The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1862-06-22

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are at last numbered, and no possible oontin-
gency can avert the speedy restoration Of the
Union to It's former unity, and more than Its
former powers. Time, the great pacifcator'
will soon make all the citizens Of this great
republic one in sentiment, as they are one ma
tionaliy. Past feuds and hatreds will be
buried with the dead which have sanctihed our
battle fields. Prejudices and anim0sities will
dissolve with the armies which they have Gre
ated. Our people are not those who cherish
useless quarrels or brood over impossible re-
venges North and South, we have said our
hardest words to each other from the lannon's
mouth. Both sections will now be glad to
shake hands and be friends, with higher re-
speot for each others resolution, resources and
heroism. Already tho statesmen Of both con-
tinents are anticipating this conclusion, and
anxiously debating the question, "What IL to
follow reunion ~
With European statesmen this question is Of
vital Importance. They have played . losing
game throughout this rebellion. and have
made such false moves and unskilful combine
tons that our triumph Is their utter defeat.
They have calculated upon long war, con-
cluded only by foreign Intervention. They
find the war brought to close by campaign
greater than any ever planned before, and
carried out with unparalleled bravery and
with appliances Of warfare which have startled,
astonshed and revolutionized the world. They
have calculated upon an ultimate division Of
this country into at least two republics neu-
tralizng each other by constant contentious
and antagonsms. They find the United States
of America once more an undivided nation, its
institutions vindicated, its moral force increas-
ed, its navy numbering five hundred ships and
one hundred and fifty thousand sailors, its
army composed Of million of veteran soldiers.
Like an insane capitalist who has devised some
grand scheme upon the theory Of perpetual
night, and suddenly finds his plans disarranged
and prospects annihilated by the rising of the
sun, the statesmen of Europe have based their
projects for the future upon the idea that this
country was destroyed, and they now discover
that it is greater, stronger, more powerful than
ever.
To France and England this country has
been bound by thousand ties. Upon every
page of our history is . pledge Of peace.
The momentary ill-feeling towards Eng
land, caused by the wars Of the
Revolution and Of 1872, long since sub
sided The assistance rendered US by
France during these wars is still gratefully re-
membcred. Every emigrant ship has brought
us new missionaries Of amity. Our increasing
commerce carried always a white flag. French
men and Americans were natural friends. Eng
lishmen aud Americans became countrymcn.
And yet no sooner did we become Of sufficient
Importance to be considered in European state
problems than the aristocracy Of England be-
gan to intrigue against us, and first secretly and
then openly famed the fame Of anti-slavery
agitation into blaze which they hoped would
burn out the vitals Of this nation. The South
ern rebellion was devised in Exeter Hall,
armed from English arseuals, advised by ts.c
English aristQcracy and first recognized BY the
English government. French recognition fol-
lowed England returned our splendid recep-
ton of the Prince Of Wales by discriminating
against us in her laws and insulting us through
her officials. Her professed neutrality was q
practical assistance to the rebels. She prohi-
bited the export Of nnetre to the North, but
sent hundreds of v6l loaded with ammuni-
ton, to the South. She refused to allow Secre-
tary Seward to sign the declaration abolishing
privateering, and made special law in regard
to her harbors in order TO protect the rebel
privateers Eagerly selling upon the Trent
affair Is a pretext for active interference che
prepared for war before officially ascertain
ing the cause, and sent troops to Canada
before her diplomatic note had been received
by this government. Her leading presses have
been the organs, her leading orators the
apostles, her leading statesmen the apologists
Of secession. Only the moral cowardicc which
has always distinguished English diplomacy
has prevented an active championship Of the
South. Never was cowardice more fortunate,
for the South now fully sympathizes with the
North in its feeling towards England.
The record Of France is hardly more credit
able, though of different character. The
Napoleon dynasty has aided, il II has not insti-
gated, the Palmerston and Russell administra-
ton in uprooting all good feeling in this
country in regard to Europe. Napoleon is
strongly suspected Of having given secret
countenance to secession agents, and of i'm
patiently urging upon England the policy of
breaking the blockade. But, with the alliance
Of England and Spain, Napoleon has chiefly
occupied himself by interfering in Mexican
affairs II was Characteristic OF his subtle
shrewdness to take advantage of our civil war
to do what he well knew we would never have
consented 70 sec done In regard to Mexico No
one but Napoleon could have invited as, with
deceitful courtesy, to join in the tripartite ex-
petition against that unhappy republic at the
very time when he knew that oil our army and
navy were only too busily engaged at
home. No one but Napoleon could have
had the assurance to ask this republic
to aid in imposing a monarchy upon an