The New York herald., 1865-04-15

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better and greatss psopls tAaa they wsss
vhsa the war bsgaa-s people hlghr = 10
social scale. But when such war b waged o.
- stupssdous . sssls - our war has been.
and BY people with - nuch intellectual and
moral foros, % much oapability of growth.
Il cannot bs but tAAs the changes end progress
thatit must induce win bs such - TO bslittls
oil the examples Of ths past and 10 rsvolutoaise
completely the present
We believe thst the influence In that way
that ths war b 70 have spoa The country WIN
amount TO scarcely les than . new orgaaisa-
ton Of our nadona lifs. Through al Tho
f0turs We will be different people ffom that
We have been. We have sloughsd away IN
tAsss fsw terrible years tho forms u tAs older
lifs, and already We arc taking now snss With
an instinodvs sense Of what we are to bA. Our
national oAasaetsr grows larger b ~ eea-
tsmplAtioa OF what W have done md
BY contact With great events. In thA
seventy years pest Americans showed tAas
The rudimsntary ffssnsn ef Tie Revolutionary
days, developing al TIE ar6 Of peace, eoald be
greater mechanics, inventors, traders and sail-
ors than any other men and now We have
os0 In thess arts and tksir love Of tho almighty
dollar" ars possessed also Of The grander man
hood that succeeds In waS hat they make
also better soldiers than any other men, and
that they can carry war TO The Same high pitch
Of fdevslopment-that they have carried 20 many
other srts. The consciousnsss Of this Influences
the national mind and character, and viii stamp
with largo aad noble spirit Tie literature.
history and philosophy that will grow out Of IT.
Our national industry and commerce viii
also feel tbs revolutionary sdsot, and vastly
improved and enlarged commercial and Anan-
cial systems will be the result The undaunted
spirit Of the navy will communicate itself to
mercantile marine that will make our flag
familiar ON every sea, and tho world will derive
new wealth from the fact that the attention Of
this people has been for the first time fixed
upon the great questions incident to the ma
tional finances Industry, assuming thousand
new forms, will give us the full benefit of the
untold resources Of this great continent, and
we shall be richer, more prosperous In all ways,
more happy and more free then We ever were,
or than any other people ever were. From the
memorable epoch Of the closing Of this war the
great revolution In our national life begins, and
We take fresh and glorious start
THl Icn NONoPoLY.-We publish in another
column communication from the Ice dealers
In reply 70 the notice we gave few days since
informing the public that they had entered
into . combination snd decided TO double
their charges. We willingly give the an
swsr, In order that the public may
zee the weakness Of thei, AA.-. wAi'. ~i.a"ss
everything sf necessary consnmption-such -
-four, butter and provisions Of al kinds, coal
and wood, and cotton and woollen fAbrcs-is
following, slowly We admit, but surely and per
mAnsnty, the decline Of gold, IL seems prepos-
terous-and 20 The public will view it-that tAs
ice dealers, In the fAce Of such evidence, should
now assume TO double their last years charges,
and quadrupls tAs prices Of four years ago.
There are two fAeA In relation TO the ice
business which should not De lost sight Of
One 10 that nature furnishes the dealers their
stock IN trade gratis, and the bountifnl crop
vouchsafed to them last winter leaves them no
cause Of complaint In that respect Andthe other
nav be referred 70 - equally worthy Of con-
sideratson. Congress, viewing Ice - an article
Of necessity rather than luxury, relieved IL
nom NE burdens Of the internal revenue law,
and permitted tAs dealers to escape the direct
tax which Aas been placed upon almost every
other commodity. But Il u useless 70 present
a,gument which h hkely - sand In The way sf
combinations Nike that Of The ice dealsrA There
can, therefore, be no harm N competition IRON
Maine and Massachusetts,.
Tn Cny Toa PHoemD1,oS.-Ben BntleS aAA
ne radicals are calling sut louday for pre-
s1iptson, now hat The war h over and ~
people gsneraIly, - Won - The sdministratioA,
are Aisposed 10 DEAL humanely WIN tAoss who
have erred and have bssn sabdusd. Mercy 10
. fAYssn foe h one Of The Highest characteristics
os manhood; bat II b one which Ben Butler
and ths radicals do not seem 70 regard TAsis
bowling for prescription against the Southern
people brings 70 our mind few events Of
history-that excellent philosophy which
teaches BY example. II reminds ~ Of Robe
spierrs, who was the nSsa 70 call for The guillo-
tins In France, snd who afterwards gave up
his miserable lhs under II II recalls, too, tie
story Of 0aius Narius, in Ne days Of he Roman
republic, who demanded the prescription sfths
friends Of Scylls, and subsequently, psrished In
The narshes IN outlaw and fugitive. At that