Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1863-09-15
IMPORTANT DIPLOMATIC CIRCULAR
BY SECRETARY SEWARD.
REVIEW OF RECENT MILITARY EVENTS
PROSPERITY OF TIKI STATES.
THE FAILING CAUSE OF THE REBELS.

Under date Of August IL, Secretary Seward
issued very important diplomatic circular
designed to correct the pre.judg ment OF foreign
powers who have profe ,sed to believe that the
suppression Of the rebellion was not pos sible
Secretary s., with singular clearness and
force of statement, proceeds to review the op.
erations OF the war on sea and land since the
date OF his previous circular, showing the
steady progress of the Union arms, and says
in conclusion:
On referring to the map it will be seen tina,
since the breaking out Of the instruction the
Government has extended its former SWAY
over and through region Of two hundred
thousand square miles, an area as large as
Austria or France, or the peninsula Of Spain
and Portugal. The insurgents lost in the va
rlous Held and siege operations Of the month OF
July, which I have described, one. third OF
their whole ferces.
Jefferson Davis, the leader of the sedition,
has since proclaimed a levy Of all the able
bodied men within his military lines. This, if
carried into effect, will exhaust the whole ma
terlal Of which soldiers can be made The
insurgents estimate the total number of con-
scripts thus to be gained at from 10000 to
5000. Our armies now confront the insurgents
at all points with superior numbers. A draft
for 100000 more is in progress to replace those
whose terms of service have expired, and to
I'LL up the wasted ranks Of our veteran regi.
ments and the people, just SO fast as the evil
received and-digested, submit with cheerful
ness TO the ascertained demands. Our armies
everywhere are well equipped, abundantiy
Nd, and supplied with all the means Of trans.
The soldiers Of two years. service bear them
selves as veterans, and show greater steadiness
in every conflict. The men, accustomed to the
camp, and hardened by exercise and expe-
rience, make marches which would have been
impossible In the beginning of the contest.
easily takes on the habits Of war. Large VOL
untary enlistments continually augment our
military force. All supplies are abundantly
and cheaply purchased within our lines. The
country shows no signs Of. exhaustion of
money, material or men. requisition for
6,2G0 remount horses was filed and the animals
dispatched from Washington all in four DAYS
Our loan is purchased at par by our citizens.
sells, In our market, at S1S3 to Sl2e, while in
the insurrectionary region 1t commands 1,2OO
Every insurgent port Is either bloc kaaed
besfeged, or occupied by the national forces
The field Of the projected Confederacy is
divided by the Mississippi. All the fortifica-
tons on its banks are in our hands, and its
flood is patrolled by the national fleet
Missouri, Kentucky, Delaware, Maryland
all slave States-snpport the Federal Gov
eminent. Missouri has already in Convention
ordained the gradual abolition of slavery, to
take effect at the expiration Of seven wears
Four- ffths of Tennessee, two.thirds Of Vir-
half Of mississippi, and half of Louisiana, with
all their large cities, part Of the coast OF Ala.
oama, and the whole sea coast of Georgia and
and South Carolina, and no in considerable 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 Ger.
tral and southern portions of Virginia. North
Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and Ala
bama, while the pioneer slaveholding insur.
gents beyond the Mississippi are cut OF from
the main force. On the other hand, although
il Is less than six months since the laws or Gus.
toms of the United States would allow man
Of African descent to bear arms In defence of
his country, there are now in the field q, 600
regularly enlisted, armed, and equipped
soldiers Of that class, while SO regiments of
i.oo0 each are in process Of organization, and
oz,on persons Of the same class are employed
as seamsters, laborers, and camp followers.
1neee iacts show that, as the instruction con.
uhues, the unfortunate serviie population,
winch was at the beginning an element or
strength, Is being transferred to the support Of
the Union. l3l5 - = =
You win use the facts presented in this paper
In such way as may be most effective to CON.
xince those who seek renewal of commerciaI
prosperity through the restoration of peace in
America, that the quickest and shorteat nav
TO gain that desirable end 10 to withdraw suu.
mort and favor from the insurgents, and 70
leave the adjustment Of our domestic contro
veIsies exclusively with the people Of the
United States,