The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1843-05-07
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ty-Lord Brougham's speech On the 'sn
ult-nnd Lord Campbe1ls reply.

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ton treaty. and persons and things Herewith con-
neced From this speech 1t is sufficiently apparent
that the British Government deemed it important to
| their national interests that peace with America
should be established and preserved at any price
short of an absolute sacrifice Of national honor. In
the present of British finances the benefits re-
| sutng in the way Of trade from pacific commercial
relations with this country were not for moment
| to be Jeopardzed. British interests gave birth to
spirit OF concllation not 10 say of concession-and
in that spirit Lord Ashburon came over TO this
country, and in that spirit the treaty was negotiated
Lork Brougham's remarks upon the ''soreness of
feeling" with which the English aristocracy
regards " the establishment for the first time
IN modern ages of great democratic govern
ment of apurely republican character" will be read
with great interest, especially when it is borne in
mind that the American press is the great agent in
disseminating these republican principles, which
create this soreness" throughout the British En-
pire. We cannot but suspect that The writer of the
late article in the Foreign Quarterly attacking the
New York Herald, was afflicted with the same
kind OF soreness" only OF a more malignant char
acter:-
First the first time that he Lord Broughaml
had dealt with matters concerning the relations this
country with the United States and Of their lord
active part in endeavoring to allay anmoses and
store relations with this country and America
not only in 1905 when the Inflated orders council were
issued but in 1872 when assisted by the noble lord the
object of the motion this evening whose conduct
upon that occasion pointed him out prominently as the
man to forth to America for the purpose restoring
all matters that were in dierence-(hear In the wear
umph over that i'll policy which placed restraints upon
commerce. What sustained him in the performance of
this duty was the sb,sute confidence he felt in the
strength OF the position he about akeits strength
upon all points, not merely upon that in which had
never been attempted to make attack, but still more
upon those where attack had been made but had fail
ed He would, therefore, now once proceed to the
of this great arguments and if he succeed.
dent that his labor and anxiety would be rewarded bv
being the public instrument of rendering service to the
cause of peace and Of truth when the question was
what had been gained what hsd or what
had been lost what security had been given
actions between this country and America was abso
what the object in view was He began therefore at
to ascertain hat the object of Government was
view in sending minister He held that the great
object they had in view the restoration of friendly
America and in comparison with which every other con
alteration was but as dust in the balance ear hear)
they cast their eyes back for ha century they would
zee Of what paramount importance it good under.
standing should prevail between the United States and
England. As soon as the struggle over, by which
England lost thirteen of her colonies, it IN vain
to deny that very far from cordial feelings were
left behind in the bosoms of both parties contest
The loss which England had sustained made those
feelings bitter this side the water and the indigna
ton which experienced from those prcjudices,
to which let him add-as it now q matter OF his.
toryIt could give efence to no one-that there
ern ages, of great democratic government of purely
republican character which hod tendency to beget
soreness OF feeling on this side Of the water They with
ell their monarchical principles or he would call
them preudices) with all their arstocrac feelings Qor
he would not call them supersitions) with all their ma.
form of government-were embttered by seeing great
and rising empire formed by in whose veins nowed
without king to govern hemwithout preate to bless
them-wthout noble to adorn them-and all this was
disgracss the part Of the British arms Our deep
feelings not only called into action seeing the
words Of bitterness, sometimes Of affect.
ed superiority, far offensive than the bitter
ness, and which net the less calculated give
to exaggerated feelings in American bosoms because they
were in accordance with prejudices 1t should
be remembered that they not therefore, the less
calculated to shock the feelings of equality of republican
America. Whilst all these things tending to pro.
duce feelings OF the greatest evaporation the
two countries place which tended 10 blow
the Goals between the two COUNTRYSIDE alluded to the
French revolution which added fuel to the fire. and then
already more than sufficiently exacerbaed France not
conented with the evelng principle of American insti
vons-not content with the pure and absolute republi
unless America-rePubcan like heiself-democrac like
herselfwould also consent to become anarchical like
herself French inrigues labored to introduce that
anarchy into America, which had already been |
introduced into France, and which had led to |
years of his rule, the greatest man that. as y
ruler either the old the world had produced had
OF anarchy into that country(hear During those last
three years they had been aed TO perpetual
fct between England and America, in which, at every
turn oil the negotiations, war ready to burst forth
Next came the neutI alqueson and next short peace
with France, the peace of Amiens and then those
orders in council and that question ofmpressment at
which he had already slightly glanced But at last we
had become involved in state Of actual so much
that since the treaty of Versailles by which the indie
pendence OF America had been acknowle in conse
quence Of those eaouses and preudices which he had
described and those events which he had shortly
rated well those practices Of the French ntrgues
at which he had also glanced it did happen that up
the very last year when questions Of similar kind
revived and when the forgotten half forgotten
of 1872 1919 and 1914 into spirit of
sarcasm irritation and heart burnngs turning into gall
and bitterness better feelingthe peace which thus
established reminded him oil What said Of the quarrels
Of lovers
"Injuris, suspciones, inimiciin, inducie
Bellum, pax rHrsumr---
rather the OF peace than the reality which
was thus established 1t was in to deny that after
peace restored better feelings again on
the part Of both countries 1t could not be denied that
when the present Government into office they found
matters with England and America in anything but sa
tsfactory position Such the state of things and
such the aspect OF foreign affairs regarded America
such the feelings, and such the difficulties under
which the noble lord undertook the efecting
complete adjustment of all the grievances between this
country and America He had said that matters were in
ell but hostile position betv when
the present Government came into power and the
OF the case was this train Of bad feeling laid in
America the feelings ofhe people upon the boundary
question: upon Canadian interference upon the Of
the Caroline and the Creole, and, above all upon the
right Of search connected with the slave quo stion
and feelings Of similar kind existed in this country
though not applied to the state of the question vet
doubtless stouty and universally pervadng the PEG.
pie this country which made certain that ii one mis-.
chance happened the of Europe would be disturb
ed and spark from that fire. which would then be re-
kindled, would swiftly wait its way across tie ocean
from the Old to the New World and ignite that train
Firmness and caution
were peculiarly necessary in treating with peo-
pie like the Americans-the countrymen OF General
Casa people among whom clamor and violence
very Frequently prevailed over sound principles
and sober reason Anything which affected the honor
ofthe country was, however always of the utmost i'm.
portance. He believed il Mr. Fox who had once
most wisely and profoundly observed that he could not
in q for profit but that a war for honor w "a