The New York herald., 1850-05-18

was the law of Louisiana and Carolina. and that.
as the federal government knew that il could nei-
ther persuade nor compel those States to repeal the
law, all that they could do put an end to the
treaty OF 1885, if the English government insisted
on protecting the rights of its subjects. Now are
we to believe that if Russia had threatened to put
an end TO the treaty Of 1876 if Lord Pilmerston did
not recall his fleet from the Dardaneles, that he
would have done il Tor that, if Russia or France
had threatened the same thing, if we did not retire
from the PlrRus and from the claims Of Mr.. Fin
done it
Or are we TO suppose that Lord Pamerston is
willing to put himself and England into the attitude
OF cowardly bully and braggadociol That he
viii hector the weak for owning pence, when he
dare not even make fair and manly demand of
justice, and the faith Of treaties, from the strongl
Are we TO suppose that if we had money demand
on America, We should have sent fleet there to
enforce them; or that it Greece had violated the
rights OF British subjects in their own persons, we
should quietly put up with il, allowing her, in fact,
TO do just she Gkedl Does Lord Pdmerston
mean to make himself the cats-paw of Portuguese
Jews and British jobbers, and to humbly walk off
VIXEN strong power insults the British nation in
the persons of its subjects, and says we not
disposed TO alter our practice! Does he mean to
act the bumbailii, in the collection of petty debts,
and to neglect the most sacred rights of nations and
Of British subjects!
That, however, is precisely, at the present mo-
ment, the position in which Lord Palmerston
stands, and in which he has placed this country
The hectoring over the weak for pecuniary de-
mands. and the succumbing 10 the strong, W here
the laws IF nations and the personal liberties of
cDgiishncn are concerned, stand in strange and
Illuminating contrast.
We trust that the public will not allow this mat
ter 10 rest We trust that il will communicate TO
Lord Palmersfon and the government, that after
the affair Of Greece, the honor of the country is
concerned TO see the nights of Englishmen asserted
IN America We must do this, or bear the inevi-
table character of cowardly bullies. Our swagger
Will hereafter be estimated al lis true value. IL Is
for The nation 10 remind our government, OF what
il is apt to forget, that it places higher value on
the honor of the State and on the person of its
citizens, than on any amount Of money; that it
cares not iirihing or FIG whether those citizens
they are Engshmen, and We are bound by the
honor Of true men, by the faith of treaties and the
laws Of nations, 10 protect and defend them
But, says Lord Palmerston, they thteaten to put
end 10 the treaty of 1915. Is that such an awful
affair! Docs not any nation gallop through that
treaty at its pleasure Where is Poscn, where
Gallicia, where Cracowl Is there not a white AZ
well black side TO this question: Will the
Americans 60 to war to defend breach of faith IN
The slave-drving popul tton OF The South VIII
the South break with England for this Where,
then, would be its great cotton market, with
out which the whole South would be bankrupt at
oncel
No the laws of nations, and the best sentiments
OF the whole human race, would be against
America IN such a contest. She cannot, and she
would NOT, seriously attempt to maintain such
strife. We have only to assert our rights tempe
rateiy but firmly, and 10 obtain them The slave
drivers might and would buster a while, lut the
best portion of the population of the United States
themselves would be against them. There are too
many commercial and other interests in existence
TO endanger rupture with the United States on
account of our just, honest, and imperative demand
OF the involability Of our countrymcn on board of
our own vessels.
If we yield TO the bullying insolence of the Caro-
lnitn save-driyer, after the position we have as
sumed in Turkey and in Greece, we shall deserve
the contempt Of the whole civilized world-and we
shall have II.