The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-03-29

IHE E9GILSH IRhSS ON OUH hEVOLuTlON.-
The English press is beginning to understand
the condition of this country. The revolution
through which we are passing is something en-
tirely new to them-somethiag that they have
not been called upon to treat Of at any pre-
vious period. 1t Is not . military revolution,
such as introduces those violent changes in
European governments with which the world
js 80 familiar, for there has been no fighting
yet; but the revolution, nevertheless, is as ra-
dical in its operations, and as complete in its
results, as if it was heralded with mob violence
and consecrated with blood; and the English
press evidently realizes this fact, from The arti
Gle which we publish in another column from
the London Times. That the recognition of
the Southern confederacy is foregone conclu-
sion with the British government we take to
be fact from the tone which the press has as
sumed of late. Even the Daily Ne,os, the echo
Of Exeter Hall and the anti-slavery sentiment
of the country, admits, as will be seen by some
extracts which we give from that journal, that
there can be no doubt about the independence
of the Southern States being recognized by all
the European Powers, "and by England with
the utmost certainty and distinctness;" because
it is the well known practice of the British go
vernment to recognise all de facto governments
irrespective of opinions, origin, or any circum-
stance but the fact of being the actually estab-
lished ruling power. While contending that
the Southern coniederacy has not yet reached
that position, the Ne,os grants that its recogni-
ton will be unequivocally admitted as soon as
it has assumed it.
That the Times comprehends the state of
things here Is manifest from its remarks, parti-
cularly on the tariff question. 1t says that the
twenty millions of exports which were sent
from England to the United States last year
are virtually excluded, at least 80 far
as the Northern States are concerned,
but that, although the madness of the GO
vernment at Washington, by adopting the
Morrill, tariff-which it justly designates !" a
blow more fatal to the commerce, finances and
general prosperity Of the country than any alb
straction of territory, or diminution of popula-
tion"-may cripple the commerce and ruin the
shipping of the Atlantic seaboard, yet 1t cannot
prevent English manufactures from permeatDg
the United States from one end to the other,
entering, of course, by the Southern ports.
The smuggler," it significantly adds, "will
take the place Of the statesman" 1t then pro-
ceeds to show what the probable course of the
Northwest will be. 1t may desire direct trade
with England, through Canada, by its lakes,
rivers and railroads, and 1t hints that in time
separation may suggest itself to the people of
that region, and an ultimate amalgamation of
the British colonies and the great Northwest be
the result. These are almost precisely the
views we have repeatedly expressed In these
columns; and il is evident that our critical con-
citior, as observed from foreign standpoint,
is beginning to strike the British journalists as
torcibly as it does those at home who view the
question calmly.