The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1873-06-22

lant nation bul we the nearest klns-
whore policy iulillcrcd and hnstcncd
lls destruction, have 10 bear, not only
the pang Of sorrow, hut the worse tor
lures Of self-reproach England-may
heaven forgive hcrl--- lins cnst
AWAY the nOblosl opportunity,
and been accessory 10 the great
est crime that modern history records.
A single Dispatch, single sirokc-of
the pen, requiring no more Than the
commoneN foresight and the most
ordinary courage, would have enabled
her 10 preserve the gratitude Of gencr-
niiOns yet unborn. More than once il
has been within her power, without n
blow, 10 cstnbll III In the New World
that internal balance Of power with
out which neither pence nor liberty IL
possible, She might have given indie
pcndcncc 10 the South have stayed
The carnage of the war; have made
Canada safe forever; have secured
firm, loyal and powerful nlly; hnve
secured against disturbance and inter
ruplion the hopeful and generous oXpc,
rlmcnl by which France Is cndcnyor-
ing to restore order and pence 10 Mex
leo, ana 10 save The resources of that
magnificent country for commerce and
civilization all this she might have
done without oycrstcpplng byn liair's-
breadth, the duty of nrulrnls and tho
law of nations, and there was not
found IN England II statesman who had
the courage to seize the glorious oppor-
tunily.
Worse than this, the men to whose
feeble and unworthy hands her great
power and vast responsibilities were
entrusted not only sllrnk from Gust
ing her moral weight into the scale of
Justice, order, and civilization, hut they
lent her all to the champions of tyr
amy within the Union, and of anarchy
ubrond. They gave grudpingIy TO the
South, IN her struggle for her own in
dependence, for the safety of our colo
MES, and the peace Of the American
continent, n limited share of bclligcl-
cnl rights; but they seized her UNI
armed ships IN our harbors, they drove
her cruisers forth from our colonial
ports, they larasscd her with hamper
ng and vcSatiOuS demands, while they
allowed her enemy 10 recruit In Ire
land, TO blockade our scaports and to
exceed the utmost latitude Of bclIigcr-
cnt privileges in order to intercept the
trade of the Confcdcratcs.
How different might the fortunes of
the war have proved had England
been honestly neutral, Grant even
that she had seized the Alabama and
the Florida, what would this have sig
niiiol II she had stopped Federal re-
crultmg in Ireland, and Insisted that
her example should he Loyalty followed
on the Continent Had she taken
stringent measures 10 prevent the emil
grafton of recruits north, as she stop
ped II supply OF II navy to the South,
the Federal armies would have been
weakened 10y more men than Gruntand
sherman now command, and thus the
North would have lost that fatal, that
unjust advantage by which the South
has been crushed. Richmond has fall
en- before an army of foreign mcrcena-
rics. Lee has surrendered to an army
of Foreigners With n horde of for
cigners sherman occupied Atlanta,
took savannah, rNvnged Georgia. aud
traverscd the Cnrollnas.
by the aid OF foreign mercenaries
the South has been destroyed, and that
aid the ,onquorors owe to the conniv-
ancc of England. II Is not often that
n duty neglected, an opportunity
thrown away, can be ever retrieved.
II isnol often that agrcat public wrong
goes utterly unpublished. We are lii
tie disposed to import into politics the
language of the pulpit, but we cannot
forbcnr to remind our readers that ma
tions rs well ~ individuals are respon-
sible for the use they make of the
powers and opportunities entrusted TO
them, and history does not encourage
as to hope that so gricvous derclic-
ton of duty rs that of which, on our
part, the South has been the victim,
will 90 eventually unpublished,