Washington telegraph., 1864-12-21

ernment We may, in ike manner Judge
that if the campaign against Richmond
had resulted in success Instead Of failure;
if the va'or of the army under the leader
ship Of It's accomplished commander had
res sted in vain the overw bellning masses
which were, on the contrary, detisively
rcpulSeil; If we had been coInprilod to
evacuate Richmond as we'll ss Atlanta,
the Colfederacy would have remained rs
erect and defiant as ever Nothing could
have been changed in tie purpose OF lis
government, in the indonitable ySior OF
It's troops or in the uaquenclable spirit
Of its people The haiEled and disap-
pointed foe wonld in vain have scanned
.h,' reports Of your proceedings, at some
Dew Legislative seat, for any indicsiion
shat progress had been made III his 81
gsntic task of conquering free people
The truth so ratynt TO us mast ere long
be- forced upon the reluctant Northern
mind Thee are no vital points on the
preservation OF which the c0atinHrd ex-
istence Of the Confcdtraey depends -
There is no military success of the enc
my which can accomplish Its destruction.
Not the fall of Richmond, nor Whining
| ton, nor Charleston, nor Savannah, r0r
Mobile nor OF all combined, can save he
enemy from tie constant and exhaustive
drain Of blood and treasure which must
coutinua until he shall discover that no
peact' is attainaale unless based on tie
recognition of our indafeasibl- rights.
"Before leaving this subject it isgrati-
| flying to assure you that the military sup
Plies essentially requisite for public de-
fence will be foUrd, as heretofore, s-,e-
/ quate to our needs; and that abundant
crops have rewarded the labor Of tie
farmer, ara rendered a5or;iye tie inhu-
man attempt Of The enemy to oproauce, hy
! devastation, famine among tGe people.
He announces no change in ca! for. ign
relations, and conmentsupon the strange
denial of recognition to our government
from the civilized natiops Of tie world
{ thing unparalleled in history, and con
trary to the whole past usage Of Europe
an governments. Upon this hs remarks
as fellows:
The disregard Of this just, humane
aud Christian public duly by the nations
Of Europe, is tie more lciuarka5le frcm
the actthat authentic expression has long
since been given rs the governments OF
both Frauco and England to the eonfic-
tion that tire United States are unsbis 30
conquer the Conls!vracy. Il il uoH more
than two yesra s:ace the government Of
France announced officially 10 tic Caai-
acts oF II. Petersburg ami London It's
own conclusion that lie United States
were unat!e To achieve any decisive inii-
itGry successes. In the aneWelg sent by
these powers 10 imitation cf i contrary
opinion was conveyed; and 1t is noto.i-
ous fiat ia SPEECHES, both IN aid out ol
Parliament, the E.eahc,s of her Dritanic
N4jesty's government have uct Aestatod
10 express tiis conviction IN unqualified
terms. The denial of our right, under
these circumstances, Is so obviously M
Jas ,2nd discrimina;es % .a.rly in favor
Of the United States, that Eeutrais have
sought 70 palis:e The wrong Of which hey
are conscious, by profession ia consider,
ia opposition to notorious truth and 10
the known belief Of both byliigtre1;s.
tina. the recognition Of our independence
would be valueless without Their further
Intervention N the Struggle; an interv.n-
ton Of which we discialm lhe desire and
mistrust The advantage. We seek 20 f3-
v0r, We wish no Intervention, we knon-
ourselves fully competent TO maintain cur
own rights and Independence against The
invaders OF our country, and we feel JUS
titled in asserting, that without the aid
derived from recruiting their armies from
foreign countries, the invaders would,
ere this, have been driven from or soil.
when the recognition Of the ConfeJeTacy
was refused by Great Britain, in the fail
Of 1852, the refusal was excused cr the
ground that any action by her Majrsty's
government would have the effect Of III
flaming the passions OF the belligcreuts
and oi preventing t.iD return OF peace -
Ii is assumed that this opinion sincerely
entertained; but The experience Of two
years Of unequalled carnage, shows that
the result was th% reverse Of what the
British ministry huuancly d sired. \
contrary policy, pol cy just to us,
policy diYergius from All unvaryiHS
course Of concession to all the demands
Of our enemies, is still within the power
Of her Jiajesty's government, and would,
it is fair 10 presume, be productive of
Consequences the opposite Of those which
have unfortunately followed It's whole
course Of c0duct i 0n the commencement
Of th=e var 10 the present time. Ina word,
peacois impossib.ewithout Independence,
and it is not to be expected shat the en-
pmy Will anticipate neutrals in the re-
cosrjtian Of that independence. When
the history Of this war shall be fully dis
closed, the calm Judgment Of .he Impair
tial publ;cist will, for these reasons, be
unable to solve the neutral nations OF
Europe from p share in the moral respon-
sibility fir the nyIiads q human lives
that have been unnecessarily sacrificed
during is progreas."
lie informs Congress that the appro-
priations heretofore made for the expen-
scs Of the government are esii i'll uuexpend
ed, and no further appropriations will be
required for the next six months. Ex-