The Sun.
London, England, 1855-11-06 00:00:00

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.

Tan DAY—Morn. 0 min. aft. o—Evening 1 min. aft. 12
To-Monnow—Morn.2o min.aft. 12 —Evening3B rain. aft. 12

THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, Nov. 6.
THERIMMETER, IN THE SHADE.

48 —highest sinco noon yesterday.
48 —lowest this morning and during the night.
53—this day at noon.

BARGISETER, 30'15.
WIND, S.W.—Light, with fine November weather.

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§AIII.

LONDON, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1855.

Recent intelligence from the United States goes
far to prove that the very discreditable, nay more,
the highly criminal, electioneering trick of Mr.
Attorney-General CALEB CUSHIYG has by no means
answered the expectations of the parties to the
scandalous manceuvre. Office at any price, or on
any conditions, seems to have been the sole end
and object of the step. For that he would have
been willing to inflict permanent and serious
damage on the best interests of his country--fto
have embroiled it in war with its best customers
—men springing from the same stock, and speak-
ing the same language as its own citizens. It is
needless to speculate on the results of such a war,
for any war undertaken without adequate cause
is unjustifiable, and must prove highly prejudicial
to the welfare and prosperity of all parties con-
cerned.
•

We can scarcely suppose that Mr. Attorney-
General CUSHING contemplated "going the whole
hog," and proceeding really to extremities with
England. Although we have no very exalted
opinion of his political morality, we cannot,
in common charity, believe him capable of
such atrocious guilt. No ; we believe that
• his wish was merely to create an excitement
by means whereof ho might secure a few ad-
ditional votes, sufficient to turn the scale
in favour of the party with which ho was workinr,
and with which his own political existence was
identified. He might possibly have thought that
his blustering and bullying would have succeeded,
and that concessions would be made flattering to
the vanity of some short-sighted electors. He
might also have imagined that, with the aid of
those by whom he was supported and stimulated
in the reckless and culpable course on which he
had entered, the difficulty could have been re-
moved at any time he and they thought proper,
when. the object fur which it was undertaken had
been accomplished. But he ought to know the
danger of tampering with so perilous an element
a•R Popular passion, and considered that it has too
frequently been the fate of those who "sowed the
storm to reap
the whirlwind." He could
not answer for the result of the very
doubtful experiment on which .he ventured,
and even under the most favourable circumstances
the consequences must be very mischievous. There
can, therefore, be no possible excuse for his mis-
conduct, and the least punishment which it can
l'encive will be the failure of the contemplated
gain, and the substitution of a man of sounder
sense, higher attainments, and unblemished poli-
tical honesty, in the elevated position for which
he is so clearly disqualified.
But, thanks to the good sense of the high-
minded people of America, there are already un-
equivocal indications of the complete failure of
the nefarious scheme. Our transatlantic brethren
well know that no insult was contemplated—that
there was nothing which could justly arouse their
most sensitive feelings. If there had been an
error, it was promptly and handsomely atoned
for. At the very first intimation not only was
there an immediate apology, such as an honourable
Than might offer, and another equally honourable
receive, but the objectionable practice was at
once discontinued. Lord CLARENDON' declared
that he had given to his agents the most stringent
instructions not to violate any municipal law,
and that if there bad been any violation he
deeply regretted it. This should have been
sufficient for the most captious and querrulous,
particularly when accompanied by the cessation
of the matter complained of. But Mr. CALEB
CUSHING could only see in the instruction " not to
violate any municipal law " a deeper injury, a
more inexpiable offence. In that opinion he will