The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1861-08-27
COMMENTS OF TIE LONDON
AND PROVINCIAL JOURNALS.


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During The agony d our Indian Rebel.
Ion, when tha fate Of an empire ircmbled
n ihc isalancc, and TIE proul heart 81
England wa shaken wllh anguish, dle
sympathy q Europe, 10 the presence Of a
calamity II which the whole 81 ClrGten.
dom seemed 70 pariake, pas an but Uni.
VERBALLY expressed Ancient cnmiiics.
foreign jeaIen.ie-- held their peace ior
uwhile. and eueuigal encmics WED with
tie nearest and dearest friends ID gencr-
On griefa hope, Among foe. and aliens,
IL tote oi sneering pity on Of coutemptu-
cas- regrtt iarrod upon lhc public ear, ID
was Instantly covered with shame and re-
prob,liou IS n0blcr voices. Over ihe mar.
row seas gallant people watched our
varying fortune, with that iralorual inter-
81 Nhiel brave men feel IN the actions 81
the brave faint and few indeed were the
mutterugs 81 nnnanly aud malignant cx-
nltation IL The tragic sicissludcs 81 NOR
nj struggle which history shudders TO re-
eall, But among our kmsnen beyond the
Atlantic i was not mere interest that was
iclt FOR England At that terrible moment,
or common human sympaihy tits but the
simple truth 70 say, that the heroes and
the victims Of Lucknow and Cawnpore
were honored and lamenied by the people
of The United States, and the trials and ex-
plots Of English courage and endurance
treasured up nc the immortal part OF am in
diyisibie inheritance ofblood, language and
renown. And vet there rerc voices OF hate,
envy and savage JOY TO break the resolute
stiffness OF Tic national sorrow, and to In
suit tie sympaihies Of Christian Europe.
Abroad. and even at homr, there were
eSepoy journals, which rccouuicd with
undisguiscd satisfaction the horrors Of the
muliny, and franlically torclold the end Of
British rule ia India These "Sepoy"
journals, however, had one redccming mer.
1.-THE irankness 81 their ferocious launis
and sinister predictions was appalling, bat
il was more lolerible than insult and out
rage disguised in protesting pity, or simu-
laling regretful MANAGEMENT and compassion.
When the dag Of trial and trouble comes
again for England, we trust il may not be
remembered that the most powerful. and
therefore most responsible OF English Jour
mails, celebrated the issue OF the first great
battle between The Army Of the United
States and the Army OF the Southern reb-
els AZ loss Of all seven Of military hon
or, to citizen volunteers who had fought
for nine hours Of Summers day against
overwhelming odds for a cause as sacred
rs law and order, rs precious as National
liberty and unity. Our contemporary
would fain, il should seem, endcayor to re-
duce the conflict 10 the dimensions OF a
border raid or a barbarous brawl. But, as
this Is impossible, ii degrades a war from
which anarchy and Slavery, or freedom
purified ond ordered anew FOR higher pur-
poses, must spring, 10 the proportions Of
IA seuscless aud bloody strife. This is
not only 10 caricature living facts--it is to
give the lie 10 history. Civil war il was
that made the ancestors Of the mon who
fought at Bull Run great and free though
no doubt there we're disinteresled persons
in those days who condemned the "scnse-
less and bloody strife" By which our fore
fathers dearly purchased al the cost Of their
lives all that their descendants now enjoy
Civil war, too, though, no doubt, it vas
sometimes "a senseless and bloody strife,
has done something for tie strength and
grandeur, il not for the freedom, Of France
Had England displayed that "humiliiy and
conicnmen, which facilitate peace" III tie
DAYS 81 the Stuaris, or France IN the face
OF lie coalition Of old monarchies, we know
not ii France would now be greater or
England freer, BAT assuredly there would
be little enough vpon which 70 congralu-
late the survivors Of The Revolution.
Tie cynical seliishncss with which the
publib opinion d England is 20 often cred
tied b. foreigners eas never found more
exalted expression than IN shese reckless
uiterances. Nor are these opinions, even
ia their oRn sense, discerning or acute
II was 10 be expected that a defeat OF the
National Army would, in the eyes Of the
aaroit ard ahjeet believers IN the sacred
ness Of success, lend 10 the cause Of the
South legitamacy which no reosoning
ooald ever gain Tor is, Yet already Il is
clear that ne results Il ~ ocfio,, u dte 2lsi
sert ast 50 aisaarous Il he National 4r-
my az 10 forbid altogether Southern adj
raaoe this yeay. The victory d the South
en Army was due no doubt to superior
skin of It's leaders. bnl the choice Of de-
iensiye position and ihc arrival Of timely
reinioreemenis must be taken into account
on the same side, and the ~panic" that de-
ci5cd the issue II ihe FIGHT Is al incident
nc unparalleled IN The military annals q
Europcaa Powers. Tic losses both IN
men and in material u She National forces
are not % considerable as was al first re-
ported. On the other hand. ths scope y
re WaT Is tsfaitcly enlarged. Ind NE