Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1862-10-29
An Enslisl. view of Affairs in America.

| the nOll- performance !-Willlam OODoett'
An English view Of Atfuirs in America.
The London Herald, organ Of Lord Derby,
cantlidly admits that most Englishm II have
even yet bot very limited knowledge Of
American pcl;tics, and gives that fact as q
reason that the general feeling in England
went at first with tie North. But the Her
alI says that the people Of England altered
their opinions rs soon as they increased in
knowledge The "stupil nsolencc" Ct Mr..
Seward, ana the (" contemrill lie bragsadocio'
oi the New York press diSguslcd good ma.
nv, and led them 10 ask if the South had not
some reas;n to revolt against such rulers,
aud TO refuse further communion with such
people.
The Herald says: Bull Run made u good
mary converts 10 the Confederate cause, not
because it was Southern vic:ory bat partly
because il Convinced us that the South was
thoroughly in earucat, and partly because the
contemplate trca SON Of tie Pennsylvania,
ami The miserable cowardicc of the New
York and other regiments awakened in Eng
l!sh minis strong, and as events have
proved. an exaggerated contempt for tue
p.:rs ;nal honor and miiIary rfowcss Of the
N...th"rt people. The :irs q! the Treat
did sill more l;,r the Southern canse in Eng
lanl. It displayed in the people and Gov
crnmert oi the Eortlra w"nt"n ami unlro-
yukeI hostility To that c"nltry,a contempt
FIR law ard justice and the rights Of nations
which ex:i;c'l deep an'l strong feeling oil
i.aigratioG s!;t disgust throughout this civ
ilizrl worl.!. The applause given to Captain
Wilkes for Tie arrest of two u,'arlncd ,men "n
j, ar! an unar,n" ship Congressional
y..t,. Of !rllks, and such popular h"nors as
a;aht have been par,l to III American Ne
so:i si.lpEy htc,mse hy that safe and eas? ac-
t;on England had been insutrl and the law
nr na:io;s outraged the savage and BASTARD
" ruiiiahisl:l of the Butler, Milchrls and
p ,prs-thr ,nurs,er OF dcience!css c;:z.'rs'
the nuirages to women, the systematic plum
der and devastation cf the Border Slatrs-
completed tie conversion Of English o.nirirn.
a,il insiirc.l IN tits country an almost uni
scrSal sympathy fur the so'!iii.
NJ. Fright ,rar believe the most war'"n
a., ma !, hlrl,arous war "f aggression ever
wa.r,, by Christian country 10 l!:;a just aud
huy war. lcca'.sr i i; wag"d by R"puhli
cu. President He lray cxcIiS'. Tnrtii'n and
Pope, Lcc:.use they are tic servants Of
d .rnncracy; ha may admire Mitchell and Ent
!rr. hcc,u<", though >rI'l,!erly turned in o
r;li.lrS, at least iiiry have not the >iis'itcs'.
,rr:rn,i,,n to rank us gentlemen. Eur he !
ca.. expect no sympathy from Ills country
;nsn and he ought to he aware that most
enemies Of dcSnutism" consider the present
l;ny.rnrncr: Of the United States to ho he'
yond comparison til" lnost cruel and conlenp
linic ,',sI,'ism il existence.
The "Cpnfcr!cratcs." although tacy are
.siIl.fy,l, ilclad, suffering cycry kind Of hard
shin and ;riyation, tie whole world closed !
. rains; them, short Of medicines, short OF
,,,rn.wtier, short Of bullets, and tDrc.d to. !
chpp up rails and oIi iron in default of them
-,hort Of everything bat patriotism and
desperate courage, tho Southern armies lave
m,naseL, by the all If the incapacily oTpos
cJ to them. u tr;4n5fcr the interest of the
war from their own capital ot Hchmond to
their encmy's capital Of Washington. Du- |:
ring the last seven days Washington has
been in CRATER danger Of capture than Rich.
mond has been at any tine drvios twelve
months. and il the national capiiat be not at
the present moment in Confederate hands,
Tie late of its safety will scarcely be due to
Federal good management. Tie Govern
n,..t viii nnt trust the American people with
lie trutli will not permit newspaper CORES,
po:.!cnts to accompany the army; will not
allow ;slrgraphic messages Ia pass aioag he
wirrs !,;i; Is nor a!iosc;hcr allie {" irercl't
ociccrs in i!.cir own lines. or newspaper cor
respondents. f;lowin. t;;e d"va t:tins rarn.e
9: l.a,tl,: a, a distance, from transmitting r-
ti.cnce through the Post .i!iae. !" The
greatest ,liscomtent IS expressed asnims: tic
government, for its siiy pcrversily in c2n-
rralins tho news, whether it be good or bad,
and which has no other effect than to give
facilities to stock jobbers to gamble in pub
lie securities"
YANKEE OuTRAGEs IN Miss1rEl.-A friend
in Memphis encloscs the editors Of the Appea|.
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