The New York herald., 1864-10-30

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In few weeks. The lines, land aad subms-
rine, running south to China, and Australia,
and Singapore and java, present so little dim
Guilty, in consequences Of the shallowness Of
tho water 70 be crossed, that 1t Is not doubted
that within three years daily kilograms
may be received in London from Hong Kong,
Melbourne and Sydney. This will complete
the circle Of the Eastern Hemisphere and will
be just in time to meet our Atlantic telegraph
on the shores Of the Western, which will be
then completed; and We shall have the whole
world in the grasp OF the electric fiuid-a fact
which will represent the greatest triumph of
science in the present age.
The AbelStio. or siavsry-esrange Re-
s~lts.
When the abolition Of slavery was first vic
fsntly agitated on this side tho Atlantic, about
thirty years ago, it was tho fashionsble philan-
thropy of the time. There had been anti
slavery societies before that, but they were
merely little coteries Of tho "unco good"-old
gentlemen aad ladies Of Philadelphia and Bos-
ton, who met now and then of . sunny after
noon and droned one another TO- sleep with
prosy sermons about slavery. But in 1884
slavery was abolished In the British West In
dies, and that gave great impulse to the ques
tion. That event was declared by q British
statesman to be the death blow OF this Union;
and in that phrase the British statesman
sounded key note for the British aristooracy.
From that time forth English aristocrats lent
their energies to stimulate the abolition agita-
tion in these States, and made IL almost q now
crusade. AL their "sympathies" were with
the agitators, and they spent money freely for
the support of abolition papers. But all this
agitation was carried on under the cover Of
philanthropy. It was humanitarian move
ment. As such it was commended to the pious
men and women Of New England, and as such
it enlisted . fanatic zeal. Pictures Of the
horrors Of slavery--ths pain Of the lash,
that brought blood at every touch
moved the sympathies Of every lecture room,
and the Chadband and Mrs. Jellaby Of every
circle kept up the chorus on the miseries of
the negro. Abolition Of slavery was agitated
then by these deluded people purely as q hu
manitarian movement that would relieve from
misery hundreds Of thousands Of our fellow
creatures
We have had now fair taste Of the results
Of this English philanthropy humanita-
fiau movement Of tho pious men and women
of New England-this movement that was TO
relieve so much human misery. And what has
it doues Within the past four years it has cost
us the lives Of five hundred thousand white
citizens of the United States. who have been
killed in battle or have died in the hospitals.
Over this result those Englishmen, who believe
In the English declaration given above, rub
their hands and chuokle with delight. They
see In that so much of material loss of strength
for these States. Through the death of all
these white men there Is good reason to believe
that one million Of negroes have been made
free. Between two and three hundred thou
sand Of these-the able-bodied men-are in
the army, as soldiers, teamslers and servants,
and where are the rest! Many were old men
and old women and children, and these, and
an immense number Of others, have died
miserably Far tho larger part of the million
have died from the exposures incident to war
and from starvation--the consequence Of aban-
donment by these who labored for their sup
port But there are three millions left in
slavery. The Southern leaders now propose to
put into the Southern army all the able-bodied
men of those three millions BY this means there
will be left immense numbers Of old men aud
women and children--all helpless and without
the means OF subsistence. Will the few whites
that are left labor for the support Of these old
negroes' No: they must starve. All the
helpless and decrepit Of population Of three
millions must starve.
Such are aud will be the results Of this great
philanthropic and humanitarian movement for
the emancipation Of the negro and the aboli-
ton Of slavery. Slavery is abolished, and the
negro is likely to be abolished also. On the
one hand, the humanitarian fanatics have de-
stroyed what they labored for--have almost
annihilated what they desired to save--and, on
the other hand, the Southern leaders have done
the same. These Southern leaders announced
their intention to found nation on slavery.
Slavery, the Southern Vice President said, was
TO be the corner stone Of the Southern con-
federacy. But now these leaders abolish
slavery for the sake Of their own existence;
and. having boasted Of their chivalry and their
intention to found an empire on the necks Of
negroes, they call upon these poor negroes to
come forward and fight the battles Of this
proud chivalry. So strange is the progress Of
events--so wonderful the workings Of Provi-
dence.
NEw LAND ROUTE TO THE PAcrFgc.-The modes
Of transit from the Western to the Pacific
coasts Of this continent have hitherto been con-
fined In those by land throurh tbc Tsthuns of