The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-05-25

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o.acY" tee.f, il the great republic s1smit9 20
ia iasoient d;c,atIo1. or to he Interference
o. ar Essopea1 monarca in its dc.
neeac AFFAIR.". Perhaps wtso the stern
uliir atuu OF toe administration shall
have reached the Bsitisa and Ffsach govern
merits ihrosg h Our newly accredited Ministers,
yasa they have received intelligence Of the
onvsrd movement Of cur troops TO give effect
to tie determination Of the government and
'ha people, and waec, moreover, they have
Eeart Ct the uprisi-g Of the North, the synpa-
~ Of Canada and e ths British residents here,
SO veil a. Of al other nationG,ties, the British
Ministry may change liza mind, and the London
Times nay assume q very different toae, and
tire echoes ct the Thu25erer CT Printing House
square become 81 faint and feeble as the explo-
soc Of pcpguD.
whaieEer England "a suffering or may here.
after eafes io consequence Of our pressc.
troubles she has brought upon herself, and W.
will rot permit her to take advantage of hsr
own wrong to do us. further injury. We will
not be circ0nveutsd either by Lord John
Russsll's policy of the Puritsn. nor By
Lord Pa.nersson's policy of the black
leg, nor BY both combined. Waia vita'
one band Great Britain clapped on the back
the demon Of disoord she sent among US, with
the other sas erasped our great Southern sta
pie to turn 1t into bread for millions OF her
psuper population; but now, cotton being cut
or, instead Of bread she has only stones TO
offer them, and even handed justice presents
to her own lips the chaEce che had poisoned
for the American people. Abolition was the
entering wedge with which, driven home BY re-
peated blows, she at las. suceeeded Ia splitting
the Union. Tho first fruits Of her victory are
the prospect of speedy starvation to five mil
lions of her population, and, to prevent reva-
luton on her own soil, she now encourages =
revolution on ours, and gives all the aid and
comfort she can to the rebels. She calculates
that the attitude she has taken will deter the
government from prosecuting the war agai2s.
them, coerce it to make peace and to aok1ow-
ledge the independence Of the revolted States.
But we will not suffer her to escape from the
consequences Of her own policy at the expense
of the Union, whose integrity We are prepared
to maintain to the death. And let her beware
BOW she provokes retgibutior. Her dominion
in Canada sleeps upon volcano-it sleeps
upon volcano in Ireland. By a rebellion in
both these countries would her crooked policy
to the United States be avenged.
Nor let her lay the dattering JUNCTION to her
soul that the Emperor Of the French viii fol-
low in her wake. His game Is 10 get her
into trap and to leave her there while hs is
free TO pursue his designs in Europe. He VIII
probably secretly urge he- upon her Dangerous
path, and when shs is fairly and finally CON-
mitted sgains. rs should waywara destiny
20 will it, The nephew Of bis uncle will be sure
to espouse the side opposite to that Of England,
and thus carry out the traditional policy CT
France, whose ancient friendship for the United
States remains unchanged to the present hour.
Should such complication Of European with
American affairs arise, the rulers OF Great
Britain will have cause to rue the day they
have taken a mean advantage of our dcmes
tic troubles, and they will lesrn, when Il is toe
late, that in their International dealings with 9
mighty republic honesty would have been the
best policy.