Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1865-04-06

Amer Efforts a. mighty a. ever we're pui forth
by any nation, and after focr years Of conflict.
whose desperation. magnitude and costiiness are
without parallel. the rebel capital has fallen. and
The cOnfederstes. a. = nation. have DO longer ar
existence.
The rebellion may Dot be snbdued: the var
nay drag YEARLY and bloodily along for months,
and perhaps years. before its remnant are extinct,
bu, hepceforth the conflict and the character OF
those in r against the governments will be
completely chapged. Heretofore the confcdefacy
had . capital. halls Of legislation. and : quasi
existence as q distinct nation among peoples.
To-day Il has none of these. IL has no bead, no
home, no place il can call it, own. il is simply 9
vsgsboDd driven forth from lie last sanctuary in
It's possession Henceforh its soldiers are little
better than a mob sighting. not for 1stionaiity.
bat simple existence.
The moral effect OF the loss Of Richfnond will
be Enormous upon the southern people 50 long
a. they retained this place. they had a. least the
form Of q government which made aud executed
laws. and exercised all the functions OF q dis
tinct country. A thousand Invisible ties ran
from this place outward 10 every direction and
held the people of the south in unity. but the
capture Of Richmond sever these connections,
! and the southern mass breaks Into innumerAble
fragments. Discipline aud the personal ia fuence
ola few leaders, may hold together sn army;
but il will have no country. no people. TO sustain
and provide for it.
Ofthe effects Of the fail OF Richmond upon
Lee and his army, we cannot tell; nor can &C
tell how much nearer il brings US 70 the end oil
armed rebellion. If Lee, as We believe, has
made bis escape 70 DAnville; or If he be joined
by Johnston, and together the united forces fall
upon Grant, the duration Of the resistance may
be greatly extended. In any case, il Lee deter
mine TO fight aud hold himself upon the defeDs
i've, he mar easily prolong the war into another
snd-po ssibly still another year. II Mr.. Lincoln
should seize tho present suspicious moment, he
might by n master stroke disarm the rebellion
forever. The Generalization which will follow
the loss Of Richmond will be intense. and an an
nouncement of liberal terms would destroy one
half Of Lees army.
In its moment Of gratitude for this great sue
cess. the nation will not forget that to Genera
Grant more than all Others are we indebted fol
this glorious result. His the combinations which
gave Us Richmond; his the pertinscity, the en-
durance. which Tor months have accomplishing
iy been buheted by ignorant and hostile CRITICS n
and at the came m have held Lee in Rich
mond until events were ripe for his expulsion.
A great step has been gained IN the conhic
between legitimate authority and rebellion. Tn,
events Of yesterday are Of supreme value, an,
this. with the glory the conquest reflects upof
the north, 10 a matter worthy Of unlimited rcjoic
ing. But IL should 40, be forgotten that Rich
mond IL not Lee. and that the fate Of the forme
docs not include that Of the latter. While W,
rejoice. therefore. let IL not be forgotten tha
there may be yet other bloody battles and mucl
time spent before the remnants OF the rebellion
shall be inal.y annihilated. Chicago Times.