New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-02-06
80 INTERFERENCE WITH THE AMERICAN
QUARREL.

From. The L4Rdos Tina jan D.
Mr. Massey belongs to that section OF orr public
men 10 whom we looa for sober and serious views Of
passing events. He IL not great rhetoficIan, nor
man Of very fcryd mag inailon; but lie is well III
formed by historical study, and he has received the
testimony Of the House Of Commons 10 hi knowl-
edge and aesiduiy in his election 10 the yost OF
Chairman of Committees. When, therefore, Mr..
Massey goes down To meet Lie constituents, we ex-
pect q commou-seBse view OF the present aspect OF
aiiars; and when we remember that those COnstitu-
cuis form part OF the great Lancashire tody OF
ogeratiyes WAC are now suffering from the high
price Of cotton and from the other consequences Of
the dlsOrganLed state of America we are curious to
sce how lgr common seuse Will be acceptable to
population under such priya,iOus.
From the information gathered By The M0Rcic ter
EJamncr, we learn that throughout the manulac-
turing Districts OF the North there ut this moment
- 600 operatives entirely Ont OF employment, aud
l6l, 0oo working short time isnot in the hosough
o. Stafford that this distress Is most intense but its
population cannot he quite beyond inc influence OF
tno events by winch 1t has been Caused. IL Is not
wonderful, therefore, that the sloppagc Of the mills
and the decline Of trade were the only topics which
interested both Orator and audience or that silly
attempt 10 ih;erpose discussion upon Reform wss
ogeI5ofne ut once by the general OF the asa NJ
bly,. Wherever wOihuen aud their Representa- ives
u)w meet, no other cousde fa'ion can occupy thu m
but the iuquiiy1-how long is the world to be dis
tarbed 10y this American war, and when again shall
peace restore security 10 commerce aud wages 10
industry
We have for a long time looked mon The state of
thirgs now existing ia America with no o;her object
tban impniially 10 weigh the merits and dement's OF
the parties engaged. We have, in the excess of our
English gen,Iosliy seemed ashamed to calculate how
our own national intererts We're affected by what
was going on. We appear rather TO have been seek
ing for a ride with which we could sympa,Lizo aud,
even while we were seeking in vain, were Yet iaia
70 ADM. that all our own Inconvenience ought TO be
patiently borne for the sake of giving the combasnts
iair play. The time is rapidly approaching, how
ever, when our patience will Is put TO very incon
yenent test.
Our national business s disturbed by cause
which, although Mr. Massey is pleased to call it "a
irightful war;" seems to be dcstituie alike OF all
The dignity and of all the interos, OF war sc first
there was, indeed muston \ 10 battle, ard there
was good Ieason that the nations should hold their
breath and look on. Bat siuce the affair OF Bull
Run there has been herOism, or danger, or real
lighting among the millions Of men ia aims. Tie
only real earnestness shown has been IN destroying
The property OF all mankind. TIE North destroys n
Lar6or MS an angry woman hgf sometimes smashed
"A loosinggliss; aud the Federal Government Keeps
up a yeAn,ious and ineffective blockade less with /
any hope OF reducing the South than for tho splenetc
gurpere Of making all the world rhsro in her Priva-