The Van Buren press., 1861-06-05
General Discussion of the co,.
Collapse of the American r.
From The london Tmls lyo,, e

So short lived has lccu tho a..
American Union, that men who saw il, ts
see its fall. Lord Lyndhurst, vboi. .' rs, uay
to us, was born in Boston, Br;,i.i' lliyy fSe
Massachusetts was then one of the Ua;,.J fr {
ces. Indeed, we are still pensiopino tl 'F1Sli
OF lI'o, when the conquerors in tia, r,s. "!a-s- 4
stroylng the works OF their own hand. p.' S'' q |
self, thing Of insignifcanc when ao, ,ar. Is IN
the proceedings bv which the wort I. ~ /
| brought about Civil war, or in OIL s As ~, /
of the most frightfu and barbarous liz rs w (
accepted and undertaken by a peoTia ms a" 1's
most enlig lightened and best cducateJ ~ ITN'is y. /
TO get to the days of civil war in g.. Nd4
must 90 back to the dark ages Of his,orr ~.
allel to the American war can Le found i'm, ~
nastic struggles or local insurreelion. n: lS Y
deliberate division of great people into .-' ,+ -
| tile camps, such has not teen seen in W VI 10
Europe since the highest questions of reI;,;,. q.
polity were first presented TO the half ~;
minds of those ages Nor can the Iroces5~.S, -
| the Americans, indeed, sustain a eomnor;.Da
these ancient contests. When Frencbmar' 9 s We
Frenchmen at Jarnae, and Montcoutoar il Wy o-
lofty principles Of religious faith. When F,,-4
men fonght Englishmen at Marston Moor ~
Naseby, it was for high principles q - t-
right. In those days. too, war was mol bor,i. 20
hateful as now. Little, however. of such aro-i
tion can be pleaded for the Americans, Tt.
| living III all the illumination of reason al !.
full blaze Of day. 2Hcy hare no Ligb ,ri,r,i. =
tight for. The North may be iustifefip h. {'e..
citation of slavery, but 1t is not f ghting for hsr
pose OF driving !avery out Of the land. The Sr-.
may be Justiiicd IN protecting its indereg5rs
| but that independence was not assalei Stir.
of its pretexts and trappngs, the contest stqpI,df,
mare quarrel tor territory, or a s,raggle FOR oo
di2enieR. The people of the South desiirr 10 ~,
| new regions and organize tariffs without oC.,,
to the wants of the North, while the the rt-,1ly
the north cant 10 retain tie Southern Propihr,tgs
the Federat GouerRmcm as contri5afores "a q
strength aid grandeur Of the Union. W mint a,
sonenhng. perhaps, tor either side, gioua ussd "A,
North. but nothing that IRE could say inogla b.. nj
tifcdtoa Of cioa ,car. The arach0ri,mis 5rssih
Batties between such combatants, and in wi
cause, VIII be the most unnatural aud increiitLJ
conflicts. Free, enlightened, elfeduc.tinr 81
sell. governing Americans will Be- Staying cacl al
er like the very Indians whom they supplanel =
the soIl-hke the very savages whose bone. \
buried under barrows, the monuments Of " si
war, when nothing better was known
Its mournful thing to reflect upon-.oo mov,
ful, indeed, to allow Of any malicious moraln.,
We cannot afford To discourse on the slipvreL Z
democracy, for more than DemocyGcy is iapalre! 4
me rum. Every appliance and advantage wbi&
could render "A community wise, every ins.trse
which was reputed to render men prudent. Ia, 5r
tound utterly insufficient 10 preser5 ,ea from esa
1.orst toiiies THERE'S not one of n, ufeg ,,,.
institutions Of the Union but appears in tbs dqv
tr'af to BE operating in The uroRg directsor. IL
Americans have compa. atiyely no standing srr
ana no warike estimates but the result cf hsRJ
their usages In this respect is that every man III,
soldier on his own account. takes natlraLy
hghting, and that armies are raised for the is
shocking of purposes, with a celelity that CO.
hardly be paralleled under the most absolute n
itary govruments. The Americans arc habinEs
to elf-government, but that only renders then ss
amenable to control, and comm unicatcs the va.:z
OF popular insurrection 10 the proceedings d
regular campaign. They are wealthy, but that
eples them to osupport war, and the merchants 81:
niooey- dealers of the capital have been fosm,sis
,mer III, approval Of the Presidents proc !a1a.ca-
hey s,e giving to those purpose OF trade vhG
are held p divert men from ideas Of, strife, 5liag
ou's'ril ~, .iie nations of the Old World in SsHR
!sTy. Ihey ave no aristocracy to " deluia' iAz
into war ard - they hare ylun 5ei into rar rii 10
tremendous olae-ify as leaves the scrupuious M
These enlightened Democrats have sent ars
the ocean to purchase isom us those verv imJlt
ments and munitions Of N,,rwhieh we were rey;d
for providing, and will pros,bly impress iuiosia
trcidal struggle the great shit which we have bGi
as the most wonderful instrume4 Of commerce Gni
peace. Resolutions from which cd World .a,s
=,
promptly adopreo,, ~ magi trates G :repuSh'5
Our own great soldier, with ar, US IRON Fipa W
inhexible will, was fain to say that there w noa
ldg which should not be done or bo.T,e rslhet'tn
the country should know one hour II civil w;
out President Lincola and PTes;d5at DIris Asyts
sd 'oifh an alternative at ,oaieL Ike Drteof Wsan's
stood dgaast 1t is this contrast Of POSITION u!
practice which renders Me procesdiRcsef Of ~ ASs''
cans at once so shocking and so iHeredibh
Those free citizens of free States 10 when w "
bidden to look with envy and admiration ae n r1l
ting to eNSremities far more terrible than The L'
Appeal Of Kings. They are commeneln-, ~
foreign conquest, but campaigns against eo03u. r
men The Americans may rest assured that Las,
land wonld desire nothing so much as 20 ;ee ,lea
once more united. They come Of our own ''Cr,,
they speak our own language ,hey reflect Oii os'
faults, and up to this time they appeared to oe ea
t,nuing our national grandeur. Wecanno' via., ,.,
thc deepest sorrow, such people |ee =.
itseb into eica trar, Ike The halfbreeds q ia1.. o.
Tint This should be the end Of the gresi AEere'h T.
pn6fic, rs prospect against srhich erery tn'Sa
manly and progress ,oou!d gladiy close A'sfyd.