Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-07-27


wssHfSsToS. July 81.
The following paragraph from the Paris cor.
respondence OF the London Times i published
With great gusto by the Administration organs
here and In New York;
The United States Minister in Paris, on learn
ing that Mr. Siideil. the Confederate delegate.
had had an audience OF the Emperor on the sub
Jet Of recognition. informed the French Govern
meut that Il any proposals Of the Kind we're re
messed. hls Government would consider il 4 easus
bslfi and he should demand his passport and quit
France"
reproduce this paragraph here in order To say,
az nave the best authority FOR saying that the
statement il makes Is entirely incorrect Mr.
Dayton has communicated no such Information
To the French Government and has made no
such threat IN regard to his passport. Mr. Day.
ton some time since received special instructions
from the State Department. on this very subject.
and. so far from uming any such clustering
tone, those instructions made IL obligatory upon
him 20 pursue a course directly the reverse OF
that indicated in the above paragraph IL vas
known, when these instructions emansted from
the State Department, that Mr.. SlIdell was
exertins all has abilities to obtain recoen-
ton. and il was supposed that he had,
occasionally, the ear o. the Emperor Mr.
Dayton Was informed that IL was very desirable
that the arts and Vaccinations OF Mr. Slidel at
the French court should be counieracted; and
vast sum of money from the secret service fund,
was sent over to Paris for that purpose. accom-
panied by secret agents 10 spend IT, But Mr.
Seward is not fool. and still less did he suppose
that the Emperor could be moved from any line
of conduct upon which he had determined BY a
foolish and impotent threat Mr.. Sdells pro
posals for recognition are being constantly re
newed Yet Mr Dayton has not demanded his
passport, nor will I've do so
The national insults that we have been obliged
to receive and To pocket both from England and
France during the Last two wears. have. each
one. afforded just bsLi. and yet we have
rerained from making them such. simply because
unable To undertake a foreign war.
When England bulied US into submission in re
gard To the affair of the Trent. and We were
obliged to give up the Rebel ENJOYS at the
naughty demand of Great Britain, that was the
time for passports 10 be asked for. When one
iron plated vessel after another was launched
from English dockyards. under the very nose of
the English Government. and dispatched to swell
the Southern navy, and when shiplOad after ship
load of muskets and cannon sent from
England To Charleston, that cdsus belh of
the most fragrant kind. Above all. when the
English and French Ambassadors IT Washington
called in company at the State Department, and
informed Mr. Seward that their Governments bad
ueclueu I'd recognize the SOutn as Il Deiilgerent
power, that the time to withdraw our Minis
tiers from .heir courts and declare war And
finally, when, months ago. Napoleon invaded
Mexico with great army, with the evident ulti
mate intention OF turning his arms against us.
that was the time far war with France.
Why were not those occasions seized uponf
Upon each one of those occasions our nrtional
honor was insulted and our national rights in
vaded and disregarded We were poweress
then. as are powcrless now. 10 resent these
insults. because the Administration, instead oil
preserving our unity nation. pursued such n
course in the beginning as caused the present un
happy war and then conducted that war in such
manner as to make reconstruction Of the
Union impossible That is the reason why We
find ourselves at the mercy Of any foreign power
who chooses To insult and wrong We were
obliged to look on in silence while Napoleon
violated the Monroe doctrine and landed his ar.
mics IN Mexico. We we're obliged to swallow in
silence the bitter pill of seeing Mr Lincoln give
up. in recent treaty with England. the priceless
right for which We had undertaken the war OF
lel2-the right of having ships free from
the search OF English war vessels; u right which
Democratic Administration never would have
surrendered. We we're compelled to submit in
silence vi hen France and England joined in recog
MIXING the Southern Confederacy as n bellgereni
power And We will now submit To the national
disgrace of seeing the accredited Envoy Of the
South received on terms of intimacy at the court
of the Emperor. and holding long and conf
dental conversations with Napoleon In order
to crafty their hatred toward the South. the Ad-
ministration has permanently divided the Union
and. by doing so. they have so weakened our
national power that we can no longer resent
national insults. Such are the fruits Of Re
publican Administration.
Nv letter of July 18th furnished the correct
prognosis of Gen. Lees movements since that
date. His army crossed the Potomac at vii
Transport on the 18th. not to retreat TO Rich
mond, but in order that Meade's army might be
compelled To follow him Stanton Immediately
issued flaming bulletin. stating that Lee was
utterly routed. and that he was fiving pell nell
toward Richmond. with his baggage trains cav
airy. artillery and infantry all mixed up in mex
tricable confusion. There was not WORD of
truth in the story Gen Lee preserved tho most
admirable discipline while his army was north of
the Potomac. and he is doing the same now He
fecrossed 1.-The loyal Potomac" himself. with his
staff. on Sunday evening: and all day Monday he
personally Witnessed his long columns defling
before him on their way to Winchester There
was no disorder. no confusion. no stragglers: and
u strong rear guard of cavalry did not leave Will
Transport until Tuesday afternoon.
Ii Gen. Metde Is foolish enough To- follow the
Rebel army. he can easily overtake IL All sto
ries TO the contrary il is not farther off than
between Winchester and the Shenandoah river.
near Front ROYAL DO not say il will remain
there Ii Gen Meade moves after il he can over
take u. but he can not compel il To stay IN the
spot where he overtAkesit Gen Meade can not
make Lee fight until the latter chooses TO do So
Gen Lee would like nothing so we'll rs to have
Gen. Meade follow him He would elude him.
and draw him on. until he had drawn the Union
army ta- enough from Washington. and then he
would turn upon him and give him battle. In
hopes OF defe ting him IN then be able To march
on Washington. AT all events, Gen Lees move
ments will be regulated by those of Gen Meade
II the latter maneuvers skillfuIly enough. and If
the Administration can succeed i'm making the
Coniederates believe that "A new Peninsular cam
paign against Richmond IS on the taps then Gen
Lee NAV be induced 10 lead his army east of the
Blue Ridge When he does that, there is some
hope that Meade may be able 10 attack him with
prospect of success But. as long as he re.
mains west of the Blue Ridge he is entirely be
yOnd our reach. and can move either t. Staunton
or 10 the line af the Rappahsnnock without mo
leStation The fact that lie is able To 90 this and
that he has. in this campaign. so completely baf-
feel. not Gen Meade slone but Halleck and
Stanton also. affords another proof of the good
generalship OF the Rebel comm nder X
Testing the Con>ttsuttonatity of the