Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-08-31
special Correspondence Of the Chicago rinss.l

Special Correspondence OF the Chicago Times.
" AsHISGToN, August Is.
"For where the carcass is, there will tbe buzz
yards be gathered together" This passage from
the Scriptures Is appropriate TO the condition of
the Capital Just now The word which have
rendered "buzzards" aprelrs eagles" in the
common version, but it evidently should be trans-
lated ''buzzards." OF crows,'' for it is those un-
clean birds, and not eagles, which hover around
a carcass The carcass that is lying here is all
that remains OF the oace glorious American
| Union. The spirit that once animated 1.-THE
spirit OF American iberty-is fled; aud over the
lieless remains of the Union grand pow WOW
of the abolition buzzards and . Republican" crows
is to be held here in few days Some of the old
bnzzards. that have smellei the carcass afar of,
are already here.
The object of this conference is 10 debate the
question. which has become most serious one,
whether, all things considered, IL is most expedi
ent To put stop 10 the war, or to continue il.
The main object which these men had in view in
plunging the country into war was the abolition
of slavery. In spte of the emancipation proc
lamaiions and con6scati0n bills, they were forced
to confess the abolition of slavery IN the South
ern States is rs far off now as ever The second
object which they had in view was the subjuga-
ton and conquest of the South in order to effect
the first object On this point. there is a dversi
ty of views among them The most hot headed
and implacable profess o see in the recent sue
cesses on the Mississippi an indication that the
sutjugaton and conquest of the South is pal
Dable thing. and that it be accomplished in
two years more. Charles Sumner is at the head
and Horace Greeley at the tail of this faction,
and it embraces all the radical Republicans. The
wiser and mure moderate members of the party,
however, led by Mr.. Seward and Mr.. Chase, can
not see II in that light. The experience of two
years OF war has convinced them that the South
is terribly in earnest in its attemp, to gain its in
dependence. and that the probability is that il
will succeed; at all events, that twelve millions
of people in such country that occupied by
the Southern people cannot be snbiugated and
conquered. But. contemplating the possibility
of failing in these two Objects the Republicans
had a third in view And this was the destruc-
ton Of the Union by causing civil war between
the North and the S0uth-a war which should
assume features OF such ferocity that the people
of the two sections would become so embittered
towards each other that they could never after
ward form ole nation or live in peace together.
This object every one c1n see, has been accom-
pliShed and this being the case. the question for
the Republican" party to decide is. shall the
war be conrnuedl And, If so, on what princi
pies and with what objects in view? And, if
not OF. what terms shall peace be made? These
are the questions 10 be determined by the leaders
Of the Republican party who now beginning
TO assemble here. Hamlating thought that the
destinies of the country are in the hands of such
men.
There are very few among them who believe
that the South can ever really be conquered or
subdued And vet there are some who profess to
believe this These men, led by Sumner and
Greeley would carry on the war until every
Southern man had been exterminated. and until
the Moth had been depopulated in the work of
extern,ination, and until both the North and the
y u
at the ruin they had effected, they would portion
out the lands OF the conquered among their greedy
and rapacious followers. while the widows and
orphans of the flllen would be sent to fill poor
houses and jails.
But the most of the Republicans" although
they do not believe that the Southern people can
be ultimately conquered. still wish to carry on
the war. simply to crafty their hatred toward
the South The South, they say. has not yet
been sufficiently punished True, the people will
no longer volunteer. But we can raise armies by
the conscription; and, by continuing the war two
wears longer, we can desolate and lay waste few
more States, as we have desolated and laid waste
a pirt of Virginia; we can lay in ashes few
more cities and towns, like Fredericksburg and
Jacksonville; and we can, perhaps, even reach
and set free few hundred more slaves. Be
sides, the war proved good thing TO many Of
our people, who are making fortunes out OF it,
and who cOuiu noi 10 30 " ~ "oio w ctoP NC
mercenary and malignant members of the "Re
publican" party reason thus
Men like Mr.. Seward and Mr. Chase, however,
are beginning to be appalled, at the consequences
of their work Ii is not too much to say that
they never contemplated war of the magnitude
of the one in which we are engaged Mr.. Sew
ard really believed that the insuuection only ex-
tended TO few hundred men at the South, and
that it could be quelled in ninety days. They
know that the South. united and powerful as IL
l., can never be subdued, and they are seeking
diligently some means 10 stop the war. Mr.
Seward and Mr. Chase both love the Union. and
wish to see it restored IL il rested with them,
verify believe they would offer honorable terms
to the South, which might have the effect Of
stopping the war and effecting ultimate reunion
But, unhappy, they are overborne by the weight
of the radical section of the party. The radical
faction, in pure mockery and deiision, have an