The New York herald., 1862-08-26

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ments and destroy tho rrublic coLsedence IN IN
government at moment Of great p >Nrn' "ne
all should rally around the Executive
| e uropean Intervention, and How 1t Hal
Been Knocked tn the Head.
One of our Washington correspondents at-
taches, in our opinion, too much Importance to
the services Of Archbishop Hughes. Bishop
McIlvaine, Thurlow Weed and some other
amateur and volunteer diplomats to Europe, in
the important work of counteracting the
Vaccinations of rebel emissaries in the English
clubs, French salons" DO Our correspondent
Intervention in behalf Of the rebels may be at
tributed largely to the influence exerted in all
ranks of society by the gentlemen referred to-"
for that it is certain that before their mission
took effect the emissaries of the rebels were
successfully poisoning public opinion at its
veW springs"
We incline to the opinion that the labors In
Europe Of the gentlemen referred to" had no
influence whatever over the government of
England or that of France We believe that
Thurlow Weed, for example, from his labors
in London and Paris, produced about the same
effect upon the minds Of Lords Palmerston and
Russell and Louis Napoleon as if the venerable
Thurlow had remained at home, and had, against
rebel emissaries in Europe, confined his labors
to the editorial columns Of the Albany BUening
Journal; and we dare say that the same may be
said of his patriotic colleagues. The simple
truth is that both England and France, some
nine months ago, had virtually concluded to
intervene, and that they have only been shaken
from their purpose by the manifestations of our
tremendous military power and resources, and
our fixed resolution to put down this rebellion,
Intervention or no Intervention.
England, trumping up the convenient pre-
text of an outrage to the British flag in the
case Of the Trent steamer, began to prepare
actively for war with us for the relief Of jeff
Davis, when Mr.. Secretary Stewards quiet and
mastery explanation OF the Trent affair put
an end to the complaints of John Bull for
time and silenced him. France began to be
little shaky upon the heels of our victories of
Roanoke Island, Fort Donelson, &C.; but that
instructive and ominous sea fight between the
rebel iron-clad Merrimac and our invincible
little Monitor created q panic in England and
France, especially in England, which opened
wide their wondering eyes in. regard to the
danger of Intervention in our domestic affairs.
yThe rebel iron-cassd. monster, the Merri-
mac, in a sudden dash, had destroyed two of
our finest war ships of the old wooden school;
but she found more than match for her
heavy battery and her impregnable sides in our
unexpected little nondescript, the Monitor. This
conflict and these results demolished all the
wooden navies of the world, and England, for
the purposes of an invasion of the United
States, found herself very suddenly reduced to
one solitary available vessel-ofwar-her IRON
clad but cumbersome and clumsy Warrior. We
had effected complete revolution in naval
warfare in day, and this tremendous fact set
tied the question of Intervention in the British
Cabinet in the negative.
This opportune beginning of the Monitor has
since been enlarged on QUIZ part into an IRON
clad navy sufficiently strong to annihilate the
navy of England; and, as we have added weight
aud power to this iron-clad armament, England
has become more and more decided against in
tervention. Louis Napoleon has also felt the
peculiar influence in favor of neutrali-
ty of our iron-clad vessels-ofwar; but,
when these peace agents on the water
are backed by an army Of million of loyal
men, the wisdom of the policy Of non-interven-
ton becomes as clear as the sun to both Lord
Palmerston and Louis Napoleon.
Such are the agents, instrumentalities, argu-
ments and influences that have defeated the
Vaccinations Of the emissaries of JEFF. Davis in
Europe; and against the cupidity, hypocrisy
and INSCRIPTIONS ambition Of England and
France all other arguments and agents, and
all that they have done, may be set down as
only 80 much Leather and prunella."
The IRasH AND GERMAN ELEMENT IN THE
WAR-A contemporary is indulging in invidious