The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1853-09-28
ATTITUDE OF EUROPE TOWARDS rHs U. 3.

b A'os VIZ EukoPE TOWARDS THS U. S.n-
The following letter. by the Hon. Edward
Everett, in answer to Lord John Russeli's
reply to his long and eloquent letter, declin.
ing the proposal that the United States should
join England and France In guarantee eng to
Spain possession of Cuba, is published in the
Boston papers,: 4 ifftlJLfi
Bosros, Saturday, Sept. II, 1853.
| To tie Right Hon. Lord John Russell:
ME- LoRD-Your dispatch Of the 10th of
February last to Mr.. Crampton. has lately al.
peared in our public papers. As is is in real
ity, If not in form, a reply to my letter of the
LIST of December, 1852, on the subject of Cuba.
| regret that it was not prepared and sent be-
fore my retirement from the Department of
State. But though must now do it as pri.
vate individual, | iesl as it were to some ex-
tent my duty to answer it. shall! endeuvor
to do SO, in manner consisten. with INV sin.
cere respect for yorr public character, and q
lively recollection Of ycur personal kindness
during my residence in England. $40 ~
Before remarking on the contents Of your
letter, will observe that, though 1t contains
some courteous expressions, its tone is, upon
the whole, not quite as conciliatory as might
have been expected. considering that my let
ter of the first Of December was altogether
respectful and friendly towards the two pow
ere, in form and substance. have heard
that in presenting this correspondence to Par.
lament, you INDUCED in some "sarcastic re-
Marks" but have not seen any report of
them. Your dispatch is not free from shade
of sarcasm in one or two sentences This I
shall endeavor to avoid 10 reply, not that il
would be difficult to follow you in that field,
but because cannot think that an encounter
of wit between US would be an edifying spec.
tacle, or one which would promote any dcsir-
able national object.
You say that in my letter of the LIST of De-
cember entered into arguments not requir.
ed by the simple nature OF the question before
me-" and the length of my letter has been
complained OF in other quarters. The ques.
ton propounded to US was cer' ainly in one
sense "simple," as every question is that can
be answered "yes' or "no." But how yari.
Gus, complicated, and important the interests
and relations involved in it. Beside, the or.
gan of every government must be the only
judge Of the proper length and revelancy Of
his replies to the communications Of foreign
powers. he proposal to which was re.
turning an answer. j. inily made by two of the
leading powers OF Europe, related to the most
important subject in the circle of our foreign
relations. thought that a few paragraphs
were eIlemploy ed in unfolding the views
of the President on this subject; and the rea-
sons why he declined entering iatO a COM
pact purporting to bind the three govern.
ments for oil coming time to q certain line of
policy, in case of so much importance.
You will recollect that the members Of our
10 e.. -
Those expositions which are made in your
Parliament by ministers--in speeches not nm
frequently of two and three must be made
IN this country in a Presidential Message,
(rareiy alluded to by your pr IS without a
sheer at its lengthy or an executive eport or
Dispatch. My letter of the LIST OF December
would make speech ofabout an hour, which
does not seem to me immoderate for such
subject. Howaver, little greater fullness
of statement and argument, in papers expect
ed to come before the public is, it must be
confessed, in harmony with the character OF
our Government, and is generllay INDUCED
in. -e
You observe that .'the absorption or an
nexation Of "Louisana in 1903, OF Florida in
1919, of Texas in 1916, and of California in |
lS4S, had not escaped the two powers; still
less did they require to be reminded Of the |
events OF the seven years war, or of the |
American war" But facts may be mention
ed Tor illustration or argument, as well as
information. Most certainly the important
aud notorious events named BY you, leading
incidents of the history of the u States and
OF the world, cannot be supposed to have es-
capped the governments of England and
France, who were parties to some of the
most important transactions in question.
had no thought Of reminding your govern
ment OF the events of The seven years war
and Of the American Revolution, as matters
OF historical fact, Of which they were ignor-
ant; though really doubt and beg to say il,
without offence, whether there are many in
dividuals in the governments of either coun-
try possessed of an accurate and precise
knowledge OF the facts hastily sxetched by
me. That sketch, however, of the territori-
al chan ges, which have taken place on this
co ntinent during the last century, was inten-
ded az an illustration Of the proposition. that
our entire history shows it to be chimericaI, to
attempt, in reference to spe ci6c measures, to
bind up, Tor all future time, the discretion of
the world, of which SO much is still lying in
state of nature. Il
had another motive. The public opin- =
ion Of Christendom, created in u good degree
oy the press, has become an element ofgreat
and increasing influence in the conduct Of
inter national affairs. Now, il is very much
the habit Of considerable portion Of the d
European press, to speak of tie steady and
rapid extension of the territory Of the Uni. .
ted States, as the indication Of a grasping q
spirit on the part of their government and
people. The subject is rarely alluded to, by
one school Of transatlantic public writer's for
any other purpose. Thus the public mind Of
OF the civilized world 10 poisoned against u.s.
There is not only manifested, on the part of
these writer's, an entire insensibility to the
beauty and ora ndeur of the work that is Qo.l