The sun., 1862-01-21

snAiety with which all classes in tbe4e kinS
doms await the return of the O1eor, msssen
ger. The latest intelligence from your aid
gives hopes OF peace, and the funds have ri %
accordingly. In England, the mercantile Ia
tefest dosircs peace, but he aiistocratic party
Toe landed interest, though averso 20 war 4
the ahtract, still regard the ptc,sn a. a favor
sble spportuuity for inilicting r,ushir9 bley
upon csmcC acT You may take IL for gfanted
tleroioree, tha; If Lori Palmcrston makes o.
nl' u.int TO 50 70 war with you, he will be aus
isiLed bN the ps'liament ana bv the country
NNr,a Al tricLd g America could wish 10 ,ec he
involved in foreign war al such crisis "a thi
present. EnklsLd never WAS 40 well prepared
Our oar1if st bopo then, il, that Mr. Seward ma,
ssnt 'rch reply as will place England in thi,
Rell!on-oither to accept the olive branch and
| observe 10y the future az hotOable toutraltv
! % else de,lHe wa- upon mauifcsty false Ard
| dishonorihle prete1cs
| A pamphlet has appsarei in P,ti, Witt, ~
'he cotrespond'n, ot ;he Hipcpicrcc gigs. al
N'cai inFthe dims mb rmebt Of tie Dol a., ,on tts
ground %. tho iitorid pan ,ion vithe United
| states. Now, ete could uniots anI an Iu.. d.
'iNh ,'i.ttcrct takiog that view ct the ca,c
h I nc nn", Therefore, Vas gurpri..d when Str
| Z. B l!t'on cec'a.si thu -, U-.Nn hv r,
son % it' oito at .'ir0gth. VA o .ptu n. e.,
/ terror 30 ltrouc lut ihat An .t,irh,cr.I
Frenehmsn 'hoali islk such n,nsenge is v,-,
| pai1tul ] 'hould likc 10 ask NJ R,nolf- for
| that - ths writer's ulms-Nhat Frsurh inter, 4
IS there which would rot 10 served hy the eN-
ttnsion Of tho nitod States ti.g oyortbe ent rs
American Continent Whether IS America
united ard strong. or America DIVIDED ami
w0nh' the lsttsr ttiend Of Trarrea IfSan,log,,
tho Grea' had droaA OF A,uo,i i.,r ,rn.ra,;@,
wou d ho have parted - easily Win I.o"is;a, -
Happily Mr.. Renouf locs not express tho sen.
timen Cf France. The ulo,t amusing nortion
how wcver, Of this pamphle, is tho conclusion,
wherein the writer states that two such highly
moral powers a. England and lrsncs could not
think OF estal hshinR slave cOnfedCracy. Til,
Sou'huncis, therefore, must agree TO A plan for
tho gradual abolition Of slavery. In this wAy
tho CunsCeices tf thrsc NirtuOus pov,fs will
TO clear What SAYS the South TO thi, plan2
Perhaps il will begin 10 think that, aitor alt, its
ihtcres,S were sai,r in the l. ion than IL will bs
out OF II. Happy would II bo for Ia om f oven
now they could open their eyes t. this fac, bu'.
nhs' passion blinds them, and they rush ON to
their own destruction. Who shall ssyo them2
You only men Of the North bv extending over
them OF ce again the aegs OF tho Mon
The course which the s u h WAS likely 10 adopt
IN We" OF tue Trent affair and the attitude which
England has assumed, was narrowly watched
here. The prov ailing opinion was that no section
Of Anne leans was 80 base as to take mart with
England agains' its own Glvorument. How
sadly wrong this opinion was, the telegraph in
forms us. i appears that the South actually
rejolcos in the prospcc; Of AN English armed
alliance Oh there is something unspeakably
base in this. That without just provocstion
mot should sock to overthrow their own freq
Governmont is bad enough; but that they
should welcome to American soil Americas an
cient ioe-jpn hands with hrr, aud prn lain
their readiness to hoist tho Union Ja k above
the Stars and Stripcs-oh this is horrible, in
lood, and quite enough to max lhoso mon rs
toubly.dy oi traitors unworthy the nans of
American. ahi tit only for the fito which they
cnurt-thht OF subjects OF Engl and And there |
ar ltshmon, ! IN told in that Southern army |
ltishmcu who could abuse the Saxon per |
hhps, AMI drink 10 the memory of the doad D" |
They cease to be lfishmon If they do not ahan !
don iho cause in which they arc cnl sled. War, |
ot no war England has sb0xn boL bqrJa s'niiu |
no lrishmar can, without dishonor, without |
perjuiy, fight on her side. II appetr., then, |
that Lieut.. Maury in that ramlliur, cpistle of |
his did tell little truth when he said that |
the south would pro'or to ~ again unior |
English suhjccton, than to return to the /
Iinion.' What aice commentary on the
Monroe doctrine does not the conduct Of the
South now present
southern agents ara busy now in ovory !
European capital. Conscious Of their inability |
by 10 Cc OF arms To compel an acknowledgement |
OF THEN 'Ouiedcraoy, they beg for foreign in. |
teryontion. GA what grounds any European
power could Justify an Intervention in behalf f.
OF the South am at loss TO understand. Tho |
fact Of few vo-s IL haying run the hlocSidc, |
IL no proof that the blockade l. IN the whole
a y
crn ports are not Theoretically sDalod. still TO
make that = pre'once for acknowledging the
South and breaking the block ,dr, would be an
act at hostility towards the | nitcd Ntatos of
the most wanton and outrageous kind. Anxious
as were Englard and France for the over
throw OF the King Of Naplc', etill they would
not acknowledge the king Tom of Italy, so
long as tha Nelpoltan htg tsu at l,ieta.
Now, the nited Statos flag ss from a nited
States fortress ia almost every oa-hoard Vt,
of the Go, ,iedoncy Where. then, anl what
arc those European powers 10 find this SOUTH
ern Confedcracy which they talk of acknow-
Lodging Does Virginia form part of it or
North Carolina or South Carolina or Geor.
gia TO say nothing Of Maryland, Missouri or
Kentucky
Tho pross ia Euglanl pronounces the expo
dient Of the stone blockade as brutal
" harbarous, " infamous" and " Inhu man"
Now, II It deserve all these harsh terms,
! should like to kroW in what language the
burning OF the summer Palace, and tho
wantOn destruction of the Chinese gardens, de-
serves 10 lie spoken Of But in reality, the
"stono bloC hade" i perfectly legitmle pro-
ceeding -b CtiOned 10y AL tho rules and all the
usa,es of civilized warfare, Russia sunk her
"stone ships at Sehastopo, and ! have never
heard the proprety Of that procec ling question
cd. 1t must he admitted however, that some very
foolish remarks abeIt this stone blockade have
been made 10y ore Of your New York papers-I
believe the TRTuNE TIHEs. These rematk5
have been copied aud commented on, AID you
Royornuent and people have been held rosp,n
sible for tho rayiu 3 Of some enthusiastic don
key. The proper way TO serve raid donkey
and prevent hm in the future from libollng
his cOuntr, men, would lc TO take him down
South, and drop him quietly in "Rst Hole"
Col. Phtlps's eNploi. ha, done much to dam
sge your cause. The enemies of the United
states laugh outright, and ask what kind Of an
amy that can be whore every general begins
not bya hdtle, but by cNpoun ling, for ths ben
eft Of mankind, the Constitution. Mitary
mon don't know what TO make Of It, flr the id6a
Of an officer in the field engaging in a political
discussion is thing unknown in European
armies. Even in times of peace military mon
in Europe are supposed not 70 ent ertsin political
opinions al all. But in time Of war were any
British General to issue political address 10
his troops-( (Of the character Of that issued hy
Phclp) he would DO either shot on the spot or
else committed for lie TO lunstic asylum.
Implicit obedience is I ne soul OF an army, anl
politics should never in'rudo within the pre-
cncts Of the camp, IL ia quite immlterial what
Phelps's view' Of slavery may 10, tho
fact Of hi, having oxpres'od any
views at oil is quito sul"ient to
prove that no, ever calculated to shine as a
politician, Mature never intended him for a SOL
der. Tbs caucus, no. the camp, is his apprO-
pIisto sphore. Believe me, this is matter Of
grave importance; and the variety of political