The New York herald., 1862-03-31

tic spirit Aat Aad been routed found sntssfacoa
ia the means Nar ~ Ne eRd. Those feaffs antsci
pations are probably only too gSs. 1he Tone
on both sides is that Of bitter as1 hssItias de.
1ance North and South rail at ansher much a. The
spears But there is this unhappy d6sEence-te poet
manages to dispose OF ono combatans and gives in
and entire effect 70 the ~ least aide
Of the duel. In hu case ne atlss, As Aeas, TAG d.
fances tie doerm,naioa yeate,s to X esdi<ss and from
both sides gather the lamentab truth that far
as eye can scan the American horizon there nothing
But when both sides see no coaciss.u Of war ex-
cept the exchange OF form Of fsv another and
transition from order 10 disorder from method 10 mad
ness REMAINS for tA< tya,<ys 70 spscslats on ne nat
raj developments Of tie struggle To show that are not
70 ,SS ysry able letter Of correspcnssss who unSsr
takes 10 interpret the Southern prospsc and sympa
thies The amcabe separation which sonc good people
The North would not be content with less than a the
border States Leaving 70 the copfserates only the seven
eight original seceders. But were this their object,
they would stin have TO garriso4 Virginia with an
even so, they would feel Ne tnion q an end
the SosA; aud sare,y vsud us 6s recognized than
ecer more odioas and more stie q qNarrsts. separa
ton, then, he holds 70 BE- n,iiesr possibls nor nor
left in it, But, whatever may be aid OF the difficulty
conquerng the Southern States thse be doubt
what then s The Alternative to WHOA we ore TO look
when conquest 10 impossible, when separation 10 impoe
sbe, when union in the form have seen Il, is mpos
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peace s impossible, when war itself as Is now carried
on impossible, sUhen eperAiNJ inpCssible except
something that does not como under any VI these heads
and that beyond all present reckoning reasonable
expectationS
Whats fhis but to apo,u Aat the federation Itself i-
JoseS Tho principle has been tried and found want
ing The Southern States will not submit to the Of
all bondages-a tyrant majority. The NortAsrs ats
can neither conquer, nor eoneate nor 'cn BY any n'etod
So the appeal 70 war and the IL is admitted
both sides work itself to its legitimate results
The question is no longer whether he North ,oal conquer
the South, but wa the oiu lead 10, and what state Of
things wisuyerv upon the present. The most far
seeing discover nothing in the prospect but guerilla
warfare, anarchy and devastation. This ID simply
TO admit that, the statesman having failed, the
10 now In the hands Of the soldier But IL Is more
end OF federation instead Of it's bright beginning This
not the age in which French monarchy breaking up,
or republic is inaugurated, but IN which French
empire has been restored and rsestablinhed II is
age in which strong monarchy Is the fashionable for
democratic disorder. Europe has just congratulated
Italy the acquisition Of monarchy, instead Of the
federation which phosopers wanted for her. instead Of
the independent States which lately existed instead Of
Mazzins republic. The Western States Of Europe have
at least the credit of Offering Mexico constitutional
monarchy instead Of republican constitution,
which has had existence except in alternate anarchy
den,octdcy has to thank itself The Dictator, the En-.
pororOr the King is everywhere superseding the isces
Of the consul tho paper scheme OF the lawgiver
When told that everything else is impossible in Ame
and The genius Of the commanders . indeed zoe see
the beginning Of tie ea But that end is not the de-
sired by either North South by who look
II cannotbe for our interest that military adven
rca though that better than anarchy. But it
is the haven towards which the great American CON-
monwcath seems drifting. IL Is possible. That is
enough whes eceing else is confessed to Be impossible.