The New York herald., 1862-01-11
The Times the Dissolution OF the
Union.

A>ASSOA&sAVA
Union.
From the London Times, Dec 211
The disunon OF America s becoming and more
complete Not only Is Ae South recouerably alesated
from the Norh, bat the North Is dtuided dgains se The
very governments OF the federal States comprises two
r parties and all the bitterness Of the original conro
versy between Unioniss and secessonists imported
into the councils Of the President and his Cabinet Once
more slavery at the root Of the quarrel That fatal in.
stitution carries mischief and SO utterly in
soluble are the questions creates that the subugation
Of the savehoding States would probably leave the d
Guilty even more nsuperable than before.
Again 1t Is asserted on good authority that the slaves
themselves have no wish to be liberated on the condi
tions suggested. They have been already armed
told, by the masters themselves and very willing
nght In their cause that when the Northern ormes
the Confederate territories If tqey ever do
So they will find no saves to berate, but only popuIa
tion In arms, black and white together Finally, sup
posing the federalists to succeed, by some
their hands are hsy do weS aS .sem the
endf II once they emanclpate they will become respon.
sbe for the maintenance disposal Of the whole body
millions Of human beings whose society they reject,
whose touch they shun and whose services they cannot
The letter which we have just published from our
special correspondent shows how sensiby these difficult
ties are felt at Washington, and to what extreme
in the Cabinet itaslf Yst the necessity for doing
something is urgent, and the temporizing policy
y be ssd sss 70 have failed %., aogehsr NJ
variance with the chief Of the State, and argues,
passage Of his report, which the President vanly
posse Of their slaves is tantaount to leaving them
In possession Of the of supporting the He
establishes his point logically enough paper but when
he to the tremendous question looming in
the distance he is fan TO leave 1t to s'tme and circum
stances to solve The whole problem Of the indeed
may well perpcx the strongest head 1t is certain that
the South cannot be united to the North the old
footing; it is not certain that the South be sub
dued at ALL while 1t Is positively certain that the triumph
OF the North even If could be achieved would be at
tended with more embarrassments more f0rmidabe than
those Of the war itself In the meantime another crisis
Nr'he,n Americsns hare resolved adding ,oth
Egicnd TO ccii at home By this time the question
has probably been settled and IL the federal government
should be so unjust and so advised to refuse the
redress we ask may be compelled 10 attend to Ameri
can politics with even gre ater interest than they com
mand at present.
EnSland's Dread OF American Privateers.
From the London Chronicle, Dec. 27.l
II then. war be declared between Great Britain and
the United States may reckon upon prvateering be-
ing carried out on tho part of tho latter with every
horror OF massacre and brutality incident to that barba
ous practice. 1t behovcs then we'll consider the
which may possess of protecting cur merchant
vessels from the attacks Of pirates in overy which
they arc accustomed to navigate In part the
ttttt orr SHIPS be SAFE AMI eend to evey
cWTy Of the lbe II the Atlantic in the Pacific, in the
Indian Ocean, amongst the Islands Il the Caribbean Sea-
nay, oven III the English channel, piratical vesscs will
prowl and dodge about lying in wait for any merchant
man which not fortunate enough to be under convoy
we may accept this as certainty and tho question is
what means viii the government Of this country adopt to
protect our commerce and the property of merchants
from great peril? Some means aa,s early be de-
rfsed. But it is not ships and
chandise alone which will suffer. We have col ny
which will not be subject to their attacks, ard must
EXPECT TO hear o; towns in fame: By every vessel which
arrives The mode, usage in war is, when bobardng
town, to are as much possible, private property
The ships ci the American navy observe this ruic
but priYatecrs will have 10 decacy ard no COM
junction, and wherever they 60. wido spread de-
strIcon wiil mark their presence Our o7 coats erea
RIH MT be free JrYE them. During the first Am
Paul JONES' who had taken service with the rcvoted
Colonies, Spread dmay and terror in every town ard
village on the British coast Early morning, wllea
every peFstn was fast asleep, he landed at White
port He even hal the audacy to knock at the door,
and rocsc the sleeping inmates Of the house, to
procure light to enable him toaccomplish the con-
agraton America lacks MT tn, present day spirits
as bold as dctermn ed rcnorse.ess that gudacous
Scotchman. In war with America, then, shall labor
uDce. vast disadvantage. Whilst tie prlva.eers OF
thai country swarmng in every sea, and pursuing
a course Of plunder and destruction, hands
viii b, tied. We have abolished prvateering and
not make rcprsa.s We do not regret this-for feel
that acting on the principles OF humanity AMI suffering
Inevitably must suffer, IA consequence Of il, we
shall stand out in bright relief in comparison with
adversary whose constant boast is that Of
blood rs ourselves. and that the great who have
thrown lustre upon our literature equally belong
him. We repeat that Il viii be the duty Of the govern
ment TO adopt measures rs ecacous possible the
prose Of our merchandise and shipping the
tachs OF American privatscrs despatch has arrived
TO day, which informs us that the Ayiers has been
dcred from Gibraltar where she Las been stationed and
the supp0sition is that she has directions ect om
prvatecrs English vessels coming into the Straits Tho
latter Is Of course NEE conjecture; but If with
America does occur, many ships mrst be placed upon
this service and it would be wise in tie government to
take timo by the forciock and appropriate to it many
as they can siare.