The New York herald., 1863-05-06


Il NSlJX EnscN
Tho accounts received OF the various battses
on the Rappahannock duping the last few days
prove the superior quality OF the troops ea''
gagged on both sides. The Angio-Saxon blood
asserts itse!f, and Lhe American type Of At
ecipses all that has ever been achieved by the
race in the Old World, No other soldiers Can
compare with tho Americans except the Irish
and Scotch. astt M s
We regret 10 end thai the Germans have been
reported TO have not only run away without
waiting for shot from the enemy, but to have
thrown away their arms and become diHr
orderly mob. pauic-stricken and completely
routed. This was the corps formerly command
ed by Sigei. and IL the news be true there must
have been some particular cause OF de-
moralization which produced such an excep-
tionalresult. The Germans have always fought
vel, aud. though they have not generally play.
cd 80 brilliant a part in the field as French.
British and Irish troops. cowardice y not q
Germnn characteristic; on the contrary, stub
bora resistance is one Of their most noted
traits. The condact Of the government has
probably something TO do with IL by
iuconsideratcly removing the general to
whom the German troops were attached and
whom they would follow to the death. 1t is
said that Carl Schurz led the way in the dis
graceful scene: but, though we knew he was
more, OF talkey ;han fighter, we will not i'm
piicitiy believe, without further evidence, the
statement of the stock jobbing journals that he
vi 80 kr:c 10 tbo; with hnut
pulling trigger. But this conduct was the ex-
ception; bravery Of the most daring kind was
the rule. The generalship, too, appears to have
been geod-good on both Sides. With the pro-
gress OF the war great generals are being devel-
oped and they viii learn the art in due time
and with such troops as they lead all tho mill
tary exploits of other nations will be cast in
the shade.
But cu; bono! what avails all this mutual
slaughter? II is only the Anglo-Saxon race de-
stroying itself, reminding us Of the infurated
bees, which, in killing each other, die from the
wounds they inaict, the sting left behind drag
ging with II part Of tho sntrails of its owner.
What would not the contending armies. if
united, achieve against the great Powers Of Eu
rope? If peace were only restored, in six
months they would sweep from this continent
aud all its adjacent islands every vestige
of English, French and Spanish sway,
and a career Of military glory would
open to the United States far surprising
that Of the Roman republic in the zenith of its
power. But from the battles Of civil war no
glory can be reaped. The laurels of the con-
queror, on whichever side victory turns the
scale, are dripping with kindred blood-the
blood Of Americans, who, with their ancestors.
have hitherto fought side by side in the war Of
the Revolution, the war Of lSl2--15, the wars
with the Indians and the war with Mexico.
Let peace and the Union be restored by com
promises framed in the spirit Of the constitu-'
'tion, and again will the braves Of. the North
and South do successful battle, shoulder to
shoulder, against the world in arms for the
maintenance OF the grand doctrine enunciated
by Monroe and adopted by every distinguished
Statesman Of his day. as well as by. those who
have succeeded him, but adoctrine now practi-
cally placed in allegiance by the internecine
war which rends the bowels ofthe land. .
NM".