The New York herald., 1865-05-16

| E6set or the Assassination In Eu-
| From all the governments of Europe we bear
noble expressions of sympathy with US ss a
people for our recent loss, and in these express
sions we get the first really satisfactory indca-
ton that Europe justly appreciates our cause.
One of the most striking of the many phrases:
| that the leading men of Europe have let fall on
| this subject occurs in M. Rouker's address TO
the French Corps Legislatif He said, in refer
ence to the assassination, I" The 6rst punish
ment which God inhicts upon crime is TO render
| 1t powerless to retard the march efright' This
is especially true of the great crime referred TO,
and not only has that crime proved "powerless
to retard the march Of right" butit has, indeed,
assisted and accelerated that march
| Before the murder Of Mr.. Lincoln the cause
the world, and although there was, to our eyes,
the widest possible difference between that
wrongful cause and our righteous one yet
honest men at distance did certainly confound
the two, and were not able to say quite distinct
| ly which was the right The South claimed to
| fight for freedom, and was clamorous every
where with the denunciation Of our government
as tyranny. On that cry it found sympathy,
and the facts of the quarrel were scarcely con-
| sidered by one in ten abroad, the mass accept
| ing the view that the Southerners were brave
people, fighting against rs as the Polanden
might against Russia. And thus that bad
cause, which 50 speciously made itself to look
/ n Tn ~vf,k ~ hat vorv
fact retsrd "ths march Of the right" It dis
puted with us for the commendation Of the
world, and cheated us out of the moral sup
port we were entitled to. But the assassina-
tion came and changed all that II was in
tended TO strike us down, and its effect was
merely 10 show The true character Of the rebel
cause, and 70 dishonor II beyond ell doubt By
that one act the rebellion was made to stand
In its proper light before the world; and thus
that blow really accelerated the march Of
right" by giving to our cause good word
from every enlightened portion Of the human
race. fa
Now that the rebel cause b utterly dishon-
ored by this one act Of its atrocious partisan,
Europe is eloquent with these good words for
us. We are "the grand American nation"-
the "great republic"-a "great and glorious
people," and SO on; and in one nation it is
recognized, in this same connection, that we
are the greatest of military Powers. We are
the great Power of the earth. And all this re-
cogniion has been purchased for US by vii
famous blow that was expected to throw us
into terrible state of political anarchy, and
to seal our ruin The blow intended to finish
us sets us higher, and induces state of feel
ing and acts of International courtesy that will
go far to soothe the i'll will we felt towards
Europe, and may thus even avert another war
and lead to long and happy years of peace.
The Farce OF the Rebcllion-Jen. Davis
as . Low Comedian.
jeff. Davis has come to as ridiculous an end
as the rebellion he has so long sustained. The
finale to his reasonable career recalls in its
iull force the old illustration of the rocket and
the stick. During his life he has played many
parts, and like o stock actor at Bowery
theatre, he has changed his character with his
dress, and transformed himself from soldier
to . SENATOR, from senator to rebel Chief
from o rebel chief to q first robber, from first
robber to fugitive murderer, and from fugi-
tive murderer to low comedian, at the
shortest possible notice. He began the rebel
lion with tragic strut, ended it with a melo-
dramatic exit, and was caught in his wife's pet
ticoats, with spurs on his heels and bowie
knife in his red right hand. Always stiff,
starched and pompous when fortune smiled
upon him, he appears to the worst
possible advantage now that misfor-
tune has taken the starch out Of him,
and left him limp and wilted. While the histo-
rian is engaged in describing the terrible war
which JEFF. Davis caused and prolonged, the
comic poet, the dramatist and the caricaturist
will take care Of the petticoated rebel. For
the future he will be remembered less as q chief
than as charlatan.
The son of horse thief, JEFF Davis had edu-
cation enough to worry through West Point and
enter the United States Army. In Mexico he
distinguished himself by drawing up his troops
in the very weakest position, and accidentally
repelling charge of poor Mexican cavalry.
Elected to the United States Senate, he culti-
waited his sham dignity TO that extent that he
was everywhere quoted as model Of deport-
ment. In The Cabinet of perplexed Pierce he
assumed the tone of q dictator, and spent his
time in intrigues for presidential nomination.
SO long as he had the hope of the Pres-
dency before him he remained true to
the Union; but when that hope failed
he threw himself into the secession move
/ nAt,t In hn NJ half
the United States, since he had no longer
any chance Of presiding over the whole. His
vaultng ambition overleaped ITSELF He could
neither threaten nor cajole any European
Power into recognizing him or his confederacy.
Our government made war upon him instead
! of mailing forms with him Accordino IN tho