New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-07-29
THE BATTLES BEFORE RICHMOND.

From The Daily Nttrs sJuly Is
Before We venture 10 presaRe the conduct end
of the Americans IN this new rial Of thei
faith in their destiDy and III themselves, let us
thipk for moment what would be our own feelings
under similar circumstance We need not try the
question by any Hypothetical test. Like every
great commani formed in The course Of time by the
confluence OF races aud the conjunction Of Kingdoms
and provinces once separate from one another, our
own unity as a nation has been more MAN once
threatened. and more Than once hat the berolc IN
slinet # greatness raised US above the tmeservnf
folly OF Iampering with or toieratiDg a political
sobisIn We need not even appeal 10 the history Of
othe, times for su iuslraiiOD. In our own day the
inhabitants Of oue-ihrd OF the United Kingdom
provoked 10y the neglect OF their Just iocal erleV'
tnces, threatened political secession.
Legislative independence wac openly ivowed 81
she object Of millions OF men; and IN the united
Parliament itseh the pGrpose Was aVowed and man
famed The eeeiing portion Of the empire was De
,lared to be politically overborne by the remainder,
Ipd ils social condition was ssd 70 be peculiar ana
ci,ipct not understood by the RESI-, and re- oiTng
,eonrate lave. The terms Of The Union were de-
si.red to have been violated and the tplrit OF me
compact 10 have been broken. Geographically
.ne line Of separation between The two ialancs wac
deeply and indeibly kedi and the lspse o.
sune-not half as long ar that which nas ssncuonec
sue American COniedefatio0-was mol slrCl.ni u
ebljlerste from the minds Of thooo who oud have
r.scinded the liz ON NTH Ireland the vivid recoiee
ton Of TIE sta,e OF things that eXis'ed previous
that act
Theoretically it wa, argued by the Irish seeetsioa
hts that, II free 10 marry, they hso ignt 70 divorce
On grounds OF neglect and cruelty. The injustice
Aud the neglect were admitted unreseTyedly by the
hest and wlsest Of our Own s5atesmen. But "bie
they pleaded fsr redress, they .oid The kepealers
IL heiSnd that The Union they were resoived 70
t.mIain a. auy hazard. Among the liberal staies'
se1 Of Great Britain tbere was on this point al
SnnlmiIy "a entire, "A determination 30 unwaveTlng,
~ among the most conservative Of their rivals. On
every other question Of modern politics, domestic,
Goaohsi ioreign, municipal imperial, financial they
oinoTeo again and again; but On THIS one, great,
rtsi ana essential question they lever differed.
Wellington and Grey, Peel and R1ssell, LyndhuFst
add Brougbam. Graham and Palmeraon, all agreed
that come what might, The Union nus. be MAN.
saed the integrity Of the realm must be preserved.
10 one OIL the most brilliant and effective speeches
aver delivered by hacauay, after reminding the
iSieh on how many questions the Liberal party had
fought wl,h them side by aide, as they were ready
10 do again, he thus warned them OF the
Of seeking 10 dissolve the Union:
The Repeal of the Union r.xad n, f,l IA hs I'm.
1ue aud will consent 10 II; peyeT-thoush ths
ssanty should BE- surrounded by dangers fres. a. those
~ach threatened her when her American colonies, and
france 81 Spain. and Holland, iesFcsd sgsin
end whom the armed neutrality Of the Baltic disputed her
maritime rghts; Deyer-hough another bonspsi,s should
Pitch h. camp 10 ,ight Of Dover Castle n.,eI-n ell has
Been ,sked and lost neyertn tho four quarters of tho
World have boon conyoed by The lat struggle of the great
TsTi.h people Tor their place among tho nations"
Tile Wes sad in 1916, after tho question Of Repeal
lad been aeltated for 10 years, and at time when
greatest hight. What should We hsye thought If
lbe politicians Of neighboring State had under
taken TO lecture tho author Of ihis eYycnt VOW upon
bis blindness, wsntOnness, and feoeiIy," And re-
fysye the "folly and barbarian" Of tho 0owded
BcIse o. Commens thst cbocyed u 10 tho echQ5 II