The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-06-06
EUROPEAN CORRESPONDENCE.
lFrom our regular eOnesPondsntl
PAms, May is, 1916

lFrom our regular eoresPondsntl
PAms, May is, 1886
The passage of tho "noiios" in the Senate hai
produced a remarkably fine feeling in England
which has spread also on the continent. No one
here believes In war, the only apprehensious oil
which are copied from the leading New York
prints for the benefit OF those who want 10 strengthen
themselves in their resolution TO oppose with all
their might the growing power and consequences ol
the United States. The British press is at last
aware that il is treadng on dangerous ground, and
that whatever crime Il now commits must be atoned
for within .welyemonth. IL can no longer pursue
the part Of young rake who postpones repentance
TO the period when he shall have lost his appetite
and accordingly assumes a sober air and gentle
manly department towards the rival branch OF the
family Occasionally you meet IN the columns
of the Herald, or Standard some hard swearing
against America; but as these journals are fallen
stars, whose glory Shines not on Sir X. Peel but on
Lord Benunck, the peeyishness and lll-breedlng Of
these papers need not make any blood In the United
States. As his lordshp, the ne~-iangled leader OF
the tory faction, which still continues "the strike
on Sir Robert Peel is betting man, better known
at Epson and Lancaster than In the halls OF 81.
Stephen, we will offer him three TO one on what he
may consider the "out horse" Jonathan, against
John Bull. We do this merely out of sport,
and without any boastfulness on our part,
merely, as it were, to sratify his lordshiP'
derrang our strength is not likely to diminish our
courage their late cries Of distress in the agrieul-
tura districts Of Great Britain has not brought the
yeomanry to the aid Of the suffering mlllonaires.
There Is, however Engishmen may deny II, great
deal of pent up wrath in Great Britain against the
United States of America, who, by many, Is looked
upon as the great Of all the evils which have
befallen Europe since 1889. They believe that but
for US and our pernclou1 example, they could have
arrested the progress Of ideas, and persevered In
maintaining those beautiful institutions Of the middle
ages, which il has been the pride Of England TO
modernzs, rather than TO change, improve, and
adapt 10 the progress Of ages IL is we who have
demolished and defed her IDOLS robbed her church,
and drove out the priests Of feudalism France fol.
lowed our example, and the aboring millions Of
Great Britain herself have at last Caught the nfec-
tion, and believe that they have right TO exist as
individuals and not as "hands," to be bought and
sold in the field or in the "factory" at the lowest
marked price. They 60 far as TO believe that the
Catholic emancipation, the reform and Irish educa-
ton bills all ultimate consequences OF our revo'
luton following as q corollary does from the demon
straton Of d theorem. With this class Of English
men the republic will always be at war, and II Is
needless for US 10 attempt TO reason or argue with
them. Neither shall we initiate the anciegt war,
fare and encamp with large army before fortified
castle; it will suffice for TO leave corps Of obser-
walton in the neghboghood, and, in the mean while,
continue with the main body Of our army the ne
cessary operations of the campaign.
The great object we have attained consists in the
gertrude that the Oregon question must be settled
during the present administration, md that England
can no longer temporize in the hope OF seeing an
other Cess anti English) President come into power
All the loud talk in the Times, and other papers
foremost in the abuse Of our country, was owing 10
the singular persuasion that the notice would not
pass the Senate, and that the President would be
left in decided minority. The great hope OF all
h
lies consists always In the destructive spirit Of par
ty which divide the councils and energies Of the
latter and prevent their forces from being properly
developed and employed for defensive or offensive
measures England must know what reason she
has to impute the same vice to the parties IN the
United States; but the result will teach her that we
not to be judged by old precedents and that the
United States mark distinct era in history Our
institutions the product Of the settled convictions
Of the age not the historical traditions Of the
founders of the State, and therefore fresh
and ever youIg-ever ready for the combat with
the antagonstical principle. Our opposition is the
us intrte of the State--the dominant parY-the
motive power they to each other as the mass to
the velocity and not two conflicting elements,
which destroy or cancel each other And the mass,
too, when in motion, increases directly the momen-
tum Of power, the wiser ones in England know
and show by their action. We cannot expect Eng
land to be very fond Of us; but we make it her
W hccp On WIN anu nelcin hco Hci
and our safety.
The bread bill. e., the abolition of the corn
laws-has passed the House; the last skirmish
between Lord Bentinck and Sir Robert Peel Dis.
raeli and Roebuck, being, as it were, the farce
after the tragedy. The vote on Miles's amendment
decided the question. Lord Bentinck is no match
for Sir Robert Peel and the personal rsneontre be-
tween Dsraeli and Roebuck rather intended for
the benefit of the galleries. The fate Of the bill
is declded for there is doubt but that the Lords
will concur; and after the passage of the bill, the
great experiment which we believe will truly re-
dound to the greatness and prosperity Of England,
she will scarcely be disposed wantonly to destroy
the means Of turning the great national measure into
national benefit The abolition of the corn laws
is eminenily peace measure, and such we hail
it in the interest Of humanity and civilization; but
it is principally in her exchanges with America
that England will reap its whole benefit. To 60 to
war would be to burn the bridge which has just
been built, at such cost, to connect the opposite
shores of the ocean.
But England will never 60 to war without being
at least sure of the duiescence Of France. But can
she be sure of this with the present division in
the ranks ofthe French conservatives Ever since
M. Theirs brilliant speech on Texas annexation,
there has been mortal feud between that great
tor, statesman, and historian, and his rival the
present Minister of Foreign Affairs On the question
of the capacities the secret funds, the supple
'HeueoiJ SiSoh, anu vi iotCSu PoiSy III iCSoiu
to Morocco, Tahiti, Buenos Ayres, &C., M. Theirs
renewed his attack, which, though his antagonist
retreated behind the compact majority of the centres
fright and left may yet produce it's full effect the
electors. At all events M. Thiers's support is in
dsPensable to the ruling dynasty If not to the king
at least to his succession. M. Theirs and his party
must be reconciled; and in this position, and with
the avowed generous and polite sentiments Of NJ
Theirs in regard to the United States, the union Of
France and England in great demonstration against
the United States is altogether out of the question
The French journals have received the news from
America without serious comment; they ex-
pected it, and the popular prints make no secret
of their delight at the prospect Of events which,
in their opinion, will end in the humiliation
Of England. Your correspondent mentions this
fact only to show the disposition of the
French people--the people of which soldiers and
sailors are made--in regard to the United States
and England respectively, in order to refute the
foolish assertion of some other correspondents Of
American papers, that the official alliance between
England and France is also popular one. That
is a most unmtigated, stupid fasehood, which
twenty-four hours residence in France will set