Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-11-16
From the Liverpool Pos; Of Oct %.
Effects OF the War I'm America.

The present war in America has been undoub
tedly the most unprovoked that ever was entered
upon The COnfederates have never vet been
able 10 Advance in the way of excuse a single
grievance except one which existed only in their
Imagination or their aDpfehensiOns; nevertheless
this war whether il be over soon or protracted
has already done immensely Of good 70 mankind
to Great Britain in particular. The American
people have unquestionsbly suffered mach, but
they have achieved great honors. The C0nfede
rates have proved Themselves n wonderful people
Deprived OF all the ordinary resources which give
strength 70 an army, they have battied braver
with army having all the advantage which
any army. great or small could desire The Fed
eral soldiers are well fed well clothed. we'll paid
and they have the advantage Of the sympathy Of
twenty millions Of men. The Southern soldiers are
not well clothed, they are badly fed, their arms
are procured as il were by stealth, yet they have
stood the very brunt of battle. and in the very
last engagement had what must be considered n
triumph The war 70 them therefore, has been
an ennobng glory and they will iud 10y and
by that ii has been of immense advantage TO
them as a brave, moral aud Christian people
Slavery has been swept away, and that is ala in
calculable good They will escape the odium Of
being the masters of bondmen, and they will eS-
cape il with advantage 70 their fortunes for the
serfs made free will make them rich beyond all
the expectations which the existence of slavery
encouraged.
The North. on the other hand has acquired a
position in history and politics which the nations
previous would not for moment have conceded
to IT, The great European powers looked upon
the revolt ~ inaugurating the down fall of the
trans atlantic republic The Union was to
Ay in pieces at the first conflict aod. to
yulgarism, the pride 10 be taken out of the
Yankees by their downfall and their degrade
ton. All these representations have been fal
sGed The republic has encountered the diff
cultles i'm a way 20 which monarchy and despotism
would have been entirely unequal. A terrible
war has ouly added to their resOurces-it has
literally enriched the country. and has made il
beyond the power of any enemy to assal it,
The aptitude the people has afforded an oppOrtu-
nifty OF developing their mechanical and scientific
resources They have cast cannon of unprece-
dented power and they have built ships which
render maritime war hereafter an utter impOssi-
bility. We have spent hundreds aud thousands
of pOunds-nav milliOns-in the building Of
ships and in the casting of cannon-the ships
and canton being now comparatively of
little or no use. We have had 10 initiate
the Yankees in both particulars and our ships
and cannon, by and-by. will render the invasion
of Great Britain by any hostile power decided
madness. There will be more fighting at sea;
there will be no more invaslOns. WecanEOt bonn
bard the cities of America; the Americans can
never lombard our cities The accomplishment
of science has enforced eternal peace. II is 40
surd to question this conclusion
We had the Channel Fleet III our river the
other day, and il passed by the two rams con
structed bv the Messrs. Laird; and these rams,
not Extensively, but tacity, reproached the ships
in tire British navy, for that navy, with all its
potency and all It's valOr, would make poor
sistance against two or three dozen rams. These
rams were built in consequence of the American
war Mr. Laird would never have rendered him
self immortal by the construction OF such ships
or rams bad there been no war. They are imi
tations to some extent of the ships in the Ameri
can navy; and the ships now being built in our
backwards are uuquestlonably palpable limitations
of the turreted ships Of the Federals, de-
spite any prior honor Mr. Cole my have; for the
turreted ships were built before Mr.. Coles ships
were put upon the stocks This IS one If IN
mense good that this war has conferred upon All
mankind The indirect good of the war l. Oy no
means small. We now that the Yankees
cannot be put down; but see at the same time
that the resources OF this country exait Us beyond
even an exaggerated account of our previous
power We have remained neutral; We lament
the war: We acknowledge It's bad effect upon Our
trade and commerce: but orr trade and com
the exception of the exports To- America, greater
than thy we're before. We are potent beyond all
precedent: we are prosperous, happy. moral, re-
iCiouS scientific and civil'zed-civiilzed beyond
all connecting peoples