" so far as it in the
power OF Mr. Seward to settle it. But soon
er has this question been disposed of than anoth
er springs up in its place, which will prove equal
| ly perplexing, and may result in what England
| hoped would result from the Trent case. namely:
an open rupture with this country. refer now
to the closing of the harbor of Charleston with
sunken vessels filled with stone England, hav-
/ ng taught us one lesson in international law, is
now about to teach another. Such is the tone
and language which one now hears in all the for
eign legations in this city. Truly, never was the
national flag trailed so low in the dust at pres
ent Ii is now openly declared here, on good au-
thority, that the English government regards this
unique mode OF destroying harbor in which
cry commercial nation the globe is interested
not only as palpable violation of International
law, but also a confession on our part that we
| have not the ships necessary to maintain such a
blockade on the southern coast as is alone recog-
nized by the laws of nations as valid and effec-
tual blockade 1t is said that the British Minister
here either has now, or will have very soon, in
structions from his government to announce to
| ours that the former no longer regard the
southern ports as blockaded in the manner re-
qured bv the rules of international law, namely:
by the actual presence of ships Of war; and that
| they intend to raise the blockade forthwith 1t
is said also that this announcement is to be made
jointly by the Representatives in Washington of
| the three great powers of England, France and
Spain, all Of whom have joint interest in the
matter.
\ need not say that this arrogant tone would
never have been assumed had il not been for the
unconditional surrender of the Confederate Am
bassadors at the demand of England. There is a
great deal of feeling excited by this unexpected
termination of the negotiation. The members of
the Cabinet, particularly Wees and Cameron,
assume confident tone in defence of the act
of their colleague. The papers supposed to be in
the support of the Administration do the same.
But almost all the members of Congress, and all
the leading men here from all parts of the coun-
try condemn the indecent haste and shameful
alacrity with which we have been made to cringe
before the horrors of a foreign war;
1t is no secret here that. in the nversations
which took place before Christmas between Lord
Lyons and Mr. Seward, the latter endeavored to
obtain from the former some equivalent for the
great concession which he intended to make. The
letters of Lewis Cass and Caleb Gushing had
proved to a demonstration that We were justified
IA seizing and holding the rebel ENJOYS. The
blood of the nation was up, too. There is no
question that the whole American people would
have rallied to the support of administration
that had manliness enough TO resist arrogant
demand that would never have been made had il
not been for our internal distractions. Thus for
tilted. Mr.. Seward agreed to give up the rebel
ENJOYS. provided England would accede to the
American. doctrine on the right of search. and
would, furthermore. promise not to interfere in
the contest between the North and the South
But Lord Lyons insisted that what the British
Government demanded was the unconditional
surrender Of the men who had been taken from
under the protection of her flag; and he would
make no terms whatever with Mr.. Seward AnC
on this basis the affair has been settled 4
Iii no settlement however. The only effec
of Mr.. Stewards meek acquescence in the AFRO
CANT demands OF England will be to convincs
that nation that we are too weak to resist any de
mand that she may see proper to make upon US
The readers of the Times may depend upon it
we have not yet seen the end of the affair of thu
Trent. -. - 4. t-I,,.-.,.
You will be glad to learn that the expedienc,
of making a clean sweep Of all our foreign Min
isters and supplying their places with men quail
fed for the business. is being seriously talked o
among the members Of the Cabinet The propo
sition for making the change is said to have EN-
anated from Western member of the Cabinet
the last man in that body, indeed, judging from
his position, who would be suspected Of wishin,
to NEEDLE with foreign affairs. But the shameful
manner in which the country Is represented, o
her misrepresenied, in all foreign nations. !
low becoming so painfully evident that no ON
can be blind to it, This is another of the sins 70
which the Secretary OF State viii have to answer
That functionary. by the way, is making fir
record for himself for the future historian
His eagerness to Top of the right arm of on
naval strength by offering to give up the RICH
OF privateering-his appointment as foreign Min
listers Of men ignorant as babes OF the very ee
ments Of diplomacy-his obstinacy in refusing Z
acknowledge that we are at war, or to accord {
the Southern States the rights fbelligerents eve
so far as to exchange prisoners his letter to tn
IGorernors Of the States. publishing to the worl
the defenceless condition of our seaport towns
and regarded in Enhland as menace and
threat--and to crown all his unconditional SUI
render of the rebel ENJOYS solely on the groun
of present expediency these. to use the mildes
form of expression. are not the marks of a grea