The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1862-10-08
.ruE LONDON TIMES ON TIE AMERICAN
WAR.

ll0rlal ~ ~" ~ss Jury ~,
1869,
.;msnt and sorrow never wrinvs H. 49,.
mnre bitterly than when aflictien or ans;a
~ is compelled to-assane the appearance Of
rsioicings There il q play Of he old dram.
atIst, John Ford, called the Broken Henri
n which the heroine is compelled 70 o.
through solemn dance. although il re-
course Of it she is told that her fa,hsr :
dead, that her dearest friend has comm;,,sd
snicidc, and that her lover Il murdarsI
She gees through the dance, aud dron, a.,sn
dead al its close. Something similar 10 ,h;s
must have been the mental torture endnrad
by 4 large portion of the american nuhlic
during the festivals and rejoicinps which
commemorate the 4th Of July, The ann;vsr'
sary Of the never sufficiently to. be .nrai.sd
and neyer. sufficiently ia, be-yioIated Daeis'
ration oi independence. How fiat s,sle
and Improbable must have sou ,led M
conventional eloqaenee aud worn GU, enthu.
siasm which celebrated wars and ouarreIs
the remembrance Of which ought 70 sleen II
the graves Of those Who made them. How
laring the music, how pale tile Gre. works.
how wearisume the professions 10 mothers
and sisters. % wives and daughters, torment.
eiwi,h the we'll grounded apprehension that
IN tlr bloody swamps Of Virginia were Iy-
inc those most dear 70 them on earth-han.
py indeed, # dead. bat only too probably
lingering out the last remnants Of existence
under the chilling dews Of night, consumed
hy thirst and fever. in all the sgonies that
wait on the wounded. abandoned by re-.
treating. and trampled on aud disreyarded
bY pursuing army! Was there no one 10
* whether the cause In which all this blood
vas shed be indeed the cause of indepen.
dence whether the North can really iden.
tify the grounds Of their present quarrel
with that which their ancestors maintained
against George III. and his Ministers; or
whether the parts have not been wholly In
rsrted, or whether the North does not find
itself playing the part OF the very King
whom for eighty years Il has held up 10 the
szeeraiiOn Of is people as the sIest and
nos, cruel 81 tyrshtss
We know that the North has DOT succeed
cd, bat can II show any ground TO convince
Us that i deserves success They cannot
submit their cause 10 be tested By their own
principles. Can they pOin, out any others IN
der which their cause will obtain more IA
Tor: america mas been celebrated, and
Justly, a. tie FIRST county that ever basedits
Constitution on the principles Of abstract
right and justice. The founders Of the Re-
public maintained the principle Of the mali
enable rights OF man against prescription
ant authority. Rebels ia their eyes we're
Only men rcserting 70 the FIRST principles Of
nataral justice. and s0seTeigns lost their
right to reign as soon As they ceased TO con-
tribute 20 the happiness Of their people.
These arc the stere0typed doctrines q the
iih 81 July. To be consistent, the North
srn States ought now to denOunee and pun
ish them as treason.
How are the mighty fallen A year ago
tie North went forth 70 conquer, confident
~ is numbers, in its vas, hoiilla. 10 ITS
crushing artillery. end in its possession OF
capital. for the moment. Al least, entirely
wheat limit ID went forth to light Tor
empire, and, ~ men do whO seek 10 conquer
aud Cypress their fellow. Il trusted
mainly 10 Oysrbearing might. and rested the
merits u Us cause on the sharpness Of us
sword. II Invaded on every side territory
stanIily Pcopied. Supplied with littie wealth.
without Manufactures. without large clues,
tgt on from the rest Of the world BY the
'sss naval superiority Of is antagonist,
With nothing 70 rely on bat dauntless eouf-
&c and rrsolufe endurance. The sonlher-
Der vas alarmed, ill-elothed, ill-ted, poorly
lodged, aud he vas eneumbered with the
most iormidabls Of al hindunces--a Save
population Il several millions, 70 whose NET
eIes be bad 10 leave his wife and his chiia'
his homestead and his plantation, when ne
vent forth to fight his battle Of indepen-
ashee. Wherever they could swim tne
Northern gunboats penetrated, and, y long
y they we're accompanied by this flying az,
tlllery, which also afforded an easy meanso
tfsnspor, for al the wants Of 40 army, Inc
Federais proved irresistible. The time came
A. last, however, when Il was necessary 70
-ayasce beyond lhe reach 81 gunboais, ana
,hsa. as We in RngIsnd always Predictes'
.4s isderal difficulties began. The Cenled-
crates withdrew from before Washington.
but The Fcdersls could NOT follow them, and
General Beauregard disappeared from his
lines at Cornib. leaving General HallecK
quite unable 70 pursue him. The great Ar.
my Of the West has been reduced 70 mac.
uylty, but the Army Of the East has con-
triyed, BY means OF marine transport, 10
place itself on the Southeast Of Richmond.
thus inierposing that Capital and the whole
irmy Of the Condolences bstween itself and
The remainder Of the Federal forces. As III
his was not enough, General Mcclellan dis
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