Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-06-01
From the London Times.
The North aud the south.


There is not an Englishman who does not long
to end in each batch Of American news some in
dicatcn of an end-anicable, If possible, but,
-anyhee, an enc-t0 this horrible war. How
thilt end may come. people imagine for them
selves. il may be by a relenting Of mutual ami
mOsiiies, or br an exhaustion of men on either
Size, or by a bankruptcy of means and credit, OF
by some tremendous blow which shall place one
side at the mercy of the other. OF it may be by
the appearance Of new and unexpected perils,
such as dangerous conSpiracies. or a fresh seces-
sion in another quarter; or by the Apprehension
of interference: or, in the ~quietest way of all,
BY the accession of a new Government, more
likely TO gain reputation by putting an end 10 the
war than by carrying it on As vet We cannot
perceive the smallest sign Of peace by any Of
these ways; and even though some Of these cir
cnmstances are matters of act, they have no
other effect than to increase the obstinacy Of
both antagonists. We have to day two letters,
one from New York, and the other from Rich
rlond, both faithfully represe: ting the feelings at
the spot, and they both put of the conclusion to
an indefinite future. Ii IS not that the writers
do not realize what is passing. but that through
a confused and singninary foreground they show
peace receding still further and further in the
dark horizon.
But this war. which is without any example for
cost of life and treasure during the two wears IL
has actually ragged, is said to be only the prelude
OF the still more destructive contest now approach
ing. The grand armies must now advance 10
conquest or destruction; the forces on either side
must be concentrated and masscd for efforts on
the Napoleonic scale; nothing tut victory will
defeat treason at home, render conscription pos
sIble and sustain the value of paper money; faith
IN the Government, and faith in the cause. must
be revived at any price; two years experience and
more than a hundred battles have produced sol
diers who can make a charge, and Generals who
can turn a position and follow up a victory: in a
word. the United States are now a warike people.
who can and will fight. They are familiar with
carnage. and will not count the cost of victory.
The motives OF the war are now stronger than
ever. The North fights not so much to recover
the South as to retain the Northwest and the bor-
der States Ii fights against that tremendous re-
p%udiatiOn which is to throw all the costs nd al
the future consequences Of the war on New \ Crk
and the great cities. II fights to rid itself OF tue
enormous obligation il has contracted on behalf
of the African. II fights to sustain its credit with
the emigrnnts from Ihe Old World. whom-it has
invited TO do the work and divide the spoil. Sue
ceed il never can, butt confess rs much Is some
thing impossible To American nature IL has
yet To learn that lesson. But the lesson, so alb
horrent TO all its feelings and habits. viii be in il
self the hardest ever thrust on a repugnant pupil.
The Northern States will one day have to sign a
remuneration which will he ONLY the beginning of
ACKNOWLEDGMENT and ruin. This is the horror
they fly from. though the further they hy the
more surely do they entail il. Like him who ill
not turn round to see. because, having once done
so, his eye caught that which he wished not to
see again, they refuse to face the calamity which
they know 10 be approaching; . Neither statesmen
nor soldiers know how TO derl With it-not even
statesmen of tie Stanton class or soldiers like
Hooker.
Both sides in this extremity look to us and
nurse a quarrel with us. They do this while
each draws from rs the means Of carrying on the
war. The North hts drawn. and continues to
draw ". those supplies of men that cannot so easily
be obtained from lis own exhausted cities. Il
draws from US all the materials OF war. Yet IL
assures US that as soon as three months OF de-
cidei measures have put an end To the rebellion
it will Immediately hurl its arma menis against
England, against our hold upon Ireland, against
our dominion IN America. against our commerce
all over the world. Whether we interfere or not,
tins Is the fate i'm store for Us, aud meanwhile
we are expected 70 express the warmest hopes
for the success of the Federal arms. From the
South there comes, in somewhat miider accents,
a scarcely less unreasonable complaint. France
and England, we are told. have only to recog-
nize the independence ofthe South. and the war
will be over ut once Would. indeed, that il
were so. and that we could persuade the North TO
save the wreck of its fortunesi But no recogui-
ton or mediation would have the smallest weight
unless il we're backed up By the probability of
more forcible arguments, and those arguments
we are not inclined To apply. Dreadful as this
war is, we have no desire 10 substitute another
for it, to take ourselves the place of ole OF the
combatanis, and, perhaps, engross the hatred of
both We have nothing to do but to wait and
hope that these two unhappy maniacs may soon
come to themselves, and see what they are about.
Ii is not for our interest that either should con-
ouer the other. or that both should be irreDarably
injured This is a civil war, not. indeed. in our
own borders, but within our own race-ihat race
which but the other day We we're proud to reflect
was fast peopIing a continent and surrounding
the world.