The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-05-15

altered. SO long as the war lasts, political
ngt be tnpnsd STOP an that hs pso pnSs mind n
could, would be slow to follow the lead Of au
enemy. SO long as the war lasts. the
war will be the sole business of Parliament,
and the administrative and repressive power
Of government will be concent1 ated and aug
mented. The growth Of what are called Ame-
rlcan-that is, Democratic--ldea as will be check
ed. II war against America should be sue
cesstul, they would be put back, no man knows
how long, just as they would have been had
the rebellion succeeded in breaking up the
Union. [ always thought the aristocratic
class Of ersa: II s:Titsn logically right in SYM
solution Of a republic which is q standing men,
ace to every oligarchy in the world. From
their point OF view. they are equally right now
cancellation.
Strong est Of all is the reason sprnging from
the relation Of England at this moment to the
other European powers. She has sunk from
the rank OF q first rate to second rate power
80 far, at least as Continental affairs are con-
cerned. Bismarck, in his epigrammic way, ut
tered no more than common opinion when,
in reply to some English criticism on his
policy, he said ''lf were an Abyssinlap. or o.
Hindoo, or even an American l might, per-
haps, care what England thinks. But being
Arnold bitterly Tesea ens snce
his countrymeh the same humiiating truth,
in language scarcely less concise aid contempt.
uous. The causes OF her lnferiority are more
causes we're removed England dare not fight
while the Alabama remains precedent,
and leaves her commerce o prey to
privateers issuing, from neutral ports.
longer pow r. She may still be summoned
to European Congresses so is Turkey. Her
ENJOYS may be listened to with an affsctation
OF respect-so was the envoy Of Greece. But
the moment Will come when each country of
Europe has to support it's counsel VITA the
word. France will throw hers into one scale.
Prussia hers into another, and on one side or
the other Russia will fling hers, and probably
land England knows, and Europe knows
that In that supreme moment the power which
used to subsidzo one half the continent and
fight the other, must abandon the place which
she has ceased to be able to maintain by force.
She must renOunce her political authority and
shelter herself behind an lmpotent neutrality.
There are men in both parties. like Mr.. BRIGHT
and Lord Stanley. who look forward contented-
~ to such an hour, but the mass Of fEnglishmen
do nos. The ruling oigarchy has here the sup
port 81 an undoubted majority. They do not
want to resume the old system of perpetual
inter. .erence, but they want to be free to de-
clare war when interest or honor bid tlsm.
ConSclous that they are fettered by the unset-
tled claim OF America. yet resolute not to
make reparatlon, they seem to have determine
Ell on the only other course which can restore
to England unchecked freedom of aotio1. Thev
propose to fight Amerlcs first in order to be at
liberty to hgnt somebody else afterward They
difficulty in order to deal with the Fenian
movement, but on that I need not dwell.
Whatever may be thought Of the probable re-
suit such policy, it is at least intelIigible
and coherent. and the existence OF such party
affords sufficient explanation of the attitude
assnm I'd by such a journal as tho Pail Mali
Gazette. We are indebted to that journal for
announcing publicly the purp ,se which has
long been brooded over in private. It is a fair
which We cannot afford to n g lect or
G. w. g.