The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-07-15
Eurcrenn Designs AGAINST the Union

| Atlantic.
European Designs Against the Union.
1t isnow a rare thing for European mail to
arrive here without bringing some fresh evil
dence of the ill-concealed designs of the govern
ments and arstocracy of Europe against our
institutions and the safety of this republic.
| One day it is an itinerant 6as-5leu. who holds
| conversaziones in Exeter Hall, and gathers
| halfpeEce as she goes from every open purse;
another, it's negress, in whom enthusiastic
abolitionsts have discovered symptoms ofvocal
talent, and who is set to sing Bellini and Doni-
zetti before the assembled nobility of England
| Still later. we hear of large meetings being
| held at which colored preachers, instigated by
| the Stafford House clique, denounce the insti-
buttons of the United States. and call for their
| immediate downfall, mid shouts of bravo from
| titled audience. An ex-Presdent whose title
to public gratitude for his services to his coun-
try has been forfeited by his open treason to
her laws, is received with open arms at the
West End, and fondled by dukes and peers.
Nor are these symptoms Of dislike and jealousy
Of the United States confined to the British
| isles. France re-echoes with imperialist
attacks on the government and constitution of
this country. Spain, Austria and Russia are
sedulously taught by the official journals to re-
| gard the Union as failure and American So
ciety hideous picture Of anarchy. Open
accusations and specific charges are seldom
made; covert calumny answers the purpose
more efectually and is moredifIcult to refute.
The British aristocracy have pointed all their
| guns towards one single pont-Amercan sla-
| very There was a time when American Lynch
law was the iavorte theme for British writers to
harp upon. The United States were depicted
| as the abode Of horde of lawless savages, de-
| lighting in violence. and accustomed to the use
of the bowie knife from their youth up. Horrid
| tales Of Kentucky sawpits and Western duels
| found their way into British periodicals, and
many very sensible people began to regard this
| country as sort or Pandemonium. Unfortu-
nately for the success OF the theory. some stray
| Englshmen who were not wholly blinded by
| prejudice, found their way into the United
| States, and gave very different coloring to
our society They discovered families where
PEOPLE sat down to dinner without bowie knives
and revolvers; where no one recollected the
occurrence of a duel in dark room; where the
conversation was as enlightened and as refined
as in any mansion in London. They visited
cities where the sheril's officers were never
molested; where justice was allowed to take its
course and rowdies and rioters were both Sc
verely chastised at the time, and Justly pun
shed afterwards. AT their return to their
native land the whole fabric of American
anarchy fell to the ground. Englishmen saw
that some other saw" must be Established
and accordingly slavery was chosen.
The choice was not injudicious By raising
pseudo philanthropic cry on behalf of the
sorely oppressed African. the British secured
the alliance Of vast body of warm-hearted
people, who are always ready to sympathise
with real or imaginary distress all over
the world. There was enough in the real
circumstances of the case, and the history
of the negro race on this continent to
supply an ample RECITATION of the charge
made against Us. But facts were invented to
serve as foundation for the argument. Ii was
assumed that the Southern planters are natu-
rally prone to diminish the value OF their own
property by ill-treating their slaves 1t was
supposed that the negro intellect was suscep-
tbie Of equal development to that OF the white
man. It was taken for granted that emancipa-
ton would amelicrate the social condition Of
the slave. History and statistics were studous-
ly eschewed. fictitious society was created and
adorned with fictitious personagcs, on whose
fictitious misiortunes the soft-hearted British
reader was expected to oxhale his soul in sor-
row. The hero was a slave whose chains were
clankod at regular intervals in The sight Of
discerning British public. nor in vain:-
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Pitiful sto.yl
Here was fair prospect Of raising healthy
excitement against America The effect hoped
for was OF course the demolition Of the repub-
lie. 1t had not escaped the notice OF the far
seeing politicians Of England, that the only
party in this country which might be fairly re-
garded as hostile to the interests aud danger.
GUS to the safety of our Institutions wGs tie
abolitonist faction Their tendencies, their
hopes, their ill-concealed designs, were quickly
discerned to be fraught with peril to the Union.
A single glance disclosed the immense prac-
tical service their supremacy would render ~