Semi-weekly news., 1865-04-15
War with England.

! in A'arriCH VII soon Ir at alI end,
with the following sp-culaSions OF,
! the probabilities "f war between
! England and the jritcd states:
Asto The conditions oi peace, it il
, needless to discuss more than one,
! and that is n joint stock of grudges
against this country As in many
other quarrels. a common object of
hatred ~ the occasion and ground OF
reconciliation. The trrnsuri.s of the
tw" sides will not produce large
SUN, but their grievances with Eug-
land mount up to something consider
able. We are prepared for this. A
bloody quarrel must leave bitter re
membranes and Huch Indignation.
These must have an object, and if
victim that can he found is an uucon-
cerned and unsympathetic bystander.
Who better, indeed, than the police
man himself. if he can be attacked
with impuuity!
As the Federal Government main
tains that it has quarrel with us in
the shape Of claims which we do not
acknowiedge and it has great deal
to gsin by a successful war with us.
The cue tito, to which We have to ad-
drsss ourselves is simply whether
they can go to war with us with p
fair prospect "f success. If they can
they Certainly will. The first con
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Confedrrates are exhausted. the Fed
eral. are only less 80 aild If the latter
only succeed bv the exhaustion, of
then Southern Toe, they are not likely
I" tiid success easy by turning
against 4 rev foe, with untouched
strength ;.rd reouurccs. 1t is true
that ;i...rr H. - lnr-" .u:ry, many of
" moan ma n"N br cm,ied veterans,
AM xii IA the naIud- "i men with
a0ni, e! l".r''nCr 81 ;cin;i hghtlng.-
liut the s,"i'!ier II, III. HYrs, after
certain peru" Of hardship. pines for
repoec ;,nu longs lur n.a snug farm,
even though alter brief irt,.rI al h"
is AGAIN read y torfghtin@. Through
ont d. whole Of the States industry
- InCr" "r los 1T :, ;,stand still for want
of inru ;..G It u,icr9 Wages that com
pete viii ,Lc ,n.r.nuTs bountirs and
pav of the soldier. The attraction
of peace will br Irresistible. after five
wears or more Of this desperate work.
so we must consider whether the
men will enlist again for Il new war
against anew and certainly not less
Vigorous toe. They must be paid
tirst on the old account and there is
not a soldier IN The service whose
pay IL not many months in arrears:
But that will be a. !. tritle compared
with the new dill! The American
Treasury, heptlessly insolvent will
have to try conclusions with the
Treasury, which pai': a hundred
millions sterling for one warten years
ago, and has been reducing taxation
ever since. 1t would have to do this
with crippled commerce. for though
both would play this game America
would have her full share OF its for
teits.
For every Alabama tha, has sneak
ed oat OF our ports hundred would
steam out with the British colors.-
New York, too, which has hithert"
fought ut dis,ancc and given money
rather than men, would have to bear
the brunt of the new struggle, and
might haplv share the fat OF Charles
ton, Savannah, and q few oth-r "t it,
victims. The Federal territory
might not be inviolaie, and If Cana
da can be .eaclied it can also strike
home. Long wars, distant enterpris-
es, familiarity with command, the
exercise of prOconsular authority. the
mutual jea!ousies of chiefs, and a
real dictatorship athcadquartcrs, are
sure in the end to break up a repub-
lie. The statesmen OF that republic
have lately had some reason to sur.
vey their past policy, domestic as
well a. foreign, and I" apply to ii
higher and tru"r principles than thosr
which satisfy the vulgar tests OF day
ite. They may possibly have com"
to the conclusion that State, are not
to he founded on vinle.cr, aggression
aud fraud. They may discover that
after all, the New World is alnrnabl,
/ to tn. same moral code. the same po
litical wisdom, the sam" laws o
Providence as the Old. bn coInpar
ing notes, they may find that the mel
and the States that successively
started with very reasonable hop,
of conquering and annexing all Asia
all Europe, all Africa. and even al
together, did not succeed, and la,
even 10 pay fearful penalties, soone
or later, for the very attenpt. So
putting all things together, we ar
inclined TO believe that the Govern
mcnt of Washington will not nttacl
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