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From the Lond7n Times Sept IL
The people of the Confederate States have
I made themselves famous. If the renown OF
brilliant courage, stern devotion to a cause, and
| military achievements almost without parallel
| can compensate men for the toll and prVatlons
/ of the hO8r, then the c0untTymen OF Lee ana
Jackson may be consoled amid their sutfsrings
From all parts Of Europe, from their enemies as
/ well as their friends, from those who condemn
! their acts as well as those who sympatAizs with
/ them, comes the tribute of admiration. When
the history Of this war is written, the admiration
/ viii doubtless become deeper and stronger, for
( tha veil which has covered the South will be
! dawn away and disclose picture OF PATRIOTISM
/ Of unanimous selfsaer.hce, Of wise and hrm ad-
/ ministTatiOn, which We can now only see lndls-
! tinctly. The details of that extraordinary ma
6onai effort wh.ch has led to the Tepulse, and
alrncs5 to the destruction of an invading force
! Of more than half million men viii then be-
/ come known 10 the world, and, whatever may be
the fate of the new nationality or its subsequent
claims to the respect Of mankind, it will assured
I iy begin its career with reputation for genius
/ and valor which the most famous nations may
envy Within a period Of eighteen months
scattered population, hitherto living exclusively
BY agriculture, and accustomed to trust for every
! product of art and manufacture to the North,
u n
( 10 raise an immense army and conduct what is
now az offensive war
/ 1t is satisfactory to 6nd that we are not alone
in our Opiniops that we did right in refusing TO
/ meddla in American stfsirs, and that the people
( most deeply interested-namey, the CoDfeder-
I ates themselves-aTe quite Of the same opinion.
I There is nothing in the paragraph from the
/ Richmond Dispatch which we published yester-
| day bot what may be thoroughly agreed to by
I r. 8 -, vTf.s~
/ seemingly is to sEcw that the European nations
must either carry GA a war with all their
strength sgainst the Federal States or refrain
entirely from interference Ii England and
France will land 2 hundred Thousand men esch,
and drive back the Federal armies of invasion,
twill be well enough, bat less than this will
Olly prUiOng the St,ie, and add to the Official
ties OF the South by rousing all the passions Of
the patriotism Of he FedeTsls. This is precisely
| the I5as euing which mas caused every sensible
man Ia England TO reject tie idea Of breaking
The blockade, OF making any otAer weak sud
hal-and-halt demonstration Of dislike to the
! continuance of the war. The name Of England
especially would I'll the recruiting offices OF the
North better than al the elcQuence OF an Everett
/ or the military fame of CoTcoran. The war,
which nav now al any time come 70 an end
| through the returning good sense of the Fed
I erals, would, probably, become more desperate
I than ever, the chief enemy being no longer the
/ Confederate, but the BcitisheT Then the mui-
/ titude of men VINO would be thrown into idle
ness and want by the breaking up of commerce
would add to the military force of the Federal
States. If the Northern seccoast Was block
sded, - says the Southern papers, /" and the sea-
! port cities captured, the North would have more
soldiers for her armies, aud fewer idlers to sup
/ port. If the North was without a navy and
/ without a mercantile marine several hundred
/ thoUscI j men would be dsengaged from their
! accustomed pursuits, be without employment,
} and burning with revenge and Indignation
! against the enemy who had thrown them help
/ less on the world
I On the other hand, the writer remarks that
/ 1t is chiefly because the South has been block
AIDED that she has exhibited such wonderful
power. If the Southern blockade was raised
! hslf the people would be diverted from the in
: dustrial pursuits necessary for conducting the
/ var to selling tobacco and cotton and money
Masking l. may be suspected that in the case
/ of the Southern writer the grapes Of European
! intervention are sour; but, whatever may be
/ Lis motive, he has uttered good sense on this
/ great question. An armed interference in the
| quarrel would be fatal mistake for any Euro
/ pean power. When the Sou b has expelled the
enemy Eom its soil il may be entitled to ask for
! recognition; but Its frontiers must be both Won
/ and kept by its own eXertions.
From the London Herald Derby organ) September l6
! There is a degree Of humanity in the attitude
on this question assumed by the European
powers which seems to US to call for the steTnest
ceusure. We are standing with folded arms
4 and placid expression on our faces, while Am
erica Is being made desert, and Americans,
most valantly, are hacking one another 10
pieces. VIII it advantage us at all that the
spirit Of the country should be broken, whole
rF
cruelest Of a just wars, and the benefits thai the
world might receive from this thriving and once
( happy continent postponed for a century Let
US do something as we are Christian men. Il
does not matter what they call it. Term it ar
biratiou. intervention, diplomatic action, recog-
ution of the South, TemOnstrsnce with the
North, friendly interference, or f0rcbbe pressure
Of some sort-whatever form or shape our action
may assume, let Us do something to stop this
carnage. For each year Of this war st least
E00,0 600 men are slain in battle
Millions may be said to be wounded or strick-
en- with disease; and for every one killed, wound
cd OF sick a family is in mourning. A territory
larger than Europe to give up to horrors ths!
might have figured in Dante's Inferno" Over
5 fair Virginia plantations and homesteadS in old
Kentucky. by the rivers of Tennessee, on the
; prsires Of Missouri and Arkansas, among the
canes and ricefelds OF Louisiana and Georgia
red handed war strides triumphant. What have
all these people done that they should be so di
TeCtly visited The cause of this war is a chi
mera, a fatal iuf4tuation. Let us not be content
with muttering this TO ourselves; let us tell tbs
Americans what we think Of it, and cTy-hold
while something yet remains for Americans u
, fight about. If our government will not d.
this we must hold them IN part responsible TO
the continuance Of this plague Of civil war
this standing outrage and aggression against Coz
and man
From the London Herald (Deroy 0rgan) Sept. l6l
That the blockade has not really injured tn
e South further than by infictiDg severe tempo
Tary prjvatioDs is due to the fact that the SOutl
E is an agricultural and sefsuppOrting people
8 which. producing at home all that it absolutel.
! requires, cannot be starved, and not havini
much commerce has no large class to be ruiue
by isolation from the world outside. This !
not the case with the New England States 4
> them > blocked would be ruinCus, and the il
terruptiOn Of foreign trade would destroy tn
chief If not the solo source Of their prosperity
I But we do not believe that even this would
necessary II France and England were now {
i insist On peace, and to threaten interference
l. their mediation were refused. A year ago
y would hgve been otherwise the pride of Ii
:, North might have induced it to endure rui
l. rather than accept defeat and disgrace, withoJ
j. striking another blow. either for the Union
le for honor. But year Of suffering may we
81 have tsught them humility year OF hal
y fghdng-the hardest fighting, with few exec
g tions, That the world mas ever seen-has amp
I, redeemed their military character, and they net
e no longer feel ashamed when confronted /
" overwhelming force to consent to parley, al
p csptulate on honorable terms. A people d
tending its heartbs and homes may and mu
ne fght TO the last; but in a war of sggressio
BE- lPeTBeveTsnce after success has become hopeec
is the part not Of bravery but Of madness.
re- OPINION OF THE COTTON DISTRICTS ON r
'P- C0GNITIOH OF THE SOUTH
- Fr,m the Liverpool Courier. Sept H.
The sum and substance of the startling int
re- igence brought by the Europa is included in