The New York herald., 1863-10-12

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througfthe fos>sr seaisehoods and pervers'ous
Of iaots Ia rhioh be i>.s been 10 long enve'-
oped. aud wsxhould not o. surprised II. In the
course Of the present winter, nbSs English seoes'
son Yetter writer, now ia Kichmsnd, .shsii 30
found in Now York closing up hk la0ors 10
beaalf of a Southern coufederaoy with the oen-
feSs'on that he has left is in disgust, and with
out q local habitation or name"
Continental Wars in Europe and Ame-
ricA.
Modern times have o0oe seen Europe oom-
pletely shaken by great continental war. In
the previous history Of The human race there is
no parallel TO the magnitude of the struggles
wsged by and against the First Napoleon He
was tho great soldier Of the age. Such men
appear once 10 two or three centuries He
caused the past TO be forgotten, and effected 80
many changes that be may almost be said to
have invented war. His campaigns are the
masterpieces Of strategic art, and they who as
pre TO success "a soldiers carry his single battles
in their memories as painters carry the figures
and faces limnsd by Raphael. His example is
tho court of last resort in all questions on war.
Against this great soldier or In bis cause every
State in Europe WAS compelled TO strike, and
the whole continent and the very limit Of its
resources for war, were, as a consequence,
brought out
In our own times and on our own side of the
Atlantic we see now remarkable parallel to
The wars that devastated Europe In the twenty
two years that begin with Toulon and end with
Waterloo. Between these great struggles-the
one in Europe and the other in America
there are many similarlties. Both are CONT
mental Both continents are divided into nu-
Amerous political communities or States that
differ one from another in many respects. On
our side Of the water the people Of these va
ricus States had an apparent common bond Of
unity in their language; but this did not pre-
vent the growth Of hatred as deep aad bitter
as any that ever existed between the kindred
European nations of Great Britain aud France.
Every one of the European States was repre-
sented by its quota in the great wars, and
every one of our States is similarly repre-
sented in the great struggle now in progress.
Look at the twenty-five years Of Europe and
at the less than three years Of America, and
what is the comparison of power that the two
continents have shown? Russia had in the field
at one time in those great wars, for
great battle on her own territory,
one hundred and thirty-two thousand men.
New York State alone has sent over two hun
dred thousand men to the field up to the pre-
sent time. All the allied States, in the largest
army they ever brought together, could muster
but two hundred and eighty thousand men.
New York and Illinois would more than equal
this, while New York and Pennsylvania would
outnumber It by over hundred thousand men.
Ordinary battles in Europe were fought by
thirty and forty thousand men; and it was
esteemed tremendous array of power when
armies Of one hundred thousand or one hundred
and Gfty thousand confronted one another; but
VIC on one side alone have over half q million
men under arms, and, in addition to numerous
smaller forces, keep In the field three armies
whose numbers range from one hundred thou
sand to ono hundred and fifty thousand men.
On tho peninsula the Army Of the Potomac
numbered one hundred and Gfty thousand; and
at the bsttls OF 0cttyshurs, when it was
smaller than it had ever before been, il had for
| duty seventy thousand men on the second day.
When Napoleon, in the series Of battles at Leip-
sc, lost sixty thousand men in killed, woradea
and prisoners, Europe had put him down.
Though that sixty thousand was from an army
Of one hundred and sixty thousand, he was
overthrow by the loss But in the past sum
I mer the successes Of our Northern armies de-
| prived the rebels in one week OF ever ninety
thousand men. and they are not ruined yet.
| Napoleon claimed six victories in his 6rst
campaign in Italy, and claimed to have killed
and wounded ten thousand Of the enemy. Six
| victories on either side would be very cheaply
purchased in our war ut that price. Bull run
| quite equals that average in carnage: and that,
| II has been ssid was not q battle at all At
Eckmuhl, out Of seveDty-ive thousand, Napo-
leon lost four thousand in killed and wounded
With about the same number or less engaged
at Gettysburg and Chattanooga, our loss was
| at least four times that Such IL the difference
10 spirit and tenacity between men on two
Wellington had together two hundred and
| fifty thousand, and Napoleon one hundred
| and twenty thousand men. The French lost in
killed, wounded and prisoners thirty thousand
and the Allies In killed and wounded only
seventeen thousand. Such was the great day
Of Waterloo, that changed the fate OF Europe
| At the battle Of Antietam the rebel loss In
killed, wounded and prisoners was about the
same Is that Of Napoleon at Waterloo, anA our
loss in killed and wounded was probably about
| two thousand less than that Of the Allies.
But the total number Of men at Anhetam on
both sides was at the very leas, one hundred
and fifty thousand less than Napoleon, Yelling
ton and Blucher altogether had on ''the bloodi-
est day that Europe ever saw"
| From such numbers II may be seen that our
continental war, 10 magnitude and In the des-
perate character OF its battles, dwarfs that OF
Europe entirely.
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| THE DnLoYAI CALIroRSlA---The Londoa
Times states that California wishes 10 secede
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