, 1863-07-17

Monroe, there WAs no point OF Federal
occupation in the South. This was in
1861"
~Ihen may trust my map for thatf"
asks the intelligent foreigner, previously
supplied with the rebel map aforesaid.
"You may take it as indicative Of the
breadth OF the task set before our Govern
mcnt. But now sir look at my map.
There is New Orleans, fourteen months
ago in our possession, and the Mississippi,
from the Balize to Cairo, is open and
glittering chnin Of victories. Missouri is
rescued, and Emancipation is the avowed
policy Of a powerful party within
her borders Kentucky is not only freed
from rebels, but is powerfully aiding the
Union. There is no rebel army in Ten
nessee- The State Of V1rginia has been
cut in two, and free State, by the COZ
sent Of its people, erected in its western
portion Maryland is freshly rejoicing
that Lee has been driven from her limits.
Baltimore Union Leagues have become
the effective aids Of the Government. In
North Carolina the rebel power is totter1ng.
We have strong grasp on the Southern
coast; and a blockade which Southern
Prices Current declare stringent. Tell me,
sir, have We not amended the rebel map?
This is the territorial aspect Of the case.
The Confederacy is cut in two. Our army
lines have been carried southwark until
New Orleans is reinforced overland, and
Mobile snenaced from TIC North"
The Intelligent American, with news in
his possession up to yesterday, would 60
On to say that the Government had four
grand armies in the field flushed with vic
tories; that Grant, and Meade, and Rose
Grams land Banks had their irons in the
very heart of the Confederacy. That
since June opened, the defeats Of the
rebels have cost them by actual count
nearly ONE HUNDRED THousASp men, now
out Of service by parole, or in our hands.
That we have captured from them in. the
past three months several hundred cannon,
and ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY TuoUsAED
small arms. That the work Of rehabili:a-
ton is already begun in Louisiana,
where courts have been restored in Ten
nessee, where an election will shortly be
ordered; and in West Virginia, where
Peace reigns under Liberty.
The inquiring European would as he
must accept this as very encouraging e1-
hibit. He would probably search history
in vain for parallel for great revolt in
so brief period so successfully battled,
and On 50 grand scale. In his mind the
chances of Mason and 61idell for procur-
ing recognition would be in exact ratio to
their success in cloaking facts. "The wal" )"
he would say "is getting along very vel,
but how about these riots? Is not your
Government of the nature Of the crustacea,
with all its bones and fighting points on
the surface, but very soft md ftail within.
Are you not going all to pieces in New
York? The case looks bad, If revolt
breaks ont behind the throne"
The American abroad would be at no
loss how to meet the inquiry. The local
inflammations created by the conscription
were not unexpected. It would certainly
be surprising Ind the numerous sympa-
thizers with the rebellion at the North
worked for two years without producing
some result. They had operated upon the
bascst passions Of the lower classes, the
touchwood in our grcat cities, always
ready forignition by the mob spirit Many
Of these rioters have for years done the
bidding Of their present leaders in aid Of
the Slave Power. None of them have
aided the war. It has been the aim Of
their orators and presses to distort the
purposes Of the Government, to falsify the
ncts Of the President, to belittle the Union
cause, to cry Peace, when peace only
meant submission to the public enemy.
These unfortunate tools Of the men who
are urging men into riot outrages, are only
carrying into practice what Copperhead
journals and orators have taught them
"Copperhead asks the European
what is the meaning OF TINT term2" at
is applied to the most deadly and mean
est Of all our reptiles, rattlesnake With
out the honesty Of rattlca, By it we mean
a class Of enemies to our national Govern
mcnt too cowardly to join the armed
rebels in the field, and yet deadly in their
hatred Of its measures, which they at-
tack in their their presses and public
speeches" "And have your Govern
ment allowed Copperheads to breed
without restriction, in the midst Of
loyaltyF What could an American
abroad reply to this, beyond lis Obvious
fresh recourse to the brilliant snccesses of
our armies In the field, and the dosner.te n
condition into which the Confederac. hss s.sa
14psed. He would add that, doubtless +t,a +ha
p. danger Of allowing freedom Of snaoch -. =.
press to be construed to aid treason would y,
he 50 apparent In the red Light Of the New
York mob, that it would shortly induce
such new restrictions as should force Con-
1.rhcad teachers to be dumb, hone TINT
exits on both sides the Atlantic. But the
f:ln:titn he would claim as throughout
<Atc;!ng, cur progress in the suppression