The Sun.
London, England, 1867-01-10 00:00:00

and begin to realise, how great was that
Event which America accomplished for her-
self and for humanity, after all those sad

years of havoc and war.

We know that in the

short space of a few months the work of centuries

has been accomplished—that a New Nation has been
born in the New World, and that henceforth and
for ever Freedom is something more than a mere

name ! In the midst of the convulsions of 1866

lough great vested interests were lost, and great

financial. schemes terminated in disaster, one scheme

remained staunch and solid as the enduring hills—

that scheme inaugurated by ABRAHAM LINCOLN--
that scheme which changed a nation cf slaves into a
nation of freemen. And now, at the beginning
of another New Year, we count as a familiar and
accomplished fact that which twelve months ago

we failed to grasp at its true worth.
We would write with moderation and calmness,
but we become enthusiastic when we contemplate

the " manifest destiny" of the American Republic
"There are at the beginning of this year more
than thirty-five millions of people, scattered
over a domain vast as the whole of Europe,
and richer in every species of natural wealth
than Golconda or Opliir. No section of the
human family ever before had such prospects
before them. Among all these thirty-five mil-
ons, there is not one who cannot exercise some
appreciable influence upon the happiness and pros-
perity of the whole. In nearly all the States the
whole male population is eligible to the exercise of
the elective franchise,, and the recently emancipated
ones are being rajdly prepared for their great du-
ties in the ftrtUre by instruction and education. The
settler in his-log cabin in the far West—the artisan
in the crowded city—the country gentleman and
the swarthy son of toil--are alike invited to declare
at the ballot-box the principles on which the land
shall be governed. No man is too poor, no
man too rich to share the duties, the privileges, and
the responsibilities of public life ; and from the
county magistrate to the chief Executive of thii
mighty nation, all spring from the people, and are
alike the servants of the people. Vox Populi, vox
Dei is truer of this people than of any other since
the world began.
We, in our humble, though most responsible
position as Editors of a public Journal, aspire to no
less than to represent this people in Europe—to
speak for them and by their authority—to expound
their national sentiments—to make known their
wants and their desires. Others may think
this task mere pastime, but to us it is
fraught with grave responsibility. The nation
we represent is young—it aspires to take rank with
the oldest civilisations of Europe ; it is ambitious—
it dares to stake its ambition by the side of that of
Emperors and Kings ; it is energetic—its energy is
that of a nation of Titans rather than of men ; it
is proud—but its pride is the pride of freemen, and
not of slaves
We think we shall not be wide of the mark if we
state, in advance, that no other nation on this globe
will make so extensive or so brilliant a display
at the Paris Exhibition next April as the United
States of America. They have just emerged from
one of the greatest wars that ever afflicted huma-
nity, and they will share more of the enduring
triumphs of peace than any other nation. They.
engaged in that fear with but one object, and with
but one motive ; having accomplished which, they
return to the pursuits of peace like CINCINNATUS,
beating their spears into pruning-hooks and their
swords into ploughshares. We shall have at
Paris agricultural implements And labour-saving
machines of every kind of American in-
vention. We shall have, too, evidences of their
proficiency in arms, and their skill in that which
pertains to armies and wars, but these will be only
specimens of what America has done, rather than
of what she* is doing. Her people will flock to
Europe by tens, if not hundreds, of thousands,
every one of them with a heart full of generous
feeling towards England, and brotherly love towards
France; and every one of them determined to
" whip" both these countries in the exercise of a
princely and far-seeing liberality, and an en-
lightened friendship for those who are to receive
them.

We say, then, that at the beginning of
this year of Grace, 1867, we have every
reason to be grateful, and happy, and proud.
We come with no stain on our honour, no
blot on our escutcheon, and offer to shake hands
fraternally, inraris, with England, with France, and
with the whole world. We respect and revere and
venerate the old time institutions of these lands, but
we love the young, the robust, and vigorous insti-
tutions of that ; and while we have no word of fault-
finding or reproach for anything we see here, we
have a great wealth of affection for what we have
left there. We say to England and to France, let
us three join hands in a warm and fraternal greet-
ing, and in this year of peace let us each declare
that these nations shall not learn war any more, but
that this year shall witness the commencement of a
fresh rivalry between us in those pursuits which
tend to promote the happiness, the prosperity, and
the godliness of the nations !—Anglo-American
Times.

Two MARRIAGES. By the: author of " John
Halifax."—Messrs. Hurst and Blackett have just issued a
new book, entitled "Two Marriages," by the author of
"John Halifax, Gentleman," "Christian's Mistake," &c.
It is a very charming work, which cannot fail to please the
numerous readers and admirers of this deservedly popular
novelist.