The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-08-02

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have vessels Of which commanded by experienced
| ana entcrprsng officers When IL is remembered that
for more than three months Fort Sumter has been in the
possession OF these secessonsis and that ii taken at
loss OF some two hundred mep-that Fort Pcsens com
manding the eutry OF the GuM Of Mexico also In pos
session OF the south, which possesses likewise forts IN
Virginia Maryland, and the Delaware and also the ar
sena in New Albany and Kentucky lit does seem 10 Us
that il ia rather late the day argue the legal right
Mr.. Lincoln does Of the secessoniss separate II
Is the idcst Of all things this stage Of the quarrel TO
argue question of legal rights The letter Of the law
and perhaps its spirit too, against the purely legal right
Of the South to separate but that the blood Of both
parties is upnow that the South has constituted iis re
siNAncc into decided, palpabe and formidable rebel
lion, which has lasted for than half year and
which grows daily slr0nger- is for the North and the
government OF Washington to put the armed resistance
opposed to IL down possible, without further
arguing the legal question Events have evidently already
carried the matter beyond any considerations Of mere
legality IL now question OF who shall have supreme
| power and mastery; aud when men with British blood
| n their veins have such "a question proposed to
| them, may he quite that neither will sur
render without an obstinate struggle What nations in
Europe have to remember is that the history and
growth Of States circumstances wholly unforeseen
sioHay arise which prove stronger than laws and before
which laws and compacts aud charters must alike give way
The Southern States contend that such have
arrived aud though, as individual Englshmcn, our
sympathies with the opponents OF slavery, yet we
mus, also remember that secession which has been med
taed for years and has endured for months
WIZ not yield without an obstinate aud sanguinary struy
gle Whether The North will be victorious the struggle
without the gift Of prophecy to proclaim before the event
happens But " TIE struggle Tong short is erideat that mel
Mer North South dg1sn be aited0s they
l776 1888 on l706 The Union, II Is true, may BIO con
structed different basis but il the fec states lose
the Southern marine frontier II they lose Florida and
Louisiana the commerce Of the Mississippi the commerce
of New Orleans and Mobile and OF the cities and towns
watered by the gulf and stream OF Florida, gone For
ourselves, wo look for Heightened aud, VIC fear, re
] lentless contest.
Tho SouhoBs are renged on the question Of slavery
and the Northern States never forgive the South the
artiul aud reasonable manner in which they have DO
possessed OF tho moneys ports and forts chiefly
created by Northern industry This feeling OF soreness
approaching to vndctye bitterness appears many pas
sages of the message which print day having refer
cnce to arpers Ferry To the Navy Yard at Gosport and
" the Foridas 1t appears also in the demands OF men
and money made to suppress rebellion which Will TO
found more formidable than was at FIRST believed. That
the korthcrners will continue the with energetic
hgnence we have no doubt Their desire Of vengeance
will be Allotted by intensely commercial spirit which
has not abated Their courage rendered them less apt
for the camp tbs Southcrners thor part will meet
tho NOrtherners with passionate fanatcism and will
struggle TO the death before they admit defeat Happily
and wisely our policy is strict neutrality While we
lament the fratrc contest desire neither TO inter
fcre to Adudicae on the justice Of quarrel OF
brethren speaking the same language and nhabtng the
| same cont0ent.
| [From the London News July 1911
President Lncolns message sets at rest with the Sim
pcty Of Interchangeable resolve, many idle rumors Of
compromise between the called State rights Of rebel
iious minority and the fundamental principles Of national
| union and national sovereignty which Washington be-
queathed TO the people of the United States Sacredly
obligatory ali as 'the main pillar in the edifce of
real Independence as the support Of tranquility at homo
peace abroad OF safety prosperity liberty itself Is
that goody fabric Of self ruling freedom remain one
nation, to be split up into many mutually dcsruc
tive tyraanes "a the terrorism Of rapacous minoritics
establish by virtue OF pretended right Of secession
Mr. Lincoln shows that the malignant faacy Of the rebel
leaders means nothing more Or less than the complete
destruction Of the national Union. This In fact
the very fsacy against which Washington prophctcally
warned his fellow citizens in his farewell message And
the national Union of thirty four instead Of thirteen
States assaiied by fatal combination Of internal
enemies so mach the more henious is the sophsm. The
Message Of the President plainly treats the war; which
league OF PARTICLES has provoked as struggle fer
! t,onal existence.
II the national government unable TO strike the
first blow it is now ia position to secure, by energetic
action the sympathy OF foreign Powers with pnexibe
purpose to maintain the Union undimnisiied unln-
paired To make the short and decisive the Pre-
sdent asks for legal means advantage OF the ire
pressbe patriotism OF the people aud TO turn to the best
account those lavish Of blood and treasure which
almost pcrpex the discretion Of the Executive. How
faithfully Mr. Lincoln trsads in the footsteps OF the
Founder Of the Republic his argument against the pre-
tended sovereignty Of the several States bears witness
1t impossible that this plain unvarnished speech
of the republican President should not sink deep into
hearts and conscences of people possessed any moral
sense, oil any for the memory of the great
founder Of their liberties of hopes interests beyond
| the passions or the appetcs OF the hour There
l., not free people, or people aspiring TO freedom
throughout the word--much less ia there people with
the crisis which the President Of the United
States describes, in the simplest words great lesson
Vt peace, teaching that what they cannot take by
election, neither can they take by war" No lesson
should bo remembered in England be conserya
| tive in the best and only true sense than this
The American civil then question OF extending
The area of slavery OF revvng the slave rnde but il s
than alt this for the New World, and for the DID,
is aquestcu indeed of peace, safety, and prosperity"
nay OF national existence to that American Union which
the genius of goodness Of Washington created for
example But for all free peoples question Of up
holding the eternal principles Of liberty morality and
Justice War for such cause though IL lie civil war,
| may perhaps without impcty be Called
Gods most perfect instrument
| In working out pure intent.
The spirit Of determination to put down the Southern
rebellion which brea,hes through the Presidents Message
and the grand advance OF the federal army the
! Potomac, closely connected. Tho government at
Washington must have been long that only
America, but in Europe there many who doubted
their sincerity 10 carry civil and predicted q
speedy compromise II was sound policy, therefore, to
demonstrate by cogent proof that the republicans
have boon given than the message which has Just beef
! published. and the movements OF General Scott
It is indeed assumed by many that the task witch that
officer has undertaken ia impossible II Is confidently
asked bow any rational suppose that the enor
nous territory OF the Southern States, with their tas
population be conquered and permanently occupied
tina were true statement q the problem 10 solution
might be hopeless. Bot il Hr. lincoln aud his Cabinet
are correct in their opinions there is nothing absurd in
the idea that they can be carried into elect According
TO the theory OF the North, the moderate of the
outhle majority 81 whom consist Of the RICH piante-
have been overbwered The real AIM Of Tie secession
ss is not 10 vindicate any great principle bdt 10
ccnfederacy which those Southern politicians who
used TO sit in high places may Still their power
The cause OF secession Is not that any con
sttutAona right has boon violated, but that
| the Southern oligarchy has been for ever over
thrown. The gross Teachery OF the members Of M Bit.
ch@ans Cabinet has for the time enabled this dissatisfied
OTRaIiiHe TeDeiOn II IL the
conviction Of the North that if the opinions OF the
South could be ascerained the majority Of the South
would declare against and in favor Of the Union
IT, therefore, M Lincoln and his Cabinet are correc, in
their views obvious that the OF the de-
Ponds not upon conquerng or occupying the Southern
States, but upon removing t,e incubus which Oyerawes
the citizens OF these States by Imposing display Of
military power. II may be that the ancipaisns Of the
North staken; but in the meantime must be ad-
utted that the which have beon by the
government at Washington we'll adapted for the pnr-
pose of dsteating the Southern army the field and pn
| abns the Union party in the South to assert their
| power.
0e Eaio is 10 te restored can only BE- by force of
arms sud 70 that end the two essentials are an expcri.
ehcsd commander At the head Of we'll ap-
pointed army Although the reasonable conduct oS 20
iahy Southern ohicce OF the United States army might
have served apology for the War Secretary be
had dsrusted any officers from the South still il is to the
credit OF Mr. Incoins administration that they should
have retained General Scott, Vrginau at the head Of
the federal army. To those who have that
BILE and gallant old man, be matter of surprise
that he should exercise remarkable influence both
officers and and those who have watched his militia
ny career and observed his capacities scientific sol
| der can have no difficulty in understanding why Mr..
Lincoln and his Cabinet should place unboundcd conf
dence in his military Judgment and should allow him to
| conduct the war in whatever way he thinks best.