Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-09-28
Mr.. Seward's Dispatch to our Minis.
ferS ahroad.

Mr.. SEWARD, on the 18th ultimo, addressed
reciting the successes of our armies during the
present year, and concluding follows:
Jefferson Davis, the leader of the sedition, has
since proclaimed levy of all the able bodied men
within bis military lines. This, if carried into
effect. 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 1000 to 95 900. Our armies now
front the insurgents at all points with superior
numbers. A draft for 800 900 more is in pro-
gress TO replace those whose terms of service
have expired. and to fill up the wasted ranks Of
our veteran regiments, and the people, just so
fast "a the evidence OF the necessity for that
measure is received and digested, submit with
cheerfUlness to the ascertained demands. Our
armies every where well equipped, abundantly
ted, and supplied with all the means OF traDspor
tation. The soldiers of two years service bear
themselves as veterans, and show greater steadi
ness in every conflict. The men. accustomed to
the camp. and hardened by exercise and expert
ence. make marches which would have been i'm
possible in the beginning of the contest. The
nation is becoming familiar with arms, and easily
takes on the habits of war. Large voluntary
enlistmeuts continually augment our military
force All supplies are abundantly and cheaply
no signs OF exhaustion Of money, material or
men. A requisition for six thousand two hun
dred renount horses was filed and the animals
despatched from Washington all in four days
Our loan is purchased at par by our own citizens,
at the average rate of 81 200 900 daily. Gold
sells in our market at one hundred and twenty
three to one hundred and twenty eight. while in
the insurrectionary region it commands twelve
hundred per cent premium.
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seged or occupied by the national forces The
field Of the projected Confederacy is divided by
the Mississippi. All the fortiications on its
banks are in our hands, and its food is patrolled
by the national feet.
Missouri. Kentucky, Delaware, Maryland--all
slave States-support the Federal Government.
Missouri has already in convention ordained the
gradual abolition of slavery. to take effect at the
expiration OF seven years. Four ffths of Ten
nessee. two thirds of Virginia. the coasts and
sounds Of North Carolina. half of Mississippi and
half of Louisiana. with all their large cities, part
of Alabama, and the whole coast of Georgia
and South Carolina. and no inconsiderable part of
the coast of Florida, held by the United
States. The insurgents. with the slaves whom
they yet hold in defiance of the Presidents proc
lamaton, are now crowded into the central and
southern portions of Virginia. North Carolina,
/ South Carolina, Georgia and Alabama, while the
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sissippi cut off from the main force. On the
other hand, although il is less than six months,
since the laws. or customs Of the U s. would
allow man of African descent to bear arms in
defense of bis country there are now in the field
twenty two thousand regularly enlisted, armed
and equipped soldiers of that class. while fifty
regiments of two thousand each are in process
Of organization, and sixty-two thousand eight
hundred persons of the same class employed
as teamsters, labores and camp followers. These
facts show that, as the insurrection continues
the unfortunate servile population, which was al
the beginning an element Of its strength. is being
transferred to the support Of the Union.
i You will use the facts presented in this paper
in such a way MS may be most effective to con
vince those who seek renewal OF commercial
prosperity through the rest,rstion of peace In
America, that the quickest and shortest way ts
gain that desirable end is to withdraw support and
favor from the insurgents, and to leave the ad
iustment of our domestic controversies exclusive
1 ly with the people Of the United States.
i am, sir, your obedient servant,
WILLIAM II. SEWARD.
Tbs DrrSrRExoE.- Democratic party