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FROM the L0ncon MorntEg tHEonIcfe j
We have now TO deal with civil war on
the lsrges. possible scale, in which, perhaps,
years may be was ted in conflict, and during
which the industry of every part of America
will suffer. A blockade in the Gulf OF Mexi-
co must restrict the export Of cotton to Eu-
rope; and if the naval forces at the command
of the Federal Government can also ef.ctu-
ally blockade the seaboard of the Southern
States, the greatest possible disaster may
arise TO European industry. thought OF the
consequences 10 mankind at large does not
appear to occur to the minds Of American
statesmen on either side. Mr.. Seward, and
Mr. Cassus NJ. Clay, one of whom is the
natural and another the self-appoin ted and
very ungenerous advocate of Federal views,
content them selves with assuming the power
of the North TO subdue what they term the
s'rebellion" in the South, and restore the
people of those States TO liberty and rea-
son. 1t is easy TO count mp the totals OF
population, wealth, commerce. ships ana
military forces, and argue that victory must
be even tualiy with the North. But the race
is not always to the swift, nor the battle to
the strong, although there are doubtless sd
yantages in favor of the swift and strong men
of the North. very singular correspond
ence has found it's way to the papers, in whic n
Dir. Seward instructs Mr.. Dayton, the new
American Minister at Paris, TO make repre-
sen IA tions to the French Government, and
bearing date so late as the 4th inst. The IAN
guage Is somewhat grandiloq uent, and the
| letter of Mr.. Seward contains suggestions OF
counsel to Europe entirely ont of place in
dispatch addressed to neutral Power: "f ou
cannot be too decided or two explicit in max
| ing known to the French Government that
| there is not now, nor has there been, nor Will
there bs any-the least-idea existing In
| this Government of suffering dissolution OF
| this Union TO take place in any way what
ever u &c.
| We wish we could view this most seriouf
| contest IL the same light as Mr.. Seward. II
| would be most satisfactory TO be able TO be-
| lieye that, in North America, there will on iy
| be one nation and ore Government" As En-
| glishmen. it is equally ourduty and cur inter
. est 70 hope so; but we dGre scarcely venture II
| confide in tbs boasifui expires sions or Mr.. Sew
! ard, when he promises that there will be thu
| same Republic and the Same constitutions
, Union that have already sGrvived a dozen ma
| tionai changes and changes OF Government IL
! almost every country" Mr.. Seward Ough
| not TO consound the plastic changes of polio.
| and forms OF Government which have takel
| place in Europe with the probable conseq uen
ces of the terrible struggle only now com
| mence6 between the Confedera ted and Fedora
| States. The Union de Jdct0 is at an end an
| it will never he rHhabiitat ted except on the ba
| sis of the triumph of the Shareholders, Or tn
| Freeholders demand being complied with. Tn
| Union was based upon and permeated by tn
| institution of slavery; and so long as 1t was 81
| and so long as it is so in the future, the Const
| tuition may be a subject of "human wonder,
| but never of "hUman affection" We care AZ
| how high rises the spirit of the North to met
| the present emergency; the designs OF IN
South evidently will lead to the necessity
| its subJugation, or to Its demands being cor
| ceded. In the meantime, we can only regrs
that the pens mployed to expound America
: views can only employ themselves in hint
l threats and taunts to Europe and Englan'
which are all certainly nndeserved. We q;
content to be neutral in this vast contest b.
tween brothers OF our own kin and We must, "
; | fear. also be content to have injury infiictt
upon us by the necessary action of the civ
| belligerents. ALI this we will do and bea
! but IL is really more than human nature ca
| endure to be told that because the thought
: | a dissolu tion of the Union, peaceabiy or
| force, has never entered the mind of any cal
. | did statesman "iu America, SO II Is high tin
I for 1t 10 be dismissed by the statesmen OF l.
{ | rope" The statesmen OF Europe would gla
: lv do 40 if they could overlook facts and oea
to draw interences and deductions