The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-03-07

Icsd RusuL defended the governmsns from the
bare q having ass:ss sHs assS ss n Gsnos:
had been asked few year, asc for vote Of money for
The purpose the necessity Of the works would nave oesn
Sosed 70 join IN the cost Of sach defence the govern
nent must have answered In the negative sPenor
ing NE money required In quiet and secret manneI
BE- found without the knowledge Of the House Of Com
monn He excused the feeling that had been excted in
America BY the depredsons Of Inc ON ia
no claim on England occount Of those ana ne
rejoced though the abolition Of slavery was not ps o.
ect Of the civil that the recent vote OF the 1eder
Congress had sanctioned the abolition
Lord DERBY asked whether any measures had been
taken to meet the increase Of the American armed iocs
The Duke Of Somerset said the increase notified
10 the government only in November and since tnas
time tae navigation Of the st. Lawrence had been closed
After some brief conversation the subject dropped
The Magnitude and Consequences Of the
American War.
From the London Times Feb. a.
We are witnessing with much though various tnteree
ONE Of the military specaces presented to
the civilized world AL things considered there never
was such lighting before and for the Ike Of we nave
tons Of people, and with all the fresh aids and app
war Very few Of think have anything 10 do but
to look all the bettcr for us, shortsighed selfish
material interests wiser s monitors win ssy I. s how
ever wonderful considering that call tho performers
in this great tragedy brothers and cousins partners IN
In language In religion and In laws, how Few OF
us have relatveG and friends in the war This Is be-
cause the emga6h for many years past has been
chants and manufacturers who have speculated the
Of the beigerens, busy and enteprsng as they
Community and we hear or their dongs rather through
American than any home channels The great mass
Of our people not only those IN the deep quiet Of
their eyes with establishment at said 70 be making
his fortune by blockade running supplying arms and
ammunition to the combatants 4, hoxeusr, meldn-
choIy fact that conibued almo4 everything
sary to the spectacle We have supplied from our own
race both combaants least nine Of OF them;
we have provided the bone Of contention both the orig
inal slavery and the modern against IT. have
furnished arms powder nay the very percussion caps
the shipping, and Of al the other materials required
Some or have gone behind the scenes and brought
back strange experiences Staff officers, engineers doc
tors and even clcrgymen have gone on errands
Of science curiosity, and will know what to do
when half our SET woox ss e
the Americans themselves saw our Russian and Indian
difficulties Three may have been wars on grander
but the achievements OF those almost fabulous person
ages no touch US than when we hear Of noun
tain Of locusts blown into and then washed up
its shore When the matter is quite out Of know
ledge, million seems no more than hundred But we
quite at home in this business before u.s. The Ian
guage Of the men, the familiar examinations and pre-
xes their Names with occasional touch OF mother
wit thrown in by the principal actors, give sort Of
America i barring The palm IN at least the magnitude Of
her uar though still hdcs to Wat for Mat marvellous
reconciliation that to d0nih the toosd Great as she
has been peace and great as she has proved herself
In war; she finds IT not 30 easy TO repair the shattered
On the contrary, the vast mischief spreads and
do what we will. we doomed 10 see compl cations
rising North and SOUTH every sea- on the Pacific as
well as the Atlantic coast great war apt to become
uncomfortable because ilmitable too vast for control
with too many issues for forethought 1t rises to the
scale Of q natural convulsion the workings Of which
not be stayed Of and %n, ong s oaa
sad history How can be sure that some OF these
fragments heapcd up hurled alof will not come crush
throb nj every beat OF that still mighty heart and the
hopes Of thousands among us rise and fall as
some new rage excites the American breast or as yields
under some touch Of grace quam Of conscience
some voice Of reason and common sense.
The present stage Of this great struggle is noticeable
for its marked novelty upon the tenor the last
years The extreme exhaustion OF both SIDES as 70 men
to money appears to render 70 carry
on the war Il has been carried on There will not be
for the future those stupendous ornaments that waste
OF material and those Far dreadful sacrifices OF hu
man fe There will not be such costly and murderous
struggles for the possession of certain points, whether in
land or maritime Both sides tn have discovered that
they have made mistakes In attaching an exaggerasd
have then before the alternatives OF peace or war
carried more in the open country, either guerilla
fashion or by such that by which Sherman
has In fact changed the fortunes and the face Of the
Such change will involve Others and not the least
win be liable bring forward military sdventrcrs who
do not depend either Washington or Richmond for
their their plans perhaps not even their
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aucnces TO every constituted recognized Power either
on the soil At oil within reach Of this great earth
cans into pcace-nay the danger Is as much ours as
theirs but II the war proceeds It Will one day come to
such that neither we nor they viii DC able 70 say
who the real rulers OF that vast continent and who
the whose power, whose vengeance, or whose
wisdom We have 70 watch.
That the war must enter on new phase ID evident
from the proved mpossbility Of carrying on with the
existing institutions rather constitution. The requi-
site lcvies whether Of men money be made
MD aycfa nf Inuch
authority When the President IL obliged to employ de-
ecves TO that the States do their duty the day
be distant when the central power will do that duty
as il Is done In Europeby the imperial agency, and
other Such the result OF long In times
gone by and the several States In this instance have
proved that they are no more 70 be trusted than
the feudal chiefs, the tributaries and allies,
whose shortcomngs vacllaon OF weakness have
| their loyalty and zeal. For the prosecution Of a
| great war there must be not only common cause
and ardor but the sacrc, Of everything that
incrfcres with perfect unity Of action One Of the
lest consequences Of great war with France was
the Irish Union, and the fret result Of the Indian
tiny the transfer OF the Indian government to the
British divided authority makes large demands
time and on that mutual Difference which contributes
much TO the pleasures Of peace but becomes imposs
bic when commands must be executed Immediately and
thoroughly, which is the only pace war can take to sue
| Of their constitutional guarantees for liberty
| is incident that will soon be q matter Of
take place and new generation rising to estate
under reign ., and IN the sphere ?"
be the more important in their thoughts2 Or IL they
should have quarrel with the larger bond will II be Ia
fall back the essor' The Americans have already
sacrificed liberty for Union, and they may shortly nd
that they will have to sacrifice Union for empire They
will have TO sacrifice that free voluntary Union which
their fathers framed and died for, in order
Power that shall sustain itself any cost and hold III
against all corners, whatever political constitution
may be found best for that purpose
The War in south America.
THE SITUATION or AFFAIRS IN BRAZIL AND TIKI
SOUTH AMERICAN REPUBLICS.
We have received advices and nles Of papers from
Eenos Ayres 70 the 18th Of JnnnarY The Nandard iD