Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1863-07-22
4; WI EDN IN JULY " 1853.

From the London Standard, May 2o.1
rhe American War in Europe.-An EnshsA
Plan for an Armisslce' 4
There is nothing more forgotten. in practice, ano
vet nothing truer than the position that the whole
civilized world constitutes one great family no
injury can accrue to the one without lmpalrlns tne
fortunes Of the others in some manner. Inc leia'
lions Of mankind in our days are brought into CLOSE
connection. Commerce and diplomacy, intelligence
and enterprise, bind them. We may be said to LOOK
upon the battles Of Europe. Those in America are
within brief reach of us; andthe special CORES
pendent brings actual facts in series OF graPno
tableaux before our eyes. This near inserovm
munication of modern society presses on us with
heavy responsibility, There is no fair excuse now
for apathy 1t is brutal to stand by and see orotn,
er's tear each others threats; and the-nauons Oh
Europe cannot escape this censure.
We do not for the moment say that intervention
between power and power is always wise and poll |
tic. But we contend that the necessity if any, tor
abstention, is barbarous, and must weigh as o SIN
against civilized epoch. The struggle taking place
now in America has every point now to command
our sympathy and pacific interference. 1t is before
US We cannot shut our eyes from it Day by
day messengers arrive with such lively picture OF
tho whole conflict that we know more Of its scenes
and actors than we do of the affairs Of our own
country. Orr best interests Ars concerned in the
cessation Of this quarrel Its continuance issisnt-
l fepoltS0nizing our manufactures and commerce..
The port of London and the port of Liverpool are
affected by the same destroying agents which are
gradually shutting up the mills ST Lancashire and
Cheshire, and changing their industry: The ruin
of the American States, Confederate and Federal is
in itself loss to the whole human family 1t is so
much.riches and power taken from the civilized
world. 1t is so much progress cut off from the
commonwealth Of nations. Ages will not repair the
mischief done. Centuries will not restore the
thrivance and happiness rathlessy abandoned.
Is this case, then, for neutrality? Or is it not
the policy here cold blooded, savage and stupld?-
There is no appearance of the end. Grant that
General Hooker were successful, and Richmond in
ruins; that Lee and his army were annihilated.-
Another Lee and his army would spring from their
CORY remains. Girls and women-to use the pro-
phetic words of our correspondent Manhattan ~
would fill the voded ranks, and take the place Of
the youth slain. But conquest here is not subju-
cation. There is fierce hate. There is q black
wrong. There is undying resolution. Here there
can be no victory, for the enemy will still hold the
teld, only shifting its position. Mutual extermina
ton is all that can be expected .
Is this butchery to be permitted by the powers
Of Europe? Are crimes and atrocities which cast
US back to the days of early barbarsm to be per-
petrated almost before our eyes and amongst our
kinsmen? If neutrality be wisdom here, then it is
the wisdom of the 6ends. 1t is the cold Mephisto-
phelian gaze Oh the slaughter of brethren. 1t can
effect nothing for good; 1t must be productive of
evil Let it not be SAID that Europe has no power
to stop this quarrel. We assert that she has-a
peaceful authority, too, which need only speak and
| not draw the sword. The federals would listen to
the voice of united christendom. Such an issue
has been sought by some, at least Of their chiefs
| and would have answered.
Has England gained by cautiously standing aloof?
Ask our merchants, ihterregate our shpowners,
question our travellers read the published dis
patches, and the diatribes Of the Northern news
papers, to learn what Great Britain has gained by
her determined spirit of non. interventon. The at
tempt at mediation in any event would be humane
and honorable 1t would draw the powers of Europe
into alliance matter which concerns all nations
in some degree less or more. That would be a bold
and strong nation, or fragment of a nation, which
could successfully resist such an appeal. A rejec-
ton might uall ha Ealla..d by tho -.oos~;tin OF
the South on the supposition that it had accepted
| Something of this kind must be done at last
There can be no other solution of the difficulty
! no other termination Of the war. This is not like
hostties between foreign nations. Here it is q
yeritable contest of kinsmsn against kinsman, OF
brother against brother, citizen against citizen
Only some forcibe and persuasive external power
can drag them asunder. Let there be an armisticl
An armistice will lead to peace. We know that
while write the sudden success of either of the
foes-and unexpected victory on one side, sigma
defeat on the other-migh assure the conquerers
But the destruction of whole armies, the capture
of an entire commssiariat the utter rout of grand
divisions, will bring the enemies no nearer to final
triumph or final submission. To the victor PROUD
and Wanting here, the crushed and defeated fot
there will utter defiance to his last breath, ane
wreak his vengeance with shattered limbs and broker
weapons. Again, we repeat there can be no subju
gotion-and even, if possibe.its inevitable conse
quence military government would be impossible
! The most shocking problem of the age is thu
apostacy OF the peace party during this war Tn,
Friends have become bellicose and ready to battl,
with hsticutts. There is no mission to Washington
now. No medatory addresses. No Exeter Hal
gatherings. No denunciations in Parliament
Broadbrim is mute. His love for the negro ha.
made him obdurate to the woes of his MASTER
Union and Secesh may cut their threats, if Sambt
can wriggle Oft his shackles. This is not onl,
hypocrisy, it is faulty. The extinction of negro
|, slavery is not advanced by savage struggle-or
if it is, the domestic treason and butchery stimu
lated are evils too dark for comparison with thu
worst phase of servitude. If these mounting peace
mongers, these ostentatous zealots for abolition hat
only done their plain duty this abominable conten
ton would have ended long ago.,
The spring campaign has only commenced Th,
wrath which had somewhat subsidized for tine, ha.
not yet been entirely rekindlei. Many weapons
still in their sheaths 1t is this reason that VI
ourselves attempt to renew the cry for mediation
acry which has been ours from the beginning
There are cases where neutrality becomes callou
indifference, or coarse and brutal sanction and en-
couragement The present issue is OF this descrip
ton. We cannot be neutral and civilized and Chris
tan here. And withal, our policy is narrow sight
ed and disappointing, For whenever thu end doe
come it will come BY mediation, and not before
The present government is doggedly sullen on thi
subject; it has been said-God forbid the suspicion
with the disbolical intention of Witnessing tn
wreck and utter extinction Of that great republi
which threatened the future Of the old monsrchie
Of Europe. If this be the Machiavelan design q
Ministers, nothing can be more repngnant to tn
sympathes and ingenuousness Of the entire British
population, nothing more hostile to the progress
the whole human race for this is not question Q
1 policy but of humanity, Christianity and civizs
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