The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1861-08-23
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cry American Of tho present generation at H. at.
aresentment and exeuation ~ abiding ~ the
prOvocstion Is serious, the London Drilv Nam,
may be said TO have won national regard which
u will long enjoy. The Star also deserve, a
full share Of this Acknowledgements. In the.e
two organs, and others Of like temper all Amer
leans who sre not yet willing TO throw away
their pride in and sttachmcnt 10 tho mother
country, will persist in choosing to SEQ the real
sentiment Of their British kindred, until COM
pelled 10 ronounce that confidence, by more
heartles ministry afford. We cannot dsnv our.
S"l,"s The pleasure quoting a few paragraphs
from both those papers, IN which generous feel
ing warns to eloquence.
PROM he London D,i,iy N.ros.
During tho agony Of our Indian rclpcllion.
when tho tate VI an empire trcmblrd in thu
balance, aud tho proud heart OF England was
shaken with anguish, tho sympathy OF Europe.
IN the presence ot calamity in which the whole
Ot hristeudom seoncd 10 plrtake, was all but
universally expressed. But among our kins-
men bcyond the Atlantic it was not moro inter
est that was felt for England at that terrible
moment, or common sympathy; IL IL hut the
simplc truth Ia say. that tho hcruc, and victims
9i Lucknow AMI Gawnporc wcrc honorcd ani
lamcntcd by the people Of the United S,atc-.
and the trials and exploits Of English courtg,
AMI endurance Treasured up as the immortal part
VI an indiyisibe inheritance ol blood, languag,
and pnOwn.
When the day or trial and trouble comes again
for England we trn-t II may not be remembered
that the most powerful, and therefore most re-
sponsiblc, OF Enslish journals celebrated tho is
sue Of the first great battle between tho army OF
the United States and tho army Of tho southern
rubcls as loss of all, 'cvon Of military honor,
TO citizen volunteers who had fought Tor MN
hours Of summers day, against ovcrw helminl
odds, Tor a cause a. sacred "A law and order, a,
precious NJ national liberty and unity. Our
contemporary would tain, Il should seem, endcq-
vor tn reduce the conflict to the dimensions Of u
border raid Or harharous hrawl. Bnt a. this /.
impoeslle, N dcgradeS war from which anar
chy and slavery, or lrcedom purified and ordered
anew for higher purposes, must spring Ia the
proportions Of "a scnsclcSS and bloody strife"
This is not only 20 caricaturc living facts u Is
10 gfre he lie 10 history. Girl rdr u M, hd'
gld'L TIE 0nccstOrs IF tha mep who fought at Bai
Run great and free though, no doubt, thcrr
were disiutcrcStcd persons in those days who
condemned the ''srnseless and hlnulv strife" b,
which our iUreiatbcrs dearly purchased at th,
co.t Ol their lives all that their descendants now
gnjoy.
The london STIR Of the sth inst. has this
sharp rply 10 the Timrs;
Ills in the New World IA in the Old-trcaaon
never pro-pers; for II IL pruspers, none dare
call y treason. All the writers ON events, all
the idOlatOrs OF success, all tho secret sympa-
thisers with despotiIn, are on the alert 10 catch
tile iirsi CLEAN u good fortune that lights ON
HE dark bauuers OF a wicked cause. The rebel
lion INIT aims N eniUys dpd p,ipcf,idte siiryg
is be only tbeiiion 10 ,rhich ne Time ,tn ii,
tyibmd'y aredmIe,s cf un- hagiih opinion ere,
wJt'd encouragement. As Oft as au oppressed
people snatchcd at tho sword in the desperate
hops OF cutting its way to freedom. they poured
dcrison and censurc on the gallant effort. u
Frcnchmcn essayed to establish French Gov
ernmcnt--if Germans passed. IN moment of en-
ergetic inspiration from dreaming to working
llungnrians renounced AN allegiance that had
become n national death-if Poles or Italian
writhcd from prostrate subsection into rect and
sublime resistance--thc Times and It's cumulative
followers Missed forth their scorn Of such romantic
courage, their hatred OF such irrevercnt bold
ness.
As with the European peoples, 30 with Ameri-
ican. What pGans 10 the honor of the Jupiter in
the Capitol Mt Washington should we have
heard resounding from the Olympus In Black
iriars II the battle Of Bull Run had filled Man
assas with the c0rpses Of the cOnioderatcs Then
should we have been told that Beauregard had
choecn his own ground, tho strongest between
the Potomac aud Richmond, had strengthened
It with all military strength, concealed within
cintIiro Of wool and hill ninety thousand men,
and been driven from his enircnchment bv TWEEN.
ty ~ thirty Thousand tndisciplined volunteers,
lred with the artlOr Ol conscious re,titudo aud
made inNinciUlo by the herosm Of disinterested
yalOr
Meanwhile, til tho eagle settles on this ban
ucr ur on that, let us re,ie the Cumbatants. let
rs say the federal army was "A screaming
crowd, and the coniederatos only less frightened
than the mob that He'd when no man pursu-
cd. let Us say, In the face ot plaincst facts,
that the forces were equal and the encounter an
open ,tand-up tight. Let ~ transfer from few /
law less rullians who escaped tho Provost Mar
shal, 10 the entire expedition, the shame Of
burning houses on the outward march, and iloo
Ing back lalc faced over the smoking embors.
But sha, can We expect from the American
press when it finds leading English journal
deliberately and pcklossly pouring vinegar and
vitriOl into the wounds Of the national pride and
sensbility2 II there were NO sin or shame in
cxaggerating and ridiculng an event lraught
Will poignant suffering TO u friendly and con /
sanguiueOus nation--if deeency did not restrain
US from laughing aloud at the fears OF the brave
and the errors Of the great--Surely prudence
should teach Us not to provoke tho bitter TO-
sentiment OF "a people Of eighteen millions by
scoiling at their mOmeutary hum iliation.