Year: 1862

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The Liverpool Change on the War.
"Hope erredmaketh the heart sick, y


and it is still hope deferred on Change
Things ought TO mend, but do not. Peo-
pie are cheerful, but business is bad
| When is there to be more activity The
talk was, that this accursed war in Amer
lea is the.cause of a world of misery all
over the world; that the evil embraces all
the civilized inhabitants of the globe;


that trade is stagnant from Galway to the


AmOOr; that manufactures anguish; that


people want employment; that speeula-


tion is defunct; that enterprise IS dormant;


that a sad apathy seems to have Seized on


the human lace, and that misery Is, in
consequence, intense and widespread


The general talk was that the war viii
soon be over; that the end is rapidly ap-


preaching; that the COnfederates, having


done all that brave men could do, must,


like other great men, submit to destiny;


that the chances are against them; that


they viii retire from the war with all their


honors made brighter by glorious exercise;


that they have failed because il was i'm


possible to succeed; that the adversary


was four to one against them, and that it


Is no disgrace to yield to an enemy so


powerful; that they will not play the bar


barian and unchristian game of persisting


in opposition when the result IS imevita-


BILE; and that when passion subsidies the


SecessiOnists will unhesitatingly admit


that the United States have after all Civ


en- ample proof Of the resources residing


in free institutions; that this war, fright
full as it has been, impresses ON all man.


kind lesson that cannot be forgotten;
that it has upset multitude of false con-
clusions, and taught European powers to
be wise by tn instruction afforded by the
Government and the people of America;
that the people have given proof of the
value of the Anglo-Saxon blood which
circulates in their veins; that the North
and South TEEN with the same evidence,
and that this evidence will end in a YER
dict of permanent good; that when the
civil wan in America broke out, the con-
clusion openly expressed was that Ameri-
ca had collapse d. that Democracy was a
fiction; that the Republic was about to
experience the fate of all Republics; that
Self-government was not to be expected
among a people so boastful and demoral-
lied; that the North would have to sub
NIT to the South; that she had no money,
no army, and no bond of brotherhood;
but that the experience of few months
falsifed all these predictions; that de-
was ON its trial, and has obtained
a verdict in its favor: that in eight months
the Federalists have produced the largest
and, according to DR.. Russell, the finest
army in the world; that the Government
pays its way; that comparatively there is
no distress; that there IS no discomfort;
that there are no mobs; that the people
act as one man in support of the Govern
ment, and that the Government is acting
strictly in obedience to the Constitution;
that the lesson taught to Europe is IA most
important and a most valuable one-hrst,
that an efficient army can be improvised
in few months out of volunteers: that
soldiers so improvised can fight like or
better tlan veterans; that Standing armies
are therefore no longer necessary with ma
tions enjoying constitutional governments;
that volunteers are armies when wanted;
that next the fight between the Merrimac
and the Monitor demonstrated that naval
warfare as hitherto conducted must now
cease; that wooden men-of-war should
either be cut up OF converted into mer-
chant ships; that tiron-elad steamers hence
forth will rule the ocean; that very few
of these viii be required; and that of
course our Navy estimates, after the few
that are built, will crafty even Mr.. Bright;
that these are great and glorious discover
les; that they hand over civilization to
the protection of science; that wars Will
be few, because without uninterrupted
trade nations cannot resist immediate
misery; that all civilized peoples have
now clearly one interest; that not one of
them can drop out of the market without
entailing on all others the evil of bad
trade; that the Americans have secured
for themselves an eternal exemption from
external war;; that all other nations will
let them alone, because a conflict with
them would be ruinous; that the Yam
KEGS, by this war. have made themselves
masters of the position; that their pro-
duce is essential to the prosperity of the
civilized world; and that, consequently,
the civilized world will always keep on
friendly terms with them.