Evening star., 1862-04-16
w. ID. WALIACH.
The Lir.rps.l Chang. On IN. War.

ffom tne Liverpool Journal March 20 l
I" Hope deferred maketh tho heart sick I"
and ii is still hope deferred on Change. Things
ought to mend, but do not. People are cheer
ful, but business is bad. When is there TO be
more activity The talk was that this accursed
war in America is the cause Of a world of
misery all over the world; that the evil en-
braces all the ciyiliEed inhabitants of the
globe; that trade is stsgnant from Galway TO
the Amoor; that manufactures lancuish: that
people want employment; that speculation is
defunct; that enterprise is dormant; that a
sad apathy seems tohsye seized on the human
race, and that misery is, In consequence, in
tense and wide spread.
The general talk vas that The war will soon
De over that the end is rapidly approaching !;
that the Contederates having done all that
orsye men could do, must, Ike ether great
men, submit to destiny; that the chances are
against them; that they will retire from the
war with all their honors made brighter by
glorious exercise; that they have failed bee ause
1t was impossible to succeed that the sdyer-
sary was four to one against them, and that it
ls no disgrace to yield to an enemy so powerful; !;
that they will not play the barbarian and
unchrIstian game Of persisting in opposition
when the result is inevitable; and tbst when
passion subsidies the secessionists will unhesi.
tatingly admit that the United States have,
alter all, given ample proof Of the resources re.
siding In free Institutions; that this war, fright
ful az 1t has been, impresses on all mankind
lesson that cannot be forgotten; that 1t has
upset multitude Of false conclusions, and
taught European Powers to be wise by the in
struction afforded by the Government and the
people Of Americs; that the people have given
proof OF the value Of the Anglo-Saxon Blood
which circulates in their veins; that the North
and South TEEN with the same evidence. and
that this evidence will end in a verdict of Der.
manent good; that when the civil war In Amer
lea broke out the conclusion openly expressed
was that America had collapsed; that democ-
racy was fiction; that the Republic was about
10 experience the fate of all republics that self
government was not 10 be expected among a
people so boastful and demOralised; that the
North would have to submit TO the South.
mat she had no money, no army, and no
bond OF brotherhood; but that the experience
OF few months falsi6ed all these predie-
uons; tnat democracy was on its trial, and
has obtained verdict in its faver; that in
eight months the Federalists have produced
the largest, and, according to DR.. Russell, the
hnest srmy IN tho world; that the Government
Pays It's way; that comparatively there is no
distress; that there is no discomfort; that there
are no mobs; that the people act as one man in
support OF the, Government; and that the Gov
eminent Is acting strictly in obedience to the
Constitution; that the lesson taught to Europe
IL most important and a most valuable one
hrst, that an efficient army can be improyised
In few months out OF volunteers; that soldiers
so improvised can fight like or better than
veterans; that standing armies are therefore no
longer necesssryHith nations enjoying constitu-
tonal governments; that volunteers are armies
when wanted; that the fight between the Merri.
mac and the Monitor demonstrated that naval
warfare, rs hitherto conducted, must now
cease; that wooden men Of war should either be
cut up or converted into merchant ships, that
Iron-clad steamers heneeforth will rule the
ocean; that very few Of these will be required,
and that OF course, our navy estimates after
the few are built, will crafty even Mr. Bright;
that these are great and glorious discoveries;
that they hand over civilization to the protec-
tion OF science; that wars will be few, because
without uninterrupted trade nations cannot
resist immediate misery; that all civilized peo-
pie have now clearly one interest; that not
one Of them can drop out of the market with
out entailing on all others the evils of bad
trade; that the Americans have secured for
themselves an eternal exemption from exter-
nal war; that all other nations will let them
alone, because a conflict with them would be
ruinous; that the Yankees, by this war, have
made themselves masSrs Of the position; that
their produce is essential to the prosperity of
the civilized world; and that, consequently,
the sivilized world will always keep on friend
ly terms with them.