The Sun.
London, England, 1868-11-04 00:00:00

subject for congratulation. it shows an advance-
ment in knowledge, and ignorance is the root of in-
ternational mischief. Nations cannot fight when one-
half the inhabitants of each, oppose the other half of
their own, while bound in the bonds of political
brotherhood with the corresponding halves of the
other nationality. Though all in each country are not
politicians, the leaders and the most active minded
are, and from them the tone is taken. Had the
Liberals of England been associated in a political
alliance with those of America Mr. Lain would not
have built the Alabama, and perhaps no privateers
would have got to sea from England. The Daily
News and the Spectator would not then have been the
only important papers which dared to advocate the
Northern ciuse, and English feeling, being fairly
balanced pro and con., England would have been
honestly, and not feiguedly, neutral. If these poli-
tical bonds strengthen, they will introduce a new
element into politics as well as int) internation.ll
sentiments, but whether for good or evil, time only
can Show. Now we point oat whit is evidently
the tendency, for it is uamistakeab!y seen in the
press, more particularly in that of Load m. The
Stand ird thiuk-3 it necessary to expl tie, to defend,
to misquote, to equivocate in aid of the Democrats,
an ex =plc more or less followed by all Tory organs.
The Star goes into the other extreme in defence of
even questionable R publican ac's ; and the host of
Liberal journals do the like in various degrees.
Herein may be noticed the steady march of Ameri-
canism, which will rapidly give the tone to political
opinions throughout Christendom ; and the know-
ledge that this is in the future has had no small in-
fl uenee in making the old Tory element detest the very
name of America. Nor ought the Republicans to
be surprized, or even annoyed, at a feeling so very
natural ; for, in truth, they should sympathize with
Toryism as they do with the Red Indian tribes—a
thing they are destined to exterminate in their
advance towards higher principles of Government.
,Toryism, the child of Feudalism, occupied the
soil here as the Red Indians did the American
continent, and America is acting on the Tory go-
vernmental system to its destruction as the citizens
of the United States are acting to the destruction of
the ancient possessors of their continent. Why
should the Red Indian love the pale face? and why
should the blue-blooded county gentleman, and
the lordly hereditary legislator, love the men whose
irresistible march is straight over their privileges,
prejudices, and interests? Hitherto the powerful
oligarchies of Europe have caused the failure
of every attempt to found a free Republican
Government, and then pointed to these failures
as proof of the unfitness of the masses for
self government. But here is a Republic (luckily
for it in its infancy separated by an ocean) whose
rise on the principles it advocates has been the
most wonderful iu the history of nations. Ameri-
canism comes then backed by a marvellous suc-
cess, and 'therefore doubly distasteful. But old
Toryism is expiring, and in it dies the bitter enemy
of the Republic. Hence, in a ineasur;‘, the changed
feeling of England which will be more marked as
its enemy grows feebler, and hence, too, the change
in party notions which has enabled the Conseiva-
tism and Liberalism of England to fraternize with
what they are pleased to consider the Conservatism
and Liberalism of America.