Delaware State journal and statesman., 1863-09-18

gratifying. Fifty thousand square miles have
been reclaimed from the possession of the insur-
gents In referring TO the annexed map il will
be seen that since the breaking out of tho insur-
rection, the Government has extended its former
sway over and through region Of lWo hundred
thousand square miles, an area as large us Aus
tria or France, or the peninsula Of Spain aud
Portugal. The insurgents lost in the various
field and siege operations Of tue month Of July
which have described, one third of their whole
forces.
Jefferson Davis, the ealer of the sedition, hns
since proclaimed Il levy of all the able-bOdied
men within his military lines. This, if carried
into effect, will exhaust the whole material Of
which soldiers can be made The insurgents es.
innate the total number Of conscripia thus to be
gained at from 10000 to $4,000. Our Al aies
now confront the insurgents at all points with
superior numbers. A draft for 800, 900 more is
in progress replace those whose terms have
expired, aud TO fill up the wasted ranks of onr
veteran regiments, and the people, just so fas.
as the evidence OF the necessity for that measure
is received and d'gestcd, submit with cheerful
ness to tho ascertainel demands Our armies
everywhere are we'll equipped, abundantly fed
and supplied with all the means of trausporta
tion. The soldiers Of two years. service bear
themselves ns veterans, and show greater steadi-
ness in every conflict. The men, accustomed to
the camp, aud hardened by exercise aud expe,
rience, make marches which would have been
impossible in the beginning Of the contest The
nation is becoming familiar with arms, and
easily takes on the habits of war. Large volun-
tary enstments continually augment our mill
tary force. All supplies are abunlantly aud
cheaply purchased within our lines. The couu-
try shows no signs Of exhaustion of money!
material, or men. A requisition for G,290 re-
mount horses was filled and the animals dis
patched from Washington all in four days Our
loan is purchased at par by our own citizens, ut
the average rate of 81 200, 900 daily. Gold
sells, in our market, at 1913 to l2S. while in the
insurrectiOnary region it commands 200 per
cout premium.
Every insurgent port is either blockaded, be-
seiged, or occupied by the national forces. The
held of the projected Confedcracy is divided by
the Mississippi. All the fOrliicatiOns on its
banks are in our hands, and its aood is patroled
by the national fleet.
Missouri, Kentucky, Delaware, Maryand-all
slave States-supporl the Federal Government.
Missouri has already in Convention ordained the
gradual abolition OF Slavery, to take effect at the
expiration Of seven years. FOur-ffths of Ten
nesse, two-thirds of Virginia, and the coasts and
sounds of North Carolina, half of Mississippi aud
half of Louisiana, with all their large cities.
part Of Alabama, and the whole sea. coast Of
Georgia and South Carolina, aud no nconsder-
able part OF the coast Of Florida, are held by the
United States. The insurgents, with the slaves
whom they yet hold in defiance of the Presidents
Proclamation, are now crowded into the central
and southern portions of Virginia, North Caro-
lua, South Carolina, Georgia, and Alabama,
while the pioneer slaveholding insurgents beyond
the Mississippi are cut off from the main force.
On the other hand, although it is less than six
months since the laws or customs oil the United
States would allow man of African descent to
bear arms in defense of his country, there are
now in the field % 900 regularly enlisted, armed
aud equipped soldiers of that class, while 50 re-
giments VI 1000 each are in process Of organi-
cation, and 62 500 persons Of the same olass are
employed as teamsters, laborers, and camp fol,
lowers These facts show that, us the insurrec-
tiOn continues, the unfortunate servie populn-
tiOn, which was at the beginning an element of
its strength, is being transferred to the support
of the Union.
You will use the facts presented in this paper
in such way aa mny be most effective to con-
vince those who seek renewal of commercial
prosperity through the restoration of peace in
America, that the quickest and shortest way to
gain that desirable end is TO Withdraw support
and favor from the insurgents, and to leave the
adjustment of cur domestic controversies exclu.
sively with the people Of the United States.
am, Sir, your obelient servant,
WILLIAM II. SEWARD.