Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1863-08-18
Tile London Press on the Fed,
slsa o. eral Successes. -

Tile London Press on the Fed.
| sasa o. era1 Successes. -
From the London Tines, Julyzo1s .
The real lesson that should be dls M
from the political failure of these r.neated
and mutual inyasions is that the issues
sought are not to be gained BY war AT ali
From the first the coDa6lct was ope of oues.
tions and principles which can only be SET.
ited1 5y statesmanship. National ma1ness
mas given them over for decision by the
e"oro aud it is now evident to the world
lnae ngnting brings that decision no near
er. Spinlon has marx ed out a Frontier
"nlen armies crosI In vain to cotopaI suhs
MISSION. hicheyef side attack sesy5S y
destined always 20 fail The isos,tbS IL ~ o.
etantly Victorious IN Fifefhfs.5 Il ~, a
wben &c passes north Of d Pof6fnSe = ss''
the alternating successes Of fte war. in az
waste of life by which they are purchased .
prove 1t desperate; and the repeated fan:
ures on both sides, for aay purpose larger
than destructive incursiOD, point as clear.
ly ss any human events can do 10 settle-
ment 81 mother kind. The war NAV Il
acontinusd 20 mutual exhsnstion, but IL will
never mutually convince. Statesmen, il
they can be found, will have 70 take thu
whole question out Of the bands of soldiers
at last even 1t the three hundred thousand
troops called for by the northern eonscrip-
ton are enrolled. armed. and slaughtered
IN qhotheF two years Of miserable cobhiot.
The cabinet at Washington are not equal
to the task. Every crisis of effairs seams 3
to elicit additional proofs that thew rain
every respect unfit to cesr with the eyents
passing arO6nd them. The CLEAN of snc-
cess which has fallen on the federal ANS
in the surrender of Vicksburp and the ;nci.
dents of the second MarJllud caunaicn
have exhibited the president and his ehTsP
ministers in manner aimsst1pitiable.-
WITH their country torn sasuuder, and its
soil reekiDE with bloot, they. only find a
voice to make poor and ffppantt election
speeches. When "seTenaded,'i as a rnutI--
lar coDgratuiatiou on. the fall of VIcksburR,
the presideptmade an address to the crowd
that mot even the friendly reports could
invest with dignity" The secretary of
war claimed the merit Of retaining Gen.
Grant in command and eonseouentIv Of Is
the victory achieved" He tnrned the
event to o elimination of some of bis COL
leagues and glorifyipg Of himself. Mr.
Stanton inside party triumph OVER the adj.
vocates OF peace by a small sheer at the
"copperheads." And Mr. Seward crown
ed the wretched display by something that
we record. but will not here reJ eat, for it
was simply blasphenous. That men In
such positions could SO express themselves
at such time is deplorable illustration
OF the degeneracy of the American f1-.
lers. ~i .-istsF-7 80 IN
From she london Herald, JuIyeoyL g
Another episode in the American warts
over. The second invasion of the northern
states by confederate army has termina-s
ted, like the first, without result. and the
combatants are once more ccnfrontine each
other on the banks of the Potomac. After
two years of siaugbter-after the sscrifoa,
ct at least two huudFed thousand men In,
Virginia, Maryland and PenhsylvaDie. the
position OF affairs is unchanged. The south
ls still too weak for successful aggression.
the north finds each fresh effort of invasion
more disastrous failure; and yet there IN
not the faIntest prospect of the end of the
struggle. For aught we can see is NAV
last twenty years. Mr.. Seward Is begin.
nIng to renew his ninety days' protpisse-E
The fall OF Ficksburg has given, him a new
lease OF power. He is evidently forecas.
ting the ds.e at which the fighting material
OF the soGth will have become exhausted e
the rate OF million or million and a half
OF northerners for FIVE hundred thousand
confederates. Aud as Washington is safs
as Philadelphia is not in flames and the
guns OF Fort McIIenry7 stiIl repress seees-
sion IN Baltimore, be is confident the day
OF exhaustion is y 1t far distant The news
which he will receive from this country bV
the next mail will strengthen his hopes
tie will know then that he has another
SIX or nine months for the execution of his
hendish work. He will then learn that the
word which might have given peace to a
continent. and possibly saved the lives of
| oO,OOO men, has not been spoken. He
VIII hear that the RDglish 6avernment,-
whiet 10 prepared to accept an issue iu be-
halt ot-apeople Of alien race, language and
ialtn' wasIng war not 50 much by native
valor as BY foreign aid, shrinks from ac-
knOwlidging the indepsndet,ce of a nation
which asks from il absolutely nothing be-
yond formal recognition, and which. -af-
ter two years of incessant 6ghtinR ever half
continent, maintains an unirnueacbedi an.
thority and a magnificent armv. such no
other people striving for freedom has ever
attained IN the first or last year OF its strug-
gle Tor national rights, We can under.
stand Dir. Ssward's feelings and obiects.-
II the Union ceases TO- exist he is ynOthieg.'
lie rs verse than nothiDgafGr the curses of
millions will brand him as the facile TOOL
oil the most corrupt and bIoodthirsty i'd
minis tration the world has ever seen.4sf
1it -1s1st l-=----- 1855 = = 80
While a correspondent was pursuing n
course OF geology under a certain Frcfess-
or, famous for his delight in hectoring ana
perplexing the students, had for one Of
my classmates fellow who was bv no
means well read in the dictionary. We
had teen discussing abe peculiarities in Z
the construction Of one Of the sntediTnyian
animals whose fore-arms were fitted to his
body with ball and socket joint, slIoUing
them great saseOf motion in every dirsc-
ton.
This animal had great freedom Of mo.
ton 10 its anterior extTemities, had Il notys
said the professor =, ,f,.-,T
=, a as, hesitatingly replied Mr.. a.
who ives being questioned. -
The professor saw 'lead'in tae onz.-
zled look with which Mr. B. searched
the ceiling before answering, so eOntin-
ufd:
Pray, NJ. B, what were his alteri.s
B. hesitated; examined, no doubt
mentally the various terminatlous of do
nestle animals. and settling finally on ths.
which to his eye appeared possessed of the
greatest grace and ease ofmotion, answerS
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