Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1865-02-01
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There IS no indication whatever of an Infen
ton or desire on the part Of the administration
10 discontinue the war. The war is the admin.
The party On poweruhss scarcely learn
ed the lesson o. carrying on a military govern
ment. ana a sudden abandonment of the present
advent Of peace. even by an IN
submission, a total collapse OF the
- so called" confederacy-wOuld bring new diff
~6culties, vast complications, and a world Of
business, Which would make the close Of the war
far more terrible than the beginning. The ad-
ministration n keen enough 10 see that a sudden
peace woup1 be infinitely worse for itsslf, aud
perhaps for tho whole north, than a pro;racted
war.
TIE EEsELs Sor READY soR PEACE.
Nor il the confederate government a whit
more ready for present peace. From the dav
when the first shot was fired at Fort Sumter,
there has never been a lime when the people,
their representatives, and their Journals talked
more earnestly in favor of carrying on the war
The rebel Congress did not occupy thirty min
utes 10 secret session over the peace resolutions
The Richmond papers are less defiant. perhaps.
but more determined than ever that the war shall
continue til the independence Of the south shall
be recognized. Peace propositions on any other
terms are considered pnposterous the mission
of Mr.. Blair is laughed at and ridiculed; they ex
pect that when old Mr.. Blair goes home, old MIR.
Greeley. with his old white hat, will be seen Hy-
ing about Richmond on IA similar Wild goose
chase
The changes in the csbinet. and the appoint
ment of Gen. Lee to the supreme IN of
the southers armics-ihings which TO some of US
look like dissatisfaction in the government and
dissatisfaction with DAVIS control OF military
affairs-to the south are assurances That the war
is now to be carried on in earnest, and their un
bounded confidence in Lee leads them to believe
that he will present his armies for the spring
campaign stronger, numerically, and it better
condition. than ever before. The losses at Sa
vannah aud at other seaports are taken coolly
they are blessings in Disguise" compelling a
concentration of the rebel armies ia the interior,
and inducing the belief and hope that Lees ar
my thus reinforced will be invincible against the
attacks OF Grant.
THE ONLY TERMS OFFERED.
And get it is known in Washington, known to
President Lincoln and Mr. Steward, tina; terms
of peace With the south are possible. if not prac-
ticable have Il from the very best authority
that ierms-the only ones the south can offer.
ill it Is conquered and reduced to the accep-
lance. and not the proposition of peace terms
have actually been presented TO Mr.. Seward,
substantially as follows: There must be a gen
eral amnesty, covering the past as well as pres
ent; the confscstion act must be declared in
operative; aud, in return for these things the
south will readily consider a scheme for gradual
emancipation. covering a period, say of thirty
years. These proposals have actually been
made. not officially perhaps, but in good faith to
the president. But Mr. Lincoln's only answer is
the immediate and unconditional Emancipation
of the slaves of the south. There is no side
issue; the Ito whom 1t may concern" policy Is re
iterated. The president on this point is stub
born, for he fsncies that he sees in this compul
sory abolition of slavery q fame in history which
a natural peace would fail TO give to his sd
ministratlon. 10
The WAR TO CONTINUE.
So the war will go on. The spring campaign
will open with a violence and vigor on both sides
which will make this ,~eyeptful year of the war
The present. peace talk viii be forgotten, for all
the surmises, all the rumor, looking to present
peace, are utterly baseless. Neither side wants
peace excepting upon such terms as ere clearly
able. If not IMPOSSIBLE itt4o sFtl
OR FOREIGN RELATIONS.
Meanwhile il cannot be denied that the foreign
relations OF the federal government, particularly
with France, are in a critical condition. Ii is IN
tortunsie that our late minister died aud left our
affairs TO be managed by a new minister. who
may command neither the respect nor the intu
eDce inspired by Mr. Dayton. Recent affairs in
Mexico. and tie action of Maximilian toward the
French emperor. IN giving him 4 foothold in So
nora, indicate that the interest OF France upon
this continent will not be aba;ed, By the mere all
nouncement of the intention of he federal gov
eminent TO insist upon and enforce the Monroe
doctrine.
France, always insane upon the Sbjec, of a
Franco American colony. never had a better op
portunity to carry out this %tsyorite scheme than
nos. To pl4ut a French colony in Mexico, and
to sustain The present French Austrian empire,
France is ready II need be. to acknowledge the
confederate independeuce. The idea advanced
bv The Paris Presse that after the 4th of March
Mr Lincoln would 10 longer be president of the
ouce United States. but would be strictly held by
France by the representation of those states only
by which he was, and claims TO have been, elect
ed. has made a deep impression abroad and at the
south. and is believed to be an expression OF i'm
perial opinion. Recognition by no means i'm
plies intervention: but. should France simply re
eogniIe the southern government. there is little
doubt but that England would follow suit. and
the whole continent would indorse the action OF
the great western powers. Perhaps this actual
gecocnisien and vrtual tarorsi1 Intervention is
not imminent. but that the administration con
siders Is foreign relations IN = delicate, if not
critical. condition. Is evident from the fact that
a. eaFly effort will be made 10 strengthen is
representation abroad a. much as possible.
It's even rumofed that after March 4. Mr..
Seward Vii vscAse the chair Of state. and GO TO
the court ofSt James. Should this occur. Mr.
Adams night be transferred to Paris. and the
then policy would be a strong enGnciation of the
non inieTlereEce-on ths-cootnent ~eoctrine Meth.
er in MEXICO nor IN the South American states
and II Adams would reflect ths opinions uttered
az -. james, and insist upon the Monroe doc.
time a. pasis. These are mere rumOrs with re
gard 20 our foreign affair. aud policy; but. dur
iug the next focr years. our relations abroad are
quite IS likely TO occupy The attention of the al
ministraion a. our var with the reoellIous states
Ietel ligeat obserr era here talk mach more esrn
estiy abost these matters than they do aber,
peace. the mission OF Mr.. Blair Is OF ins.gnio-
caut Importance in comparison Nilh The m.ssioI
70 France. and present peace With the south
even. il. Of less moment 10 the federal govern
ment. than the IN maintenance of amisable relations
With the powers 10 Europe.
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