The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1863-08-21
From the London Star, Julv 2o,b.
A Sensible and Friendly View.

A Sensible and Friendly View.
With deep, devout and grateful joy, wo
pablish to day the news of victories that
are tho heralds OF happy peace. Seldom,
1t ever. has II been the lot of the journalist
to announce on tho Same sheet two events
Of such transcendent importance as the fall
of Vicksburg and tho retreat of Lee. The
glorious Fourth of July has indeed received
glorious celebration. In ten thousands
OF Northern homes the birthday of Ameri.
can freedom was being kept with mingled
hope and foar--with blended memories of
JOY and sadness. of prid" and humiliation.
Throughout Now England and the popu.
lous Middle States, and the vast Northwest ;
in citics that date back from our own heroic
seventeenth contrry. and in cites that have
sprung up within tho memory of living men
upon tho site Of world. old forests and on
virgin prairies; around the Pilgrims Rock
and on tho gold sown strand of the Pacific.
ctlzons of the Great Republic spake with
tremu'ous lips, as beneath tho shade of
lnurels twined with cypress, of tbcir fathers
legacy of freedom, and of the deadly strup.
gle in which their own brothers and sons
we're wrestling for the preservation of that
gloriout horitage-the Union, sacrod alike
to lborty and law. Thoy knew not that on
that very day tho God of their country and
of their sires-tho God of justice aud of
-huA f,I
wealth q great deliveranco. Their broken
railways and telegraph lines delayed
the happy tidings that on the same Fourth
of July the flag of the Union had been ex.
a.ted over tho obstinate stronghold of re.
bollious slave masters, and the sun had ris.
on upon the greatest of their hosts in dire
retreat. Whatever remains to be done or
suffered-wbatever battles to be fought or
fortresses to bosicge-,ho armies and poo.
ple Of the U MON may at least rejoice with
unutterabe gladness and thanks giving, that
the boastfui progress of the enemy has been
turned back, and the very cbiefest of his
defenses broken down.
or the surrender Of Vicksburg We have
no details. Not even tho number of the
garrison and the guns is given. But the
fact Of unconditional surrender is officially
announced both by Admiral Porter and
General Grant. and has been the subject of
speeches from the President and his minis.
ters. in roply to addresses of congra ,ulation.
Confdent as wo have been that the evont
could not much longer be delayed, We con-
fess to its unexpected arrival.
Tho moral and political effect of tho
double victory in Pennsylvania and on tho
Mississippi, can hardly be exaggerated.-
The reduction on tho premium of gold from
40 to 3!t. Is but symptom of the conf
dence inspired BY these events in the abili.
ty of the Federal Government to carry
through their gigantic undertaking. The
levy of three hundred thousand conscripts
at the moment of enthusiasm. is q meas.
uro Of the highest policy. "Notbine sue.
ceeds like success" The people of Amor
Ca are not superior to tho universal feeling
of readiness to holp the winning cause
A"o'o "'' wv" oo 'uo" upOn tue oOutn
from all parts Of tho North. Even "Cop-
perbcads" will DO willing to participate in
the capture of Richmond. Few of us
Englsbmon can afford to smile or to sneer
at such turn in tho current of sentiment.
The worship of power 10 tho weakness of
strong nations. To-day will too probu
bly, give us cause 10 blush for some of our
own craft.
Let US be thankful that even the legisla.
tive representation of England is not in the
same humiliating position as some of the
organs of English opinion. How thankful
may the House Of Commons be that Mr..
Roebuck was silenccd in time For, al
though he bad never chance of carrying
bis motion, what regulations might he
not have dragged into the mire 1t is bad
enough that even tho glare of temporary
success should have seduced any free wo
man born into sympathy with the treason
of shareholders. How much worss that
men of political mark among Nv should be
to the recognition of rebellion
as hopeless as it is Infamous in object and
in spirit.