The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1863-08-18
FROM EUROPE.
Comments Of the English Press on the recent Con-
fderGte Reuerses. -

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Tolerate Reuerses.
Files of English papers as late as the Goth ult.
have been received We give below some of the
comments of the English press in regard to the
fall of yicksburg and the battle of Gettysburg
sneakine of the fall of Vicksburg and the COM
nand of the Mississippi river by the Federas, the
London Times, of July %, says:
But that command must still depend on the
fhe good viii Of the river States, and that good
will must depend either the entire subsection OF
the Southern States, Or, at all events, on the per-
fectly secure character of the relations to be es-
tablished between the Northern and Southern.
Whatever makes the Southern States the sub
cc.s and servants and tributaries of the Northern
will have much the same effect on the Northwest
crn. The instant the bargain is struck with the
South there comes in the still more inportunate
creditors or still more nsoent debtor, or still more
irnpracticable partner in the far interior The
difficulty then, ever increases, and Will only be
The greater for every year the war lasts. imml,
oration disturbed the balance of the North and
South immigration disturbed stIll more seriously
the balance Of the Northeast and Northwest Yet
there are no means Of taking the sense Of those
growing and still loosely organized States.
There is no one to answer for them no one to
hold them t. any compact; one even to toresee
how interest or opinion will develop in those re-
gions So if the Union is 10 longer possible, dis
union, on the basis Of two declarations, is at least
az much beyond the power of Immediate arrange
rncnt. Such is the result Of those mightyspretcn-
sions and that arrogant spirit which have been ee-
waited into religion and virtue in the United
States and which, falling in their first object, find
nothing else to rest upon. The idol is broken and
there the superstition ends. The fragments
neither be joined worshipped separately, and all
VIC can DO is to wait and see what Heaven will Or
dain outof earh's future.
From the London Times.
The real lesson that should be drawn from the
political failure of those repeated and mutual in
vasions is that the issues sought not to be gain
ed by war at all. From the first the conflict WIS
one ofquestons and principles, which only be
settled by craftsmanship. National madness has
given them over for decision by the sword, and it
is now evident to the world that fighting brings
that decision no nearer. Opinion has marked out
a frontier which armies in vain to compel
submission Whichever side attacks seems des-
tined always to fail. The South constantly victo-
rious in Virginia is baf1ed when it passes north
of the Potomac. Even the alternating successes
of the war, in the waste Of life by which they are
purchased, prove it desperate; and the repeated
failures on both sides, for any purpose larger than
q destructive ncuraiOa, point clearly as any
human events can do to settlement of another
haustion, but 1t will never mutually convince.
Statesmen, if they can be found, will have to take
the whole question out of the solffcrs.at last even
if the 100000 troops called for by the Northern
CONSUMPTION arc enrolled, armed and slaughtered
in another two years of miserable conflict
From lhc London Herald July 90
Another episode in the American war is ever
The second invasion of the Northern States by a
Confederate army has terminated, like the Erst
without result, and the c0mbatants are once more
confronting each other on the banks Of the poto-
mae After two years of slaug hter-after the
sacrifice of at least two hundred thousand men in
Virginia, Maryland and Pennsylvania, the posi-
ton of affairs is unchanged. The South is still
700 weak for successful aggression; the North finds
each fresh effort at invasion disastrous fail
ure; and yet there is not the faHtest prospect of
the end Of the struggle. For aught We can see it |
may last twenty years. klr Seward is beginning
to renew his ninety days promises. The fall Of !
Ficksburg has given him new lease of power |
Lie Is evidently foreeasting the date at which the
fighting material Of the South will have become !
exhausted at the rate Of a million million and |
halt of Northcrncrs for five hundred thousand !
ConFederatcs Aud as Washington is safe. as
Philadelphia is not in flames, and the guns of Fort
McHenry still rcprcss secession in Baltimore he is
confident the day Of exhaustion is not far distant +
The news which he will receive from this country
by the next mail will strengthen his hopes
lie will learn that the word which might have !
given peace to continent, and possibly saved the
lives of 10000 men, has not been spokn. He !
will hear that the English Government, which !
IS prepared to accept any issue in behalf of pco-
PIE ofa!ien race, language and.faith, waging war
not SO much BY native valor as by foreign aid
ahrinks from acknowledging the independence Of
q ration which asks from it absolutely nothing be-
yond formal recognition, and which, after two |
years Of iuccssant fighting over half continent, |
maintains an ufimpeached authority .nd macnif /
cent army, such as no other people striving for
freedom has ever attained in the first or last Year
Of Its struggle for national rights. We can under
stand Mr. Stewards feelings and objects If the
Union ceases 10 exist lie is nothing He is worse
than nothing, for the curses OF millions will brand
him as the tacile tool Of the most corrupt and
bloodthifsty Administration the world has ever
seen. But what We fail to comprehend is the alb
soiute Indifference of our owr ministry. It seems
that things nave to this point with US that
the hottest OF causes andsthe most solemn Tissues
are only regarded by English statesmen fr.m one
point Of view, that Of party interests The radical
vote in the House of Commons determines if net
the fate of nations at least the deaths of thousands
of fellow men.
The exgencies Of the coalition are the KEY note
to Enclands foreign policy. Lancashi,c sta1vcs
that Earl Russell may retain his place, and in
America Federas aud Contederates slaughter each
other that the Governments war In China aud .
Japan, aggressive in Brazil, and menacing in Po .
aud-may pirate of mon intervention in America
rance -offerS mediation no