, 1860-12-10
AN EUROPEAN VIEW.
The London Press On Aut1Is.a 4GafTs.

The political imbEo5lo In this county
naturally attracts the attention Of the leading
English Journals. We hare room fos two c1-
tracts only:
From the Saturday 1seview.l
But II tho Southern States once succeeded
in cousti,utinga separate federation, 1t is sure.
" clear that every question now pending be-
tween themselves and the North would become
at once an international question Every point
now at issue In the domestic forum OF tCoEs,Tcsh
would conc under the ccEnizauce Of The Se'.-
eral society Of nations. "nas sott or oiS!ssoil
Of the unsettled territory now belonging to
the United States would ever he agreed upon
between the northern and southern fedora
tions nobody can pretend even to conceive ;
and this Is tbe very difficulty which secns to
show that the severance could neycr be cssct"
I'd without bloodshed. It j. plain, howeFeT,
that every attempt OF the southern States to
to them, would be resisted, not simply by their
northern nuishbors, but by the whole strength
Of European civilization.
The more reckless spirits Of the South arr
pashfn. on their quarrel in the belief tlnt, II
they we're once disembaTTassed OF the Union,
they could rend province after province from
Mexico, aud I'LL each successive acquisition
viii, their slaves. But Europe would hate u
wnr.l In the matter. 1t is simply the inc0rPo-
ration of the North with the South which pre-
ycl.,. European statesmen from treating the
aanrxut,ou Of the United Stntcs Is ayowed cx-
1e,,rions Of the arca of slavery. They cannot
nnw urbs:1id q confederacJ, Of which moro
cuuques.ng and anncxing merely tn the inter
~: ii ct,tton and nexrues, but there would be
no sesuple about taxing the southern federa-
ton with designs which It would be At no
1aius to conceal. Nor is there, We take 1t, the
slightest doubt that the ffee States would II"
ther assist than impede the efforts Of Euro.
pcan diplomacy. The Monroe doctrine would
be destTuycd 6y the vert fact Of sepersuion,
and Northern Union, once divided, from tue
South, wonld not bc long In making tie dis
coura.cmcnt Of slavery the cardinal principle
Of It's foreign policy. In short, the mcasi.ze
Of the dangers Of separation IS the advantage
now derived from Union Slavery Is sufficient
In. cOmmonwea1 to run NO small risk OF
becoming the victim OF general crusade; But
the actual colncdon Of the Southern States
with the North has the effect Of masking their
exclusive devotion to hated system The
Constitution Of the United States, as cxpe-
rienec has abundant1y shown, can otlen os 70
managed Is to promote the objects Of the slave
owners, nu1 whenever advantage Is gained IN
this way It is gained without mourning danger,
aud almost without attracting attention.
The e1tzayasaut notions Of their own Prov
css entertained BY the Americans Of the
Southern States has persuaded them that they
would lose nothing In military strength and
resource by casting of the bondage OF the
Constitution. We can on'y say that England
l. the only country which has had serious
struggle With the Gnltcd States, and English
experience docs not bear out the Southern
prctcusious. During the Revolutionary Nax
the English troops scarcely commanded foot
Of ground in the North which they did not ac-
tually OCCUPY. But, later In the struggle, the
South was Ill subjug2ted; and had not the in
| conceivable strategy Of the English generals
given different tuTn to the issue, It seemed
at one time that, even II New England and the
Middle States obtained their independence, the
| Georgia and the Carollnas. just . she was Of
Canada and Nova Scotia Similarly, in the
! war Of 1S1as nobody in Engl.ud ever doubted
| that the Southern States were the vulnerable
part Ut the Federation; nor las the resnlt
| changed this opinion. It Ii not indeed, to be
supposed that anybody In Engl7nd eseI
| doubted, or doubts, the personal gauantry o1
| the Southern whites. Even Il tho southerne1
| be somewhat of bully, we have no faith In
| the popular assumption that bully is q pol.
troon- But we in Europe have recently learned
| to dist1nst the strength OF every system which
! Is based on the depression Of subject popu'
latlon- There were bravo men In Italy who
vere welded to the cause Of legitimacy such
men, for example, as arc st1l grouped round
| King Francis 1t Gaeta. But the lesson w1
haye received is, that it Il nevet sata to cs!cu'
| lste on the abasemcnt Of subjects. The
Southe1ners en- hardly dlsdain the negro Is .
| rebel more, than the local Italians aespised
their people as mutineeEs. Il the negro i
considered hslf, an animal, the Italian Tni
thought h.lf woman. My people" wrote
King Ferdinand. bend theirneeks and obey,
Yet very slight assistance from without
swcp. away the italian tyrants; and for ou1
,art. y: do not envy the Southern + whites Whet
once = negro Gazibaldl Is among their s1aEea