New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-02-06
THE sENTInENT OF EUROPE

The public sentiment of Europe, as applied
to the Southern rebellion, has been narrowed
down in a great Recommendation fairly or
MOTTO official aud unofficial utterances IN
France aud England. The news gaiherer
seems, b. species Of instinct, to avoid the
extravaganza of extending his researches To
either Of the three remaining hrst-class Pow
ers. Aud when we look for some enligbten.
ment, in the Geographic abstract or IN the
mails by the arrival Of yesterday, as to the
temper of the public mind IN England and IN
Europe. we are limited TO the recorded opin-
IONS of two or more letter-writers IN Paris
and certain daily paper. in London aud Man
chester. Were the quotations thus magnhed
into a representation Of public opinion always
ineligible, there might DO less reason TO com
plain that the range Of observation is limited
TO the political coteTies Of two capitals and the
center of the English cotton factories. But
we doubt if the raging conflict Of views which
presents itself in the miscellany of foreign i'll
telgence by this arrival has even the I'D
vantage OF being comprehensive.
Hitherto, with rare exceptions, there has
been vicious consistency in most of the lead
ing organs, which hardly permitted their being
misibterpretcd. But it seems that the un-
wished. for release of the four State prisoners
from Fort Warren has destroyed most of the
purpose and meaning OF the stock ,jobbing jour.
nails OF London, and their imitators IN Parls.
Since the Confederate elnissares were not per.
United to become martyrs, in whote behalf the
armies OF England and France might league
together for battle, they became an incum-
bfance, aud their tckctoi-leave, instead Of
bespeaking for them either patronage or COM
passion, became forthwith badge of dishonor.
Their escape from this country destroyed the
best plans Of the belligerent journals, and lett
them in the maze of abstraction winch the ex-
tracts elsewhere given 10 amply Illustrate.
We are told by The Times that France may
recognize the Confederate States if she chooses,
but that England's true policy is TO wait a
little longer; and then follows the essentially
Delphic utterance: " Let the event work itsell
" out; it will not be long. 1t may, indeed, BE-
- doubtful whether our interference would NOT
retard rather than hasten the desired event
" of open ports, aud large supply Of cotton"
The only soothsaying at all approaching to this
ia modern times we gather from the lips of
The sagacious Buusby; 4" If so be as that ship
" goes down. then why ?" Bunsby saw the
case clearly, and so likewise did the ndniring
Cutie. Z" Let the event work itself out" says
The Times; " it will not be long," What par
ticuar /" event" is referred to. it was not neces-
sary. perhaps, to say, any more than it was inn
poriant to tell us how the " event" in question
was to work it.ef out. The great point, you see,
lies in the solemn and mysterious assurance, " it
" will not be long There, Bunsby has you.
Something is TO be done-not saying what, nor
how it is to DO done; but mark you, " it
g will not be long"
If we look seriously at these orscalar state