American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1851-1863, 1863-10-31
THE LONDON TIMES on Linen
LAST LETTER.

LAST LETTER.
The London Times, Of the 1Ah
closes an editorial reviewing the cond,
Of American affairs, as follows: +
But the political news is far the n
interesting aud important part of The
telligence we publish to-day. Thelsef
Of President Lincoln to the New Y
State Convection of the Republican :,
ty is pitched in very different kew h
the letters we have been accustomed
receive from Mr.. Seward. It's remu.
bic that at the most successful NOM.
of the war. while daily expecting to i,
that the fall of Charleston had foUo,,
that of Vicksburg. the President sps.,
in a graver and more sober tone than /,
yet reached us from the Federal Cove,
ment. 1.-THE war;" be says. "proprp,
es as fayorably since the issue Of 4
Emancipation proclamation as before
II that is all he can say. we do not w.
der at him adding that it would not jo
be "sanguine of a speedy and fnslh
umph," He appears, in fact, to be ODa
ing his eyes at last to the hopeless poF,
cal difficulties which would surround MI
in any dealings with the seeded STA.
1t is satisfactory to see that he repudia,
the farce OF treating as of any importsp
the pretended Union sentiments of ma,
ed meetings in Mississippi and Tenne,
ANY compromise to be effective mn.
be made with the rebel army or thol
who control it, or with the population
commands" and he denies that any orp,.
ture has ever been made to his govern
ment by either of these powers.
The Confederate Government show \.
sign of making any such proposals Tn
comparatively quiet intelligence wbjrs
we publish oday. tells Of patient and De.
termined resistance at every point; and
with characteristic awkwardness, Will.
admitting that the only advance towan,
peace can come from the army and /,
leaders, Mr. Lincoln throws the greaey
possible difficulty in the way of their e,.
err thinking of any such overture, by III.
ting it be understood that the leaders A
the secession would be the only persm
excepted from any amnesty. while P,
sident Davis and the able men who y
round him know that whatever might
the result to their country, their subms
sion would be followed by their own ruin
and possibly their execution, they vii
certainly strain every nerve to induce III
Southern people to fight to the last.
Mr.. Lincoln declares, too, that no con
promise embracing the maintenance
the Union is now possible. He comm'
himself. in so many words, to war
conquest to last possibly, by his own Al
mission, for year, and without having an
definite plan or policy whatever for ii
Government Of the country he propos
to conquer. With such a prospect i
natural that not even the anticipated "A
/ Of Charleston was sufficient TO rouse h,
to any language beyond that Of suIo
resolution. The chances of the conqup
itself are distant enough, if the renIor
mrnt Of his armies proceeds ~ i, b
hitherto done in the Eastern States. IT
gunbosts that patrol the Hudson. the a
tiIlery that commands the squares, a
the twenty or thirty thousand men "
garrison New York. have produced . !
turn of not quite 5000 conScripts FL
/ these are not likely to be of much us,
he has to begin enforcing discipline in
new army by shooting even substitute
for conscripts who had deserted. 7
negro troops will not help him, if /
/ Southern States. as seems 10 be the CA
have made up their minds to the armi
Of the slaves But when the last Conf
crate army is annihilatrd; what does
imagine he could do with the mineral
remnant Of the Southern population a
the mass Of helpless negroes? He Ct
fesses that his hands are tied by
emancipation proclamation, and that
can do little else than let things slor
Will the Americans be content to let t
great ship Of their Republic drift 3
futher helpless and rudderless into d
vast and fearful storm, with pilot W
confesses that he cannot guide her,
must let her drive before the wind!
The St. Paul Pioneer says; at
long been the boast of Europeans Il
the highest degree of mechanism, 81
as is required for designing and maj
foctur,nt, nrt p,ofo hoe raunr hoan fOr