The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1847-08-04

nifty offer that 1t gladly awaited either by the
lament press Of England! Just this moment eyes
OF the whole world ayoraby attracted towards our
country and the envy and spleen of old enemy is
reused thereby. America occupies much of public
attention, our commerce is extended tr
umphan our sympathes for hopeless and oppressed Ire
land too conspicuous and embarrassed States
lively engaged in redeeming their forfeited reputaons
please the English people, Something must be done 10
arrest and from this good feeling; and saighway
Lord Palmerson, egarless of the injuries he may nfict
upon the English CREDITOR arraigns the bar of the
House of Commons and revves the thrceefued SANDER
population.
That the will all pay, later-and that
too the uttemost farthingwe do entertain doubt
But when will England refund the hundreds of millions
far exceeding the entire indebtedness of all Staes-o
which she robbed her creditors during nearly the quarter
country that she paid her interest in broken bank pa
per As principal that she dreams of paying
Sandered and traduced America has paid her hundreds
millions, both of principal and interest, and has fall
tered and it would be well for England, if she took ea
from book in this regard Who doubts but that if the
Bank of England were suspend specie payments, the
government would, even at this day. say Take Bank OF
England notes, no matter whether they worth only
hllings the pound get nothing Such has been her
conduct in times past and such will be again long before
my Lord Palmerston succeeds in bullying States into
payment; while all know thar under contingency
whatever, would fail raise any sacr
flee, the representative of specie pay interest
'But such is the difference between the justice of hian
hropic England and the unprncpled government of the
United States; which, according The English press has
been guilty of MURDERS and robberes, and every crime
the decalogue.
"What says the Albion to Lord Palmerstons threat OF
war Does it exhibit a kind feeling towards country
Is of those evidences of friendship for which
bound pull of caps and thank his lordshp, which
the Albion will publish side by side with his letter Mr.
Pakenham Does old friend think that this threat
this warning from the foreign secreary-this official
agnmen of our countrymen before the whole world, be
held up and threatened with the ladt-wil this
think ye hasten the day of payment the bonds
friendship between honest just and philanthropic England
and her sandered and traduced descendants 7 Will il
put end to ISLANDERS upon our country by the British
press, tend to make elowcitizens think thai
those ISLANDERS have response in the boom OF the Eng
lsh people %
We confess for own part that have read these
illusions in Lord Palmerston's speech with uneigned
establishment We had hoped that there was kind and
courteous, and cordial feeling, growing up between
the two countries We have greatquarre standing open
with England. We have bound the two nations closer
together by the liberal intercourse of reciprocal
commerce and the principles of freetrade. We have
poured out from the full urn of our abundance the bread
The abuse of the English press has no errors for u.s.
The London Times and the Morning Chronicle may mis-
represent course, and abuse conduct towards
Mexico We little for them; but confess that
we were not prepared for an imposition of high
and unequal postage upon the letters that have been
forwarded by our national steamer and still less
we prepared to hear the rough, and imprisoned, and
discourteous reflections of Lord Palmerston 1t can
do no good to either nation. 1t only to produce
excitement between two people who ought to be bound
together by mutual interests, and to be Sin peace
friends"