The Placer herald., 1862-08-02
EUROPE AND AMERICA.
The North and the South, have both

erents Oh this continent, and the true stat
of facts should serve rs an important lessor
TO our people.
The North believed that the fact Of th,
abolition of slavery, being blended as lead
ing result and object of the war Oh The par
of the Lincoln administration, would neces
sarilv secure to them the active sympathy
if not the open support, of the English ant
French governments They fancied that be
cause The rabid republicans of France up
rooted society in their Island possessions o
the West Indies, in ls4s, and gave license to
the slaves there, that the French government
must necessarily hate slavery in America
They have heard so much from Exeter Hal
and that party in Great Britain, and know
ing too that the people had paid out, through
the government, to abolish slavery in Jamai
ca and adjacent Islands. such vast sums o
money, they believed Great Britain would
be certain TO attach herself to the Northern
cause. In all this, they have been sadly dis
appointed. The only governments Of Eu
rope that appear to heartily sympa,hse with
the administration, are two despolisms-
Austria and Russia
The South knew that cotton and tobacco
were prime necessities to millions of people
in France and Great Britain, and for that
reason made sure that interest would lead
both those governments to become the active
supporters Of their rebellion. But though,
the caunt form of famine stalks abroad in
the manufacturing districts of both nations,
though trade is depressed, except in few
contraband a ,cles the sale and shipment
of which III Sc governments evidently wink
at, they make no move TO assist the South.
European politicians endeavor to make
this appear Il great sacrifice on their part. to
the doctrine ct non Intervention. They, tell
the English and French people that to inter.
vene is in violation of national law, and that
is the reason why they must suffer on. But
to our mind this is but subteruge-a tub
TO the whale. There is such a radical differ
ence between the European and American
idea f government, and its objects, that
they are wiling TO see ours exploded. The
class of people who exercise control in the
governments are an aristoclacy-a privileged
order Of white men, and government they
conceive is made for their benefit and Incl
denally for the care of the balance of the
white race the hewers Of wood and draw
ers of water-who they insist are incapable
OF self government. The American theory
is, the equality politically, Of the white race,
and that The sovereign power of all govern
ment rests primarily in the people, for whose
benefit government is made and upon whose
will its continuance depends.
The growing Importance Of the American
States could never have been regarded with
real favor by the members Of the priviledg
ed class, for the reason that such an intfu'
ence must necessarily flow towards those for
eign shores as wond ultimate in their over
throw. 1t would be natura. that they would
rejoice in demonstrations proving to the
word that our system was wrong and theirs
right-that our "experiment" had failed,
our bubble" had burst. They, Of course, care
more for the interests Of their own class or.
order than they do for all the negroes in and
out Of Africa-more, than for the Interests
Of all the cotton growers, or manufacturers
in the world-the negro may sweat under
his load and the bet of bondage, and the
old women of Exeter [Iall-ielnae and he
male-may drink their tea and gabb!e Of
imag mary miseries in distant lands; there
may be reports Of starvation, and mnttering
Chartist-, in manufacturing cities, but the
sagacious Duke or Lord knows he has fam
lily and family interests to look to, and with
him charity commences at home. These
are the interests Of his class, and of course
he will heed them. We, in America, are
doing just what he desires fghing, tearing
each other TO pieces, exhausting our resour-
ces, destroying ourselves and our systems of
government-and all about a miserable abb
straction-a deceit and a folly,-to prove
that black man is the equal Of white one
intellectually, morally, socially, and poitil
caIly. The very Object of the war, on the
part of the north, is enough to set the gre@t
world at large in big gnffaw at our expense
The rulers in Europe have no interest in in.
terfering, until ons party or the other is
swallowed mp in The other from sheer ex
haustion. AS long as we show energy, and
continue the work Of destruction upon each
other they are satisfed-to them, the work
goes bravcly ONT proves to the world
what they have been preaching for century
or more-the madness and folly Of the att
tempt at self government by the white race
The object of the American revelation was
to establish on this continent the political
equality Of the white race-a mighty inno
walton upon European theories; the Republi-
can party spoil this noble work in its com
summation, by insisting upon overuling the
laws of God and making all races POLITICAL
ly equal. We are to lose all our ancestry
struggled for, in the insane attempt to prove
that black, red and yellow, are white
HOMICIDE IN TOWNSHIP No. IAN un