The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-05-07

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THE UNITED STATES IN The EYES OF EUROPE-
Mr.. SEwARD's LEITER.-Six months Of inaction
on the part of the former administration, and
an apparent incompetency to deal with the re
bellious elements which menaced the existence
| of the Union, placed us in danger Of losing
that prestige which this country had earned for
itself during seventy years Of progressive
greatness. The people of Europe were be-
ginning to suppose our republic irrevocably
broken up by contending factions, and that
we should soon be in state of anarchy worse
| than ever reigned in Mexico or the petty re-
publics of South America-worse because OF
| its own magnitude, the magnitude Of the in
terests involved, and the magnitude of the
havoc, ruin and loss which would ineyi-
tably follow. Europe looked upon this
prospect with no complacent eye. The
havoc might be confined to America but the
ruin and the loss would travel to transatlantic
shores. England knew this, and was solictous
Of peace at any price. 1t was with serious ap
prehensions that she contemplated the coming
storm. Her trade with America might be sus
pended; and who could tell the extent of the
| Disaster The cotton mills of Lancashire
would have to stop working for want of sup
| ply Of the raw material and their tens of thou
| sands of operatives-men and women-would
| be turned adrift and breadless on the tide of
! life. Who could conjecture what famine, what
| riots might succeed, and how long even the
Wanted commercial supremacy of England
would remain. England, in the name
| of humanity and civilization, deplored
| to hear that we were on the brink Of civil war
and her cotton lords stood aghast at the pros
pect Of even one years suspension of the sup
| ply of the staple article Of Southern growth
We were almost pitied for what was considered
our want of powerful government to sup
press rebellion and punish treason, and BY
virtue of that supposed weakness republican
institutions were pronounced failure. Mr..
/ Bright the member of Parliament for Birming-
ham, no longer pointed as was his former
| wont, to the United States for an example of
republican grandeur and simplicity, where
| peace and commerce went hand in hand along
the high road of national prosperity. The
recognition of the Southern confederacy
was seriously mooted in foreign Cabinets, and
our ship OF State was thought by all the
| world to be tossed wildly about on the waves
| of popular commoton, without a rudder or
guide. and excited spectators watched her,
while, as they considered she was drifting
swiftly towards the lee shore of secession,
where she would inevitably be broken in
twain
But mark the change. The news that the
administration and the people have put forth
their strong arm in defence Of the Union, in all
| its integrity, has gone forth to the world. The
East, West and North have united in grand
outburst of patriotism to crush the elements Of
national discord. and with these united there
| is no doubt of the issue. Following upon this
| we have the oficial declaration of the
| intentions of the government in the emphatic
instructions of Secretary Seward to our new
| Minister to France, and which were published
in the HERALD of yesterday. We are no great
| admirers of Mr.. Seward lie has committed
| grave errors in the past, and may for aught we
know. commit them in future. But in the cor
respondence which he has very properly just
| made public we are glad to say that he has
| acted well He has told the world that there
| is not now, nor has there been, nor will there
| be, any idea in our government of suffering
| dissolution of this Union to take place in
any way whatsoever that the thought of
| il has never entered into the mind OF
any candid statesman here. and it is
high time that it be dismissed by states
men in Europe. These words are deci.
| sive, and will carry immense weight on the
other side of the Atlantic, for they express the
sentiments of the whole loyal population of the
country both North aud South; for, be it re-
| mcmbered, there are loyal men at the South
| as well as the North, although they may
be prevented from expressing their real opin-
| ions by the voice of the rebellious majority
| who have instituted a reign of terror and mob
law. II is consequently mistake TO speak, as
| they 10 in England. Of the seeded States being
| q confederacy of shareholders. Many of the
latter are and ever were for the Union and en-
| terrain AZ great an antipathy TO the doings of
Mr. JEFF. Davis as the strongest patriot OF the
| North
Europe and the world will see and acknow-
ledge. when they read this correspondence
| and hear Of all that The administration and the
people have done at home, that we are deter
| mined to sustain our national honor and great
ness, and, by preserving the integrity of the
| Union in all its parts, to preserve thai pres
| tige which those seventy years Of prosperity
have won for us abroad 4
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