The New York herald., 1862-11-09

sity anxious day night the part OF tho great
body Of our manufacturing and trading population. But
let not the young Of this district think that the
session Of such advantages be enjoyed without exer
ton, wachfuuess and due sense Of patriotic duty.
(Hcar We must not stand still imagine that we can
remain stercotypsd, like the ihinese. for, II ever
progress be assured shall begin decline.
would therefore exhort the young men, with their great
responsibilities and great resources take this matter
seriously to heart Something is due not only to them
selves and to thcse who have gone before the but like
wise TO the working population around them, who will
expect an effort to be made, not 70 put END to the
present state Of things least to the
Of such calamities in future. tChcors)
The Aristocrats ON Intervention.
fFrom the London Herald derby organ, } Oct 2l.] .
the baneul power Of the now almost extinct school Of
"phiNSophcal radcalism' may be traced in the pcrni
cious1hfucnce which certain OF its cabalistc phrases
still retain the minds OF English politicians and the
course Of English policy. Happily we have done with
"neformo but that word, in its technical accepahon,
camhined 10 disturb Parliament TO agatc the country
TO make statesmen bypocrites and their followers
towards for nearly thirty years after it had ceased to
possess any honest or serious meaning. "Free trade
had It's value it meant something which, though en-.
forced with much exaggeration and many iutermingled
errors, has yet proved on the whoe beneficial 20 the
country. But it has now become morely spell, Jssh,
10 conuro with; has been naie !he cloak for
10 the rnos Of pdca honor nor 's aud party allegiance
10 common and sound economical piln.
cpies But Uf all the truisms Of the school converted
by skif manipulation into dangerous fasohoods all
the sacred nancs winch are now used rs spells to raise
the devil wihal nis1teatioe' is hops he most
sincerely respected cnd the noa dt,oefosy D,'sassd Tie
word represents idea which has taken powerful hold
English rndsand not ithout reason. Intervention
has this country hundreds o nnilors, great
part OF which sums has been s'ent without jus! cause
Our abiest statesmen all parties-ft and Fox Can-
ming and Gr0nve-hdpc teea aGco Gs N ssos'-iatcfcen
tom And there cases il which intervention Is
clearly prescribed by justice, and by what we viii call
International morally, distinguished from inter
national law. but modern radiealism, expound-
ed not only by the ex representatives, Of Manches
among respectable and responsible statesmen,
conssues the phrase in sense IN which il
Is oss ass pSsy sSoa ana @ss
ever they please and that should check their
interference that our interests should be assaed or
commerce STOPPED and manufacturers ruined py To-
reign war, and that should remain inactive nrt
IL actually practically declared against oarsely es
this is what Mir Blight and Lord Rusrcil now mean by
non nterv ention, and this is nstr in
teynd onal lao. Nevertheless the earnest 6esire Of
neace which Is as striking characteristic OF this non
as its persstency and It's for tbcbrasc
In which that desire is embodied and expressed, render
the empty and perverted word powerful srgumentan
argument only 10 be answered by recalling what really
meant by "a polcy of nonn'ervoniion,' ana on wha.
grounds that policy has been declared by Engsh thinkers
10 he the true policy OF England. international law
has no place III this discussion. f two Powers NJ
war third Power has perfect right TO oonclstis
doing SO Inevitably renders itself party % the
II factions within the same nation are wagng civil
war; foreign Power commits no breach OF ntfrnatscna
law IN giving its ard TO Of the cnnterdiDg so
long in doing conducts tho war, tar its
action concerned in perfec, accordance With the rules
universally recognized by scivized Powers. We took
part ana did Frapce IN the Seven Years Var as allies
Of the respecvc bolseren's and no thonght Of
either Frarce or England Of an outrage on the law
OF nations So We nterlercd n the between Russia
and Turkey where considered ourselves rot the vio
a,ors but the yindicatos Of international lght Such
intervention rs has been the inyaTabe custom OF
all great Powers where their interests deeply in
voycd quarrel TO which thsy themselves not
originally parties Bat even ia purely civii wars there
pIicy Of non intervention which would apy equally
20 all these cases would be only another nae TO- policy
OF base selfish. cawardiy aud shot sighted isolation
Already ngGd Is accused OF gross political seishness
already thanks to the influence Of radical philosophy on
her foreign policy she left almost without ally in
Europe to he the deliberate intention a. hor
present COVE nerl that she shahave none bit euemhs
IN Americl The there isg ag s MT property civil
war The beiigesents speak The language but they
have always lived under different governpenis; they
have different Institutions and are separated by dis
tuct geographical frontier. Tie Object o. ne oth MT
doain n b, tqdepe5aee The great moral objection 70
Interference civil warshai IL is an attempt % sub
iect one part o. nation TO raie which they
abhor-dces not apply this We have
that right 10 interfere which Is given by tho
~ terir,r,, ucIo has bsa from fs frsi on nc dre.
We that right 10 aid our friends u fai'o against
our actual enemies which France Gained and exercised
when our Amecan colonies rovolted Have not also
that right % Sndicstc the moral authority Of outraged
humanity which asserted In the case Of Greece and
which Lord Russell disposed to assert against the
Taepinqss II Is true thu, the North would have right
TO reject the mediation OF England or cvon that OF Eng
land France and Russia combined IS true ina. tle
shc woud have right 70 resist them BY 10 cethe same
right which they would have orciby TO compel her sub
IL.
either Of international law Of international morality
jointly resolved hy the three first Powers OF Europe
would carry with u moral weight hardly 70 be resisted
as well a. physical force absolutely irresistible And i
this interference Is 10 take rlacef america vs. 70 be
dcsoa'ed Europe distressed and lancashire ruined ny
have better given for submission 70 such
calamity than tho paTrotphrase which has hitherto
been the sole argument Of our ministers Non nicrven
t,cu in civil but Justice, Tong those wars arc
waged in Christian fashion, noa-nterye IA natona
was Is but prudent long interests not en-
daneered BY the by its probable Issue; but non
Intervention, when our commerce - dwindng and OH
stanIe msnufscture at standstnl because government
! which has always been bitter enemy will not aban
don ils desperate attempt 70 reduce TO gsrvitudc gnan
people ,rAic Is scartc ~ our ally the policy not
statesmen but OF alike devoid u political slgacit,
and moral courage.
| Faiiure or the American Constitution
rtrpm the oudon Post government organ), Oct ~
Il IL now upwards Of year aud hall since the States
at present constituting the southern conicderacy hnally
withdrew themselves from the American Union. Shor
as the perod has been and barren though II has provet
in practical results, ia history may vie n interest witt
that Of any other epoch Of sunar Duration m the annals
Of the world. That IL has witnessed powerful republic
governed by Political system in most respects unexcep
onablc rven 10 its ccutre will not be the least amon(
" claims 'c attract The attention q pSssr,y ,ns
rican constitution itself tho evils which have scan
dal.ed Europe during the past eighteen months
| o flaw, tho rights OF each o tho partners my b
accurately osccrtaincd and imparlially appcrtined
y snaby Of the persons ens,aod IN il 10 work to
rethcr Bewccn the Northern aud the Southern state
there was at the best Of times decided antagonsn,
| Though slavery formed, and Notwithstanding Mr.
| Idncoin's emancipation proclamation now form
no part of the issue OF tho war;, 1t undoubtcdl
occasionsd tho secession OF the Southern States
draw from The North forcseea by Jackson one Of tn
nblest Presidents the Union ever possessed but he
the good sense TO counsel peaceful separation In
secession he saw, not at present, the disruption
the Union into two hostile and bankrupt states but On
formation or two distinct conedcgacis each of them
separnbe In itself and both united by the strongest
ali dictated by policy and fratornai rcgart
That some Of the States COMPOSING Tie American uno
should acknowledge slavery whilst others should dsavo,
g. was incident 10 those principles Of state ihdopendeuc
which formed the striking feature Of the federal cons
tuition. The apprehension that that Independence wa
threatened when the republican patty succeeded In cleo
ing their noinpce 10 the oco OF President, led TO Ill
wthdyawAl q The Confederate States. He'd the Scut
Esie 8 - sfss rwtV T0