The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-07-23

Mon. IL Is in vain that tie 10 ndon newspapers
ieign wonder at our indgnah on, and profess
their ignorance of the cause. What oa,isc is
conspicuous in the whole course o. the British
goyernment since the outbreak Of tn, war. It
has proclaimed Itself in the speeches Of 'abinet
Ministers, at the mouth Of the sovereign, IT, the
columns of ministerial organs, and in the pc. icy
of the administration.
If, therefore, England rejoces over She fcdc-
raj loss, or what she may possibly constvae into
"A federal defeat, in this battle, il will occasion
us no surprise. But IL she thinks shat the NUM-
Der of our slain will pave the way to CAsries-
ton, she is mistaken. We have lost two or three
thousand men, or il may be more, in tlis battle;
but if we had lost ten or twenty times the nFla-
Der, any attempt on the part OF Great Britain
to break the blockade of our S0uthern ports
would have been attended with Just as disas-
trous consequences to herself as now or hepcto-
fore. We have resources enough to drive every
rebel into the sea- and defy or make war upon
England at the same time. And England
may rest assured that we should not emerge
beaten from the fray. The muscle and sinew OF
the country have been placed at the service Of
The government, and the hearts OF more than
twenty millions beat loyal to the Union. AL
ready more than three hundred thousand bravo
and stalworth volunteers have been rejected by
the Department Of the Army, because enough
had been enlisted before. But now fresh troops
will be required, and millions are ready TO
volunteer, if necessary, to support that flag
which was outraged at Fort Sumter.
The battle of Bulls run is the first great
struggle at the commencement of what promises
TO be long war. 1t was not the fault of our
men individually that the federal loss was 50
great and that portion Of the troops fell into
disorder during the retreat. 1t was the mistake
Of the generals in ordering a weaker force TO
attack a stronger one They were doubtless
deceived in their estimate of the position Of
General Johnston's forces; and to the rebel rein
forcements brought up by that officer their dis
aster is owing; for previously all had gone well
with the Union troops. Why General Patter-
son, with his twenty-five thousand men, failed
to intercept Johnston, with his twenty thousand
remains to be explained
The manner in which our men have fought
in Western Virginia, Missouri, and wherever
n skirmish with the rebel outposs has
taken place, shows that they are in nowise
deficient in either pluck or stamina. The
North may suffer the loss of battle after battle,
and be none the weaker in war for it; but one
great battle lost to the South would be the
death blow of secession. Even in the battle of
Sunday it is probable that the loss on the rebel
side was equal to if not greater than our own.
1t will therefore be well for that Power that
would even sacrifice cotton in order to witness
the destruction of the United States to remem-
Der that, despite our present disasters, we are
still and ever mean to remain invincible on our
own soil, and that we are as determined to SUBJ
due rebellion as we are to resist foreign inter-
ference. M