New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-08-21

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following extracts:
AMERICAN AFFAIRS IN EUROPE.
TIE GLOOMY CONDITION or THE SOUTHERN con-
FEDERACY.
From The London Star. Anc. 6.
The cause of the Southern Conederdcy Is past help
past hope The most infatuated the most interested
partisan OF that in England can no longer close
his eyes to the impending ruin Wenecd no coneciurc'
no speculations comparisons OF our own to prove
the fact 1t is proved is acknoved in every line
which has Just reached photographed from the columns
OF s IN he u ngS ANY dction TSey DO mol attempt
to keep MP the deception which was maintained IN En-
gland until fairly collapsed under the pressure OF over
whclminC facts From Richmond from Montgomery
from Mobile we hear the same story The Concderacy
Is PLAYING It's last desperate game The southern organs
do not indeed acknowledge total failure and cry oi for
peace: but they speak III tones which only tel OF disaster
mad defeat rretrfevahle
Peculiarly significant are the utterances of ne No
b Adperfer 1t is too says this Journal 10 talk
o. submission yet. The southern cause does not look
DARK enough yet 20 justify those who are ready to SUB
all even among he ndomitablc tie irresistible Conicd
crates over whose supreme success some London jour
mails were shTeklng with exultatiOn only few weeks
back And all the answer which the Mobile paper can
make 10 those who talk OF submission is, that the cause
is not quite dark enough yet TO justify surrender Truly
ptifn rallyng cry. not likely TO inspire the hearers
with much fresh enthusiasm Cold too is the consola
zion which the journal fads for the fail of Vicks
burg Had VicksbuTg not surrendered just when II
did Johnston would have marched upon Grants in.
trenohments. and must infalllbly have been cat 10
rieces How differently this sounds from all that We
used 20 hear five weeks about the impossbility Of
Grants sustaining himself against Johnston whenever
fhc Confederate general chose 20 march 10 the foe o
fhe hcleaguercd fortress
TIE Richmond Whig speaks Of the losses caused by the
evacuation of Jackson and the immense railway rolling
stock thus thrown into the Union hands a. hoaeuiaDe
md irreparabe. Tie AosiqOmry Adrcr's0 tells is
public that Bgagg retreat before Rosecrans opened mp
The Northern counties OF Alabama and Georgia TO the
enemy and thai there will presently be Union army
I'm Alabama. IN face of which every must grid up
his lons and prepare 10 enter into struggle for mere
In oh slf ~
clinaiion TO- enter into TINS despaIlng sluGee. ne
Richoad Enquirer raises frcnzied ontcry against the
Soathcrns who viii not fight. Immense crowds oil
foreigners says this Journal are throngng The Provost
Marshals office camoring for passes tn proceed North
-Anywher out OF the limits ofthe wallike Confedcracy
More than that the same journal says that at least
100 600 men loughou the South have hired substitutes
for military service, and will not fight
They used love to read the ba n Ia accounts ur o.
cosses and thev exulted doubt, over the mprcgna
biltg Of Vicksburg. and possibly rubbed tner hands
OYER tie expectation Oh captured d nu'
these golden dreams are gone gone ana me cod u
comfortable uglv reality succeeds ana they see Only
ruin before them, and they "l not htht therefor,
The Richmond Enquirer urges that clean sweep shold
Re made and Iat all the recreants should be driven 10
the var All all il demands-no exemption for any.
even the foreigners; lie, the entire country be pro
elairod nnier m rtal law and every who dcmurs
be jmpeed into the battle by the force OF the bayone,
Should even this fail The Richmond Enqifr seems 70
fear Lat il wishould the armies of the south be Dis
irter-ntod should the Government have 40 spot 10
rest OH and be forced TO become ltneIat these are
the words Of the southern Journal not ours-why tnen
what chance do cur readers suppose VIII remain
guerrilla warfare can be kept UP on the sea
THIS is the sole hope which The disnnguisheh refugee
WHO odj,s The Richmond Enquirer has 10 offer 20 his
adon.ed couptrymen The tone OF frantic ychemence
aud bitterness in which this nonsense Is poured oul
proves plainly enough how little hope W author has that
even in Richmond his dcmented couseis VIII be accept
ed as anything but the shrek Of despair =.
We 10 not know from what clements In the recent
news thc LCadOn champions OF the sIaF'o"hcIs-h"If
Southern thar the SouerneTs themse'es-ean extract
the Customary assuranccs and encouragement PcIl1p
ttcy hld consolation IN the act that ne Hf"
Neraid cries for peace al home and war against
TIE corrcspondcni Of the Tjues day or two back
spoke Of Tn Hroid mohicia jonrnal-on asser'
toD which might have been taken 30 Joculai II an! one
cOH!d !cic,e tlai ihe core p9HuvI 40 f"'.,Ion A'
ever at.cripe1 Joke in his life Perhaps therefore
may bc told that 1he Ma foTk Htrdd acts a. the
organ VI NJ Lincoln IN proclaming var against France
and England The Nor York HerGld Is as all Oul read.
kDow iTst much official organ as the interest
ing Publication called Peior Spy issuing from the pre-
cinc,s Of Clare Market and on Tuesday made
the s5ec. Of application al Bow street Is the fecog
ized NO thlecc Of the British Government Perhaps
The cOas0ljug assurance may be based upon the opn.
ton providing read " in some quarters that
Lee is again aboui 10 invade the North. Perhaps our
baton new series OF splendid victories for their hero
6ulainaiing before in the capture Of Wash son and
New York But even this will hardly raise ne Coined
erac Loan from is present fallen position |!oGuIl.
II lie Richmond people will not believe in the sue
cess of the South it is rather too mach tocxpect That tho
London public should place their faith in IT, We lea'e
0DerrGgnrly 20 the Southern partsans al thc scraps
OF comfort they manage 10 extract from tLc Id'
news The rays Of hope will be little clearer than re
eunjss ms which the Laputan philosopher piolesscd 10
draw ron his cucumbcrs W0 read what the SouhcIil
Journals soy. and learn there that even If the South
doe yield IL longer hopes to win that even II
II STA d9liss IL likewise dcspars.
From the London TiBies Aus. 6.
Tia struggle in America has evidently entered upOn
avery critical period The North has certainly gained
Successes which might check the energies OF people
no. thoroughly determined 10 fight 70 the last The
posssion o. the Mississippi for the time 80 completely
Wat vessel has been able at least for once to pass
gov il from q Louis TO New Orleans crtrely unIpo
lesic IL doubt in itself great achievement ana may
have important political effects ON the attitude OF the
g'ss States o: The North West. But THIS aehicvemen
o,vionsly sfiu more important IN the ciccls u WIZ
Pro 'blF :ia'c on the campaigns in the SoH'h cot
f'.t !" lie "hoe Federal Army III tIat garter mas
DE gagged In operations along the Mississippi and
te - nc. Of Mississippi Alabama, aud Georgia lave
b. comparatively free from tho ravages Of war 1hc
bJ H. has NJ q. events kept its enemy of from the hear
b. c1natry.
r DC Bragg though not able to drive Gen Rosecrans
b3C, Ids been able hitherto to keep him from any fur
b. .i.suioss southwark and in point of fact. a
sl .rahlc and very compact country stretching north
40 9th from the Gulf Of Mexico to the tennessee
INV aud east and west from the Atlantic 10 the
b'i,ss..ppi. las been kept free from the invaders
%rr ina, region the South could develop the sort Of
uD.es most necessary TO IL while still fighting its
Independence There wM nothing to prevent the
2rJw u Of grain to extent sufficient To supply the
karts Of tho armies aud the unwarike population But
kow there il evidently serious danger thht all these
6lds- Gems Grant and Banks have been set free from
ks.I employment Oh tho Mississippi ana are az liberty
10 nxof into the interior Of the country s evident
BON tks tone Of the Southern journals anu tho news
yi,oh We petl!sb today tpat some operations Z" Ihs
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