New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-01-30


cetisfad witt our 4 iiyernnCe from ile wy lei
bre,i.re3 10 aise ont o. the affair Of The Trent we
would Gladly leave tie Fe'efa's aid Confederate
a. th-r own devices. Hnd INK "a uIe NJ possible
Of e en- cad their doinge. But ihe vinoe'ive hosil-
ties Which prevail on American giolnd l0''e them
elves ON onr notice. Not oug do tley Gieci ou' IT.
tere,ts ss q Va ion. but tcy move oar feelings as
oen Wonder pity, indignation. be 20 u7 when we
hear Of Jo,e immense armies, Uat runous eA dl-
iure that desperate Euarce that am l3i'l-ah
warfare without result, mud -eeWi,ti without,
motive the burning of towns ard villages, ne
brcYl,ing down f buiges tie tearing ~ oil raii-
rcads, and sill worse tief which II Is 10 De IoPo'
ere IN the main tie exaggerluons oil lear OF
animoiy. -,
The ferocity and viudc'ivene's which
have become IN the present generation Ia't " '''
American character, % shown by drcla ana 1's's-
siualors and a,rociies on board SLIP 'lht ~
paFs belief, are in full Iay in Lie I'M apy ftIis'
Aud Yet the passions o. the coubtiaui, nave 1"iu'
had scope. Wien tie half million OF N"f'p' ?. =
dier- arc launched against their advefsfcr' we may
IL Tor d. eds such as the warfare C itfeotal! u
walls like England ard Frnce wonlc ,eys tu9w.
u j. plain that tie war for empire has aiet'. begun
TO be q war for vengeance.
II any ore would Learn the oha'a'ter
WI ich tis war il -rmiug e' him read TIE account
Of the des rciou If the port Of Chaioston, ~ gwen
in tie latest news from America. Among lie crime.
which have dsgraced the history Of nanhiuu u
would lie GifTcult 20 find one more atrocious ihah
ibis. Tie mind IL asionished and appalled, 10 iedih
that mon who have teen reared under The iiiiu,'t
Of religion morality, ma laW, WHO have iiac ceu
self.royernileut, who have celed public opinion,
y. O have uade especial prctcHses o en4ltehneht,
and even to refinement, should Icrfetrate cIIme
which larbaria ?, acting only by the lig't OF nature
md the instincts OF tier own heat,, would s,h-S
from.
Even the fierce tribes q the desert will not destroy
Z e well which gives life 10 an euemy. Int leie
we have Chd-tiHn nation an1 GoNtrnucht
which yTo'esses 10 act ir0m butiueLls o W. tde
bictest ,iuue,' rntl'cssly pronou ca the cc,irtc
ton OF the principal haihor OF a dangerous IN"
stormy cost, choking up tie outlet 10 vas com
uerce dooning one OF the TCAeti regions o. ihe
globe 20 ruin, and, as fir o. they eau, cutting
of millions Of people from com nunicGllon Win Tie
ocean which washes their coosl.
DUNG years Of Lauassing war.aft lou
lon and Best. and tie other ports Of tie ffenc'
Empire were watcle ed by our qu,drons, anoi thor-t
The lack was difficult and dangerous With TIE oid
tar gsIs Of tie time, though 10Y DAYS an elective
clo.iug of port light be prevented ~ II contrary
wind, yet It never entered ITO TIE thoughts Of en
ike Jervis aud Ntl-ou, and tolg-wCOd Pa. iLey
could save them elves trouble aud their country oA-
Ion-e by totally destroying tue port they were sct
10 watch. Nej wtat Il isht not England Win her
uuGi-pGfcl supremacy az teG, Layo eactie', had ric
suffered htrsei 90 mediate such an ilguiy IL Do
lain that every old.Iaie tafbor Oh &c continent,
from the Eibe o. bayoure, mig have been thus de-
s.royed iJr eyerhy TIE B.iii-b uayy.
But, though struggling for wears gainst gigantic
adversary, We never thought OF rau.ug tie Il itf o.
Europe Gy tlleut blight Ttis savage imuoya.
ton bss been leit TO Republicans Of our own y.
and is fret put IN prac'i against city, the PEG e
Of which DC officer who cocs tie work w0ald,
few months tirce, have 'ddres,od 90 citizens aud
counirymen. Iue fate which The Romans udludgcd
20 yalqlis ID Carthage, which ore or two oouquof-
ors 81 Tie MIDDLE AGES have melIi TED Coz t'rc OBJ
fnaiely defended city, D. Tow, iu iLe i9A ccafury,
awarded by the Aotncm Americans 20 q community
Joined T. en- not only By tLo ucs o. uce, l.l-
kuage and institution buf, il hundred oil rascs, by
absolute relationsh % tud ffn lily connection.