The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1854-07-26
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EUROPEAN OPINION OF THE UNI
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Inc LONDON correspondent VI VIC
post furnishes to that paper the following ex-
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tract from the London DcspdtcA, d WccAiy
,..;on which ha eavs
paper OF iarge c'iou'" A.
""0 s'o
Europeau feeling regarding the United states
than is often seen
.w. .o,,.,;mes bsv. felt exceeding proyocafion
=, th. onsrre,some shirt of the United States They
are Away. ready to hsht--to seek 2, occasion for
Ths o o.rnesn.I n, ssetins s.tsfsction
Nov. it IL Of ourselves; again L il Of France or
ashe pIetexts for aueis. If they cannot find them;
'heir eonsuls demand corporation ior in11ted GU,
Of brosd.Se in foreign ports either with the State
" Ihn:s nareor they are .. sneno vi tSsy are At
p.see with al the world-bave no national debt
civil ~ thsmHsvsrvhoa, conceded to them mere
than & their due To make war ~ wosas en- b
HE reputation sven at the csnnons mouth turns out
70 Be the best Esy OF supsrea'a man n' bri.ns With
spikes eli are ready to give "a wide berth So It wa:
enousb On III bsgds At home: but that did not pre-
vent him from keeping foreisoer N oro ehoau w,.
willina to fsht with him. He he'd enough Of the
10 MN 10 sc ~ rssnected and her name to be
feared We ourselves were at war with france i9t
cur wssith upon it"pswnsd our credit for it. We
w.ud never awe in Often We r.jsetea wap for
forty years We are not sure that it is not to our
peace principles w se 70 hawn our teeth sooner
and threatened to use them earlier the genera. '
OCCASION for their use Armies and navies are in. in
aeed expenye but Is Is no nae far wsr 20 save
hundred millions In the war itself"
The above may be intended as compliment
tary to the United States, but it has no foun-
dation in reality. We wish there was more
truth in it. 1t is undoubtedly the fact that
the people of the United States are sensitive
and jealous of their honor, but it is not often
that the government, in this respect, reflects
the national spirit There are occasional ex-
ceptions, such as that of Gen. Jacksons adj
ministration, in its prompt and determined
attitude in the difficulty with France, and in
which the power of the national spirit when
embodied in the national head, was felt and
respected. But such cases are rare. Theact
of Capt. Ingraham was that of an individual
officer, who was not afraid to take the respon-
sibility, and whose action finds an echo in the
national heart. But, without meaning the
slightest disrespeet to our gallant navy, which,
III courage and efficiency, has not its superior
in the world, we fear there are few officers in
the service who would venture as far, under
the same circumstances, as Capt. Ingraham
Not that they fear any enemy on the face of
the earth, but they fear their own govern
ment, which, is habitually reluctant to "show
its teeth We are no advocates of war, but
the best way to avoid it, is that enormously
attributed by the London Despatch to the U.
States, to he always ready to fight with any
body" whenever the national interests and
honor demand. Our people are always ready,
but instead of "bristling with spikes" they
have scarcely the skeleton of a navy or ar
my, for their representatives are afraid of the
expense, andtheir Executive, without arms in
his hands, is often compelled to brook indlg-
mites and wrongs, which would never have
been offered if it had been in condition to
avenge them.
The British government is about the last
government on the face of the earth which
can be justly taxed with failure to show
its teeth Z" on all reasonable and unreasona-
BILE occasions. The English flag is shield
and safeguard in any every to all over whom
it floats. The humblest subject of Great Bri
tain is safe from oppression in every cline
l. this true of Americans and of the Ameri-
can flag? Let Cuba answer Let the long
list of unatoned outrages committed by Spa.
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opaiiaru Oh Inc Sso,eu person. Oh an Amer
Can freeman "ouio nave oeen followed by
the oomparoment Oh the moro Castle and of
Havana. Unfortunately, while the nation
has big heart, 1t has floating ornaments