The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1862-12-18

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vemher 14th, has an article written viii
marked ability. and evincing bsttc
knowledge Of American affairs than i
usually foundin European journals. WI
: quote:
: But the passions of England arc al
ways tempered by prudence, and if, or
the other side of the channel the patriot
ic desire to see the United States con
\ quersd is universal, the idea of ntcrven
-ftions is anything but popular. We cannon
I but be surprised that tipse At onr papers
With ataao6 ordnsfil - 1,ush i'm poi.
lance to the opinions Of Mr.. Golden, and
quote him so often az an oracle on more
than ono subject on which hiy authority
is doubtful, pay SO little heed to his re-
cent speech upon American affairs Few
Englishmen know the United States bet
ter than Mr.. Golden, He has Travelled
through them, lived there, kept up nu-
merons relations with them. How does
he treat the project Of rc-establishing
peace there by European intervention?
! lie treats it as ridiculous and venture
| to firm thut he proves it to be 30. He
| takes into account the distances TO be
traversed, the populations to be conquer
ed upon their own soil; he recalls the
| fruitless struggle maintained ly England
against her own colonies, when their
population did not exceed three millions
OF souls and he concludes that it would
be safer and less costly to feed the work
men thrown out Of employment in Eng
hnd upon turtle soup, champagne aud
yeuison, for ten years, than to carry on
such al enterprise for six months. He
adds, moreover, that If he were the ac,u.
al President Of the United States. and
embarrassed by the internal discords of
the North, be would see without regret
a foreign intervention, which should put
All end to all dissensions and fuse the wills
Of all its citizens in common effort for
the salvation Of their country.
ii may b., indeed, that this supreme
trial is needed by the United States.
Despite the obstinate courage which that
people has shown in the saddest days or
this civil war, it seems as if two things
had been wanting up to the present mo-
ment, to enable them to strike decisive
blow, aud put an end to it. Military
talent has not revealed itself among it's
leaders; their government. moreover,
does not appear to be quite equal to the
emergency. Philosophers who are in the
habit of treating with severity or con-
temp, genius in its application to the con-
duct Of war, have here grand lesson be-.
fore their eyes. How much mourning
would have been spared if the United
States had had at hand some one General
capable of shedding blood only when
bloodshed was necessary, and Of gaming
one single victory worthy OF the name, in
| the place of dozen indecisive battles.
Military talent has been less wanting to
tho cause OF the South but it will only
serve to delay defeat: whereas had it ap-
peared on that side where is the strength
as well as the right, 1t would have pre-
cipitated the war to its end But time is
needed to enable an industrial people,
seeking fame and fortune in The arts of
peace, to furnish their Generals with an
army really efficient, and capable of serv-
ing a. an instrument in the hands Of ge-
nius-shouid u genius arise.
To those two peaceful habits, the
growth Of domestic quiet and liberty,
must be attributed the comparative fee
| bleness with which the Government OF
tie United States may be charged in the
prosecution Of the cfvi war. IL has hes
st-teI loo long to INA q use Of the legiti-
mate aud formidable arms which the
question of slavery has placed in its hands;
it allowed itself to be hired too long By
hope that ii could reconstrnct tic Union
to,thout resortsny 10 al tie rights Of war,
ar'fhoM interfering, al teaa during the
struggle. acih the internal affairs of the
States, pttheut striking Nop at that
institution schich, after all, Is the only Sc
rious cause of so many disasters, aud
ehied has brought the Republic ,oitlin a
hairs breadth Of ITS ruin.
The Federal Government appears at
last enlightened as to The imn.inence of its
peru, and also as to the full extent of it's
rights and duties; but perhaps it may
be necessary, in order to stir the heart Of
the American people to its depth, to set
in motion the population Of the West and
North, to throw the whole nation into
the struggle, that the inevitable and tan.
| gible image If this peril be set before their
eyes. Perhaps it may be necessary that
theforeigner should set his foot upon their
soil, to electrify them from one end Of the
country to the other. Perhaps it may be
that foreign flag must float before New
Orleans by the side Of the banner of slave
ry. for the farmer of the West to feel that
the mouths of the great river form part
81 his magnificent Inheritance, and that
his country extends thus far. On that
day, either the very rocks Of America will