The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-04-02

is nc security in the present state Of things
The 'sirrepressible conflict between the North
end South is indeed upon us at last; and as the
Confederate States are etriking deliberately at
the commercial supremacy Of the North, and
for Southern commercial independence. we
must await now the issue Of this contest, and
the end of this administration, before we of the
North can hope for better times, or for any re-
construction of the Union.
Important Newspn per Mission from Eng
land to the United states.
We have abundant evidence that the eyes Of
Europe, and more particularly Great Britain,
are watching the progress of events In this
country with no common interest and anxiety.
We have 1t from the lips Of sovereigns and
statesmen, the columns of newspapers and the
oral and written assurances Of private indi-
viduals. The Duke Of Newcastle only ex-
pressed the popular feeling of his coun'rymen
when, in recent letter to gentleman con-
nected with this journal, he said, Let mo assure
you and those with whom You are associated
how anxiously we all desire in this country to
zee happy termination to the troubles which
are now affecting the United States. The &C
counts from thence are watched with an
intensity of interest scarcely less than that
which three years ago attached to every
mail from India" This interest arises pro-
badly as much from the commercial relations
subsisting between the two great sections of
the ADglo-Saxon race az from genuine sympa-
thy with us as branch of the same family, and
the founders of a mighty republic, which has
been the pride of America and the admiration
of the world. But that it does exist is good
sign, speaking well for the friendship Of the Old
World with the New, and showing that our case
is not yet considered hopeless
The visit of the Prince of Wales to this coun-
try seems to have inspired the English with
fresh impulses and new ideas in our favor, and
at the same time to have increased the interest
of Americans in monarchical institutions; and
this feeling is still in the course of develope-
ment The London Times on that occasion sent
correspondent to chronicle the royal pro-
eress, and the result of that enterprise
tunate as the Times was in the selection of a
man whose wilful misstatements were only more
outrageous than his ignorance and imbecility-
was to lead the English mind to inquire into
us as a people, and speak of and lean towards
us with friendly warmth. American news
papers, and extracts from American newspa-
pers, were eagerly perused, and the books OF
travellers protesting to describe our country,
our manners our customs and our institutions
we're read with avidity. The condition Of the
United States was very different at that time
recent az it is-to the present, although the
storm was seen to be brewing in the proba.
BILE election of Mr.. Lincoln The same
journal has now sent to this country
another correspondent, but to watch the
progress of an event of a very opposite
character to that which fell to the lot of his
predecessor. We congratulate the Times on
it's change of man, although we are by no
means in expectation that Mr.. Russell, bru.
liant in descriptive power as he is, will sue
coed in solving what we are unable to solve
ourselves. Politics with us are unfo tunately
more complicated and full of technicalities
than in any other free country in the world
We may attribute this in a great measure to
the fact of nearly all our politicians being
lawyers, and vice versa, and these endeavor to
hide the real issue of a question for the sake OF
party purposes. In the practice of this Chi
canery previous acquaintance with the wiles
of the law is no doubt much to be desired.
Fortunately. however, Mr.. Russell has a wide
field for usefulness open to him in the Southern
States. He can there dwell upon subject
which is vital to everything political that now
agitates and distresses America, from Florida
to Maine, and it is at the same time one upon
which any intelligent aud impartial stranger is
capable OF forming an opinion. Ii that gentle
man will only make careful tour of the slave
States, inquiring carefully aud infinitely as he
goes into the condition OF the slaves, aud then
give TO the British public, through the columns
Of the leading English Journal, an unbiased
will do positive service to the British and
American people. He will thereby dispel
a vast amount of ignorance and misappre-
tension which prevails concerning the
real working Of the patTiarchal system of SER
vitude called slavery, and the condition of the
slaves ne Will let tne WORTH KNOW tnat Jne
slave population Of the South has since 1898
increased from five hundred thousand to four
millions greater ratio Of increase than ever
negroes experienced in their native Africa
And this one great fact Will of itself testify to
the manner in which they are housed, fed,
clothed and cared for, while the superiority Of
their moral, social and physical condition to
that of the free negroes will be at once appa-
rent by a comparison of statistics. Let Mr..
Russell compare the happy, contcnted lot OF
these slaves OF the South with that of the white
slaves of England, and, indeed, Of nearly all
Europe, and say which class Of the two really
enjoys physical existence the most Let him
remember, at the same time, that the negro be-
longs to race inferior to our own; that he is