, 1865-05-04


not affect the policy Of the administration,
would he unreasonable to attach to3 muc
importance TO them. Very pcsslbly Mr.. Sen
ard could not have spoken SO TEN 9erately t
the excited thousands Of New York. But #
believe the more moderate tone Of the I'D
dresses at Washington il more Ts!ia5< iade'
Of american policy.
THE SYMPATHY OF GREAT BRITAIN AGA1Ns
THE NORTH II THE coNTE5T-CURtous MEX
1cAN SCHEME.
(Tom Taylor in Xacchelter Guardian1
The tidipes Of tue fall Of Richmond hay
awakened st1atintnfs Of disappointment and re
grtf gtneTt7y throughout Ate 1Pet End. 4
DrookS ond the EdT4on men for o1ace] ogyte
OF high life, hut Of that large element Of op
u1ence and refinement which contributes 81
much to swell the social influence Of ,ahat i
properly eaQrd TIE orittoeraey, has 6ecn predom
tna'tay and e'nphatioauu> >so9t1<rn in it syn.pa
hsies: For some months indeed the hope q
But this has rather gdded to the feeling Of sol
| ieifudt for the ultimate fate Of the confedtrac,
II an dt tracted from it. It has, Throughout
tbs contest, been generally believed that thc
sentiments Of the court were indeed the 9th.
er way. Prince A1bert's last words to the
Queen, If possible. keep at peace With
cal prudence rather than any leaning
towards democratic institutions oi
democratic policy, have exercised,
It is supposed, d greater influence than, per.
haps, they were intended to do. But, be this
as 1t may, the opinion Of the governing
classes in this country is little sWayed o.
by the personal pred;lcctions Of the palace
and when. some weeks ago, Lord Russell, de-
Waiting from the rule conyent,oually observed
In parliamentary debate, volunteered tho ex.
traordfnary information that the late prince
consort had, with his own pen, changed
many important expressions in the demand
for satisfaction made by the present govern.
ment for the outrage committed by Captain
Wilkes, nc announcement toos received nth d
sort et sslea. II not seor7t, silence bythe psers,
A leEs csediiable confession has seldom, in
deed, been vouchsafed BY any ambitious OF
nnsctupulous minister for Iozcign affairs. Nor
did It escape notice that the noble earl, who
was two yea1s ago SO impartially critical
On the motives and merits Of North and
sontb' u the SANG speech, With q dodgers
scent Of coming cAange, designated the
weaker party for the first time the
so-eaned Confederate States" All this
is very pitifal md miserable; but verify
1t will have Its reward. IN the city. on the
other haId, though the Confederate. loan has
dropped, ard other signs abound Of stagger-
ing under the heavy blow, there is far less ey-
fd'nce Of detection among the friends Of se-
ingf each Of whom is 1ikcly to br. we'll in-
formed, mud whose judgment is perhaps o.
good as that of any on this side oi the ocsau
regarding American affairs. Their notion
seeme to be that the war will drift Wesrward,
and TINT. even though Virginia, the Carols
mas and Gcorgia should ultimately Join the
Atlantic fed ration, there is great game yet
to be played on the shcres Of the Gulf aud
the banks Of the Mississippi I have N.Y.
self long entertained the idea that In
ccIraln contingencies rapp1oetement, in-
spfrcd By the want aud the wish for
mutual h=lp, toosld TUX place oet,0eea he
otxr n'ote1sd conGtlefa:es a1d the imperial
GRd brains. Ie can neter import fAem from
Europe IN sufficient quantities 10 make soje his
crazy throne. these he may some day lind It
possible to chain from Davis aud Lee, who.
soontr than submit 10 their victorious enc
mics, may at last come to the alternative Of
to both eeyersl Of the Gulf states. The
temptation to Napoleon III wonld he frresfs-
tible 10 acknowledge ouch compact. if not
to guarantee It success. For him It would
have all the attraction of vlndicating pol-
icy which otherwise has come to look desper-
ate, and Of af1ording him the eslat Of esiab-
nkhiDg in the new. world great instead Of a
weak and poWeTltss monarchy.
SECESSION on REEyoLu11oN? ?-EsGLASp's1
HOPE IN D1suE1oy.
From the London Times, April III
We must now wait for whaI moth
Ing but time can teach us-the solution of
the great problem Of 81 cession. Has this
terrible d. anna been simply war, or is it a
revolution? Il Il Is a frdr, The End ruust5. necr
If indeed, II has not been reached already
-for, bcyoId the 1eeble force under Johns
ton at Raleigh aud the remnant of the Rich
mond garrison under Lee, the Sonth has no
orGanizs armies IN the aed, nor is it prob
able that any can be raised. This stnge Of
the great struggle has been accomplished.
The North, By It's determined will, and lately,
1t should be added, By the excellence OF It's
generals, has overcome the South, has de-
ftated It's armies and occupied Its principal
towns. 1t has had far greater difficulty In
dong 60 than was at first anticipated, and It
appealed, indeed at times, as IL even this
portion Of the work could never be accom-
pltshed Mt all. But if the exhaustion conse-
quent on this protracted struggle should
terminate the icsistance of The South
altogether, it may be fortunate for the
North that Richmond WAS not captured till
the fifth year Of the war. When President
Davis declar. d that II Richmond were taken
the var could be prolonged for twenty years
In Virginia alone, be was specula ting, per-
haps, on resources which five desperate cam
palgns had fatally reduced, The Confcdera-
cy, which for fye yca's has proved SO unex-
pectedly stttng aud resolute, may now prove
unexpectedly p6werless ind desponding. In
that event the work of the North will be
easy bu. We have now arrived at the end,
not Of the war, hut Of the FIRST stage Of p,-
li:ical revolution, the real troubles of the
North are hut Just beginning. 4 few more
mt ntlls will dleclose the scene, and it would
be useless to anticipate the spectacle by cou-
lecture Or prediction. We can only admire
plore 1hc carnage; but what 90 dreadful
strife may ultimately bring forth it Is impos-
sible to imagine.
HOPING AGAINST HOPE.
From the London staEdard.]
Within very short. tune he {Lee} will have
organized sy stem Of defense in the noun
famous county Of bis native State, from
which fmatpttrab1e and imp7egnablc POSI-
ticn the combined efforts Of the Federal Gov
eminent Will lie powerless to drive hun; and
IS iof focd and materials Of war" the fer
tile valleys ind the mineral resources uf that
inexhaustiole country :uld supply him
With nil that he will 1tquire; uod be will be
DO longer lied 10 one SPIT, as his e1traordi-
nary defense OF Richmond has compelled him
to X, but will be a1 liberty to strike blow a.
ter blow upon he different federal columns,
which, In 1helr loldness consequent upon re-
cent BncceFses, may advance against him,
Surely, then, It were tboughttess argument
causc The capital OF the Confcdt1ary has been
evacuated.
WAITING FOR THE "souIuERy Accouyrs.r
From the London Sun, April Ill
From the tone of the Federal refoicings
over the supposed conclusion ofthe war, one
might suppose that the city had been ca arIled
by assault, and their cxtrayagant boast1nRs
might a1mcst mislead the render. But is 1t
reasonable to suppose that, had It not been
pre-ar1abged, after SO many months Of her9ic
e1iste nee, the Confederate urmy would not
have fought till, the very last, and have given
The invader more trouble in getting actual
possession OF the two cities? Il ever the
good old motto of audi dNeTea. 1arttm Is to be
needed, this is certainly not an OCCASION On
which 1t should be overlooked.
4 WISE yIEw-CoSCEDEo HopELEssyEss OF TIE
SoUTnERE CAUSE.
(cor. Morning Post, {Palmcrs.on's orcau).
What the moral effect Of the cvacua!ton Of
the Confederate capital: will be is painfully
easy to comprehend. 1t Is best that those
who, with all honesty and candor, admire the
hcroism and bravery Of the Southern psop1e,
and who tblEG with them that their cause Il
q holy and just que. should consider this last
unfortunate blow aslt really is-the most dis I
astrens to them Of any affatr. that has occnr-
II d du;jng the war. lis loss is not tho same
rs New Orleans, Savannah, Charleston OF
Wilmington. 1t is tie cherished capital of
TIE Conltd:racy. which has been 81 be ideally
md skl1lfully defended Tor the past four years,
and It's loss Is i1rcparable.
ATLANTA, AUGUSTA, OR MONTGOMERY, As CAP |
lrA1s, WOULD HAVE SAVED THE SOUTH.
IFTom The London Tclegraph.l
It ec.ms now beyond human probability |
That the Centede1acy should conquer lis in |
Dependence. The fall of Richmond Is the
catastrophe Of the South. Had, the capital
zen placed ct dt'anta, Aagusta, or Montgomery,
The 1a7itel Texpus ces Of the C1nftderdcy could
hare resisted all a!tempss at piercing The eenler,
4 s4olAr 3o+a ~1r1i o1.r f,or