The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-06-19

Time, auu can always out5au tuUsS OF JOnn
Bull. Let the English government beware!
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Is The AMERICAN REPUBIIC ABLE TO REBEL
FohgloN INVASION AND SUPPRESS DOMESTIC Re
BELiIoN?-L Lord Paimerstons organ Iidcules
,Le icea of our being able to go to war vita
England in tie event of her giving aid and
mort to the domestic treason which she TO-
uented among us. According to the returns
of TIE census we have three millions and half
Of lighting men, and by going little above and
below the standard age we could turn out four
miiicns On the contrary, England would find
it extremely difficult if not impossible, to send
over here one hundred thousand men. When
size lost her army in the Crimea she could not
replace it. The American republic whipped
her cohorts twice before when she was not In
half so good condition for fighting az she is
now. England is but badly able to enter
upon great war. She has the dismal pros
pect before her of the starvation of millions of
Der people. Never, in the history of the United
States, was the nation better able to contend
against its enemies either at home OF abroad
The energy o. republics, when reused into &C.
ton, is not to be measured by red tape at q
circumlocution Office. There is great historic
example in point.
France, at the time of the Revolution, was
assailed by all the Powers Of Europe on every
side; but the energy of the republic was more
than enough for them all. It's freedom and the
heavings Of war produced great generals from
among the people, men inexperienced in mill
tary affairs, and who yet whipped the greatest
captains Of the age. Foreign invasion was re-
PEELED, domestic rebellion was put down by the
giant strength Of o free people, and the ark of
"the republic, one and indivisible,' foatsd
triumphant over surging seas of blood. The
American population Of the Northern States is
far more numerous, far more intelligent and
more wealthy than was the French nation
when it conquered peace in its province of
La Vendee, which was stimulated to revolt by
England, at the same time that it drove back
the invading hosts of the European Powers,
combined in the most formidable coalition the
Sardinians in the Alps, so, 900 Spaniards on the
Pyrenees, 10000 Austrians or Imperialists,
reinforced by $4,000 Anglo Dutch, on the
Lower Rhine and in Belgium, 80, 400 Austrians
between the Mouse and the Moselle, and IL, 500
Prussians, Austriaps and Imperialists on the
Middle and Upper Rhine-a combined force of
$40 900 of the best troops in Europe, led by
the ablest generals In order to confront 30
many foes, the French Convention decreed a
levy of 100000 men, and in the following
year, upon o second invasion, it sent forth to
battle million OF men in fourteen armies.
The first generals were mere fighting men
nothing more. They learned the art Of wGr by
experience ard defeats. Dumouriez, the prin-
cpal of them, was gray when he entered upon
his new profession, and Kellerman, who won the
decisive battle of Valmy, overthrowing Bruins
wick's brilliant Duke and breaking the heart Of
the coalition. only then feshed his maiden
sword The troops which triumphad over the
steady disciplined hosts o. Prussia in that bat
tie which commenced a new era III the world'a
history were raw levies that had before re.
peatedly run away at tho first f;co. and witho,at
any fire at all. from an inferior force But soon
these untamed sonsculottes learned t, "wlleel
aud whirl to order swiftly like the whirlwsnd;'
aud often barefoot, often barsAAcked. but with
sinews of iron, they went forth conqneriag and
TO cononer, ''requirjng onsy bread, steel and
sunpowder." to overrun the ContneD. Of En-
rope. Heaven was their canopy while they
slept, and they lived apon tte enemy. They
had neither tents, pay nor magazines Hence
they were more easily zaoved, and hence the
rapid srategical msrches by which their
leaders outgeneraied the fos, and introduced
new system Of tactics in modern warfare. II
the energy Of tAe American character inferior
| to that of the French? are our resources less
thar hose Of France in its most. palmy days
| or is the government OF the United States mo-
equally able to- cope with domestic treason and
soreign fees? IF Great Britain should be O
that opinion let hsr put it to she test and sht
will frd out the truth to her cost
OUR TROOPS UNDER FIRE.-The campaign
in Virginia has thus far been compare
lively bloodless one There have been fiv
1 ohoc -, all of Eoirfov Gnpr