Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1862-04-23
TALK ON THE LIvERPOOL ,CHASGE

buc LiNcfpOOI JOURNAL, Aprll
The talk was that this American war is an
other instance of the way in which kind Pro-
vidence evokes human good out of things ap-
parently evil; that from the fight in Hampton
Roads will date the commencement os eternal
peace; that there will, after another trial or
two, be no national wars that there cannot
be, because in proportion as art is cultivated
to destroy there viii be less disposition in en-
to fight; that the phalanx firm Of Greece, and
afterwards OF Rome, gave to a campars tive
civilization dominion in the world, but that
the invention Of gunpowder renders barbarism
impotent; that the new application Of gunpow-
der renders whole nayies useless; that few
ships now will protect better than immense
forts and numerous navies did ever before :;
that bloekades will be henceforward impossi-
|fble; that one Monitor would clear away In an
hour whole fleets of block aiding ships; that the
United States is free forever from European
assault; that she has only to provide q few
ssore OF iron-clad steamers and keep them in
her harbers to defy an approaching enemy; ;
for that although England and France may
have whole nsvies Of Warriors and lie Gloires,
they cannot be taken across the Atlantic, or if
taken, could not be rendered seryiceable, for
want Of coal, beyond few days; that, fortu-
nately, the Yankees declined to fight on the
Trent provocation, for il they had the Monitor
might have done terrible mischief to our block.
aiding squadron of New York; that few War
riors will give perfect security to Great Bri-
tain; that France will be equally safe, for, as
the ships Of one nation cannot impress them
selves On the ships of the other nation, sea
ngat would be an aggravated folly-a cause of
merrfment to tho world. .,--1
b Bat how is this war to be put an end to
The talk was, by England sending out three
commissioners, viz Nj. Gladstone, Lord Clyde,
and Sir John -Burgoyne, to the Confederate
government st Richmond, with instructions to
inquire and report to President JEFF Davis on
the possibility, or impossibility, Of resisting
enectually the forces Of the North that Lord
clyde could give good guess as to the rela.
tive strength, d., of both armies that Sir
john Burgoyne could estimate accurately the
yaiue OF the confederate fortifcations, and
that MT. Gladstone, charged with budget
secrets, would be able and willing to say whe-
ther the financial condition Of the slave states
was such ss would justify persistence In hos.
unue6 tnat II the commissioners were Of
opinion that resistance would ultimately fail,
they we're to tell Mr.. Davis to stop, and that II
he did not Great Britain would compel him
that IT. on the other hand, resistance could be
made edectual, then Mr.. Davis was to be ed-.
vised 70 perseyereS and that II Mr.. President
Lincoln refused to make peace, then he was to
% teid that he nsast have dCne, for that Eng
land would SIDE with the southrons !; that ali
this Is not 70 absurd as people at first. night
might imagine, for that We live In an age Of
novelties, and that this novelty recommends
Itself by the positive necessity Of the time, and
the certainty Of success, II the principle were
put In force before more Monitors are built. 4
U Thos. y. Smith was arrested In Bslfim ore
ve1fffoAY. for tYe2eou. and noucmftfAd a f.tl