, 1863-08-06

our own clnft. We hATo no disposition to
e1ult over contemporaries who did not share
Of tho Union cause We can respect the fsr-
titude that stands by flag In sunshine and
In storm, though 1t be tho symbol Of all that
we detest. Friends and opponents can bear
witness that our symp.thtes In this
Of war. But may We hope that the Tsoass
and Daily 1sltyraph will not forget to-day
how lately theY scoffet at the idea that Lee
had suffered oren check In tho battles betore
Gettysburg, and how confidently they pre-
dicted the relief Of Vicksburg, tbs capl!q1a-
tion Of Gen. Banks. and the recorsrE BY the
Confederates OF the Mississippi? 4 little more
honesty in dealing with facts, little more
justice toward opponents, would have saved
the unpleasant necessity of either admitting
gross sItora Of calculations or CLOSING n oyeF
Let US be thankful, however, that even the
legislative representation OF England Is not
In the came hupi1iating position as soma Of
the o1gaps Of English opinion. How thank
full may the House Of Commons be that Mr.
Roebuck WAS snenced in time For, although
he had never q chance Of carrying his motion,
what regulations might he not have dragged
into the mi1ef 1t is bad enough that even
the glare Of temporary success should have
sednced any Of free-woman born into sympa-
thy with the treason Of Shareholders. How
much worse that men of political mark among
MS should be committed to the recognition Of
rebellion as hopeless as 1t is infamous in
object and in sp1ritI
THE LONDON TIMES SCAR1FlED.
From the Star, 21st.1
Those credulous Btitong by whom the
Times is regarded aa an inf4llib1e oracle on all
that relates to the American war, must have
found their faith sorely tried yesterday. The
Lee must overwhelm every resistance. and
march upon Washington; and Lee has been
himself lfoverwhelmed, and is marching quite the
other way. The Times hat been proving for
preguah1e, and behold Vickssurg bas surren-
dered. The "great leading Journal and
some of the papers which do their small best
to follow its lead, were put to sad shifts yes
terdaJ to maintain 8 decent show of compo-
sure and consistency. One or two Of the lat.
fecting not to believe the news at all; but
this sort Of trick was too open, gross aud
palpable for the Times. Therefore, In
estimating the effect OF the recent events,
It adopteda characteristic mode Of breaking
its own fall. t ignored. or almost ignored,
as an event scarcely worth mentioning, and 1t
argued that whether the second Southern
invasion is to be regarded as failure depends
entirely on tho purpose with which 1t was un-
dertaken." To be sure; Lee may have inva-
dsd merely for the FRY purpose Of being driven
doubt. to be regarded as Confederate victory.
Indeed, the gentleman who telegraphs to the
Times its special express from New York
braTely assumes this point Of view, for he
suggests that Gen. Lee never intended to
make the action at GettJsbnrg d decisive
victory for bis own side, and, therefore, Of
course, the failure MAS part Of his plan. Tbs
leading article suggests that the whole expo
dition, may have been only . gigantic raid,
and that Lee having made "calcu1a.
ton, In which the material advantage
to be- gained was balanced BY = pos
sible loss in the process" WIS quite con-
tent to be driven out so long as he could
carry off good store of plunder In his flight.
Rather than acknowledge even indirectly its
own blundcrs and blindness, the Times pre-
Rob Roy. But this ingenious fiction of the
runaway raid does not serve. The very day
before General Lees defeat, the Richmond
Enquirer declared that +" One thing, however,
Is plain General Lees movements arc d1.
recte6, not to indlscflminate p1under and de-
vastation, but to the winning Of victory"
Lees fame, such as it Is. must be rescued
fom the disgrace which bis London adnlator
would now, to save its own credit, heap upon
him. He came not to merely rob, but to
conquer; he did his best to win, and, having
been defeated, he at least acknowledges the
deftn', and leaves the field to the yictors.
Nothing could be more surprising to ration
al Epgliehmen than the manner in which the
1inses and some one or two other journals
1aye endeayo1ed to delude the public Of Eng
the events Of this war. They uho blind1y took
the leaders and the correspondents Of the
Tines for gospel, must hare believed three
days ago that the Federal States were literally
PROSTATE and defenceless at the feet OF m om-
nipotcnt conqueror. Nothing in the history
ofimposture has been more gross and mon
stIous than the astounding -. audacity
with which the "leading journal'' aud its
correspondents hare been trying to gull the
public. The adventures Of Baron Munchaus-
Ell were not more extravagant than the pic
lures Of Confederate triumphs given By the
gentleman who wrote from the South. OF
tie gentleman who did the correspondence
from the North ne can only only ray that he
might have taken respectable rank ~ lyric
poet, I, while engaged In the production Of
popular minet1elsJ he once affected, he had
1isl lAyed hut spark Of the bold and power
full Imagination which bis American letters
have exhibited. The general plaa
adopted By the, Tines mas simple. 1t
merely sonslst.d % In isnoring altogether
Confederate fo1ay into grand pitched battle
| aud stupendsus victory. To be sure, tho
journal had ita special kilograms, which, ot
course, Eaye dlttsrsat. Tla~. ~f sve5y e.Tnt ;s
Bile and impartial dispatches. Givea 3 narra-
| tive Of events drawn up according to your
own taste, what difficulty can there be in ex-
tracting from them moral to suit your own
purpose? The Times certainly found no such
difficulty. Regularly every week, for the last
| that the Federals had spent their las: dollar,
and had seen their Last soldier run away; that
they were bankrupt and beaten; that they
could not fight any moro, and would not even
they could, and that, in tact, they them:
selves detested their own Government and
only longed to be conquered By the South.
| II Il scarcely week since the correspondence
in the Times from Washington assured the
public Of England that the enthusiastic long
1rg OF all In the Northern Capital was that
Lee and Davis might enter In triumph
ANOTHER FRIENDLY VIEW.
The London Daily News says that the fall
Of 'Vicksburg is far more serious blow to
the South than the failure Of Gen. Lee.
Southern writer's and statesmen haye from
the first Justly considered the possession of
this stronghold and the command of the Mis-
aiseippi, which 1t secures, rs essential not
only to the success but to the very existence
Of the Confeder@cy. Mr. Jefferson Davis, the
hvad Of the Confederacy, Is the man best able
to judge Of its Importance, and We have on
record lis emphatic testimony on this head.
In the speech he delivered on the Goth
Of 1ast December to the, Legislature
the grand object Of the North was ito
get possession Of the river and thus cut tho
Confederacy in two," and dwelt at+ great
length on the vital importance of defeating
the enemy's fatal designs" in this direction.
He considered The defeace Of the mississippi
f-Valley necessity not only to the people o1
the adjacent States, but to. the Confederacy
itself Vfcksburc and Port Hudson ere forts
which must be defended at all hazards, and
every effort must be strained for this purpose.
is not given to e1aggeration. BE virtually
staked the existence Of the ConfedeEacy on
the possession Of Ficksburg and Port Hud.
son. Vicksburg has fallen, and Gen. Banks a