Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1861-08-30
LITE FUPEIGN INTELL!GENCE
Tie london Press oH american Affair,
From the London Times, August oh.
Mr. VALLASDI6u,N ~ EXGiAvD


Tie London Press on american Affairs.
From the London Times, August oh.
Mr. vALLANDlGuAM ~ ENGLAND
At such time the voice of co.lnsc may a.
we'll DC hushci, for it will never l,e listened
The criticisms OF party may as we'll be abstan.
ed from, for they will seem mere nopportune
carping Yet it is not without interest to stud;
tie conduct OF isolated individuals or stubLorn
mncr:ties a! such crises as these. The English
NhicS, whp supported the French Republic,
with all its errors and crimes, against the
unanimous and angry voice olking nobility and
people, and who could not be moved TO enthu.
SiaSm even b. the victories cf Nelson and
Wellington, ware certainly often absurd and
splenatc enough, but posteTity has recng-
nizcd that vein Of truth ran thror g. their crit-
cslns. So, at tic present time, though the
ca.lSc Of peace and amcablo separation is ad.
rocated at Washington by only two or three
politicians, and has little chance OF making
way with either House, yet the speeches " whlch
are addressed to hostile audiences or empty
benches by the few tina, take the unpopular
side are worth reading, if il be only that we
may learn what arguments suggest themselves
to the politicians who G-e traditinnly opposed
to President Lnco!n's party. The most re.
markane of these Was certainly one made by
M Vailaniisham, OF Ohio, about 4 month
ago. II Was a philippe against he "exccu
tive usurpation" effected by President Lincoln
and with much .! that tumid and srotcsquc elo
quence which distinguishes the Western orators
it exposes the violations of the Constitution Of
which the Presidents opponents say be has
been guilty The chief interest Of this prOluc
ton is that it indicates what will be the form
that the popular censure will take should the
Republican Cabinet, which has begun the war,
not succeed in bringing it to prosperous con.
clnsion. Should President Davis and Gen. Beau
regard hnll their position, should the people 0i
the South continue TO resist both arms and en-
treaties, should cotton be As powerful as Vice.
President Stephens believes, and force the
world TO interfere for the salvation Of those
that produce il, We may expect & storm ol
popular rage to be directed against the states
men who will then be pointed out as the authors
of all this evil. The Carthagenian spirit which
condemns the unsuccessful general is alread =
plainly dominant among the Northern people,
and should President Lincoln not buy mpuni
t. By success there will be, no doubt, hun
drea IN charge him With viulatioas of the Law
which passed without murmur at the time
thcy were cOHsi;;ed Technically, It seems
to us that Mr. Va|landigham is in the right
when he declares that the President did in
April what he had no right to do except
with the consent Of Congress The Presi.
dent, it is said, mas not, BY the Cons.itn
ton, authority to empl0y military force As NJ.
Lincoln employed il prior 10 the meeting 9!
Congress on the 4ih OF July. But this high
crime and misdemeanor, though the speaker
returns to ii more than Once. Is not the first,
nr indeed, the chief fault alleged against him.
The Democratic: party, by the mouth Of its
more extreme nratns, wishes to make il ap-
pear that the Republicans have, for their own
party pucp o.;cs. plunged the Cnon in war, and
made a return lthe seeded States impossible.
Though sao@ing, argues The speaker, that
" this revolution began forty years ago in In"
vcheinent, persistent, offensive and u2provokcd
agitation Of the slavery question in the North
and %cst, he yet, on the itfI Of March last,
declared that The platform OF the Republican,
party, the author Of this agitation, WAS ~ law
unto him." ty which he meant to be governed
in lis administration What were hiS scAt
ments towards the South may be gathered
from the fact that "he himself and his Prim"
Minister, the Secretary nj the State declared
three years ago, and have maintained ever
since that there was an irrcprcssibc ccali!ct'
brtwacn tic t.o .rclDIS ni this Onion that
the Union could nn. enlnre par! slave and
part free; AMI that the whole power and iniln.
rncc Of thr Federal government must hemcc.
forth DC eSertrd Ia circumScri5e and hem IN
slavery within its existing limits. This
charge is in fact thar President Linc1in anl
his party, after having irritatcd, if Gct injured,
The SGnth fol years and proclaimed their hcsict
that the two could not dwell together under
tie same i.deration, had fulfilled their OWN
prophecy by tiunging The Union into var
for the purpose Of snbvcrtng the institutions Of
the Sol!!h, or limiting its rights over the com
nan territories.
From the Ioziou Times, August 10.l
THE TIMES" on TIE BULL RUN RoUT
The people OF the Northern States Of Ameri
ca are behaving aftcr their defeat in a manner
which is somewhat unaccountable. They DO
rot seem ataIl inclined tolessen its Importance.
They do not affect to conceal that they have
bnen totally and disgracefuly defeated; that
their opinions of their own merits and Of
their enemies deficiencies were unloundcd, and
that, instead'of short and brilliant campaign,
they must either prepare for desperate war or
give up the scheme Of subjugating the South
And yet this national calamity and this griovoui
shame do not seem to effect them as they would
effectan European community. They even take
@ pleasure in the sensation caused by their IN
paraleled deieai. EScitementis is to all classes a
necessary daily dram, and, ifthey have it, it mat
tcrs not whether it is bought by success or mis-.
fortune. Then the people have so little realized
the meaning Of war, and they have such conf.
dcnce in their own energy and fortunes, in their
faculty Of what they call coming fright side up
wards" that as community they are no more
depressed by total rout than they would be ia
their individual capacities by pecuniary loss.
\ singular trait in human character is exhibit
ted by their open acknowledgment to al! the
world of defeat, coupled with enthusiastic re
ceptioE" which they are giving to whole regl-
mcnts Of volunteers who, on pretencc OF tne!r
time being up, ure marching homeward on the
morrow of a great defeat and on the eve OF an
expected advance of the Southern army. The
more aristocratic New York volunteers had re-
turned home long before the battle at Bull
Run, and now regiments from almost every
State are Fastening back to their respective dis.
tricts, to be received with the loudest plaudits
of their friends The l4th Ohio, on returning
to Toledo, experienced very cordial reccp.
ton" It. was mentioned that, after few
weeks furlough, they would be ready to rc-en.
rst-thosc few weeks, for all that they know,
being destined to decide the fate of the Union
forever But the most extraordinary case is that
Of General Patterson sarmy. The General &C.
cording to his OWL account, was in front Ct
General Johnston. who had 40, 600 mcn My
force is less than 10000 men. Nineteen rcgi.
ments, whose term Of service was up, or wou!,!
be within a week. all refused to stay an hour
over their time, with the exception Of four
Five regiments have gone home, two more 80
to day, and three more tomorrow. To avoid
being cut of with the remainder, fell back
and occupied this place" This is, We think,
one Of the most astounding incidents in the
history Of war. It entirely agrees with the
statement given By our special correspondent,
that while the cannon Of Beaurcgard we're
laundering in their ears, E. regiment Of volun-
,oo-, roc ,nI him m their U,- har1p their ihren