Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-02-13
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W AsnINGroN. Fetruary


WAsHINGToN. February I.
The news from Charleston is ominous. and
the complications arising from the raising OF the
blockade there may have the effect of bringing
the war TO an abrupt termination Ii the facts
/ are alleGed-that our entire blockadinS fleet
was driven oil and dispersed and that the for
eign COnsnls resident at Charleston were out TO
sea in Il steamer. aud proceeded five miles beyond
the usual anchorage OF the bockading vessels,
without seeing one OF them-lf these facts
tublished. they constitute complete raising OF
the blockade. according to all writer's on inter
national law. Let il be remembered. in add
/ ton. that steamer was Immediately dispatched
/ from Charleston TO Nassau bearing the nie
gence of these facts in the form of an official pa
/ per from the Confederate Secretary OF State
/ The facts thus Off :all, promulgated, will be
/ published To the world. The sixty DAYS notice
OF the establishment of the blockade, impera-
/ lively required by the rules OF international law,
will have To be given by our Governments aud in
the meantime. the port OF Charleston is open to
/ the CONNER OF the world.
H. during the sixty days, the vessels Of foreign
nations are captured by our blockading feet
their capture viii afford to France and England
cGsus beiA which they will not be slow 10 em
brace This Is the view taken OF the subject by
! all foreign diplOmatsts here: and tho New York
| Herald says:
4 "If this were So. il would naturally alter the
character and probable duration o. the Two
months unobstructed commercial intercourse
with Europe would place the South both in
I gard TO finances and war supplies in Il position
/ infinitely stronger than that which ii occupies at
/ present IL would nfuSe fresh lie and vigOr into
its military and naval operations. end render il,
| with its united sentiment, impossible TO con
/ quer
/ a strong pressure is now being brought TO bear
upon the President to induce him To : !, i 10 900
troops and strong naval force, including several
OF the largest ron-clad vessels, to Texas. Ii Is
very true that there is nothing to he gained in
| Texas, aud that nothing be gained there un
| Ill the Mississippi is opened But the friends oil
many OF our Generals are here. all clamoring for
separate commands" Tor their frienas, and. as
some OF them supported by the radicals. there
| j. strong probability that Texas will be created
| into Military Department. and some mush-
room General, like Carl Schurz sppented 10
command it. Then 5000 OF our best troops
will be drawn from the Army of the Potomac,
or from some other army where their presence Is
needed. and will he sent down To Texas in rotten
transports Arthe same time IA feet of iron
clad steamers. which could be prottably employed
ia the siege OF Charleston or Sivaiinah or at
least In the blockade of those places will he sent
down To Galveston. It is not at all likely that
such an expedition, sent to Texas, will be sue
cessful But. even il IL should be. of what avail
would ii bel The possession OF Galveston, or
even of the whole OF Texas. would not be of the
smallest particle oi use 10 US long rs Rich
mond remains untOuched-as hong rs Charleston.
| Savannah. Mobile and the Mississippi River re
main IN the possession ct the enemy. But an
pedlton 10 Texas would take away IRON our
army at the East many troops that those lett
would be useless; and would take away from our
navy 80 many iron clad vessels that those left on
| the Atlantic coast would he powereSs. Perhaps
/ ri = .hat NJ 4 NJ. III "A
] Welles desire. 1t certainly seems
In two OF my recent letters ] spoke of the
probabilities that existed of the speedy termira
ton ui the war. These probabilities would have
become certainiies by this time. il it was not Tor
| the influence WELD over the President aud over
/ Confess by that faction in the radical camp
hose hatred To- the South overpowers in their
in Is all other considerations. | know not how
many other factions there are in the "Republi
can" part, but these Two are strongly marked:
Frsf--The faction led by Horace Greeley who
are tiied ot the war: who despair of benz able To
bring IL to successful termination: who fear, "a.
| Horace expressed u, "that their atmcs will con
quer oure Who are determined 10 have mo union
with shareholders" who dread nothing - mu IA
/ ~ reconstruction OF the Uuion ~ il wa. and
who. ia order To avert that calamity D. are
moving heaven and earth To bring about separa
ton AMI mn hckuOw etigmeut ct the Independence
OF the southern COdiederaCy. Up to lew dnNs
/ ago. there vas every reason To believe. aud IL was
generally understood and believed here that this
faction had succeeded "a bringing the President
over to their views and that he cordially iudorsed
them. Horace had been here. accompanied Dy
the notorious Wendell Phillips. hobnobbing with
the President, and boasting OF ms happy accord
with the Administrations And. indeed. he had
cause To boast lie had ordered the President to
i-sue his emancipation proclamation OF September
-. and the President had obeyed. At his com.
mand, too. the President had issued his em,nci.
patton proclamation of January list He had
commanded the President TO authorize negro
troops 10 be raised IN Massachusetts,, and the
President had obeyed, aud cnu>ed his Secretary of
War 10 issue the order To Gov Andrew accord.
ngy lie hid commanded the President To
order negro soldiers 90 be employed on the coast
of South Carolina AMI they had been so em
pioyed IA comp.isnce with has order Therefore.
when he told the President the war must be
stopped on The 1t of NAV. aud that he must then
recognize the South a. an independent nation. il
~a> natural o. suppo-e that the President would
obey with the same docility as heretofore. But.
il seems. Abraham kicks against the bricks, al
though il Is hard tor him TO DO 30. There u
another faction Ia the .,epublican camp namely
SreoRd-lhe faction led by Loyeloy. Chand
Ter. sumner. Jim Lane, and Thiddeus Stevens
These men hate the South. the Southern people
and southern Institutions intensely that. in
DESTROY the whole country. sooner than stop
the VAR nov, they would continue it until both
North and South are swallowed % IN one inds
unguishsble Ig.n. hat =. indeed, their present
r aim They know. as well ~ Greeley that two
ye,rs oi war have demonstrated that the South
cannot be conquered. They averse ss he
j. 10 Uaion with shareholders. Thew know
that il the war stops the Union will Toe restored
But their aim has been. from the beginning, the
utter DETERMINATION of the Southern people
This atrocious purpose was boldly aud shame
folly avowei by one OF them. few DAYS ago. on
the noor of Congress These wretches he
/ said. speaking of the Southenlrvple. "must he
exteyminaied; they must be swept from the face
{ OF the EARTH which they poliate
These men have sasaci,y enough 10 see. how
a ever. that the war must stop unless our Govern
unent IL completed suovetied and converted into
r a despotism. They have determined. therefore
n TO subsert tire Government. and convert u VITA
r ~ into an absolute monarchy. la the manner
Indicated ~ m, letter OF Feb 3. Mr.. Steven.