Arkansas true Democrat., 1862-08-27

LsIt with an army of almost incredible magnitude, It has been found impossible to advance more than twenty miles from the coast, Is 10 confess tnat in no space of time, and with no armies which even the federal States can bring into the held, can the vast area of the Southern Contederacy be overrin. n,slch less the people reduced to suoec tioD
 Mediation Recommended.
 From the London Shipping Gazette
 V,e hsye always felt that this miserable warwill only be brought to a close in one of two ways either hY mutual exhaustation Oi the combatants, or by foreign mediation or intervention. France and Encland as neutral Sta tes, having commercial
 interests which have suffered and are stiil suffering, acutely by the prolongatiOE Of the war, nave eA- hbted an amount of torbearaace almost without example in the history of nations. They nave calmly watched the progress of events, aad have waited until important branches ot the nation industry have been placed in the utmost straits We may be quite that the office of mediator is one which government and that ol france whe ther sngly or in conjunction would SIaoiy uh dertake
 Surely it wo1ld be no reflection upon the honor of either of the contendiDg parties at the other side of the Atlantic that they should reler thelr differences to the two leading States of Europe, whose interests are closely bound up with the iu' ture prosperity of both sections of the union The advice that would be rendered could hardly fail to
  cessation of hosties. and of the ter lb'e carnage which is now going on. Sooner or later, we ieei persuaded that it will come to this, and that tIs good offices of France and England VIII be !HFoA- ed We earnestly hope that these offices my pc resortcd to before one or both parties have placed themselves in q coud ton ttOm which there ls 10 alternative but national bankruptcy.
 y-7ua the I.c-7c0r Nothing Eierala JgJ !5. The North Eeaten-Now for Intervention. [ The North is beaten. IL has done its best. To give our bitter enemies their due, they have done, except in the field, much as any European nation
 ,t,. have done, and far more than anF one expec- co, 'am Amesicans; and vet they have utterly ted i. Che courage of the North IS sinking, Its failed. -slting, men wanting, and money resources are eN Ssnt. itpeyer can make so great will soon be dehc As been made in vain. For effort as has a!rea defeat has been evident some time past a sense oi government and Ot in the conduct ot the Northor- done and said the Northern people. They hay 'f'ns for re- things which indicate that they are fig. --ssssl yenge, and not for reunion. They have. s- their vanquished enemies with brutal and cowat, ly ferocity unworthy of Il christian people, anl dis graceful to undiscipiined and awIess army. They have enacted laws ftightiully severe. they ha, Q threatened retributiOn eping, that it they were to conquer the South tomorrow they could not attempt to enforce their enactments or carry their threats into execution. They have re duced military plunder to a st stem, and encouraged it by formal votes in Congress. It ia u that the sponge vas thrown up, and fight which is sickel- ing to witness, and 0t which the .sSue no longer doubtful terminated by peremptory mi nier!erence.
 Even Lord Russell can now no longer hold that action as |" inopDortuue" The North has made it's great long promised, thoroughly prepared effort, and has totally failed. The South, which has a- ready maintained it's independence against terrible odds fot sixteen months has now achieved deci s;vc victory. Further prosecution of the war Is for
 ,lTfl Y, ever to be seized for European mediation, is the best that can offer. Now never the North may be brought to terms; as ever the south ls will inp to accreditable connection shout further hic: heavy responsibility rests on those, who- ever they may be, who refuse at ths moment to tender the good offices of the two great European powers to dissuade or prevent the beligerents from prolonCine this sangunary struggle. But the con- duct ot the English ministry in withholding from the Confederate States the recognition which they have fairly earned is without excuse.
 We trust that the ministers will see cause to re- consider their policy on this question. They have q fair and honorable ground for changing their course in the events which have recently taken place: and it is better that they should in such q matter act voluntarily, and appear to guide the policy of the country, than that they should perse were for while in error to be obviously forced ln- to retraction by parliamentary vote, or py the pressure of an irresistible public opinion, which IS already fo med, and will ere long be peremptorliy pronounced.
 Lord Palmerston on National Defences.
 On the occasion of the presentation of prizes to the National Rifle Association, Lord Paimerston made a brief speech, from which we extract the following significant sentences:
 We may be asked, perhaps, why it is, at this mo- ment, when all Europe has sent to this country specimens of peaceful industry, and when from every country strangers are coming in friendly mood to visit this scene of united European products, that we greet them with the rattle of musketry and cannon. The reason is smplc-we like to show ourselves as we are, and neither nor les than we are. This volunteer movement is not intended to threaten any body, but simply for the purpose of self detense and have not wished to shroud from observation that which is an annual exhibition Of the manlness of the country. Applause. ou may depend ugon it that nothing can moro contrib ute to that peace which it is the object of every rational man to preserve than these exhibitions oniet and tranquil in time of peace-ot the power of the country to defend tself in the of IL is with nations with individuasreal and per- manent friendship must be founded on reef pro"ai esteem and respect But great nations only esteem and respect each other when they conscious that each is equally prepared to maintain its rights ana to defend itself from attack.
 We cannot and do not wish to engage in aggres- sion but are content with defending ourselves rom attack cay, therefore that the volunteers of this country are emnently entitled to the thanks ana gratitude of the nation, as forming one of the great foundations for the maintenance ithat peace which we all desire to preserve. Individually, the voiun- teers are an example of the position of this country The members of that force pursue without inter ruption all those vacations of civil life in which they are engaged, whether connected with arts, wlln commerce with the legal or any other proiesssioh' having for their object to advance the com'ort' to dignity the intellect and to increase the prosperity of the coontry. At the same time, they are able to devote their leisure hours to acquiring that know ledge of the of arms which may be rightly ex' erred for the safety of country, Ii con l tngenccs ever make it necessary. So 1t is with the country at large. As s shown Ia the Intssna- !