The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1863-09-25
The War History of the Year.

Secretary Seward, on tho 18th ultimo,
diplomatic circular to our Min
s,ors in Europe, reci,ng at length the sue.
,esses Of our armies during the year, and
as follows:
jefferson Davis, tho leader Of the sodi.
'ion, has since proclaimed levy of all tho
able bodied men within his military lines.
This, if carried into cffect, will exhaust the
whole material of which soldiers can be
made. The insurgents estimate the total
number of conscripts thus to be gained at
from 70 600 to $4,000. Our armies now
confront tho insurgents at all points with
superior numbers. A draft for 300,O
more is in progress to replace those whose
ter ms Of service have expired, and to f.l up
the wasted ranks Of our veteran regiments,
and the people, just so fast as tho evidence
Of the necessity for that measure is receiv ed |
and digesled, submit with checrfulness to
the ascertainod domands. Our armies ev
erywhere are we'll equipped, abundantly fed,
and supplied with all the means of trans.
portation. The soldiers of two years SER
vice bear themselves as Veterans, aud show
greater steadness In every conflict. Tho
men, accustomed to the camp, and hardened
by exercise and experience, make marches
which would have been impossible in tho
beginning of the contest. The nation is be-
coming familiar with arms, and easily take
on tho habits of war. Largo voluntary en-
Iistments continually augment our military
force. All supplies are abundantly and
cheaply purchased within our lines. The
country shows no signs of exhaustion of
money, material, or men. A requistion of
siy thousand two hundred remount horses
was filled. and the animals dispatched from
Washington oil 10 four days. Our loan is
purchased at par by our own citizens, at the
average rate of 81 ,20o, 600 daily. Gold
sells in our market at one hundred and
twent ty three to one hundred and twenty-
eight, while in the insurrectionary region 1t
commands twelve hundred per cent, pro-
MUM.
Every insurgent port is either block AIDED
bcseiged. or occupied by the national forces
The field of tho projected Confoderacy il
Divided by the Mississippi. All the fortifi
cations on It's banks are in our hands, and
it's food is patroIed by the national feet.
missouri, Kentucky, Delaware, Mary.
iaud-all slave Ststes-support the Federal
Government. Missouri has already In con
vention ordained tho gradual abolition OF
slavery. to tako effect at the expiration OF
seven years. Four.Rfths of Tennessee, two.
thirds of Virginia, the coasts and sounds OF
North Carolina, half of Mississippi and hall
Of Louisiana, with all thoir large cities, par,
Of Alabama, and the whole sea.coast o
Georgia and South Carolina. and no incon
siderable part of tho coast of Florida, ar
held by the United States. The insurgents
with tho slaves which they yet hold 10 de
fance of the Presidents proclamation. ar,
now crowded into the central and southern
portions OF Virginia, North Carolina, Soutt
Carolina. Georgia and Alabama, while the
pioneer slave, holding insurgents beyond the
Mississippi are out off from the moin force
On the other hand. although it is lose thar
six months since the laws or customs of the
United States would allow man of African
descent to bear arms in defense of his couu
/ try, there are now in the field twenty-tw
8 thousand regularly enlisted, armed en-
equipped soldiers of that class, while fit
n regiments OF one thousand each are in prt
p cess of organization. and si1ty-two thousau
}. eight hundred persoas of the same clsss al
IS employed as teamsters, laborers and cam
T. followers. These facts chow that, as th
! insurrection continues, the unfortunate sci
@ vile population. which was at the beginnin
o an element Of its strength, is being tram
/. forred to the support Of the Union.
"You will use the facts presented 10 th
h paper in such way ns may be most effec
y i've to convince those who seek a renewal {
v commercial prosperity through the restor'
>. tions of peace in America, that the quicke'
r. and shortest wGy to gain that desirable on
= is to withdraw support and favor from tn
q. insurgents, and to loave the adjustment {
in our domestic controversies exclusively wit
re the people of the United States.
ts Il am, sir, your obedieut servant,
q civilian II. SEWARD"
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