The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-06-16 00:00:00

cri`Ye moderate and sensible view of the matter. The
the ter es Etats Unis, whose editor was in Washington at
Note ,of the dismissal of Mr. Crampton, is most
b4,:ussY and irate on the occasion, and talks in a
stitth "cese manner of the consequences of the act.
pr e,re is a vast difference between the temperaments
ma e 'WO nations which these papers represent, which _
may for the different views they take of the
ato `firi.„The British journal is decidedly- the safer indi-
e-,;`Pe two. There is an impression which prevalls
itilill,,:sttderable extent, that the British government will
re~aliaely tender Mr. Dallas his passports by way of
tBtre_u°n; but such a course would be absurd in the
r, unless three of our consuls, say those of Liver-
krne °nden and Bristol, were dismissed at the
Barelyme, as a retaliation for the dismissal of Messrs.
10Y, Rovveroft, and Mathew. For, as Mr. Dallas has
tsfe,rTminer rendered himsalf unacceptable to H. B. M.'s
tsoni il!aent, why. should he be sent home unless there
kt',, alto" a disposition to suspend friendly relations with
'desirgether? But our government has expressed
bass 10n•
for anything of the kind, but qu
ite. a contrary
;rabass'n• The haste of Mr. Crainpten in closing the
s,t4 'n ashington, and sending, as has been
kitk, . all its archives to Canada, is regarded as an
'"rabl
BAl° ti e sYroptom. But the feeling of. Mr. Crampton,
own p eysonally implicated, and who will, of course, for
lakenaa hi eh Justification, be desirous of making his dismissal,
purely personal, a national insult, must not be
",ght '4lladication of the feeling of his government. The
esos„°nr government to dismiss any diplomatic agent
t of 71_"' 'who may be persoally objectionable, of course
questioned • and as Mr. Crampton and the
of‘4,e-fa'c't°l:4•l,3 ha b.een'dismisse.d solely for such a reason,
ITh meir having been the instruments of
.a difficulty
t4o4o'elr government which is now happily settled,
tl'a.ke the exercise of this right a cause of offence.
sinissa.l of Mr. Dallas, who is not involved in the
N'ihsir'owt,°u'd put the British Government in a ridiculous
'stitzrorn which it could not very easily extricate
nt,,hout a humiliating confession of its error.
the-7;ence is made in the foregoing to an article
°Pin; no York Albion, as giving a reflex of the
BUS°of Englishmen in America. We here
'l°lll the article
I,Tho presidentd of the United States has at length sent
ber3insaP. t°n his passport, and withdrawn the Exequatur
ei Jes' Y s Consuls in this city, at Philadelphia, and
iniolitS-Ilinati• The circumstances that have gradually
15 slal ‘3 Course are familiar to the world at large; and
"Piifio; argument, under which the American government
'l3' ".S action, was submitted to Congress on Thurs-
lo the form' of a despatch from Mr. Marcy to
be ",'`ns. From first to last, it makes the question at
daisse.sonal one. The President most readily accepts
,niestketsinier of the British government of any
o3ury 'or offence, and devolves upon
bets "°o tbe re ibilit of disturbing the relations
4t*, '11;1 the two countries.spons
.must be confessed that
patsar,eY is sufficiently skilful in pressing home his
4ecti„,, lt.
may be remembered that one of the strong
to:1:1-
appa'rus raised by ourselves and others,. against e
arer,ht injustice done to the British functionaries here,
OeirVunded on the belief that 111 r. Marcy was privy to
gis re.ile Operations. " Yes,' says Lord Clarendon, in
of the 30th ult., " our intentions and arrange-
ttm-?re frankly stated by Mr. Crampton to Mr. Marcy,
04ersation on the 220 d of March, 1855.'
.Were they
"ilarevl this another " serious misapprehension ?" Mr.
Leis.o.':',Triere denial might have left the point still ob-
n4t4,t.: but he cites Mr. Crampton's own words in the
tihib.s late
explanatory statement to Lord Clarendon
Iktest,tr` to the blue bOok. Mr. Crampton says:
.It is
as
ket,at-L,Y rue that I did not enter into any details of,
AlSrei'vwhich were to be adopted by H.M. Gove.rnment..
Paii'l,,tl',?re is no great frankness here ; and with consi-
K ~Piausibilit the American Secretary suggests that
I",!t\h,',,rampton felt assured that all was right, he would
Vaedig 110 such hesitation—especially when strictly en-
Itli -'7 his own government to practice no concealment
Lbey disk. He adds, that if the British Minister had
lese orders, all the misunderstanding would have
,hayrcled.
007,:nng and short of it is, that in the eyes of other
and before our own parliament and people, the
reet,'"ernteent will be justified, just as far as this
;ets act can be separated from a variety of concurrent
lobo t 110,11 t this separation is not readily made, by men
'l'etC.,,a'r," and write under the influence of passion. From
,bough',Pideavour to keep ourselves free, at the moment,
ft to,,'L Were easy to reproduce from our own columns,
'llsh;en afresh, all manner of reproaches against Mr.
lifew`r!E,', for his insolence, meanness, and unfairness ; not
,4idis,''sinuations touching the Russian promptings and
q'tsto",that kept alive the recruiting prosecutions.; proofs
"as b'toserican sources that the whole difficulty
ofd ,e nursed and brought forward and kept back
is'aYed upon for the electioneering purposes
;• President Pierce; and generally, such aggrava.t-
Kor'enliniscenses as ought not just now to prevail.
tss4!"ver it show. ha borne in mind that whereas—as we
otihl(med last week—Great Britain, with a terrible war
tip el' -

,iere-,,,(l‘arlds, could not morally afford to take a very
Vari,„":„LarY tone so the United States in the face of the
min'sh'-', times, 'and after the late imposing display of
PtheiZroree at Spithead, could not morally afford to do
~esotp.lse than they have done. Sharing to the full he
labhunt that is heaped from all quarters of this country
epte-1;,!,11,e head of the executive and on certain of his
*a;'"ers, we roust own that even they may have shrunk
.111ai,e° appearance of " backing down." Forgive the
' 14-4 e; it is'a vulgar one, but expressive.
t,.tie ease of the consuls, we cannot but think that thst
adiaef the Washington cabinet has been harsh and
s. 1,"e• The dismissal of the minister alone would
;,111atej,e_en more dignified, and more strictly just. Is Mr.
tty for ' exed that in his allusion to Mr. Barclay, he was
Lttile Pe ef argument compelled to drop the silly Matter of
"Ile '44rY; nor does the Attorney-General yet wince at
th lidirect hits he has received from hands, that with all
rte ,gal cunning he assayed to tie ?
cle e British legation at 'Washington will be forthwith
lie, o
kith ris so already. This is, we presume, in accordance.
t di 1
414 tiP`ornatic etiquette. Otherwise, as there is no desire
befit •I'tte friendly relations between the two countries should
Itliill„t€rropted, it were hard to assign any reason
keeT," Personal difficulty should be expanded into a national.
tledlenience. Mr. Crampton, on his return home, will
lkstar,;teself at the turn of his professional fortune. If
eigCed, he will of course he promoted to an embassy of
I:_acteef t"lc• If nut sustained, he will fall a victimotohat
.a ha, firmness and judgment on his own part.. He g
Nielt,„e Peremptorily refused to take part in the bunglingu
that
: concocted for raising recruits here for her Majesty';
,qat e,„-• It may be difficult to decline to obey orders ; bu
tater illt is the one that tries men's metal. Diplomatic
are th°ll'se suspended, and the Jagers' mutiny at Plymouth,
dearlye fruits that we now have to reap from seed so impru-
1, Bown.
'beßret Ihitish community at New York will infinitely.r
•oa, sei Parting with their immediate representative, 1\13,1 .
done 431,', who has long and fait' fully and most honoura y
A ~u's duty—and that a most onerous one—as her.
ell'ile,'"l's Consul at this port. He goes home, we believe,
tr rEt(LiltelY. Whether he accept some new appointment,
here,
1-:p into private life, we are sure that he will carry
"ere. biro the good wishes of a host of his countrymen
I,,rhi
k
naliv.ale administration at home will now do is thought-
44t?csidered. We should not have thought seriously
Nal, but for the strange conduct of the President, in
Meat ,ta Central America. He takes a strong course with
'es x britain, enforcing a penalty for non-observance of
'lRa'n:tltrality Laws; whilst recruiting for Nicaragua, as
tf t{l;trrecsta Rica, goes on unchecked by the legal officers
°lt Oem',S.—Of the President's partial offer to arbitrate
Thtal American affairs, we must speak next Saturday.
fote,e allusion made in the last paragraph of the
tiargettrig article has reference to a special mes-
ovei,i transmitted to the Senate on the 29th ult.,
mateV a letter from Mr. Marcy to Mr. Dallas,
°Pill.:,'-tY 24, on the subject of the difference of
tf till`4l between the British government and that.
kid e,„,united States, regarding the construction
liubi effect of the treaty of April 19, 1850, and the
,tat":t Of Central American affairs generally, and
l'elit.° to Mr. Dallas the views which the Presi-
la ov el otertains of that question, as it now stands,
!lie -I,(rer that he may communicate the same
the
I)irlCati• of Clarendon. After reviewing
and °f the discussion'"up to the present time,
liNi referrin—
g specially to the geographical qu.esh-
f3ter tt"ebing the Bay Islands, and the Britis
it Ali
m° arbitrate, Mr. Marcy concludes as follows :
mtAt in`,".°se questions of political geography, regard in the
' • -t"lnee the sovereignty and jurisdiction of the inde-
t'
states of Central America. Great Britain and the
n ;itles have no pretentions thus to intervene, except
~,7111 ',,-r,Pose of defining their own mutual obligation!,
I„-,.er i, " of engagements they may have contracted, in
d
-"ktep ri-tiassore how gar they concerned the neutrality an
4 COI :tenee of 'he American Isthmus. Regarded only
lel etal considerations, affecting the construction
. treatyin between the United States and Great
I,(e:' theyA are questions, which, if not determined
''';tclas-illent between the two governments them-
b:uiti: tlie President would not desire to refer to
tlietiea-1(311,_,
_He+ is aware of the existence of many
Ocrene;ustaCip ,o the adjustmentj.. of any international
eir,eat 13,: of this ra.t ire by arbitration, of which. difficulties
elonf 'Lain and the United States had experience in the
$
ib 'a settle, b such means, a pre ious controversy on
ethe thl of the boundary between the Ignited States and
ves oeuti,lll_ n_torincesof North. America. The President
i:celd ntObi that any one of the powers of Europe,. .which
~,- Rev,, consent to undertake the task of such arbitration as
easti,,,Pron std,
would perform the duty with perfect im-
le .'l3 •
‘, ask , ; but to apply to any power to do this would be
lvti d„"4 act of thewhich, if granted, would add to their
,"ernpircuitic duties the labours and burden of settling the
)s:eativeated differences of other governments. He would
~Nk on Prefer that, in a controversy like the present, turn-
vlferr (113„eints of political geography, the matter should. be
1'„4_,0 6-" '2 some one or more of those eminent men of science,
1.7,4 Who"nour to the intellect of Europe and America,
"'esti , with the previous consent of their respective.
stieh _ rneeta, might well undertake the task of determining
ltose4tclnestion to the acceptance as well of her Majesty's-
Zrlleteldlierit as that of the United States. You are in
t aje,tb; therefore, to enter into communication with her
telatiolf e Principal secretary for foreign affair.s, in
Zrst ;DI Central America, in order to ascertain in the
'erotar,tre) whether the existing differences cannot be
4. Y terrainated by direct negociation, and if they

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