Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1863-09-24
Nh. Stewards DIPLOMATIC CIR.
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P-es3erity oftis Union. Fall
ang Cans or tina Rsbels-Progress
of Emancipation. Gt<.lil

ang Can 70 or thu Rsbels.-Progres:
Of emancipation. fGflfs
CIRCULAR NUMBER THIRTY NINE.
zisvstss1 IS DEPARTMENT. OF STATE,
WAsHrSGroS. Aug. IL. 1868.
! Sra: Whenever the United States .hav,
-ccaplsiued Of the premature DEGREES o
Great Britain and France. which accorded
gents. the statesmen of those countries
hare answered that from the irst they a.
greed that the Efforts of the Goyernmen,
70 maintain the Union. and preserve th'
integrity osthe Rcpablic. could not De sue
csssful. With view to correct thi,
prejudgment of 50 vital question. l al
dressed a circular letter to the representa-
tives of the United States in foreign coun-
tries on the l4th day of April. 1862. in
which reviewed the operations of the
war on sss and land. and presenie ell the re.
suits which attended it down to that pc.
Rod. The prejudice. which then at
tempted to remove. still remains. and it
constitutes the basis of all that is design
edly or undesignedly injurious to the coun-
try in the policy of foreign nations. The
insurgents havs been able to protraet their
resistance by means of sympathy anil all
they have received from abroad. and the
expectation Of further and more effectual
foreign assistance is now their chief re-
source. A new effort, therefore, to COR
rect that prejudics is demanded equally by
sprudent concern for our foreign relations,
and by the paramount interests OF peace
anil humanity.
In thu battles Of August. 1862. the Union
forces suffered some severe and appalling
reverses. But they resulted in the reunion
of the army which hal been called in from
the Psniasnls, below. Rishn mi, with the
army which hal its position between ths.
strongly fortified seat of the insurrection
and this capital. The wisdom of this re-
union was soon to be iniicsted. The in
surgsnt army. fllshel with its recent sue
cesses. and expecting that sympathetic
interest of slavery would produce an up
rising Of the people Of Maryland in its ia
River. Harper's Ferry. with many pris-
oners fell into its hands. rather through
accidents in preparing its defences than be-
cause it was indefsnsible. Nevert haless the
expectation of recruits signally failed.
Gen. Mcclellan. commanding tho now
consolidated forces of the army of the Po
tomac, was reinforced by fresh levies
from Pennsylvania. and by detachments
called in from neighboring forts. He
drove the insurgents from their positions
at South Mountain and Champions Gap.
Abou. the middle Of September. the two
opposing armies confronted each other at
Sharpsburg. and pitched battle was
fought on the banks OF the Antetam and
Potomac 1t was we'll sustained on both
sides Men Of one race and training d.
rected the armies, whose rank and file were
Substantially Of one blood. and even
nearly equal in numbers. The arrogant as
sumption Of superior valor and heroism
which they brought into the contest. and
had cherished throughout its early stages,
persisted on that sanguinary field. The in
surgent army, shattered in the conflict, a
baudoned the invasion of Maryland. and
sought refuge and opportunity to recover
its wasted strength in Virginia behind its
accustomed barrier. the Potomac.
Dir. Seward then details the retreat of
Brsgg to Murfreesboro. the defeat Of Van
Dorm and Price at Corinth. and the occu-
patton OF Nashville aud Murfreesboro by
Rroseerans. The capture OF Vieksburs. the
victory at Helena. the surrender Of Port
Hudson, and the occupation ofJackson.
Twill be remembered that on the 22i
day Of September. 1862. the President is
sued proclamation requiring the insur-
gents to lay down their arms and return
20 their allegiance, under the penalty that
all tbs districts where the instruction sho'd
be still maintained with the support Of the
people, he would on the first of January
then next proclaim. as . military measure.
shs freedom of the slaves. The warning
was generally rejected and ds6ed. but the
proclamation which i heralded was duly
issued. As the national armies advanced
into the insurrectionary territories. slaves
in considerable numbers accepted their
{Feedcm and came under the protection OF
the national flag. Amidst the great pre-
JUDGE and many EMBELLISHMENTS which
attended measure so new and so diver
gent from the political habits of the coun-
try, freedmen with commendable alacrity
enlisted in the Federal army. There was
aSnsoms quarters q painful inquiry about
their neral capacity for service. That I'M.
certainty was brought to sudden end in
the siege of Port Hudson. The newly
raised negro regiments exhibited all neces-
sary valer and devotion in the military as
saults which were made. with desperate
courage. and not without fearful loss by
Gen Banks. This protracted operation
engaged nearly d! If Gen. Banks availa-
BILE forces. While it was going on insur-
gent troops which were called up from
Texas re-occupied much Of the southwest
ern portion Louisiana which he bad before
reclaimed. The surrender Of Port Hud-
son, however, set his army Al liberty. and
ne has already made considerable progress
in restoring the national authority thus
temporarily displaced. -
The complete occupation Of the Missis
sippi by the national forces had effectually
divided the insurrectionsry region into two
parts. and among the important feature:
Of this division one which is of the high
est practical significance. is that the field
of military operations Of the insurrecti,r
il chiefly on the eastern side OF the, river
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