The New York herald., 1862-01-21

ceptiblo of application to the present case.
it is not in these columns that readers will look
for word against principle TO which olsavs a. .
padge Of happier future for the Old World and the New
But in such crisis as we are now passing through
impossible for TO be quite Cosmopolitan 10 forget
that England country; and that English rights and
interests are and dearest English public
writer's to the rest of their fellow countrymen ashore
or aoat II is this spirit that earnestly condemn
tho policy Of dividing English opinion the previous
question OF national honor or representing II as divided
Our government has addressed demand 70 the Cabinet
of Washington moderate and conciatory In form
it decided in substance and having done this has
right to count for something on the strength and I'm.
posing appear OF strength which OF national
than OF vast material resources IN su
preme emergencies when the hand is the sword ht,
but tho heart is still for peace
The Eavies OF Englan and the United
states ontrasted-An Inklins OF Fear
Concerning Union Privatecrs.
[From the London Times, Jan. A.
One OF the most astonishing Of the Ame-
rcan people is the ignorance which they show in dis
cussng the power and Of other nations as COM
pared with their They well educated they
enlightened they had till lately free press, thcy
given to foreign travel and it their justiabe boast
that in no country was useful knowledge more unver
sally dised Nevertheless, their delusions the sub
ject Of their omnipotenco and invulnerabty
strange any entertained by the Chinese them-
selves They have beon so attercd and beooed by their
mob orators that they have lost all measure Of their
real strength Their few isolated victories in tho Of
1912 have been made the foundation Of such blind pre-
sumption as would beht some mi.barbarous Eastern
court, rather than sensbe and wellinstruced Anglo
Saxon nation The key note of their boaing is that the Br
tish conquered the orld and haey the British
They might well style themselves lords OF the earth
and brothers of the and They conquered
at all and the little that they did fifty years ago they
would nave very poor cnahoo ., ao,ng agan wnat
stanal calculations Of their power and with ample proof
to the contrary staring them in the face establish to their
satisfaction that they can crush. ruin and destroy
any nation all the nations Of the earth together while
nation is capable Of doing them any sensible HARM
As an example Of these wonderful self deusons VIC take
hair tivpato NJ he
th0y have worked out at any rate on their own side,
with elaborate detail Their conclusion illustrated in
journals that they could sweep commerce from the
face Of the ocean, destroy our maritime renown annh
ato us as Tyre and Sdon were annhilaed and reduce
Immediately to the position of "a poor fourth rate
France" All this while they (be federal sates) would
enjoy perfect immunity from the evils Of war, and
ceptng that they might possibly lose few luxures,
would thrive and prosper independently of the world
sustained by the boundless and all sufcng Of
vast and fertile country. When we look TO the meaus
proposed for achieving all these trumphs, told
that the Northern States would declaration Of
equip and 5000 prvatees to drive US from tho face
It is as WE'LL perhaps, that in this estimate there
mention OF ships OF war What the federal navy was
at the commencement Of the civil showed fow
weeks ago what IL is now explain this morning.
As the emergency pressing the federal government
M Ts Tbsv spen on b III ssry
about million and a half Of money and bought up
apparently every floating thing at hand that would carry
u
s.eamers, but snapped up old sailing brcs, barks and
schoone, which they added ts packet vessels tugs aud
fcrryboats, and 80 'reconstrrcted their navy That
navy therefore, which six months ago consisted OF about
half dozan servceabe fsisates and twice as many ser
vceabe sloops now comprises, in addition, 50 paddle
wheel steamers q steamers l3 ships Is barks
and % schooners all pickod up in the various federal
ports since July last This far the ships 60
the force which they rely TO contend against navy
Of thousand vesses including so ships Of the line 100
powerful frgates and OF smaller craft admirably
built and armed Admiral Mines squadron alone in.
cudsd tho 1st Of this month eight ships OF the line
many heavy frigntes, six eorveies and soven lighter
steamers or gunboats. despatch from tho Ad
mralty could double or treblo it At tho shortest
notice. As TO reinforcing such marine by purchased
merchantmen, We could add thousand steamers TO
,tin month the idea could be entertained. As is
pooDie q ths Northern States win but look At the naval
intelligence given in these columns they will see that
instead Of buying are selling very pretty little
fleet OF frGaes and scope just now on sale at
dockyards most Of them and better vessels than
those which formed the sailing navy Of America few
months back and all infinitely superior to the bargains
by which IL has since been increased This survey too
will materially assist US in appreciating the grand
scheme Of sweeping from the ocean by the guns Of
5000 privsteers. If the Northern Americans, acting
under the strongest stimulus and with prodgality Of
outlay beyond all bounds. have only been able to equip
and arm some hundred and fifty merchantmen Of all
descriptions in the course Of six months-nOt half OF
these Deing s,aworthy-we may guess what success
they would experience in turning ou about forty times
that number TO sweep England from the ocean.
But there is good deal more TO be said this point
Tbs Americans here, everywhere else, lost in
dreams Of bygone age 1t is clear that much was TO
be done by prvateerng as being infinitely stronger,
could do more than they. II such q game 10 be
played could send out three prvateers to their one
ships being longer inferior in sailing qualities
but match any vessels in the world Our p.ivateors
would be certain in tho long to beat theirs
royal navy would to beat their ships of war 1t IL far
probable however, that the days OF privaeerng
would be found to be past. steam has superseded
sails, and steamers require not only greater original
outlay and organization but convenient ports for 1tng
and cosng steam privateer could hardly keep the
more than ten days at time Our large mail packets
would carry guns, and would be unassaabe
to be hopod Admiral Milne would give a
good account. Then again, tho electric tele-
graph has SO improved communications that tho first
sight Of hostile sail on this side OF the Atlantic would
every and every guardthp the alert and sup
posing, after ALL that an American prvacer should
where she dispose Of iY She could carry
any European port and bockading squadrons woud
take good that she got into no port of her The
Americans in short, could send out $4,000 prva
tccrs twentieth rart sf the number; If they did
and prvaeerng was found to be effective service
could beat them hollow at their own game but the
probability II that the system would answer in
these times as It did in times past
Equally marvellous again, is the delusion Of the Ame
ricans about their invulnerabity all this while and
their absolute oendence OF foreign trade The first
effect Of blockade would be to deprive them blow
of their and their cottonn other words Of the
material for tner home manufactures and the chief
source Of their ordinary revenue At the samo moment
the worry embargo which they boast they could
themselves lay their breadsuns would rob the West
States OF the PROFITS OF their agriculture and
vert communities already uneasy into dsloya and dis
affected satcs 10 the federal government prepared TO
encounter these peris, and in unjust causeS W.
should think not but such the hallucinations which
long Of natery has engsndcrcd in the American
mind that IA impossible to predict the policy which the
people may dictate In this crisis OF their destnes,
when with England would comparatively speak
ng DO sport 70 u.s. though death to them they are per-
suading themselves that the advantages all on their
side, aud tho risks With navy scarcely
formidable than that OF Italy Spain, they not
Dny ccfyiug, but menacng the chief maritime Power
Df The world and all this they doing in the light of
fay aud with abundant .nformation to guide them
better judgment Under such circumstances who
alculate on their courscY
The Marquis Of Harrington on the
Chances of Peace.
From the London Post Jan. 4.
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