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LONDON, MONDAY, AUGUST 14, 1865

The failure of a cause which has been gallantly
defended, for which men have schemed, and
thought, and striven, have sacrificed their blood and
their treasure, is always painful and depressing,
even where the object to be attained is not one in
which we can wholly sympathise. Englishmen
have watched with intense interest the progress of
the Southern States. They have sympathised in
the resolute stand which the Southerners made for
the right of self-government, and their hearts have
kindled as they read of the sacrifices which they
cheerfully made, the obstacles they surmounted,

and the unflinching courage and spirit which they
manifested in face of the most disheartening dis-
couragements. The presence of the Slave element
was, indeed, a drawback to the interest which
Englishmen took in the fortunes of descendants
possessing so much of their own characteristics,
and at the first outbreak of the war the sympathies
of this country were more inclined to the North
than the South. But it soon became appa-
parent that the question at issue was not
the position of the black race, but a struggle
for power between two branches of the white. It
was not long before it was clearly perceptible that
with the exception of a comparatively small party
the North cared no more for slavery than the South
did, and, in fact, the sincerity of their emancipation
fervour has been curiously illustrated by the treat-
ment of the negroes since the peace. As the war
was of the South's own making, it is evident that
there was no particular reason for fighting about
the negro question then. The " domestic institu-
tion" was in no particular danger, and the slave-
holding party were too strong for the abolitionists
to have much hope of overcoming them. If the
Confederates when still in force in the field had
offered to re-enter the Uniori on condition of having
their slaveholding rights guaranteed, the North
would have been only too glad to agree to such
`terms. The lovers of freedom may rejoice that
such a disgraceful compromise was not entered
upon. The South were confident of success.
They had able rulers, brilliant generals, and
heroic armies. They proved their valour on many
a hard fought field and against tremendous odds,
until at length the cause which at first appeared a
wild chimera became a recognised fact. As Mr.
GLADSTONE justly said, JEFFERSON DAVIS " made
the South a nation." It had a free'press, it was
governed according to constitutional forms by a
representative assembly, and in this very constitu-
tionalism lay its danger. Strange times require
strong measures, but JEFFERSON DAVIS was not
enough of the despot. He was too conscientious
or too timorous to wield irresponsible power, or
perhaps he felt he was not strong enough in his
position to assume exclusive authority. The
Congress which should have supported him failed
him in the hour of extremity, the planters
refused to permit the enlistment of the slaves
despite General LEE'S reiterated demand for them.
Disaffection and disunion crept into the Senate,
and press, and camp. Local jealousies, and indi-
vidual ambitions and animosities neutralised all
efforts for the general good ; secret emissaries
from the North were busy in Southern
circles, and treasonable correspondence with the
enemy was even supposed to be carried on by
members of the Senate itself. The result of all this
we know, and any one who recall the mournful
dignity of JEFFERSON DAVIS'S last answer to the
Congress, in which he expressed his conviction that
the necessary measures had been deferred too late,
will perceive in it the painful prescience of an
enlightened statesman who sees his country driven
headlong to a ruin which he is powerless to avert.

The brief sway of the Southern President has
ended in a Northern dungeon ; the short but event-
ful record of the Southern struggle has closed
in blood and tears. The only visible result of
the heroic struggle of a brave people for their in-
dependence remains in the desolation of the fairest
provinces of the Confederacy and the thorough dis-
organisation of the Union. The struggle being
over, all wise and kindly men will do their best to
heal the wounds of their country, to soften the bit-
terness of the conflict, and to reconcile the Southern
people to their old position in the Union. It is not
likely from all past experience that the United States
can continue to form one nation. They are
too vast and too unwieldly to be kept together un-
der one head, but whatever the eventual division
for the present, there is but one course to pursue
to restore order and civil government, and heal
far as possible the breach between the people.
Acting upon this conviction, the directors of the