The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-09-23

commerce to act upon. They have both de-
Tendencies either on our own borders or within
an easy approach of our own coasts, and tLey
well know that when this war is over we shall
be in possession Of well trained army Of
three hundred thousand or possibly four
hundred thousand men, and navy
of four hundred or five hundred YES
sells Of war-arnaments before unknown on
this continent-and that then if there is any
thing to be avenged it can easily be done. The
recognition of the rebels as an established
government by those nations would be su1i-
cient cause for our then sweeping every trace
of Spanish power from American waters and of
British sovereignty from this continent.
| The News from EurOpe-Our Relations
with England, France and Spain.
by the news brought by the Saxonia, Of
which we yesterday published summary by
telegraph from Cape Race, and give more in
detail this morning, we learn that the policy of
sending troops to Canada was questioned, and
the arrangements made for doing so have been
suspended for the present This is important
Intelligence, as indicating the progress Of the
revolution in the public mind about American
affairs which some time since commenced in
England, and has been steadily gaining ground
every day. A few days ago we adverted to the
remarkable change in the ideas of the London
Times In reference to our financial condition
and our ability to sustain taxation to carry on
the war to a successful issue. The Times is
the organ of the moneyed interest, and
the revolution in its columns has there
fore special significance. We also re-
ferred to an article in the London Post
Lord Palmerstons organ-as exhibiting a
decided alteration of political tone. The
latest news about the suspension of the ship
ment of British troops for Canada is another
indication of the change that has come over the
people, the press and the government of
England.
This revolution is not due to the diplo-
macy of the Secretary of State, but to
the bold and defiant tone Of the leading
American journals, the martial spirit and
attitude of the people, the success of the
new loan and the force of other events
In fact, although Mr.. Seward entered
upon his duties in the State Department
with considerable zeal and vigor, and the tone
of his dispatches to Mr.. Dayton and Mr.. Adams
was worthy of praise, he seems, latterly, to
have followed up none of the measures which
he inaugurated to have lost nerve; and to
occupy himself with nothing beyond the seizure
Of deposits of money in New York city banks,
supposed to belong to Southern Union men,
thus embarrassing our inanciers and capitalists
and obstructing the policy by which Mr.. Chase
is seeking to replenish the national treasury
The most prompt and energetic course Of action
that has been pursued at Washington has
been in the Departments of War and of the
Navy, and if they persevere, during the ensuing
year to strengthen our defences, as they have
been doing within the last few weeks, the arms
of the federal government will not only have
successfully trampled down rebellion, but will
be able to bid defiance to the world.
By the first Of November, the armies of the
United States will be ready to advance into the
very heart of the insurrectionary portion Of the
republic. Naval expeditions will have seized
upon prominent positions on the Southern
coast and million of bales of cotton, more or
less, will be in progress of seizure, with which
we shall be able to supply the spinners of Eng
land with the product they SO much covet. But
the Powers of Europe must beware how they
act during the period upon which we are enter
ing. Especially must Spain and Great Britain
hecdfully refrain from such displays of
petulance, and want of forbearance, as
have characterized many of their past proceed
ings, unless they would conjure into existencca
hurricane of indignation that cannot fail to
burst forth with destructive power against
| themselves, so soon as our domestic struggles
are ended. Most Of the foreign Powers fail to
consider what the attitude Of the United States
must necessarily be at the close of this
civil war. On land, we shall have a
thoroughly drilled and disciplined army of
five hundred thousand of the bravest
troops in the universe. The cxigcncies
| of the blockade will compel us to build
up navy, whose ornaments, for practi-
cal purposes, will fully equal those of either
England or France. Louis Napoleon is saga
cious and far sighted enough to cultivate wise
and creditable spirit of moderation; but it is to
be feared that both Great Britain and the
government of her Catholic Majesty will
act differently, and that goaded by
aristocratic jealousy and hereditary hatred
of democratic Institutions, they will engender
fatal animosities against themselves, upon this
continent. The inevitable consequence of such
policy will be that, so soon as rebellion is put
down, q cry will arise from Maine to California
for the humiliation of every trace Of their rule
on this side of the Atlantic.
The war that is now raging in the United
States will have given place to internal tran
quillity, and the restoration of the republic to
its pristine concord and prosperity under the
constitution, before the lapse of another year.
The warlike spirit that has been created by it
will not be so easily lulled. Lcgions, flushed
with victory, aud accustomed to the din of arms
and the excitement Of successful conflict, will
thirst for new arena in which to achieve glory
and distinction. No fields of action will appear
| IN Thorn more fittinr than Canada and Cuba