The New York herald., 1863-01-15


from Congress 70 private companies or individu-
ais would speedily supply The desired securi-
ties at sea against the~ forthcoming rebel
marsuders Superior speed In our cruisers
and heavier and superior range Of metal may
readily be obtained over any ship which EAg-
land can supply the enemy.
But the shortest way 10 put an end TO the
delusions Of tho rebels concerning the North
west Is promptly. by Northwestern army and
gunboat feet, 10 reopen the Mississippi, even II
to do this Il may be necessary 10 call out, say
for sixty or ninety days, a special Western
volunteer force OF two hundred thousand men,
and the shortest way 10 break up this grand
rebel priyateering project is to move on against
the rebel army Of Virginia before II is entirely
withdrawn to overwhelm General Rssecrans in
the West, with the view Of then returning In
double force to crush General Burnside In the
East President Lincoln must wake up and
act promptly, decisively and without delay, or
his administration will soon be hard aground.
He can save 1t and the country, but only by
instant, energetic and comprehensive action.
NApoI.Eos's New YEAR SPEEcu.--On the
LIST day of January, 1868, the Emperor
of the French took the occasion to renew to
the Foreign Ministers assembled in his presence
the assurance he has made so often lately,
namely:-That he has no desire to make war,
and that all his aspirations are for peace When
m individual harps continually upon his
honesty, no question as to his lack of 1t having
arisen, we are led to suspect that something is
amiss. In like manner Napolesn's constant
assertions that he desires peace lead to the
surmise that he is, on the contrary, inclined for
war;
If the French monarch's desires for peace
are sincere we should be pleased to understand
why reserves are being sent to Martinique
why thousands of additional troops are daily
departing from France bound to this continent,
and why so many Of his Majesty's plated men,
of-war are now sailing in our waters. We
should be grati6ed to hear that the Mexican
expedition was to be recalled. Then and not
till then, will we place any reliance upon Ma
poleons peaceful assertions, belied ~ they are
by his warlike deeds. This sovereign fills his
belt with revolvers, buckles on his sword, takes
rifle in his hand and then, with a soft smile
says-"Now let us have a nice, quiet time
a proposition which seems bad joke to those
it is addressed to. They naturally fear that
some of his numerous weapons may 60 of by
accident, and 80 they prepare for the "nice,
quiet time" by girding on their arnor
EFFECT OF THE FREDERIcKsBURG DISASTER m
EURoPE.-The news from Europe by the China,
which we publish to-day, and which is up to
the Sd instant, informs US of the effect produced
upon the public mind of Europe by the battle
Of Fredericksburg, full account OF which had
reached the newspapers and the different gov
ernments 1t will be seen that the effect is
decidedly bad; that the battle is regarded as
the most disastrous event Of the war-in fact,
the decisive battle which will render the
achievement Of the independence of the South
and Its final separation from the United States as
question merely Of time, and very brief time,
too. In London, Paris and Berlin it is the same
The friends of secession and separation are jubi-
liant and full ofhope. The friends of the Union are
oppressed with gloom and 1lled with desp0nden-
cy. How near we are to the danger Of foreign
Intervention none can tell. Louis Napoleon on
New Years day said the representatives Of
other governments at his court could bear wit
ness how desirous he was for peace. He once
before said "the empire is peace" at the very
time he was preparing for terrible war. Ger
tain it is that news like that Of the Fredericks-
burg disaster must have an effect upon all
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Under these circumstances it is the duty of
the President to make such q change in his
policy and in his Cabinet as will prevent re-
petition of similar disasters. Another such de-
feat as that on the Rappahannock, and who can
answer for the consequences? Mr. Lincoln
ought not to lose a moment in convincing the
Powers of Europe by practical demonstration
that the loyal States of the American republic
are not yet prepared to surrender the prize for
which this war was inaugurated. AS our affairs
are now managed it is not to be wondered at
that foreign Powers should be tempted very
soon to interfere in our quarrel
The EXPLOITATION or LABoR.-It appears by
the late English news, brought by the. steamer
China, that the London journals have seized
with great avidiiy upon the proposition Of our
government to foreign Powers with regard to
the expectation Of Southern laborers from this
country-a class of people who are so much
needed in the depopulated dependencies Of the
British Antilles. One of the errors Of Mr.. Lin
coln-to satisfy the ultra demands Of . portion
Of the abolition party-has been to emancipate
the slaves, and, as a counterbalancing purpose,
to send them to foreign countries, in. order to
get rid Of dscordant element at home. We
have opposed this movement from the begin
ming, because we want this labor in our own
country, and the loss of the slave population
of the South would be very serious in its con-
sequences to us. Curiously enough, the English
people, who have practically tried eman-
cipation and know exactly what IL means.