MR. SEWARD'S REVIEW OF THE WAR. (FROM THE LONDON "EXAMINER," SEPT.5)

Daily Southern Cross, Volume XIX, Issue 1977, 17 November 1863, Page 4

MR. SEWARD'S REVIEW OF THE WAR. (FROM THE LONDON "EXAMINER," SEPT.S)

It was a maxim of Jonathan Wild the Gic.it to do no moie mischief than was absolutely necesw}', as mi*p|)' l 't was a iliing too piectoivj to lie wasted Ihe A mvi lean UovejniiicuL Feems to hold a similar opinion as In falsehood, and J|) Mr, Spward's }eviev/ of the war tlioie is a Mnyrumg am.on.i)t of tiuljj, The Foieisin Njcetaiy evidently thinks that su|flcient foi the day past was tlie flmi flam theieof ; and lie, theiefoie does not lomance almuL events which h ive passed into the dom tin of histoiy Wh.it, indeed, would have been the use of wasting piecioirj f.iUuh Kid upon facts now beyond dispute? It was •l'l \cjy vvel^ iijion t.ecv-ions of (limslci to make things jiU-asitit \>y ft li(.tJti concoction of invention, but that is nil ixona by, tl)O tilllll too v,a\l Uotal)li~hed, and any libl>ing now would br wnrsp than. u^eLs' — absolutely denunent.il. ]f the v\ sir were now desciilied as.i-em's of successes, with a f i w exceptions having no eoiisequences — mk.li as Hull's I'iin and l''iedeueksburgh--peo| le would uatuially s,iy, Wliy is it not all o\ti 1 Jf so much has been lj"ii|e liow can anything letn.iiu to he done? Gr s« f Ul'louil, j»i(st he the uiiMiMii iu< uictit ■\\hiih allow* the war to drag fill. \tluch. h.isj Lieu iii.u Ked with a sucoo^ion of t)ini)i|.lis. Mr,Sew mil is eumiiug enough to see that (his woild not do so he i' ti athr nl enough in luv leviuw of the w.ir till he conn's to the letcnt turn ot it-, loituncs in fivoui »f the jN'oiHi and then he expends upon it .ill the Hue ci>!"Ui njj lie ha* kept in roeivc. Indeed, thed. uk shadows of the eaily pn.s«.)ges serve to i-et fiiltii i)joit-l)i)i;litly the present prospect. According to the Poioigii NeoiotiViy. tho Ncjj tljt;} us wpre herjteu till they could be no longer. 'Ilicy h.ul (i\t)nu>te(l~ dcfiats; they travelled in the lonjj Line of disaster till they e.mie to the inevitable tinning... For all tin-, the Auuncan Government will some d.ty claim ciedit, that all its seeming revei-ea «eie ciiiiningly pKinned expedients for ultimate Sii.-CP'-i-. The;e \\a» once upoi. a time a chail.it.in, who j)iofes<-cd iliini'ing tcytlMi {tjinut juin. "\V Jiufl Lhe cicilulons patient was in hi- hands, he woujit 0\ ye a tuij at the p iniler with liisiiistimiieut, and, id tcply to the loar and an^ry coin|i],iiut th.it followed, " Kow, that was nieicly to show you Caitw right's method, that you "-liould see the ililjTeience between Ins and mine." Another tug, ami aiiuclia^ v*VP< <V>|d tfie exiil.iiiation that th§ |itiu was only to exhibit Spenoo's uiocin.d, nml t>;< t>\i till the tooth hang by a thread, when the qiuok ••aid "Now. you shall have a specimen of my method," and whipped the tooth out without moie pain, And so It evident Lincoln, if he ever succeeds in extiactmg thetoiith, will s.iy that Bull's Itmi svas only to show Bniiwide's method; the period of inaction M (Jlclliin' s ; JTredeiicftsbuig, HoukpiV, and that his own conduct of affairs oomnieiiccd wheil the bunglers were all dispo-%ud of. His Foreign Seeietaiy sums U)t his boasts in this passage .—. — "Jefferson Davis has proclaimed a levy of ablebodied men. The iiisuigeiit-. estimate the total iminbi-r ot conscripts thus to In- gained fiom 70,000 to Qo 000, (lijr armies now coufi out the uisiiigeutT at all points with supeiior uumlieis, A ilrafc jfo»i .'5(10,000 moie is in pi o^i ess, to rej)lace those whose terms ot sci vice hare expned, and the people submit with eheei fulness. (>ur armies cveiywheie aie well i>i(inpped, fed, and supplied with all the means of transpnita'ion The emintiy shows no si^n of exliaiisti'm of monpy, mateiial, oi men. A lequisitnm for b,"Jol> ienioi,nt lifijsps \yas fi}ln), and the animal^ <lesp.it<.hed fiom Washington, all ni rour (I.ij-k. Otiii loan is purchased at pai by our own citizens at the rate of 1, 200 000 dollars daily. Gold sells in our niaikct.it 123 to I'2S ; while in the lnsuiiectiou.uy region it commands 1,200 per cent piemium. Kveiy in-uri;ent poi t is either blockaded, besieged, or occupied liy f! ( e i|.U}o||al forces. " Now, as well as a good deal ot exijjgOiatioi), thorn is undeniably a good deal ot tiuth in this stitement; bub, aitei all. how small is what is done, e»en by Mi Sewaid's showing combated with what lomuns to he done beloie the subjugation of tho South can be efl'ncted And even then, what then remains the qte.it question? U|i"ii the hieakinj; i.i.i. oC the y,Mr, we jejieatedly expiesspil mil' opinion that the North uoitld t.ot kuop any veiy large f.>reo pennaiiently in tho field. They have succenled in doing this to a gnutei degree than we thought possible, but the volnntaiy levies are now fan ly exhausted, and the Goveinment confesses tint Us only lemaimng rescmioe is conscription, lions' that will woik we shall soon see. But if it gives soldiers, ie u-ill qifc gnch spldjeis as \y\\l fnU Rin i ly i evenge their forced serxicu by tremendously incieasing the demoralisation aheady exi-ting. Jn the mciiioii'" of a French veteran, just published, it is shown \vh it a cmb r in the armies of Napoleon w.-n the ra]>ine, which had become a condition of their existence, and cause of theii dissolution. If tl)is \y,js the cise> with the armus of fiance, how will it bo with (.hive of Ainei'iP'i m|der a flhQiplp,)Q so ninth laxcr, and with a national piopcnsity to much stionger to nisuboulination ? T<> he sure, it may bo said that robbery is tho oi der of tho day in the Federal States, that every one who cau is pillaging, and that the soldier only does ou a small scale what contiactors and cre.itutes of the Government are doing on a great scale ; but when men with aims in theii hands follow this pievailmg fashion they aie apt to cut out moie woik th.in is baigained for, and woe to their employers, with the wolf by the ears, which they can neither lu-ld nor let go. One day the conscnpt-,' turn may come, and they may say to the Government, "You made ussoldieis .{gainst our will, and soldiers wo will remain against your will, and hoi p onrsi'l yes t(> indemnities for our forced sci vices." For law and liberty in Ameiicasad times aie too evidently in stoic; bad begins, and. woise lcmains behind, One good oflyct lins been brought about by this war. It used to be tho icpnuch "f quiet oitizeus that in theii secmity they delighted in the account of battles, and could hardly bo satisfied with any amount of killed and wounded. This is certainly no longer the case. The American war has sui feited with cainagr, and the battles, one ■* just like another, have lost all interest. The imaUiuatum cannot grasp or follow things on so large a sca]o. Th.o l|igl| numbers are confounding. In a woid, tho Amerioan war has beonme a naiiseoiia drug, and many people have resolved to hear no iiioie about it tili it isovei, like the liish tiavellerin th% sacked town, who gave his mder as lih took to his lied, " Call me when it is 'lone." Hut r \vhen is it to be done? Mr. Sew aid tells all in Kuiope who desne a restriction of peace, for the lenewal of coinineieinl prospenty. to withdiaw suppoitaud favour from the insuigcut-', is if these weie the only obstacle* to the termination of the war. Leave us to ouroelyep, he says. Bufc I)^V° tho favour fjud suu

port not" ill been on one iide ? Have they not beeu » pretty equally divide*!— the South getting the largest share of the .favour— the North thelargost of the support in the substantial&hape of arras, ■nDuitions of war, and the duv material of soldier? in thousands of • emigrants? Thero is always iome reason for not succeeding in a conflict. "If it had not been .for this or that, I should have thrashed ' him,", says every foiled combatant ; aud Mrfi Sevvard's appeal to Europe betrays the con,scioui|uess of difficulty at the bottom of all his vaunts ,of success If, as brmstedfThe neck of rebellion were , broken, such favour aud support ai ICuropeojoiild s jrivej^'ould not be \yorth a thought, nor would the mgteetion of the national ca[>ital he a care compelling theJTederal generals to refrain from the bold jnovements conduciug to brilliant and deoisivo military success.