Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1861-06-01
EXTRACTS FROM FOREIGN PAPERS.

The London Times says :-"The provisions
of the Fugitive Slave law shave never been very
faithfully carried out, even in time Of peace, by
the northern States What sort of mag gnanimi.
ty may be expected Of them in time of civil war
it is not for US 10 say. Hitherto there is no sign
of servile insurrection, and the African races
havo shown too little capacity Of combination,
even in their native country, to make any gene
raj rising very probable. But war alone can
show how much Of sullen discomfort and vindica-
tive hatred may have been suppressed by the lash
and the stringency of the southern law of of re-
capture, and the history Of Sparta warns US how
formidable slave population may become in
the presence of foreign enemy"
The London Times CT the 18th inst, closes
long article on American affairs with the follow.
ing view Of the prospects of the comPaign:
"Where events are influenced by ever-chang-
ing circumstances, acting on wavering politicians
snd impetuous mobs, i. is more than ever diff
cult 10 calculate the future and it remains to be
seen whether the government will carry on the
wal against Virginia against the confederates,
or whether Mr.. Lincoln, having redeemed some
of his pledges, and secured the capital, will be
inclined to moderate counsels. He, no doubt,
has the chance of winning victories. and of &C
quiring a character for energy and firmness. He
may, not content with securing the possession
grievous injuries on the conlederatss By bockad
ing their ports interrupting the cultivation and
even tamperng with ,he slave population. But,
on the other hand, it is more and more evident
that war for the subjugation of the south is an
enterprise Of which the Washington politicians
have not yet conceived the magnitude. In
this case superiority of strength on the one side
would be balanced by desperation on the other
The young lawyers, and clerks, and farmers who
have hurried to Washington must be drilled and
disciplined for long war in sparsely inhabited,
unhealthy, foodless country, where they will be
engaged against an enemy hotblooded and obsti'
nate at all times, and reused to fury by the inva'
sion Of their soil The occupation of what is
geographically the larger half of the late Union
will have to be accomplished by militia station
ed among people who will look upon them as
they look upon Indian savages. The only alter
native is to enforce a blockade and to let the re-
belllon sting itself TO DEATH Whether this poll
cy likely to be successful. those who know the
Americans can best judge
The Liverpool Mercury says:
"The po, ton of the British people who will be
the greatest sufferers by the terrible convuison
which is now shaking society aud disturbing all
the peaceful pursuits Of industry in the United
and the confederate States of America, is that
which reeiueS III Tue HortuWesteIH tistfpt VI Ling
land, consisting of Lancashire aud Cheshire, and
in the western districts Of Scotland, in and around
the fourishing city Of fGIasgow. These districts
not only find 10 the northern and southern States
the best markets for the products Of their indus
try, in common with the whole of the mining
and manufacturing districts of England, but they
also derive froCa the southern States much the
greater portion Of their supply of cotton and to
bacco, and from The northern States a large, il
not the largest portion of their supplies of grain
-four and provisions. In addition to these com
mercial relations, the ports of the Mersey and th
Clyde are interested to great extent in the ship
ping trade of the Atlantic, which is placed il
considerable peril by the issuing of letters o
marque, which will soon cover the ocean witt
privateers, who at the best are only one degree
removed from pirates. Lancashire and the Yves
Of Scotland, containing between them popua
ton of at least 100000 inhabitants, are thu
deeply affected, not only as producers, but a
consumers and as shipowners, by the civil Wa
which has broken out between the people OF tn
northern and the southern States. 1t require
much greater sagacity than we possess, or indee
than is granted to man, TO foresee all the evil
shat may be involved in this terrible conflicts"