New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-01-08
HOyRsyG AROUND.


This Civil War has unsettled other things
than the political peace of the country; II has
n,ovod mischief with the intellectuas of great
many people on both sides OF tho Atlantic
Ocean. and led to u wide spread impression
that. contrary to all precedents, fax VIII
quench fire. why do Mt you settle your dli-
:. ferepcesl 7" roars The Lordon Times. "Wby
" do MT you make up your quarrel y bellows
the British orator. "Let's fix up things"
observes the remainder newspaper of the late
Constitutional Union Party. Nlggers have
nothing to do with ths war, cries BrIs"dler
This. ave are not fighting for the niggers,
excloims Adiutant That. "Not at all ~ re-
sponds some Congressional Orator" very FAR
"from it," As for the policy OF the Government
20 far as il is deducible from Messages he
ports. Speeches. and other documents, why, the
nolicv of the Government is--who knows what
il ia What with contradictory orders,
and laws of Congress which gentlemen in epau-
lets think themselves at liberty to disregard,
and what's With British CONVEX IN 20 o.slayery'
and the general oy-rsettlng OF IA past moral.
ties appertaining TO the institution, and what
sih the Wilkes complication, the middle haf
now become 50 general, that it is quite time to
recall if We can, our scattered sense- aud to
try to understand why We are fighting these
expensive battles and enduring, with more or
less iortiiudc, these ngonizng experiences.
Que curse of war is, that after il has been
waved for a short time the hustle of its mon-
agement and the pressure of its exigencies
push out Of sight or temporarily shoulder aside.
IL original causes. War creates continually
new complications. Substantially the affair OF
the Trent has nothing to do with the war
itself; aud yet, although IN the matter our
officer did absolutely no more than he thought
himself obliged to do, and although, 30 far az
we we're wrong, We have inside haste 10 Offer
every satisfaction, yet this wrorg, yoDial at
the worst, 10 pair Of stakeholder. has been
sufficient utterly TO abolish the Abolition senti-
ment of England. Out of sight at once goe'
bleeding Africa, and the poor brcks and
emancipation; and this very England which
Two years ago Was coddIing Yankee runaway
slaves, aud cooking Tor them complimentary
breakfasts, il now threatening 40 To interpose
in this quarrel, that Slavery, in fair way a.
be abolished If We are not nodded with, shall
be a perp, tusted nuisance aud an eternal crime.
What are wo to make Of this odd compound
Of sclf.bncs. and sympathy, Of this penny.wiso
philanthropy, of this cheap pity which subsidies
into indifference the moment II promises t.
cost more than an annual subscription Of II
and shilling
However, fault-Gnding in such case az this,
should begin, Ike charity ut home. There is
enough that If conic-lly curious here, without
going abroad IN search thereof. For instance:
Here is ncwspaper-wo call no names,
for il would not be civl-but here is news
paper which goes Its euire little length, and
that isn't quite hundred miles, for Union and
Victory and our Flag aud our Eagle; which
keeps rallyng our Brigader-, and calling for
action which is Il perpetual fountain of pr,tty
predictions; and is generally a. patriotic q,
possible; while at The same time, If the GOles-
nor Of Massachusetts, in his Annual Message
alludes to Slavery Us the cause and tue curse,
this same aniable journal at once begins To-
growl out: No such thing" niger have
nothing to do with it--let ITO niggers alone
hold your tongue about SlHcry-rsiiy for tn
Consultation, bat, IA you hope Tor peace say
not n word about cipalion--ianairal-
lnccndary -- enthusiastic 49, blacaguards, ilcsc