The Sun.
London, England, 1855-11-28 00:00:00

TEE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVIENINC3-, NOVEMBER 28, 1855

a POPE in the East, seeing he was about t o make
his western POPE Lord paramount of his own do-
minions. Why quarrel with the POPE of the
Muscovites, Slavonians, and Greeks, when the
POPE of Italians and Austrians was to receive at
his hands the sacrifice of the Holy Roman Em-
pire. NICHOLAS and Pius had both the same
object in their respective domains ; to make the
Church the instrument of secular rule. FiteNcis
JOSEPH was, as he felt, willing to become the Porn's
lieutenant, how could he resist the CZAR'S wish
to convert all the East into lieutenantcies of the
Greek Church, with himself at the head ?
It remains to be seen whether the hereditary
states of Austria and all the countries subjugated
to its hateful oppression will patiently sit down
by the infamous bargain now contracted by their
EMPEROR. If the language of the Concordat
could have left any room to doubt the intentions
of Rome, none is left now. The POPE explicitly
tells his comrades that the instrument applies to
each of the States comprised under the term Aus-
tria ; that in those States all power over Church-
men, and Church affairs, all education, the censor-
ship of the press, the choice of even the professors
of belles leltres, the arrangement and creation of
parishes and dioceses belongs henceforth to Rome
herself. As an act of grace, the Monarch is per-
mitted to punish ecclesiastics if thoy rob or steal,
that is otherwise than by ecclesiastical arts ; it is
also permitted him to select one of three men,
presented him by the bishop, for certain offices ;
but, on the other hand, the Church is to be a com-
plete im•perium in imperio ; every law in contra-
riety tb the Concordat is declared ipso facto void,
and all power in ecclesiastical matters is entirely
renounced by the E3IPEROR. The State is literally
prostrate before the Church—rather Austria at
the feet of Rome !

All this, in the nineteenth century ! when
almost every nation is strengthening the civil
power and reducing the ecclesiastical ; when the
Autocrat of Popery is, moreover, living but a
day's life of it in his own capital ; a capital where
his Government, having made itself detested for
every species of corruption and cruelty, is hardly
uphold by some thousands of French bayonets.
Austria, herself ruling over the best parts of her
dominions by military occupation only, kisses the
foot of the decrepit little antique, who occupies
his own metropolis with other people's soldiers,
and but for that would have been transported for
life. Let Lord PALMERSTON compare this ser-
vility to Rome with the audacity to England,
which strips the British uniform from the back
of her servants.

The recent intelligence from America affords
powerful corroboration to the views we have
already put forward respecting the undignified
and unprofessional conduct of Mr. Attorney-
General CALEB CUSHING, and the various hostile
demonstrations on the part of some of the worst
specimens of our Trans-Atlantic brethren. They
mean nothing but mere election tricks, calculated
to secure a few doubtful votes, and thereby to add;
something to the very precarious chances in favour
of Messrs. PIERO; CUSHING, and Co. It is
needless to speak of the extreme danger of such
demonstrations—and the serious nature of tho
proceedings of those, who for personal, and we
may add very unworthy, motives, have been in-
duced to introduce such extraordinary elements
into the civil contest. They must be felt and,
appreciated by all right-minded men, and inas-
much as we believe the great majority of
the true Americans to be persons of sound
judgment and plain common sense, we be-
lieve that the results of the exp eri m en's
will turn out very differently from what had been
anticipated by its framers. 1

We know that the Americans are proud and sen-
sitive. We honour them for being so it I They
should not submit to a single intentional insult,
or to the slightest real injury to their national.
interests. Neither will we. But, conscious of
their own strength, they cannot demand from
others anything which, under different circum-
stances, they would not themselves willingly
assent to. In this respect the moral and the
genttemanty code are identical. We should
" Do unto others as we would they should
do unto us !" In that spirit ample reparatio u
would be made for any unintentional injury,
while those who had received the wrong would
exhibit the consciousness of strength in the tem-
perate character of their demands for reparation.
Men of true courage never think it necessary
to resort to bullying and bravado. A man must
be a coward at heart to demand what none but
cowards could grant. And, as we have already
stated, cowardice is not the characteristic of our
American brethren—nor do we suppose that they
would willingly accept a compliment to their cou-
rage at the expense of their integrity. It would
therefore be an unwarrantable imputation to state
that they desired to acquire political advantages
which they could not justly or honestly demand,
All the rumours respecting piratical or "filibuaier-
ing" expeditious to Cuba, St. Domingo, or Nica-
ragua may therefore be treated with the contempt
which they se justly merit ; although they may,
for a special and unworthy purpose, be connived at
by certain parties, they will not receive the sanc-
tion of " the People." It is only " the un-
worthy" who will be influenced by unworthy
atotives—athe lowest class of the community, who
can be affected by a bribe of such a description.
There is apparently an effort made to excite
jealousy on account of the strengthening of the
West India squadron, Without entering into
any of the numerous reasons that may justify
such a course, without reference to any American
question, we may say that the tone of Mr. Attor-
ney-General CUSIIINQ'S Jetters, unnoticed and
uncensured by the Executive, are quite sufficient
43"ernraaesntOf cane
such precautions.
eve,
3
to justify
relating
la tin whileg
people, can speak of
only deal with Govermnmatetenrtss
the people
of both countries. It is true that we do not
want nor do we wish to quarrel with America. It
would be regarded here as a calamity far more serious
than the " difficulty" with Russia. But while we
avoid any just provocation it must be obvious that,
under existing circumstances, we cannot "bate
a single inch" of that wherein the national honour
is involved. There is but little necessity of warn-
ing the American people, for we have no com-
plaint to make against them ; but we may 'cell
their pettifogging officials of the danger they in-
cur by their unjustifiable proceedings--a danger
far more formidable than they may have hitherto l.contemplated. 1

veyTinnag QheurßligaSjel YtcyiksleritTtohectiTet fatly.e—The
Strood station at 9' o'
at about 11
this day, and arrived at the
departmeltnsaer7diaof
officers
to 12, where the heads of
aloros commanding corps were pre-
Mn,rinCls of the Chatharnrdiwyr
sent. A
furnished by the Royal
division,
at Fort Amherst,
Pitt the Royal standard was On arriving at Fort
theo depot
batteries. A guard
and a Royal salute from one
of honour was furnished by
oruptor! Bar-
Prowsional
ol3rthe 91st Regi-
ment. Her Majesty was reeeivedPoatt
racks by a guard of honour from the
Battalion.
THE GOVERNOR•GENERAL OF INDIA.--Visconnt and
Viscoutess Canning, attended by their suite, and accom-
panied by Lord De Tahley and Mr. Alexander, sailed ,
rom England yesterday morning, cm route for Marseilles
Julia.

General Canrobert's Mission,

The following is from the Times (Second Edition)
Paris correspondent's letter, dated yesterday :
The following letter from Berlin, dated the 24th,
relative to the mission of Count Munster to St.
Petersburg, corroborates what I have already said
on the subject, notwithstanding the denial given
to it :

" Without noticing otherwise the denials given to the
intelligence of a pacific mission entrused to Count Munster
by the Kiug of Prussia, I maintain what I have already
communicated to you on the subject. It is certain that
that military Plenipotentiary followed the Emperor Alex-
ander in his journey to the Crimea, and it is equally cer-
tain that he has made to the Czar, in the name of his
Government, overtures of a pacific nature, and which do
not appear to have been definitively rejected.
" The other important part of my letter, namely, that
which alluded to General Canrobert, has also, I find,
been disputed. The assurance that the gallant General
had not gone to Sweden simply for the purpose of deliver-
ing the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour to the King
stated in the Times, has been boldly contradicted by
another English journal, which is supposed to receive
occasionally semi-official communications, This latter
journal, it is true, admitted that the French Envoy
might have had for mission to study the military re-
sources of the countries he was about to visit. That
c nicession is not, however, sufficient. On this point
also I am enabled to maintain all I have said, without
diminishing it by a single syllable. Sweden has con-
tracted positive engagements, and there is every reason
to hope that Denmark will do the same.

Letters. from Odessa state that all the recommen-
dations of General Gortsehakoff havo been acceded
to by the Czar, and that several changes in the
various commands are taking place. The General
declares that no uneasiness need be felt respecting
the Crimea during the winter, and the Emperor, it
is said, has satisfied himself? personally that not
only were the Russian positions well fortified, but
amply supplied with everything that could be re-
quired."