The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-08-03

tives OF conservatism. which the tory party have
always stubbornly maintained. The success Of
the liberals, then, with Mr. Gadstone's triumph
in South Lancashire, may be regarded as step
| in The direction of democratic principles II il
at least the sowing of the seed, and we will not
have long to wait for the fruits. The next cleo
| ton will doubtless show q greater gain for
! liberal IDEAS and before many years the British
Parliament win thoroughly represent, as it never
did before, the prevailing sentiments of the
| people This change il due to our late war.
The public mind of Europe would be duller
ethan the tat weed that roots itself at ease on
Le.he's wharf, if it did not receive vitalizng
impression from the magnificent spectacle which
this selfgoverned nation has presented for the
past four years. Its capacity to overcome do
mestic treason, raise u vast army of citizen
soldiers and an immense navy, and discharge
them both with perfect safety to the interests of
the country both at home and abroad, is some
thing which no nation in Europe could demon
strate. For it must be remembered that
although we are disbanding our soldiers and
putting our vessels out of commission, we are
not in fact, destroying our army and navy, for
we can replace them both at six weeks notice
on any emergency. These facts have not escaped
the attention of The people of Europe, and they
are of course not without their influence on its
statesmen. II is not alone in England that
liberal ideas will progress. We shall see the
same manifestations in France, and, indeed, all
over the continent We have already noted
the effect which our late successes produced in
Germany in the popular exultation at the re-
establishment of our national authority. States
men and sovereigns will have to mould them
selves to the new order of things in Europe.
The result of the English elections is but the
straw which shows which way the wind blows.
Talking Treason North and south-The
Danger OF the Future.
There is noisy party at the South, as well as
one at the North, talking very positive treason.
It was supposed that we had done with that for
some time. We had once very great deal Of it.
For thirty years fanatics at the North and fanatics
at the South talked treason, and no one could
stop it, because the constitution provides that
men may talk treason as much as they please
| if they do not act any. But it has been seen
that it is none the less dangerous to the country
| to permit men to talk treason, even though the
laws cannot punish il. Those parties made
proselytes, as all parties will, however wild or
visionary their tenets. If man stands in the
middle of Broadway at noon, and looks straight
| up into the heavens for five minutes, there will
be dozen around him doing the same; in ten
minutes there will be fifty, and in fifteen
minutes, If the police do not interfere, there
will be Ave hundred. Half the number will
declare that they perceive some remarkable
arrangement of stars. Just so, if men will only
go on With the persistency that fanatics always
! have, they can make party on any question.
Thus It happened that these opposing fanatics,
chair thirty years persistency, built up t~o
parties in the country whose views, purposes .
| and opinions were so widely dinerecci. tnaL y
| was not possible even to debate them in peace.
| In order to know which should prevail, it was
| necessary to try which was the strongest, and
| then came the war. Now the views of the
| Southern fanatics were inconsistent with the
existence of the nation, and the views Of the
Northern fanatics were the less Objectionable
to the masses Of the people; so the whole body
of the law and order loving community joined
hands against the Southern extremists, and they
and their cause were put down. That was the
wholesome decision Of the country against the
wild views of that party. The Southern soldiers
accepted it and went home; the Southern
leaders recognized it and tried 10 run away.
But there is class of men in the South which it
appears does not recognize it. This
class is made up Of the original agi-
tators-lawyers and poIiticians-who kept
out of the fight and are alive to sgitate
again and try to make anothe, party. They
belong to that order of humanity that II not
kicked when it is down will deny at the next
corner that it ever was down. The government
has mercifully left their heads upon their shout
dcrs, and is disposed to leave their dollars in
their pockets; and yet, while the real masses Of
the Southern people acknowledge that seces-
sion is dead, these fellows scream secession as
loudly as ever, and declare in their conclaves
that the South is only waiting another oppor-
tunity and will try il again. They are 80 vio-
lent in North Carolina that Governor Holden
can only say he does mot believe that Union
men will he hanged or punished in that State.
punished is a strange word for the North to
hear in such a sentence.
On the other hand, the Northern fanatics are
az little satisfied with the result of the war as
are those at the South. They have piled up for
us a debt that mortgages every mans bread
and butter; they have taken brother or a son
out of every family, and yet they swear, like 80
many Moiochs, that the dreadful sacrifice must
go on. Now, this party that clanors treason
at the North and the party that clamors treason
Mt the South are rs active and as violent as
ever, as if there had been ~ dreadful settle
ment by war Of The questions they argue.