New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-12-05

complications IN her puolIon- Ono VI S"V
points deserve notice. First, hor m!sconcept'on.
When he Rebellion bGoko OFT, the labor snd
capital Of the Soath were at once absorbed in
It. The blockade shut up tho cotton IN Land.
Eng snd's great manufactures, and her I'M.
mense laboring population employed in them
eel. the dice. pressure. This grew woIsb and
worse, till they were forced to seek the s.aplc in
ether directions. The South instantly sent to
Europe hcrnen best fitted By their social posi-
ton and talents to enlist sympathy, and cor
rupt tho sources Of public opinion. Many mcte
who possessed ample means went thcre To-
lavish tho most generous hospitality wherever
among capitalists Or public men they could
make converts to the view that the South were
an oppressed people. with, however. little
success, no effort was wanting to reach d.
roctly the officers OF the Government. Ard no
one can dispute, who is familiar with the or
gauization Of the forces of the public journals
there, that the constant perverson By many OF
them, and The Times foremost, Of the spirit,
purposes ard operations Of tho North in sup.
pressing the Rebellion, was duo to thesc men
and amoneyed power somewhere back OF tAem.
This was continued in spite of the li6era! press,
which has in and around it tho greatest moral
force and the boss minds of tho kingdom, ara
has often given clear and most truthful his
tory.
Even az late as May and June last it wac felt
by @ majority of the commercial and higher
classes that the North could never conquer the
miitarv poorer OF tho South; that che scpaNs-
ton was certain, and If il was to be, the sooner
the better. This feeling was shared in and
growing IN tho minds OF Members OF Parlie-
ment and many in the Cabinet. The motive 70
persistence IN tho war by the North lay in its
deeply pride. II would never yield
to the South because Of it. To stop it would
save m !mmense sacrifice Of LIE, and relieve
the pressure of their working classes. And yet
her Parliament AID her Cabinet could Moves
conscu. to direct aid in the separation. if 1t
woa!d bring lasting dishonor 20 England. The
whole religious mind Of the nation, all the best
men Of 'r'tors end science, and the best men
/ in Der Government would profoundly regret IL,
while auo'he- class .ejoiced in it because it
would destroy or growing prestige and power.
such las been tho process and tie misconcep-
ton If cur ai'..-, abroad, which led to the
apathy OF the British Government while the
majority of is moneycd ard commercial men
Lave been actively hostile.
Il is only within these lac months that TIE
cr.iro unity aud inAtzible purpose Of the
North 10 preserve al The terriicry Of this nation
iataot under rs Cd Aag-not 20 conquer or sub
iugate ito people Of the South as people, bu,
to conquer AMI destroy every ycstigo OF this Re-
I bellion-hss come to he better understood By
the cagli1. complications these tes. statesmen
were hroug.tini gFea. perplexity. while Others,
with short gted seliisincss, have abjurcd the
sacred obligations Of neutrality. Bat this latter
class canno, destroy me truth Of past history
While holding this attitude to ia. and actively
adding strength 70 the Rebellion, they arc work
ing the greater injury to England herself. The
recoil Of their work viii be sal. by every shiI
whose burning ruins have lighted the pathway
of the seas, BY these millions II wGr-risla they
have hcaped on our tnnnage, and tho millions
more which they hayo borne under tie Englibi
flag to equip and am ,he Rebel hosts, they have
been building inliftoIy e fearful precedent, ant
ca Ing . darA stain upon Eneiauds record
But incre are noble m,n Of Eurand-some in
Ler Csbiuet-sh regard tits ncord above a.
pI.cc, and ,lc.r moral Grmocss IA This irll vii
have It, reward ia her future. And more:
England cannot permit her own history
and he AZTEC. # centuries 20 lie sacTclness o
neutrality, to be ;aidGcI.' TIE Greeks and Ro
mans, TIC Christian States OF Europe, whcr
they began TO unto in no Middle Ages, and
modern Europe, when tho law OF nations rested
on tic canon and Roman civil laval held
the principles Of the Law to be founded in oter
nal justice that the policy of nations could nol
be sera-a'ed from i. The idea tina. certain
duties Of nations towa-d each other were en-.
forced By the sanctity Of religion has come
down through nll these cycles Of history. II
may have lost is force IN the darker periods,
bu: il was revived again. Cfo.ius taught that
L was a law agfille IA tic voice Of conscience;
tina. it Ind positive authority By tho common
consent u all, or the greater part His tTeaiscs
and those Of biz fchool P.go the idea new in-
spiratiou and power, which has gathered pew
lgster and scope with every stepof an advancing
civilization. I. las given laws 70 war itself,
has soitened TIA basbarity, and, if possible, To-
strictcd its horrors. These whters held, and
England has been amorg the foremost to adopt
AID require it, that tho mutual Intercourse Of