The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-12-17

misguided men, badly equippcd and unsupport-
ed, escaped from the United States and landed
upon the shores of Cuba. And now immacu-
late Britain, in transport Of Indignation,
tuperadded to land stealers," the designation
Of pirates!' The American people, the
entire American people, of whom something
less than one in every hundred thousand par
ticipated in the Cuban invasion. who never
added a foot to their territories except by legit
mate purchase-the entire American people
were again characterized as Gland stealers"
ard pirates" whom 1t was 0 duty alike to
God end humanity to compass round with bands,
triple treaties "joint remonstrances," and
all the old trad t;onal trumpery Of decrepit
Europe! Joint Remonstrances
Not many months have elapsed sine, on Of
thu highest members of the British cabinet,
flushed with the success ofan unnatural alliance
with traditional enemy, exultingly announced
from his seat in Parliament that this naughty
alliance sought not only to control the affairs
of Earope, but to extend its operations to Amo-
RIGA. The threat was hurled defantly at the
United States, and echoed exultantly by the
British press. twas caught up by the organs
Of reaction in Spain, in Cuba, and in Mexico,
and coupled with bitter taunts, rung again and
again in the ears of the American people
But yesterday, q feeble sovereign in the Pa
cifc, holding shadowy sceptre over people
thoroughly Americanized, tired of enacting the
farce of monarchy, and willing to submit
cheerfully to change, beneficial not to the
Tns+ ted fofo lint IN <ho cod
to renounce his mimic state, and take the
nobler rank Of an American citizen. This pro-
ceeding, so natural and proper, carried forward
by means as honorable as they are sanctioned
by precedent, is made the ground Of an attack
upon the government and people of the United
States unsurpassed for its mendacious malig-
nifty. And who is the man who thus auda-
ciously stands up before an independent sove-
reign to brow-beat and bully him, while libel
ling wi ole people in terms 100 gross to be
repeated? An officer of the British crown.
A nation thus regardless Of the feelings of
proud and sensitive people can scarcely expect
to receive is sympathy in war undertaken
and prosecuted from considerations of the in
tensest seltishness, as palpable to the world as
the pretexts which are put forward in jus.iica-
ton are shall ow. We have found Russia with
no bypocrit cal preten ions Of Lberality, enter
ing frankly into treaty relations establishing
the sound principle of ''free ships make free
goods" while the champions of liberal IDEAS
deny the principle itself while ungraciously
concedipg its application "for the presently or,
in other words, until their interests indicate
another policy!
The Times has uttered most true words;
neither England nor France can expect from
US, in the straits to which they are fast being
reduced, either sympathy or support. The ut
most they will receive is the recognition of the
bravery and devotion Of their soldiery, linked
with regrets that these should not be dedicated
to holier cause and loftier purpose than the
retention of Turkish sway in Europe, and that
of checking the career of power which has
achieved more for civilization within the past
three hundred years than any other nation
under the sun. No instincts Of race no SINH
larity Of religion, nor assumed similarity OF
constitution, can blind the American people to
the true significance Of the war in the East
Public opinion here is undoubtedly favora de
to Russia. There is no necessity for Disgusting
the fact, and England is welcome to the admis-
sion. Not that we love Russia more, but be-
cause we hate her less