The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1861-06-12
From the London Times, 9Th May.
THE SOUTH INVINCIBLE-THE WAR WTTH.
OFT AN OBJECT.

From the London Times, 9th May.
THE SOUTH INvINCIBLE-THE WAR WITH.
OUT AN OBJECT.
We on this side are disposed to take a We
~ grave and dispasslonate view ofthe Amer
'can quarrel. II We were somewhat indiy-
nant at the lell celebrity with which the sece
ding States rushed into violence, perhaps We
have also begun to suspect that in the cause
they were ready to maintain unto death there
might be more than we had thought of. So
we wish It were possible that England or
some other Power might arbitrate In this
unnatural conflict. and we ali feel sure that
the matter might be arranged. People are
apt to think SO in quarrel which is not their
own. In this case there are suggestions Cd
obvious, as they seem to US, that they have
only to be offered and they are sure to be A.
. dopted. A reference, terrible djyisian AZ
once, mixed ommissOn-anything seems
, better than the barbarous ordeal OF mutual
destruction in order to find out, not which ia
most IN the right. but which is the strongest.
But VAIN our compassion and our wishes.
America has declared, and no one can DOUBT
Il, that she will not abide the arbitration Of
any PoWer, much less one Of the Old World.
bnt what II some happy suggestion might be
walled across the ocean, or some scheme of
settlement which might seem an inspiration
from above. Even this is impossible. ANY
Comment Or advice that can be made on the
existing state OF affairs, whatever that Scan
not arrive IN the States earlier than twenty
days: The fortress NAV have surrendered
|. The city may have opened its gates. the feet
NAV have been wrecked, or some one of the
chief actors in the sangainary piece NAV have
been suddenly eliminated from lhe scene.
WHO, then, can guess the state Of things now.
though Il be only thirteen days since the Iast
bulletin IRON the seat OF war? What flag
waves over The Capitol How many ships
survive the Federal Government: What is
the number Of the Seeding States! How
have the Northern Generals Kept up the COM
munlcations between Washington and their
basis Of operations: Yet, If we are wholly
10 the dark upon any or all of these points.
our wishes for peace must be the haziest of
all idle sentiments, open even to the suspt-
cion Of absolute unreality.
/ What have we, then, TO do but 10 watch
and see the issue Of these i" fell ipcensed
points of mighty opposites'' Since il must
be, let US note the proyiiential uses hidden
~ this calamity. Is not this a necessary
passage in the history Of the nationY There
are lew great rivers that have not at some
period Of their course TO strUggle through the
gOrges OF mountain chain, in which they
seem almost TO disappear for Time, only 10
reappear 10 ampler channels and more abun-
dant streams. II used to be said that every
nation must go through the feudal state. or
snow Tor ages the effect Of an imperfect edu-
eaton like unhappy ireland; and il has been
added that where tLls discipline was want
ns the chiyalry oil war might do the work.
War, Il has been said, takes up nations as
the drill sergeant takes up the war recruit,
aud teaches them grace, harmonious move.
ment, aud mutual consideration. The army,
say parents, is the best school for manners.
The sight of the battlefield has chaslencd
the ambition even Of Emperors. You NAV
tell The man who has been 10 great battle.
Tie will not talk Of war, ~ wnunds, or dread
artillery. aud the swords edge quite so glib
" as other people. Like Dante, "he has
seen helI." Recolectiuns haunt his mind,
and spectral images riiet his gaze. This i
not The Glao 10 carry about with him Sc
cret armory Of destruction. and to rush into
an, quarrel. simply because he i prepared.
May we NOT perceive in this awful conflict
the appointed means for Christening the quar-.
rrlsome ,pirit Of the Americans. for elevating
selfdelence into public principle, AMI lnr
changing the bravo into q sollllers All Amer
lea has been long playing al war. Sueh a
game ought to have touch 0f seriousness.
and seriousness is not 20 be obtained without
suffering anil cost. One thing i certain
America was never likely To be Taught her
duty BY England. or any neighbor ii The
Old World. We have been too anxious 10
asoid quarrel with this ilfsaf terrible. who
would be certain 10 inaict more damage on us
than the quarrel was worth. America is
nov supplying for herself the missing part
ut her education.
Ihus lar the war is one out or all prece.
dent and beyond all calculation. AT This
moment Il i impossible TO say what i IL
u1Ject. aud hDw lt is 10 be conducted. The
reduction ot the Seeding States is an almos.
inconCel,abie idea. The territory i im.
mense, the country dliicult, the climate ua
healthy. aud the population taelye millions.
Even q We could suppose Republican army
" 10000 men making good ls passage from
Baltimore TO the Gull Of Mexico, IN lie isrs
Di every difficulty, several such armies MIGHT
accomplish the leat, and set leave the aae.
lion as they found it. The eject. aid even
ihe possibility Of blockade, d stOppaae II
supplies, or an embargo upon duties, Jas yet
Q be seen. A. for the slave population there
: not the smallest symptom u ilirif dsslIrr.
Ion, o. d their wish to leave their masters
~ nidsse. Here aud there Il Is like, enough
hat sullen slave who las gulrfellcd Wth
'is master, OF one who really i 10 The hands
y q tyrani, Of one conscious u . ignre and
.aNGa
o seize an opportunity ct escape. Bot the
present il an affair, not pi lndni,luals. but
Il millions. 80 what chance is iherp y ay
esult to be ostalnrJ from the war. unless
he possession Of the capital be re,glt worth
That, 10 fact. IS the cDn,estat