New-York daily tribune., 1861-08-11
JouN BULL AND BULL Rim.

Now that the first hurry OF spirits consequent
on the check our arms met with st Bull Rnn ia
passed away littlr our rnercutial country q en-
are beginning to seek for fcc'h sensation IA
speculAtlog IA TO how England will conduct her
sef in the premises. Some Of them pecm b.
think tbat she will open her arms 10 the
widest to clasp in Mann, Yancey and the other
cash h-bound Commissioners to her bosom IN
token Of her recognition Of the equal slstcrship
of the Cotton Empire. They see the mariners
of England launching again their glorious stand
ard to match another foe--no less respectable
ono than ourselyes-and proceeding to reconnect
the lieament OF cotton which ia destined 10
unite the two shores in cndearing amity by the
compactDg virtue of gunpowder aud bot SHOT.
Our navy is to be swept from the ocean and the
mouths of the Mississippi, of the Savannah, and of
the Ashley Cooper will be opened again so fiat
there shall be no lot or hindrance to the ireest ut
terance of Cotton and if New.York and Boston
escape bombardment or contribution, it viii 10
through their mercy, and not because Of our
strcogth.
This is hardly an Oyer-colored stitement OF
what some of our constitutional alarmsts aud
timid capitalists express more or less openly as
to the probabilities of the effect OF the Bull Run
on John Bull. The first news Of that disaster
having gone forward when the great Pac
was at its hight. the intelligence will reach En-
gland tn all its iinperiectioDs on Its head, md
if it could produce any sudden change of poli'y,
it was in a. good condition to do SO as could
well be deyised. There seemed al that momelt
as if there were no particular reason Why Dagis
might not be cnthroned in the White House by
the end Of the week, and Beauregard be busy in
the willing conquest Of Maryland. But the ocean.
stream was soon bridged ever agao by the
Afr.te Steam aud tho errors OF tbs first accounts
rectifed by later aud more authentic ones. OF
course the English Government did not expect
that we should go on conquering and to conquer
in a career of uninterrupted success. The En-
gsh nation have not indulged in the expensive
luxury of war for 50 many hundred years no. tO
know better than that. The newspapers that
delight to bark aud bite at us will not miss the
new opportunity this misbap will give them for
indulgiDg in their fayorite Amusement. The
"Thunderer" will forge fresh bolts and launch
them at our heads. The Saturday Reviewers
viii rejoice to
"Das the quick taunt and edge the piercing gibe,"
and worthy Mr.. Punch may find mate.
rias for o cartoon or a paragraph ut our OF
pense. Bat all this is immateria as long as
Downing street maintains its propricty, and
bides its time with the patience which is the
badge of all wellregulated governments.
Prime Ministers, Ike Judges, never decide
more than the case before them, in the partic-
ular stage which it has reached, requires.
Charged with the interests and the honor OF q
great nation, it is their duty aud their policy to
do nothing rashly or hastily; and we may rely
upon Lord Pamerston not TO stir from the post
ton of neutrality England has taken up, except
ing upon q state Of affairs very different from
that which now exists. He knows human nature,
and English nature, of which we retain so much.
too well to believe that this nation is to surren.
der upon the first cross-grnined accident
The American people have not beon inclined