The Sun.
London, England, 1863-04-28 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING APRIL 28, 1863

NEW NOVEL BY THE AUTHOR OF " MARGARET MAITLAND,"
Now ready at all the Libraries, in 1 vol.,
HEART AND CROSS.
By the Author of " MARGA.RE r MAITLAND," &c.
Hurst and Black(tt, 13, Great Marlborough-street

with. The horse railway cars made their accus-
tomed journeys, and the police stationed at every
corner to preserve order had a sinecure. At a later
hour it was computed that about 7,000 people had
gathered together, and although some of the papers
of the folowing morning estimated the number at
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If the pains and interests engendered and fostered
by this cruel and illogical war had not blinded the
eyes of the Americans to the dangers to which their
liberties are exposed by its continuance, they might
have seen by the multiplicity of banners and pla-
cards bearing the words "Unconditional Loyalty,"
how low they had fallen from their once high
estate. That a free people, justly jealous of their
liberty, should allow such banners to be flaunted in
their faces without indignantly tearing them down,
or that they should accept the doctrine of uncondi-
tional loyalty without scornful repudiation of the
political slavery and degradation implied, shows
how much real freedom and independence of mind
the war has already destroyed. Unconditional
loyalty is more than the Russians give to their Czar
or the Turks to their Sultan, and has never becn
yielded to King or Government by any people speak-
ing the English language since the days of Henry
VIII. Is it not strange as well as humiliating that
such a doctrine should be first heard of in the Eng-
lish language in a Republic founded by Englishmen?
And should it not lead modern Americans to inquire
whether it really had its origin among men of Bri-
tish blood and lineage, or whether it is due to the
Celtic, Teutonic, or other alien races that have
adopted the English language without adopting the
English liberty of thought that should accompany
it ? Whatever may be the reason, it is not creditable
that a doctrine so long ago buried and forgotten in
civilised Europe should be exhumed in America,
under the leadership of fanatics upon the one hand,
and of selfish traders making unholy fortunes out of
the war on the other. The fact remains, however,
that the liberty of the Americans is rapidly slipping
out of their grasp; and while they avow a sentiment
so slavish, not to a King or Emperor claiming to rule
by Divine right, but to a fetish of their own making
such as Mr. Lincoln, it is scarcaly surprising that
military men should be ready to take them at their
word, and to prepare means for their final subjuga-
tion and reduction tothat state of thraldom to which
they would subject their brothers of the South. At
this very meeting in Union-square a letter was read
from Gen. Halleck which excited no notice from
any one, but which ought to have made the heart of
every freeman in the North throb with indignation
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vancing. They will before long crush the rebellion
in the South, and then place their heels upon the
heads of sneaking traitors in the North." In other
words, the subjugation of the South will be fol-
lowed by the subjugation of the North, and the
army, having no further military work to do, will be
maintained as an aid to the civil power to crush out
all free opinion and silence all opposition to the Go-
vernment. No other construction can be put upon
the °minions worth,. But, strong as they are, they
are not so strong as those of Gen. Milroy, another
Federal officer in command in the new and illegal
State of 'Western Virginia, and high in the confi-
dence of Mr. Lincoln and his Administration. "I
join with my fellow soldiers of the Uoion every-
where," says this officer, "in warning these traitors
at home that when we have crushed armed treason
at the South and restored the sovereignty of our
Government over these misguided States (whist,
under God, we shall surely do), we will, upon our
return, while our hands are in, also exterminate
treason at the North, by arms if need be, and seal
by the blood of traitors, wherever found, the peace
of our country and the perpetuity of ' free' govern-
ment to all future generations." If for the word
"free" in the concluding phrase the word "despotic"
were substituted the logic of this military tyrant
would be complete. Well may the Wor/d, in com-
menting upon this too significant threat, exclaim
that " the cruelest despotism that ever cursed the
earth would be Elysium compared to a Government
such as that pictured by this human tiger. It is the
curse of war that it will at times bring such people
to the surface. There need, however, be but little
fear of either Butlers or Milroys in this country.
This is not Asia, nor are the American people likely
to submit to what even the Turks have found intoler-
able." The World is too sanguine; Butler is the
most popular man in the North—the cynosure of
all eyes—the favourite of the ladies, and will be,
if the war lasts, the most formidable candidate for
the Presidency. Of Milroy little or nothing is
known ; but if the American people will honour
such men as Butler and Schenk, confide in the
wisdom of Mr. Lincoln and Mr. Seward, and avow
their determination to be " unconditionally loyal,
come what may, and happen what will," Milroy
and such as he will make themselves better known
in due time, and thousands of imitators will gather
around to support and strengthen them, till nothing
is left of American liberty but the sad remembrance

that Washington lived in vain. Nor will the re-
membrance be uninstructive if it teach other nations