Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-09-01
The Army Assem- bling at New York
what will they do with M

4 vast amount of speculation is being in, ulged
in. and very naturally, as TO the destination OF
the splendid army that il being concentrated nj
this point The city is full Of troops and all the
islands in the bay and the adjacent country for
miles around are dotted with encampmeDts
There Is at present force of over thirty thousand
men in and around New York. and il is being
daily increased. so that We NAV expect in a week
or two to reach the 8 gure Of fifty thousand men
Ii IL composed of infantry, cavalry and artillery
in due proportion. AMI 10 is in every respect off
cered. equipped and disciplined up to the highest
standard of excellence
What will We do with il?
This is the question that is pnxzling the minds OF
the whole community. At first il supposed
that il was intended to overawe and repre.s all
riotous demonstrations that the enforcement OF
the conscription law might give rise TO. This
was mistake The draft has been going on
with the utmost regularity. in peace and good
temper. without the remotest approach to resist
ance and vet the army. instead Of being with
drawn as il would be IL that were the object of
it, being sent here, is being steadily reinforced
Then, again few wise heads among our own
citizens and a great many nervous people i'm the
British provinces have come TO the conclusion
that We are about IL anticipate events by crossing
the St lawrence and quietly annexng the Can
adas 10 The American republic. Not vet That
will come by and bv: but the army of 6ftv thOus
and men encamping in and around New York H.
not destined tor that pleasant and EASY conquest
and our Canadian friends need not get excited
for vet a little while Others might imagine that
il vas intended for operation against the rebels,
except that it IS plain to everybody thai h, Con-
federacv Is at its last gasp and that il is entirely
unnecessary to have recourse to any new army to
accelerate its dissolution.
None OF these gueSScs, therefore are correct
Aud vet this mysterious army must have a des-
tination What is it2 We will try our hand At
unraveing The yserv
We had. when this Southern rebellion broke
out. republic a neighbnr-a republic unfor-
tunate il is true, and suffering calamituonsly
from civil discords While We were ergal ell in
restoring our own government and putting down
armed treason an ambitious European Power
stepped in and overthrow leishbor's govern
ment. establishing IN its stead the monarchical
principle. which Is entirely contrary 10 the in
stincts and interests both OF Mexico and of the
United States Well. now that bv the virtal
subugaton Of our own rebellion we can afford to
pay some little attention to our ne ghbOrs affairs
We propose TO undo what has been don. or at
tempted TO he dOneby the Emperor of the French
The army shout which 81 much speculation has
been INDUCED in j. Intended for that little piece
OF business IL will probably be transported
without much loss of time to the harbOr of Vera
Cruz ana will plant the emblem of free ION or
the castle OF san Juan d'Ulloa IL will not be
the first time for that htg 20 float from those
ramparts The French army will thus be locked
up in the interior: and will not be very we'll able
to get out until the imperial programme is tho.
roughly renowned and abandoned Our sister
republic will then be left free either to reconsti
tute herself and mike another effort AZ civil re
lisious ard constitutional freedom. or will have
the option Of entering into ;he family of States of
the American Union.
All this can be Accomplished without much
trouble difficulty. and unless Louis Napoleon
desires 20 have war with us he will De left
free TO Wthdra~ his forces IL he desires war
be can be INDUCED u any extent he wishes in
that costly luxury lie nude the great mistake
of supposng that the American republic was IN
such straits that he might carry out vita little or
M risk his ambitious views on this continent
We will try. with all proper politenes>. TO unde
ceive him. We neither regardless of the
welfare Of our neighbors nor unable to defend
them Our ability keeps pace with our will We
cannes permit exploded principles OF government
10 be forced upon any people in tins hemis
phere by European deSpots Civil and religious
liberty belongs to this continent and must not
be supplanted The French ruler has, there
fore. committed grave political error in sup
posing that We would quietly scquesce in his
policy. Because allowed Southern dema
gogues 10 swagger and bOast-not deem:ng IL
worth while 10 notice their silly talk about
Southern valor and Northern contradictions
Napoleon seems % have swallowed all thar
nonsense, and 90 suppose that he might exneri
ment Al pleasure on this side of the Atlantic
The time has come for him 10 be taught that
the Oeople Of the tree States OF America have in
themselves the wealth, the power. the resolution
and the ability not only 90 crush out rebellion