, 1862-11-16
The Greatness OF America N q Unit
EnRIan0'A Davkl1Eh Policy.

The Greatness OF America n q Unit
En&lan0'a DavkliEh Policy
lFfon the Richmond Examiner, Nor. 81
The greatness Of Ame1ica L recent revs-
confederahd 1nder tho old government the
United States possessed military power and
an abundance Of resources Of which her cia-
zene; even in the axeeeses Of their self com-
p1aceEcy, never DRAINED. But few minds In
eisnt of the Western world. One or two Of
their public men, as Csvourtor Napoleon.
might haye appr<hended, BY tho torce Of t1eir
ReI1us, the military magnitude: OF AmeI1ea.
But it was generally a dim speculation In Eu-
frequently ridicnled BY the English press and
passed nj transatlantic h1uster. But this Waf
las shown that even these boasts fell far short
OF the reality. It has revealed to the world an
enormous power that overshadoWE HhateVer
there Is Of military display in modern history,
:. within eighteen mouths Of this :war, the
North: and South have 1Hf5ed a1mies larger
than those OF the first Napoleon; iron clad
fleets have been launched capable Of destroy
ieg the :semhtped ss1 o% 5axisg Of Eagsnd E sd ID
the field and yet this internal system OF the
Industry of the country aud the ordinary pur-
suits OF peace have been but little interrupted,
unless traH the exceptional cause of tha
blockade OF the Southern seacoast. Had the
North and South continued IS one nation
there could scarcely haTe been any limit TO
the achievements Of their military power.
England could never have checked it. We
could have oVerrun the continent, taken
Canada In the teeth Of a combustion Of all
the European powers, aud crushed England
alone ~ an egg shell under the hammer.
| Tue bloody and unhappy revelation which
this war has made Of enormous military re-
sources has naturally given to Europe. and
especially to England, an extraordinary inter-
est in It's continuation Nothing could be
mere contrary to the wishes aud policy oi
England than that the war should end in re-
dattng aud. rene wtng in rivalry to her mill
tazy power which ID now wasted in inferno.
| ci1e strife. That the Union never shall
| be restored is . foregone and Settled
conclusion With the British government
| Il TDpld 20 E.cs aJ1 hesitate for moment
TO recognize the South, unless firmly per
shaded Of our ability and resolution to carr.
on the Far, and unless it had another objec
to gain besides that Of permanent division
IN tie nationality and power Of her old rival
That object Is the exhaustion Of both Nortl
and South. England proposes to effect th
| continuation of this war, as far IS possible, Il
the mutual ruin OF the two nations engage,
in It by standing aside and trusting that afte
vast expenditures Of blood and waste Of re
| eo1Sess LIE eekfa1dlloA u tue tAon VIII
quite as surely accomplished BY the seli-dey1
tien Of the South as BY the less profrabl
mode Of TO- e. gn Intervention. 70 the advau
tsges she hopes to gain from this separation
ahe desires to add those which she expect
from loss and ruin to both North aud South
long war. Her present policy Of neutralit
With reference to the war Is founded in til
confidence that the South Is ab1e to achiev
her independence, and that the p,olongatio
Of hostilities does not risk her s17jug =tion.
In this unchristian and inhuman calcu1atfo
England has rightly estimated the spirit al
resolution Of the South. We are prepared t
win our indenesdense With the great prices (
blood aud suffering that Eogland has nance
But we understand her in this matter. b.
| hind her mask OF conscience and pharasaie
precision, there turks h1deous aud devlliE
| purpose.