New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-08-20
TIE BULL RUN BATTLE.

qu comment OF the royal speech upon The events in
the New World which have fallen so unexpectedly
upon the ear of Europe. Jus Green has rehected
with AN excellent hdelity the feelings OF her people
Alter the first surprise was over, and when the "GCd
bless me YOU don't say 80 had been sail, we THINK
we never heard OF battle in which '1OOO men seeln
to have been gel on each sIde and WHICH lel so
blank upon the public ear and engaged 20 little Euro
peAn interest The fact j. thai do no, like TO laugh,
the Of the ridiculous comes too strong over
IA when we wonld be serious. H. is great battle
without the dignity of danger or the painful interest
of great carnage. There are all the ridiculous
incideuis Of stark fear and rlbid terror without
much real peril and with very little actual
suferipg We begin TO feel that have been cheIted
ont OF our sympsthies. When this war broke out We
English all pictured 10 Ourselves txo earnest sections
Of the same population nteTlaccd in mortal coIbal,
warIing 10 tie knife and to the death. We received
by every mail little samples OF atmosphere O blood
ard thunder and war and wounds. AL America ap-
pcirCd 20 us, poor dupe. ike fresh exploded mlc
M smoke and Fragments and torn limbs. We fan
ced our knsnen reckless furious, dying each others
thYoats and careless Of tlIeir own safety. At the
same time that they were shaking tleir knives at
each other, they were shaking their Fats AZ us. We
trenbed Tor what We taIed 10 see. We held our
breath for tie iirs shock Of battle between these two
yonng giants. We shut eyes against the deaGy
stru2gle. We are cAlmer now. We are all cllmor.
We are satisied that these warlke athletes,
who were ssling such dire threats against any
one who shOuld dare Ia oler 10 separate them,
not 30 very reckless. Since their dissen.iOns have
assumed the character of open war they have been
carried on upon strictly humanitarian principles. II
we ate to believe the American Press, an American
battle has never yet been dangerous American
passenger boat and not much more So than AN .Anerl
can railway. The hostile forces shell each other
of strong toftless without losing single life They
fight a battle In WeeteA Virginia which determines
the fate of district al the expense Of less than
OF Casualties and great stand-up battle Il fought be-
tween 80, 900 men, ending IN q panio aud tweatJ
miles run; and " hen the - Grand Army OF the P0io'
l., ~
ports that =" the killed on side will be between
three and five hundred"
It's very difficult to gauge the solidy Of anything
American-even OF great battle. We know tha
there was great rout in front Of that gp which runs
up into the nils Tor Represented In the ruck
and may say that II with our own eyes aud
heard the cannonadc with our own ears There Is Il
probability, also thai the numbef OF men present at
the battle mounts 10 the high figure Of 10000 for
both accounts seem to agree upon this. Beyond
the,e facts however, every thing seems vague and IN
certain. The advance OF the I" Grand Army OF The
Potomac" reads in the American papers like II bur
lesque OF the progress Of Neryes to the Ileespont
The great Federal victory Of Bull Run, which WAS
flashed over the Northern States and recorded in the
Northern papers, thing lowering for hours,
while yet in print upon the confines OF fancy and pos
.ibilty The ablcct rOat, the ultimate reality, WAS
wbat we could have least believed. Perhaps We ought
20 have anticipated that the feroCOns men wh0
had burned up the homCsteads ON their line o march
would speed back rhe embers with Ialc faces
To IA. IL requires the testimony OF the AEieri ans
themselves aud the winners OF or own correspondent
to suggest To that 1000 American pauots lied Tor
- niles in agony fear, although no one was pur-
suing them, and Jnat .J,OJ1 other American patriots
abstained from pIls ing these 1000 enemies Dcclse
they were not informed how STARK frightened these
Were Even the artillery were not captured, Dnt
picked up. The guns were lelt bch.nd becausc they
mpcded the hight Of the artiilerymen and they nlgut
have been 10 great extent carried oil II he lehen-
si0us of the guunciS would have allow I'd them take
advantage Of the leisure which tie prudent ,onguefor
WAS SO ready to ailUtd ON the Other hand,
scondent thinks that the panic Lac gone right To the
heart of the North that il gen. BeaureId had the
terpHse Ia follow mp Ills advantage, he might nave
gone lao unresisIed into Washington Cry itscii.
All that the Northern pcss says upon this subject l.
10 congratulate themselves that tho cuemy Old rot
know Ia hat fright they were.
This is not our account oi this battle. IL il the
hmcricCu account. IL X the account ot the New-Noh
papers alternating ~ they do hetweea slrehs Of We
tory, OF agony, amt oil yndlrtiNe despair. Ii they
have oaiy lost between 100 ana JcJ men, II seems Ols
10 he a very cheap lesson. See what they have gained
hy il. They have found out now That the spirit al pat
yiotsIn and the instinct OF combat, does not
prevent Northern vOlunee nom gong on IN body
under pretensc Ot their time 81 enlistment bon. mp.
although tha morning o. tie combat may ba
aud tie cannon may be- sounding in t'is earr. They
have found ont also that even Northern army
eau without much good military reason given, lose
its attraction OF cohesion, aud dissolve inio "A
mob They have alsO found out that the South
eruerl are not 10 De- walked over ike a partridge
lnauor, and that they have some military heads
among them. Of couree We mud nXIcct Them 10
meet these hard facts % certain qusntay OF buster.
ThevmLs.cail lew nil IONS Of volunteers and
they Lilist nike confident eraa,d upon ncredulons
world Tor n few handied millions sterling But
behind u this there must Use gathering doubt that
this Southern nut lie too hard 10 crack ami that the
military line, asa matter o. Duness docs not answer
The Meth has now made It's experiment. aud not oaly
has il not anaweIed bit the process h' not been
couraglug. rs a matter )f habit, and 10 ease tie
American mind, certain quantity u threats and tall
words NAV BE- necessary, and they may pace. But
now stand. In the face OF the picture OF that screaa-
ing cfowd-ihe tiTand Amy "i the Potomac, 49,
these .feut words from thu eApeCtant gentlemen 1t
Washington lose every charm.
These people do All IN their power 10 ahe1a.e our
synpalhy Tor they ate ameabie neither 70 courtesy
Tor 10 misfortune. Nothing ciyi!ues them. They
saen 20 think that ID all seasons aud upon all oc'asons
England is cafe target for their insults aud their
threats They either lein very WE'LL else they pos
III els think thgy can lG1ucnre oar policy by their
blGster ILero was & moment, on the LIST Of July,
W en- victory wa. suppospd TO lie with the " Grand
Amy II the Potomac, aud The most Popular neWJa-
per ~ Ncw-lOlt seized tie oppotuniy 10 snow wiis'
use our excellent friends proposed 10 MAKE o. thVH
victory. The iirs thought wac ioyeage upon Ensanu
Afer SONS UlWis no what ale slDP1eee ID &c oar
recent reeautlliuns, tae organ Of New-fofA lodsfS
tiuD continues;
And now ior.ooth b-cause The 0ueens GIVE go
III to s.u ig lr dirs 70 cy INTO rAet ~ 80,
bre,ts ,,l urb,i. e entYy 81 Southern prfa'fA usy
B 91rtl 80 ar, re- uod % let tysone De ty.oes nv
10 ignoe ha any cause o. di pshi ,bs "n, be
.ha.diy and Inconsistency Of oeA1o"isdeh Wv qua -.
g..nt figts, OF tho Rehs! stars, ana tleh Nlut
2om .her sowarce aud ies al 70 cor equrees n
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