, 1865-07-14
GREAT BRITAIN,
TIE PROBLEM OF AMERICAN RECONSTRUCTED.
tFfc1n the London Times, june as.}

tFrom the London Times, June s5.}
Ihe work OF re construction, A{tur fOuz
yesrs Of civil Ear, must ever br arluous and
Trotracted, but the task which now devolyes
upon President Johnson'e Government IS for
Eidnble beyond all precedent. It is not only
in the magnitude OF Its scale, but also In the
eclth to which its effects have penetrated,
that the conflict between North and South
enrpaEEe5 all Revolutionary wars Of which
History makes mention. The wars OF tic
Roses and the war between Charles !. nui
the ParliRmLnt, were long and saugul1ary.
but The disturbance which they caused was
less than Is o1srH Imagined. Many great
towns increased in population and wealth
while the nobility and their teta:n.rs were
fighting FOR the rival houses OF York and Lau-
chstcr: and 1t Is recorded that beIaft tie b4t-
tle Of Sasehy q pack Of hounds passed be-
tween the tFo armies, as thong h Tbs fats Of
England were not involved IN the result
Ncilher of these grand ccn!ests stirred the
inmosr heart Of English society; and the
French revolution itsell-thc gre .tcst by fat
Of all political conTu1sions-lid rot susoend.
even In Paris, the ordinary co,rEe Of bu slucss
and amusement. The P,risIaus bought ard
cold, planted and bn}Ided, masfisd and ea7e
in marriage, under the very shadow OF the
Gnlllottne; the passion for the theater 7as
not quelled by the thirst for b.oodshcd. ana
eocsal entertainments wcra not interrupted
On Itle.te,r,b,e Eight OF R,besp!erre's fall.
The desclation wrought BY the most destruc-
tive WAYS and tumults is happily not 50 vast
as the space which they occupied In the pages
of the historian, and 1ew months Of peace
arc Often sufficient to ef1ace almost all traces
Of them. The exhaustion resulting from
them Of course continues longer; but such ts
The reproductive energy called forth by the
repaired, like the loss Of blood IN a healthy
SUBJECT, much sooner than common e1peri-
ence would lead Us to expect. In America,
no doubt, this beuc6cent law of nature
will operate with extraordinary ylgor,
bnt 1t will have extraordinary dill
eult,es to to ,S 1se;sos Noz9s The mlshty
Lent vii display tismsslyes siu a. Tier aa, were
never displayed before; still the process Of
recovery must needs be slow where the de-
mand On the constitution has been 20 tre-
mendous. The war has been essentially q
peoples war, and the consequences must be
borne by the people, Making every allow
the number Of American citizens personally
tls>ecd in the war has been such as alre4dy :
to drafn the able-bodled population very
scriously. The value Of permanent works
destroyed mast far txcctd The waste OF auy
previous wAr. The taxes required to p.y
TIE Interest on debt Of two thousand six
hundred and thirty i've million dollars will
press heavily even On American enterprise.
The disbaEdfng OF tho 1rmy, however graf
ua,. will upset the present balance between
producers md consumers, and ths snn1fit s.ti!t
Llfsm will prove to have reverse appltSa-
lion. Above al1, the colossal problems in
volrtd in the rtsettIem, Mt Of the souta will
bc clerical test II American statssiaanship.
A VAIL FOE SLAVERY.
(rron The Loneon Herald, derby orgau)
June 2d-
The whole South Is unproluctire, for in
the Sauth white labor Is uteless and negro
labor csn no longer be commanded. In her
lasty desire to realize her treasure the North
has Killed The bird that laid toe golden EGG.
In this improbable process OF killing she has
inquired debt Of some tlueo thousand mil
liens of dollars, Which at the rate OF interest
which It b.ars, fur exceeds In It's pressure
upon The people the natloaal debt oi Eng
land. The NortLt5ntrs nse now staring
nehast at tie hinge fact Of this debt. They
are trembling A. this prospect Of an eternal
necks and the necks Of their posterity. Nor
is this all. They hare their debt OF three
thousand millions. They have tho half Of the
Union restored to thetu desolate and unpro-
ducuve. Worst OF ali, they have four nil
lions Of ncgross thrown upon thelr
intensely disafr: cttd t. their Govern
ucnt. Tic conf ct between the whites and
blacks at Washington l. tic precursor Of
another and more terrible civil wur. The
AboliGonists have obtained greater success
than they Hoped for. Tbs emancipation Of
the blacks Of the South, put forward heEtta-
tingly as TlT me lku1e BY Prestd INT Lincoln.
Is ayowtd - 4 cardinal point in the policy Of
President johnson. The North has upset nu
arrange ment which 1t is powes1eEs to replace.
Before the war six millions Of whites In the
South employed as Iaborcrs four millionB OF
an inferior lnce. The b:acks would not work
On the plantations except when restrained
under q system Of rigil control, which al
lowed them reasonable period Of enjoyment
aud seffn1u1gcnce, but e1actGd from them
daily q certain amonnt Of Work. This eys-
gated by the war The white masters have
been slain or reduced to Submission.
The four millionR Of negroes arc free
men. In Tits unnatural position
Of independent citizens, 1t Is not enough
for them to be admitted to the suffrage. and
to political privileges enjoyed by tho domI-
unit race. They must 1--we somehow-they
either, as is likely, they may rise against the
= hites, and endezyor to possess their lands.
If slavery Is to be thus violently and suddenly
ter11ina led, It the compromise, the arrange
mtnt for mutual benefit, which has long SUBJ
sisted between tie whites and blacks, Is to
De at IN eud, We can See no 3ssue but war Of
rsce, which will be war Of determination.
The North American Indians hare been MAJ
Escrcd piccemeal by the whites, who have
claimed their hunting grounds. The negro
IL now rival of the white man, instesd Of
his servant. md he will probably disappear
more rapidly than his copper -colored prede-
cessor. The labors Of the Abolftiouists will
rtsult In the abolition Of tho blacks.
SUPPLY OF COTTON DIscussD.
Inc eighth annual meeting Of the Cotton
supply Association was held On the eth ult.,
~ ahthestcr. The Chairman, Mr. Cheet-
Aam. ID seme remarks. said he thought that
a. the utmost thu supply III the Southern
States Of America won!d not exceed two
millions OF bales, and prudent cautious men,
were DOW not willing to admit cyep that
the probability they would not sncedijy oh.
tain the Gotten thal WIS there, Tic south
Tas 30 Thoroughly dcvastated, rs ra;lwaya
were broken up, is water eomuaunteatIon
yery mpch interrupted, and Its population M 60
utterly destitute, that he foresaw that some ~
cons,d derablc time must probably elapse Be-
folc lie cotton which was there could reaeh
ENGLAND. The 1efult Of that state or things
mirht BE- fortunate for the Liverpool specn-