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he South, which 1t had become eort off

the South, which 1t had become aort offash-
ion In certain circles to profess, has certainly
been much modified, II it has not In g,eat
measure, died away. The predominant and
appeared to me to be the admiration WHICH,
slowly and unWilllDgly, perhaps, but still
surely and inevitably, has been forced upon
il, Of the steady, stern, unbending patriot
isIu1 courage and resolution Of the Govern
ment and people Of the old United States.
The English. though highly pte}udiced, are
not an
to be enlisted in the cause Of great and
kindred people, fighting for what 1t sincere
Is believes tC be the cause ct national exlat-
ence. Courage and resolution are character
istics cf Epg]ishmen; and where have
these qualities. been exhibited with
devotion than in tie armies Of the United
States. Then again, the astonishing skill
and great originality with which a1l the na.
val and maritime operations Of the war have
been conducted, are we'll calcu1ated to il
epire Great Britain with respect nt least, to
use no other t.rm. The wonderful progress
made In aunpezy, SO for exceeding auything
set accomplished In England, affords anotn-
e. theme IN the hum of admiration which
found gradually arising la the British fslsB,
. over the exploits Of their gigantic offspring.
a nation, too, called upon freely to decide
Its own destfnies by the voice Of the people,
ie sight Englshmen must sympathlze with
and honor, especially In the present condi-
ton OF Europe; and the vote, therefore,
about to ensue in America is keenly. watched
tor and canVassed. May it prove to be for
the best interests Of the country, let its issne
be what it may! tit be for continuing war,
may var be glorious; and II it bring peace,
nay peace be honorable!
1must be pardoued if thoughts like the
n11 r. Tat
and forget the actna1ities Of the present in
reveries On the absent. But there is much
of deep interest, also, takiug place at this
moment around one In Europe. A great
questionable Papai and italian question-
has unexpectedly been advanced step BY
him who holds the destlnies both Of Pope
and Italy, and Of many sovereign and na
tionality besides, in his mysterious and fated
hand. The Emperor Napoleon has, as yon
are long since aware, suddenly con -iuded a
convention with King Victor Emmanuel for
the gradual evacuation of Rome. The text
Of the document only appeared in the Moni-
teur Of Frieay last, and at length reduced
Contents. The most remarkable feature Of
the transaction is that, though dis
posing in the mcst absoluse man.
ner 81 the Pope, Of bis capital. bis
public forces, even hfs debts. His Holiness
Is not only no purity to ths act, but has not
even been asked for his consent, 20 opera
tion, or agreement, He is simply told that
the thing hss been done. People. ask, with
reason, II this be not provisional overlook
Ing of the temporal power exceedingly omin-
ous OF It's future and final suppression. And
such Is now become the general and openly
ayowed belief. The liberal preas declares,
sans .5acen, that "The treaty." Il quote the
very words Of one Of its organs "leads nec-
esaa1ily to the fall Of the Papal soyereignty;"
and such laugua meets with neither official
reproof nor denial. The clerical and ultra
montane press express the eame sentiments,
with a different feeling, aud, as at present
advised. see no reason to doubt but that the
two parties to the France-Italfan Convention
must teel that such is the natural conclusion
to be anticipated from their handy-Work in
the course Of the next two Teara.