Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1864-02-15
Especial Correspondence of the Chicago Times.l
WASHINGTON, February l

Especial Correspondence Of the Chicago Times.
WAsHrSoroS. February 1.
This continual cry Of the Administration for
more men-more human lives-more widows and
orphans-more suffering, and anguish, and de-
spair, ought to make the American people realize
their true condition. The cry for more men will
not stop here. These 500 600 lives will be sac
riiced, as three times 5o0.000 have been before
them And then Mr.. Lincoln will call for an
other draft. and another, and another. The war
is interminable How long viii the people stand
this draft upon their ife-bloodf How can they
permit this thing TO continue, when they see that
the war has been entirely diverted from ITS original
purposef The Administration no longer pre-
tends that the is for the restoration of the
Union Every man can see for himself now that
he war is prosecuted solely for the negro for the
ABOLITION of slavery in the Southern States, for
the enrichiug of contractors, and in order to
able the Republican party 10 retain themselves
in power. lcgf 80 81, Ia=f2'fl sf,E FaHi
The unceasing and still recurring demands of
Mr.. Lincoln for more human lives is absolutely
appalling Where are the million and a half Of
human beings which the has already swal-
lowed upS At least one million of them have
been sacrificed to gratfy the malignity OF the
radicals towards the South Are the ghosts of
this million to be followed to the gloomy shades
by the ghosts OF another million of victimsf IL
next election and declare otherwise
So far as the Southern States are concerned,
they are not only unconquered, but. under the
present policies, unconquerabie. This is the
truth; aud Is it not wiser TO recognize it to day
than to recognize il four years hence? Mr..
Nesmithsa Republican Senator from Oregon. in
a recent speech took this very ground.
cluding his argument thus: with their present
resources, they have the ability to resist our
rO11 for fha and il,
deed, to protract the war indefinitely" Can you
find room for some paragraphs from the Western
Senator's eloquent speech How effectually
he demolished the administration theory THAT
because the rebel cur ency is deprecated there
fore the armed resistance OF the rebels must soon
cease" fint.s -i1t' hafia.' o.
In the facts that have alluded to above lies
the KEY 10 the conduct which England and
France have pursued towards US during the war
Ii is for the interest OF both those countries that
our civil war should be protrzcted until the
arms-b bearing population is so greatly depleted
as TO be able to afford no barrier whatever to
their ambitious designs That period is not far
distant now. When the war began we were
about 26 900 900 people, not counting the ne
sroes; about IL 900 900 in the North and 5000,
900 in the South OF these the arnis-bearing
population about 3, 500 .000 in the North;
1900 600 in the South. Nc. Lincoln has used
up ABOUT soUU,uuO OF DIS men. a simple stare
ment in the rule of three win show how much
longer il will require to up the remaining
1000 900 JEFF Davis. on his part. has used up
million of his men, and he has only million
left England and France would both have in
terfered long ago; but they saw that. If they
held aloof. in few years would be
so exhausted and so helpless that we
would be powerless to resist any European ag-
gresson Therefore they have pretended neu-
trality but all the time have been furnishing to
buth parties arms. ammunition, and the means Of
destroying each other In two or three years
more. perhaps in year or two more. England
and France will both step in. and while France
occupies, not Mexico alone. but Texas and Cali
fornia also. and extends her imperial sceptre over
all the ancient province of Louisiana, extending
even to the Mississippi river. England will seize
upon Oregon and Washington Territories, and
upon Maine. New Hampshire. Vermont, and
Northern New York. And who shall prevent
their aggressions? We are already powerless to
resent the fragrant violation OF the Monroe doc
trine; we have had to submit already TO the most
shameful national insults. Such are the fruits OF
Republican administration. ~