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Show Tli&'.-BntOiSlXtRESS'O .. t. I., ,u : -, -J ,i?,.i. . l, ,Ttii:.foHbwlng extract from hq London Standard, of Feb,53d, 'shews 4hatV tub Interest fcltin the prcseot state" pf -.affairs i? hot confined to home'albnc: f -' -.'Words'. 4ro; jrtadqnatV tq express Ihe surprise with: which 'those-, who liave so often .'heard of the!tgrand'Vpr6sjcct nd 'i3mitabIo'cobstftVtl6hat;8ystem,..if ; thejUiiJted ;States',bf .America' liav'e 'received 're-ceived ;t he;neVs of , thb,;iuddc.'ai'end;'conf plctc brcak-npVid three iSori mpnihsof theIgOvcrnmc6thd'orgahixa;'tIcTn' of .that country; - Isthtfthtslaiid,,wbask1.soon to rival par iwn; which ..was ;destitied' to c'ontinuitinder'yairer ahiplccs;"; those grimd--old- Saxon 4ra'ditioLsthich the I'jlgtim, Ktthpra carriedIn their hearts' across' theioccan? Js''thUvthestatew'h)ch a's pointed otfi as having carried' tb'lis ntmpst 'pcrfcc'tfacfii' the? Icrice-bf jponular gOvcrnmcnt',wh'Mo:fnstitutidnswe,rbh before us ns a pattii iufmHelyiprefcrobie tdthoucf ablel 'rorfbs"we liav.e. dajisicd'. In,' "this, moiTebgdvernmVnt;:atonjbt til) 'gbvctnnicnWin'the'.wprldrwduld'irj been possible for,hajrdfnlpf opatators'iu so short. a time U do'' sncMvirremcdlable mischief, lii jhbVnitcd'tafcsdfiAmcri-ca, jhbVnitcd'tafcsdfiAmcri-ca, and in'tio other tonntry Id the 'orldi could the lamcntablo spectacle hive-been seen -or ;a mighty- epiplro jiavlng'i fallen 'a lt we're sjiootnncoaslysandr.by, mcro' want- of ifolfcrence; vJnto tiirce separate republfcvwithout a single life beingjatd, dbwn,;ttslngfemnd;ra)sciu;..derenyo,'-W a. common cduntryl Where nbarb bVr wduld-bo Amerieani'serstr "This is the time for them ,to,spcal;or,dhqose tolbo for-Cve'rHeuf'. for-Cve'rHeuf'. Let tlieiajcltus1f,thsls;on8 of the benefits of JiniversllsnfrragCj.'lit them explain tp us if it Is bn)y an; incidcqt of ,a democratic gdyefnm'cnt,ahis4rotten-ness gdyefnm'cnt,ahis4rotten-ness at the tore, ".which": jit' thev first .'diffejr-eucc .'diffejr-eucc pf cjifulpn, "caused' those jto" ? flit n sundcf who should Have, been forever united. Wheretoo, are the "pnCnbti-bf uVmerica, the men who liave, boasted of Washington, and glbrffil m-'the-tfuture.,of ihcjr country? WherXdr'e'ie'r:vpbctsf .with, their eloquent' pc'djuis'onate ap-peals ap-peals t,p theyo'uiig "ttut" Yigpf0u&,fepjing of thfrly millions of. ihb sous of English-men? English-men? If there bVybTjbeliefct.hnrc must be, Jiatriotlc, statesmen ant patfidiic poets stilt left iu.AmcncaAVe-boUjthcm miserable men, a's'havlug lived to witness the decadence of that nau've land fn which they trusted. - Pqr even to" Eiigl2sfimen tho sjieetaclb is melancholy enough '"To all nppearmicp,itJscenw,judecd) as n the tan of America hfu ,set' for .ever. .Wo believe it'to" be: impossible .that'.thc dissevered. stifle 4 shouId..cver Wte7ahd : form dndUuidir't before"' ' r ' TcrhaM the most nstonUh&a;. feature ui this hitherto blbodlmrcybtntio'n Wtlic Mbijajrwaimc treason hss bbng; been planned" aud, iua-t- y& independence. ofaho"b'utli W PVtf. thojcrfcd of tlhonn' -and Since his timeihojilea has-been, publicly gaining strength. Tho men cfthOiNorth. have long been' aware of "thesb.epira-tioits, "thesb.epira-tioits, and tho threat of fmmediatb .jscpii-ratipri .jscpii-ratipri has been held over " them ".tV yb-ffm, yb-ffm, for the purpose of .extorting., a. series of concessions so extraordinary liaYcvcu this great; danger cannot bo' tiel' to ense them. IJu the North' wthOurther in this blind and foolish" compHoncb, Ulicy allpwcl meu who were known Vd-rpcates Vd-rpcates of secession to occupy posts, iu the Ministry at WashIngtouand direct for their own ends the, affairs of the Union. Jefiereon Duvis, a determined dis-unionist,, dis-unionist,, was absolutely, Secrctfryj of War uudur ' President I'ierce. flames lluehauau came in, on tho tfridersta tiding Uiat he would support tha butlu Ac? Cordingly he made ColV, rioyd, and ThomrtsQii his Secretaries or the Treasury, of War, ami of the Iutcrior," 3cffcrsbii Davis was in the mcnufinid ehairjnau br the Senate Committee pit Military Aft faiw. These four meu, with their fellow conspirators in other offices of trust .bc-' pupjed their four year dr buTco ju pre? IfPOft by all imaginable picausjlhe riiln of their country, n0j'dr lb" particular he admits it in a staWmcut which ho has issued of his prpceedlngs,in.wtibh Jiq glories in his trcachtryriccpied.biuiscy i lit irbmlhatlne' to' ihe icotnmnhdsfclnt' tbe SoMb-meniWno were pUdgcd to drsuoiot, In. transferring, munition? of war-tr!the Soatherii arcnrtl in issuing fictitious' ac. ccptanccs by, which. Hhe Sontbcrn tteV-; Kurici were-. ennchedj and in cviry -wy facilitating thfr anticipated acfc;of scce siott by'putting it in tho pdwer ot the South tatottheilVdettKGoVcrnment, at' defiance. Whcir tho. con of Ahr.f reschery j was fotllfloy'd xe'signcd ltis Ios,tf and this-manifest this-manifest anddcclared. tfaitori who.Irt any other couritreuld hayo jbeca tried fand cxccaicd, wbrt suffered tcMlepnrUn fieaco.-. IIb far the rresidcntf himself is answer-, able "for all this wejcarinbt jy.;The Ictst rpttlifch Tve'ca'ajcondcmn blm. is ft guilty "weakness, not far removed,, frdm treason! The Oniy.'grd'n'rtdjon ..(Which' we tati positively acquit himis thot.dts'a licl-; lieffin his niter imbc'citi.tyr j " "" 'I'll' is becausb'.,.we, believe .that -the mischief hicl has.. betn1, done Is great aid Irreparable t!fat;vu fail tp find "words by;whlch tto': express: out "Indignation rat themighly wrong' don6 to; our brothers In America,, and. ourriwpriso that soine more energetic mean's have. not-beeti rej-sorted rej-sorted td ere'this to stem the. tidolof. 'rev ojutioii by punishing, tlio roost gUlltyJ'.'Q |