Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-01-06
special Correspondence of tbs Ciicaso times.
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Special Correspondence Of the Ciiicaxo times.
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Mr. .Se,rard's Setilensnf ~ the Trent C.lse--Nelr
and Perpieriug Questions resdy 70 arisc ruth
EHVtaRd-t HSnccesslu gttsAagf ~ Mr. SeieaYd
10 procure from ENGLAND egairaieat for
he SRrreliGe1- ne Lrre mule Paint prospecf
Of ehapge in our Forrign Relations
wAsuISoroS. December 30. 1851
The Telegraph here has sent Nil over the conn
tIy tle announcement that the Slidell ALTAR hls
been seliiesl II nlanner honorable 10 tbs coun
Try anu that by this settlement VAR with Eng.
land tis been aeericl: aud furthermore. that the
terms OF the settlement a matter OF congr.,tu
hilton on every hand. lou will remember that
some months ago the telegraph here placed
under the surye lance OF the Government, and
nothing allowed to pass over the wire. that VS.
not approved by the Government. a Govern
ment censor was appointed, under whose eye MI
dispatches bud 10 pass b. the orders OF the
Government lac suppressed erytllng that would
hav, conveyed 20 the public any iutulttitsl thai
the Government had met With any rest rse. either
IN the held of battle or the feld oi diplomacy.
Mr. RAYMOND. the editor OF the New York Times.
has placed il upon record that the night fol
lowing the battle ol Bull Run lac wrote a dispatch
10 his paper aud placed il ia the telegraph office
at Washington. announcing the true result Of the
engagement AMI that the Government suppressed
H.. and sent to the conntry instead the statement
that tie result was "A victory. The same thing
has been done numberess ocs.isOns since
The telegraph here only sends such intelligence
as IL is agreeable To the Government otliciais TO
read. Hence tbe apno cemont alluded TO in the
beginning of this paragraph.
The Trent affair Il settled 80 Car as il in the
power of Mr. Seward 10 settle IT, But no soon
er has this question been disposed OF than anoth
er springs up IN It's place. which viii prove equal
" perpiexing, and may result in what England
hoped, would result from the Trent ease namely
an open rupture with this country. j refer nov
tn the closing cf the harbor of Charleston with
sunken vessels iillcd With stone England. hay
Ing taught Va one lesson in international law, Is
now about to teach Ia another. Sucl is the tone
and language which one now hears in MI the tot
eign legations in this city. Truly. never vas the
national flag trailed 80 low IN the dust as ~ pres
ent Ii il now openly declared here. on eood au-
thority. that the English government regards this
unique mode o destroying "A harbor Ia which ev
cry commercial nation on the Globe il interested
not only palpable violation ct International
law. but also as a confession on our part Tint we
have not the ships necessary 90 maintain such q
blockade on the southern coast a. Is alone Fecog.
nzed by the Laws OF nations valid aud eIlec
tual blockade 1t IL said that the British Minister
here either has now, or viii have very soon IN.
structons from his government to announce To
ours that the former can NO LONGER regard the
southern ports us bloekaded IN the manner re-.
quired by the rules ol international law namely:
by the actual presence OF ships OF ami that
they intend Ia raj c tie blockade forthwith Ii
j. said also that this encouragement is to be made
jointly by tie representatives in Washington of
the three great powers of England. France and
Spain, all OF whom have joint interest m tho
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 u the demand of England. There il n
great deal OF feeling eNcitedby this unexpected
termination Of the negotiation. The menbors OF
the Cabinet. particularly Welles 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 al the members Of Congress. and all
the leading men here from all parts Of the coun
try, condemn the indecent haste and shameful
alacrity nth which We have been made To cringe
before The horrors OF foreign war.
It's no >ecret here that. in the conversations
which took place before Christmas between Lord
Lyons aud Mr.. Seward, the latter etdeayoted To
obtain from tie former some equivalent for the
great concession which he intended 10 make The
letters of Lewis Cas- and Caleb Gushing had
proved 10 demonstration that we were justified
in sewing and holding the rebel envoys The
blood az the nation was up too There is no
question that the whole American PEOPLE would
have rslliel 10 TN. support OF an administration
that bud manliaess enough 10 resist m arrogant
demand that wouid never have been made had II
not been fer our internal distractions. Thus for.
titled Mr. Seward agreed 10 give up tie rebel
ENJOYS. provided England would accede to the
American doctrine on the right of search. and
would. furthermore. promise not 10 interfere in
the contest between the North and the South
But Lord Lyons insisted that what the British
Government demanded was the unconditional
surrender ct the men who had been taken from
under the protection of her fipg: and he woul,.
make no terms whatever with Mr. Seward. And
on this basis the affair has been settled"
IL j no settlement. however. The only effect
of Mr. Sewarf- meek acquiescence in the arr
CANT demands OF England will be to convince
thtf nation thai are too weak TO resist anv de-
mud that she nHy STE proper 10 make uron Us.
The ret6ets of the Times may depend upon T.
We have rot vet seen the end Of the affair of the
Trent
You will be glad TO learn that the expeiiency
Of making Glenn sweep OF al our foreign MIN
ister-, ard suppl, ne their places with men quail
he tor the Business. i being seriously talked Of
among the members Of the Cabinet The propo-
sitieu for making the change IS said 10 have EN-
allatei from Western member Of the Cabinet
the last man in that body. indeed JUDGING from
hi> position. who would re suspected of wishing
"a NEEDLE with foreign affairs But the shameful
manner in which the country Is Represented, or
rather nisrepreSenfed. in all foreign nations is
nov becoming 50 painfully evident that no one
can be blind 60 it This i another of the sins Tor
which the Secretary Of State will have to answer.
That functionary. by the way. is making a fine
record for himself tor the future historian
His eagerBess 20 Top of the rieht arm Of our
naval strength by Offering 10 give ~ the right
OF prissteerine-his appointment rs foreign Mn
isters of neil ignorant babes Of the verv Gle
ments of dipiom4cy-hls otStinae. IN refusing To
acknowledge that we are At war. or 10 accord 10
the southern States the ri hts of belge even
- lar a. 10 exchange ptisoners-h's letter To the
Governors of the State. publishing To the world
the deienceless condition Of cur seaport towns
AMI regarded in England as a menace and a
thseat--auj u crown all bis unconditional sur
render OF the rebel ENJOYS sosely on the ground
of present expeiieiiey; these. 20 use the mldest
II.