The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-08-31


Bright will have his opportunity yet. The Eng
lish people, not yet represented by any OF the
London presses, will speak out for themselves.
Can the London Times imagine what they will
say, and does it already shudder to hear the
ominous word?
THE WHITE FEATHER SECESSION MOVEMENT
IN THE NORTH.--In the recent suppression from
the pressure Unpopular violence, public opinion
and official Intervention, of various SO called
peace meetings and peace preaching newspa-
pers in various places from Maine to Maryland,
we can understand, to some extent, the over
whelming public sentiment of the loyal States
in favor of the vigorous prosecution of this war;
With the enemy in sight OF our capital, in force
and Boosting and insolent, in consequence of
our late disaster at Manassas, every loyal man
In the country knows full we'll that this is not
the time for peace organs or peace meetings
out for war organs, war meetings and the most
active preparations for war.
Hence the white feather movement in the
North, evidently started under systematic ar
rangement and through the medium of supplies
OF money from the rebel camp, will not be
tolerated at this crisis of life or death to our GO
vernment Secession journals and secession
public meetings, in the DISCUSSES of democracy,
peace and Union, have thus been summarily
''squelched" in Maine New Hampshire, Connec-
ticut, Ohio and elsewhere. The latest examples
in this work of pulling down the white feather
occurred at Mid.lletown, N. j., Newtown, l.. l.,
and Woodbury., Conn.,, in the suppression OF
these spurious peace meetings, and in the sub
stitution of rOusing Union war meetings. Pub
lie opinion was so visibly made manifest in
these cases, that we suspect it will be some
time before our secession peacemakers attempt
again to raise the white feather in New Jersey,
Connecticut or on Long Island.
We have seen enough of these treacherous
peace meetings to understand them. We un-
dertalle to say that in every case the prime
mover has been some miserable vagabond poll
tician, run to seed, and ready to undertake
anything for little ready money-that these
yagabonds have been discovered and bought up
by the agents Of JEFF. Davis to do his dirty work
aud that these peace missionaries of treason
with their price in their pockets, have been dis
tributed about in our loyal States to foment divi
sions and discords among our people But we
expect that henceiorward. from the severe les
sons they have been taught, these secession
peace pigeons will not attempt any more Of
these reasonable peace meetings As for
our treacherous peace organs, it is to
be hoped that they will prudently respect
the late order of the War Office, expounding
the lfty-seventh article of the act of Congress,
entitled "An act for estab fishing rules and art-
cles for the governm ent OF the armies OF the
United States" Otherwise some Of our peace
agents Of the newspaper craft may be brought
into communication with Fort Lafayette Such
is our reading of this order from the War Office.
The POPULAR NATIOSAI. LoAN.-We are in
formed that Mr.. Secretary Chase is about to
issue call upon the people of the United
States in behalf of the new national loan. For
tho current necessities of the Treasury, we be-
ieve, he wants, in addition to the aid afforded
by cur patriotic bankers, some fifty millions OF
dollars, in view of vigorous prosecution Of the
war. This, too, is the very thing, above all
things, desired by our loyal people-a vigor-
will be ready to respond to the call Of the
government is evident from the voluntary con-
tributions averaging over quarter of a million
day. which they have been making in this
city in the Office of the SubAreasurer, Mr.
Cisco Nor does it appear that these contri-
buttons, to any apprecabe extent, are dimi-
nishng the deposits in any of our banks.
The private savings of our citizens are brought
into requisition, and are thus being placed
under the care Of the government; and wien it
is considered that the sum OF five hundred dol
lars thus bestowed viii yield 10 the owner an
interest of thirty-six dollars year the invest
ment in addition TO being safe and patriotic
one, becomes decidedly profitable
The Bank Of England has reduced its rate
of interest to four and half per cent
doubtless partly under the idea that al
this crisis in our American affairs there is
very little danger Of any large investments of
British gold in American securities OF any de-
-scription; but we are already advised OF autho-
rity given to the agents of various English and
Continental banking houses for very heavy in
vestments in this United States government
loan, with its attractive seven and three ten tbs
per cent interest. We dare say, too, that the
twenty odd millions Of people of our loyal
States are as patriotic and as capable of meeting
any cali Of their government rs were the people
Of France, when in three days they had offered
three times The five hundred millions of francs
asked for by Louis Napoleon on account Of the
late Tia liam war.
Mr.. Chase will experience no difficulty in the
matter of money. Our banks and our people
villa pour it into the Treasury, and our patriotic
young men will pour out their blood like water