New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-07-17
THE TIMES on THE AMERICAN WAR.

tue only solution OF the Cl1culty when preseh'e
itself 70 the minds of English statesmen, and, we
may add, the statesmen of oiber cOnhir"s. ~ tnis
matter We NAV say, without hesitation, that ali
Europe il unanimous. AT tie time OF the hrst rnp-
ture, when Sec ssion, aud the depth 81 TIE ieehDgs
that inspired IT, were little undo is'ood there was "
this country large parry, and IN FRANCS ana Yer.
| q any still larger party which WAS indiRnabt
aQsipst the Scnsfern leaders, and cheered on the
! North to what was considered tie easv overthrow
of a notieal conspiracy that had nsurped the Gov.
eminent of a deuded and bewlldered people.
But we would ssk any one coDversstt with En-
oli. IN society whether these paftisans Of the war
have not become gradually fewer and fewer, until
| they are now all but extinct. Whatever may be
| tho sympathies Of any person; however much he
NAV condemn the institution Of Slavery, or the
principle Of Secession, or the means hy which Ger.
tam members Of Mr.. Buchanan's Cabinet cOptpired
for its success yet be feels that all that is past and
gone, and that the question is now whether war
OF eXtermnntion shall be carried on by ono com.
munity against another. This journal, which has
throughout believed, and acted on the belief, that
animosities and opposing interests, deeper than the
mere questions pronounced upon by the Chicago
Platform have fundered the two eectons Of the Re.
public, may ssser that its views have received
the iardy sanction even OF the sanct est opIODents
of Slavery and the most consistent ishes Of
the American Republic.
II the Americans desire TO know what Europe
q! inks Of the war; let them ask, lot Briah aristo
Gratis or Continental Legiimists and Ulramontanes,
but that section o. European society which has dur.
ing years upheld their principles OF policy. Let
item take the opinions Of the Liberal party either
in Eng land or France as TO the righteousness and
the prudence Of carrying on this war, aud we stall
be perfectly content if they abide by the verdict II
the Americans bad been wise enough 10 let the South
20 freely at the FIRST it 10 quite possible that by this
time it would have been seeking resdmittance, for
the Union party then reality, and 10: y fc-
tion and reaction against the policy OF the Seces
Az 80 lcods miOt hay raj
il ID loo late 10 hope for such reconciliation, yet
the North may even now, by digniiied concession,
avoid the terrible sacrifices and intensity Of hatred
which a persistence ia the war will necessarily
produce.
THE ENGLISH PRESS on THE FOURTH OF JULY.
From, The Times, JuivA
"1he Fourth OF July" has sound quite different
10 Epelishmen and Americans. To us il is lie any
other DAY, TO them it is festival soemnly set aside
FOR gratifying 10 something more than safety ma
ional vanity the Ort inordinate and the most ex.
acting that The world has ever seen. On tia, Gay,
III every town and township in the United Stat :,
cspen orators address app auding audiences on two
snhjecis--tbe one the praise OF tIelr own COUNTY,
the other the depreciation Of ours. Fourth OF
JULY" in American paraDcs, like Marathon in
Atheuian, bias become all adjective, usei to deDoe
whatever is ovsr-wrougbt extravsgsnt, and boui-
ba-nc,
These annual rhetorical Sa.urnalis have bad
most maternal and perniciOus influence on American
character. They have even gone some way toward
vitiating and barbarixing the language In which
they are expressed. Their tendency has uniformly
been to elevate the opinion which the people enter
tain of their inertia, 10 teach them 70 deprecists
every one else ind 10 famiarze them With the Ian
guage and intOXicate them with the glory Of sue
cessiul War, and successful they are told war must
be when wsgtd by a nation Of proves 20 invinci-
ble. Metaphors abound. Astronomy contributes
her starr to spangle the national banner, and her
solar system TO typify the smooth and admirable
orkiDg VI The great confederacy. Hstory gives
back the mighty memories OF Sparta and Atoens, OF
Rome and Of Carthage. Eternity describes the durs-
zion and nfnity, the extent Of the future dominion
Of America.
The points Of the compass, the Torrid and the
Frieid Zones the Ecliptic and the Equator. ARE
called IN TO convey the dea Of magnitude The "ef-
fete despotisms' of the Old World, their creeds,
tner taxes, their arstocraces Their Chufches Their
Kings, their fonda laws and Old World obseIv.
ances are overw helued under storm OF rdioule
and contempt. But England Is peculiarly the mark
Tor invectve and vitupeIalion. ne battles OF the
War of Independence are all fought over again.
The thrice-told tales of that stern period are repeat
ed once more.
George the tyrant the crue execu.ioners Howe and
Clinton, Arnold The traitor and Andre the spy the
surrender of Saratoga, the population OF YORK
town, aTe called once more into life. The cruelty
and tyranny Of the Brlti@h Government, its German
uercenaiies, their ravagee, their devastation, ita
EMPLOYMENT Of savhges agsinst The re5eliions col
oriss its prescriptions, is confscstons, lie threat
ened executions for treason, hre displayed IN the
most vivid colors. The whole thing il tradition
which has come down uninterrupted from the days
OF the Revolutionary War, and which, while TO
Americans it seems the most natural thing in the
world jars very strangely on the ears Of those
wbose reseutm, n,s have bad ample time TO cool in
the course Of 50 years; ,..s
The most sacred Of days TO the American people
has been choseD by an English journal rs the occa-
sion for an elaboIa,e outrage upon AGercan sensi-
bilnies The Fourth OF July 10 the anniversary of An
indsputablv great event. There il scarcely another
cou,ry IN the world that bas III i,s history an event
40 worthy OF comnemors'ion Every nation cher
isles the recollection Of the deeds that marked its
growth and developed it's charsctsr-bnt tue nations
| of Europe are not young enough or happy enough
TO possess recoeetioDs go distinct as those tfsoc-
| ated with Independence Day. Italy may some time
or other and that ere long, complete Der liberation,
| and be able 10 couseciae some one date in the
calendar as that Of her consuIninated freedom.
But the United States have tne singular good for.
tune TO be able TO count from given day III given
| year their national career.
| 1t WAS on tie Fourth Of July they declared them
selves independent of tbs country from which they
bad sprung and which had endeavored TO exercise
over them what they deemed a tvranncai excess OF
AUTHORITY. That declaration, sustsined by deeds
and acknow ledped by foreign Powers, proved 10 be
u basis Of "A national exifience. Two generations
have grown up beneath the shelter of the insliu-
tons theD founded + gbty years OF unparalleled
social progress and alrno,t unbroken political tran
| onillty lave demonstrated the wisdom Of the
| sehevement which committed four millions OF
coonists TO the chances OF an armed conflict and an
ms 6ed career Tried Cy every test that can be
applied 10 people or government, the American
| Revolution Ia amply justified in it's re. uts.
IL not possible thai continued subsection to The
mother country could have been accompanied by
such Qrowtb Of population aid trade as the United
Slatee have exhibited, totbe admiration and envy OF
! Tu,one. II The came extent @; territory had been
acuuired II could not have been explored, peopled
and DEVELOPED, as II las been by the untrammeled
energy Of q seii-yoverniIg community IL LIS not 10