Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1861-08-30

! All the English newspapers are not like tn
London Iimes-the most able, and the mos
unprincipled Journal of any note in Grea
Britain. The London Ne,os speaks concern
/ Ing the battle Of Bull Run, and the retreat
and confusion which followed it, in a manly
way, which VIC trust finds more sympathy in
the hearts of the English people generally
than the malignant satire Of the Times.
81 During the agony of our Indian rebel
! ion, when the fate of an empire trembied in
/ the 5ala&se, and the proud heartof England
was shaken with anguish, the sympathy Of
Europe, in the presence OF a calamity IN
which the whole Of Christendom seemed to
parlake, was all but universally expressed
Ancient enmties, foreign jealous.es, held
their peace for awhile, and natural enemies
We'd with the nearest and dearest friends in
generous grief and hope. Among foes and
| aliens, if u tone of sneering pity or of con
temptuous regret Jared upon the public, it
was instantly covered with shame and repro
baton by nObler voices. Over the narrow
seas gallant people watched our varying
fortunes with that fraternal interest which
brave men feel in the actions of the brave
faint and few indeed were the mutterings of
unmanly and malignant exultauon at tae'
tragic vicissitudes of-a mortal struggle which
history shudders to recall.
" But among our kinsnea beyond the
Atlantic it was not mere interest that was
felt for England ut that terrible moment, or
common human sympathy; it Is, but the
simple truth to say, that the heroes and the
victims Of Lucknow and Cawnpore were
honored and ldmented by the people of the
United States, and the trials and exploits of
hn9hsn courage and endurance treasured up
as the immortal part of an indivisible inher-
itance OF blood, language and renown.
" W hen the day of trial and trouble comes
again for England, we trust it may not he
remembered that the mos. 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 Rebels, as a
loss of all, even of military honor 10 citi-
zen volunteers who had fought for hours of
a summers day against overwhelming odds,
fer cause as lcred as law and honor, as
precious as national liberty and unity. Our
Contemporary would fain, it would seem,
rndeayOr 20 reduce the conflict to the dimen-
sions Of a border RAID or a barbaruus brawl.
But as this is impossible, it degrades a war
from which anarchy and slavery, or freedom
purified aud ordered anew for higher pur-
poses, must spring, TO tho proportions OF
eenseles5 and bloody strife This is not only
to caricltura living facts It IS 10 gre the ie
10 h1sfo~y. ClU1i U1r II lrGS that made the
ancestors Of the men UhO fought at Bull Run
greet and free though, no doubt, there were
uisnterested persons in those days, who
condemned the 'senseless and bloody strife
by which our tOreiathers dearly purchased
at the cost OF their lives, all that their de-
sceudlnts now enjoy.
Civil war. too, though, no doubt, it
was sometimos'a senseless and bloody strife,
has done something for the strength and
grandeur, if not for the freedom of France.
Had England displayed that humility and
contentment which facilitates peace, in the
DAYS Of the Stuarts, or France, in the face
of the coalition Of old monarchIes, we know
not if France would now be greater or Eng
land ireer, but assurediy there would
congratulate the Survivors of either
Revolution.
Ihe victory Of the Southern army was
TIT the ch0lce Of GJeHSlge posi- )H, and the
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INTO account on the same SIDE: and the 'panic'
that decided the issue of the fight is an Incl
dent MT unparalleled in the military annals
Of European powers. The losses both in
men and material of the Federalist forces
aIe not Sd considerable rs was at first re-
ported. Ga the other hand, the scope of the
wax Is infinitely enlarged And the protrac-
ton OF the contest Is all in favor of those
who have the largest reserves of men and
means. \ defeat of the North shuts the
door to compromise, or to acquIescence in
anv terms the South ean off. The UnaOH
is 50uad 10 conquer nOJo. The spirit of New
England and the northwest will rise to the
occasion; and we Of the old race tried and
strengthened by many reverses, shall not be
surprised it our kinsmen never rest until
they have turned defeat into victory. 1t
may be the triumph of the cause of freedom
must date from a defeat An easy war IS
often content 10 subsidc into an inglorious
defeat"