, 1864-02-14
The London Times Showing its
Hand.
Why it Opposes the North,
1t Fears the Growing Power Of the
Republic.

ancc, In which, for the first time, 1t openly
declares the purpose Of It's continued hostility
to the United States:
i. :, When Mr. N. Gibson gives Ills unrcserycd
and unqualified homage to the federal cause, /
le knows not how much Of a sort Is his wis.
dom and TINT Of the g model Republic" as it
used to be called the other day. The United
States were:sa system complete in itself;.
new world dfscla1mlng all affinity and sym j
Tint was to destroy al other unions, and ah
sorb their materials. The new volcano was
to ent out the heart of the ancient mountain,
andTear its uniform geometrical conc to thu 1
skies. Wherever, by inevitable chance, the
new creation came In contact with the old,
opinions, there was no compromise, no join
ing of the broken: bones, no healing of the
sore, but simply life, health and universal
extension to the new, and Defiance, destruc-
tion, confusion, abolition, determination,
death to the old. Truth and Justice
asca tho ali nnnsg g0qSnd Sn and md BE-
the! United States and the. rest Of the
world. In all differences the only measure
Of their demands rms, what they were likely
to get by playing on the fears, or the scr,i-
pies Of other States. Their territorial max
1ns had no other reason than the will Of the
tyrant. Their future was terrible, gigantic,
tie vision Itself became IN incubus, and
thoughtful men began to see, that If this was
The American future, then America Ind no
future. Such was the Republic in its unbrok-
en- integrity as Mr.. N. Gibson calls it.
This vas the dream which began to ftighten
thinks It most unreasonable that the south
cru States should contemplate with dismay.
II was the dream Of IN Alnaschnr, which he
himself dispe1led with q kick. The southern
ers were daily told offs universal organiza-
tion In which the sovereign will of lhajorl-
national law, MI Institutions, every right and
interest TINT stood In Its way. They dreaded,
md it must be said they might justly dread,
the full brunt of that tyranny which they Ind
long known, and which, no doubt, they had
helped TO create, but which now. they saw
We, who know the utter unscrupulousncss
and the boundlcss aggressiyeness Of American
politics, wonder at the approximations ofthose
who found they were speedily to be done By
as they bad done, aud that when the BALANCE
ofpower passed from the South to the North,
The South would find it was to be trodden
under foote
HMr. NJ Gibson clings to this compact and
uniform scheme Of universal federation, IT,
rant majority, and general assimilation Of
habits and opinions. He hopes it may still
be q il rot quite l.,as IN our t%S ys.
lamities Of the etatss arc loss to ns, he says,
and If we don't fret ourselves about them It
is from apathy towards the sutfcrfngs of our
own people. The Confede1atcs, too, he says,
have betrayed the blackness Of their policy,
and made glory Of their shame. They hare
avowed that they intended, and still intend,
to establish mighty slavc-republic which
time. For this matter, the Confedcrates have
had no choice but to set up positive policy,
for 1t would have been impossible otherwise
to conduct the war and maintain standing
ground in the opinion Of mankind. As to
the feeling Of this country, It IL true, we a1e
satisfaction 60 terrible calamity as that
which has betallen so many millions Of our
own race Nobody Of common feeling does
hear of the mutual slaughter and
other sufe1ings entitled bS the ,.S;9r War
without sgmmissrat'on avcrtanain But waS a
adowing us, while it stretched It's limbs
and raised its tones to the scale Of u giant, 1t
was impossible but that our sympathy should
be weakened. We feel for men, not giants,
for monsters, for 1nadmcn, for those altogeth-
e ont of our rank and species Bat grant
the general arrangement. Of trade threatens
to i1aict even more serious injuries, yet 1t is
impossible toprerent political considerations
from intruding themselves, and even making
q eet-of the other way Mr.. n. Gibson can.
not, surely, demand from us that VIC should
absolutely wish the, United States to retain
their integrity or now recover 1t, SO as to
make a vast political unity Of the kind Mr..
Bright describes? That would be to wish
our own abascmcnt and onr own destruction.
Does he think That, merely in the interest Of
| philanthropy and commercial prosperity, We
wish all the continent of Europe to become
united under one government, and be admin
ietercd by one majority, OF one man :? Where
should We be In that case. Where would
Europe Itself be? Yet few can doubt that
Europe would use Its aggregate. power
more justly and more generously than
vast American ,G dsdesaton 5iaha3o, Eag'aRa I'd
nciehbore, so long Us they. are indeed
its ncighbors but It cannot possibly help
! wishing the disunI0n Of those who are unit
| ing with view of universal dominion or as
cenlency. But this is the far horizon which
| Mr.. NJ Gibson scarcely allows to appear in
his ysFy rretty picture sn Of ths Tera h ss It
| us into circle, and joins. us hand-in.hapd,
telling us VIC have nothing to do but to buy
! and sell, let every ono do rs he please5, and
make one another happy. We arc only TO
dance around him, keeping our hands still
Joined, and doing what everybody elsc wants
| us to do. Why should not SO pleasant an oc-
cupatIon last for ever, and who so wicked as
to be glad when 1t stops? But unfortunate
IL, the game which Nj. II. Gibson laments to
see so rudely Interrupted was one In which
not only the southern States Of America, but
England, and eventually all nations, were to
I act a part contrary to their nature and prln-
clples. They were to be crushed, absorbed
and reduced to mora1 submission worse
than slavery itself. Even If the southerners
md this British public are mistaken In this
| view Of the case, this, and not mere envy and
Jealousy, makes them acqniesce In American