The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1855-11-22
PRESENT STATE OF THE DIFFERENCES RE-
TWEEN ENGLAND AND rRE U. STATES

From me Londtl' Times, November
when the war in the East first broke out
ana England found herself in new and anwont
Gu aliiance with France, and an equally nm
"on'eu hostlllty with Russia, there was no DOW
er from which she received assurances of epD-
port more hearty, more satisfactory. and more
spontaneous, than from the United States Of
America, Even the Minister Of the Union in
lhls country, unless We are misinformed. testi
ned 10 the cordial sympathy Of the Cabinet of
washington, and the nation over which II pre.
sides He expressed an apprehension as 10
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overwhelming might Of Russia But he desired
US to be under no apprehension on that ac
count, for the United States we've willing 10
make n quarrel their own. and aid us with
thousE.ids Of stout hearts and brawnv arms. as
ready to pluck down tao despotism of1he Fast.
ioreSts OF the West.
III the English Government believed these ~
surances, as we do not doubt the American
Minister believed them, We cannot reasonably
accuse them of rashHes> or credulitv. or say
that they adopted on doubtful authority, a
strange OF improbable story. Was it unlikely.
a PRIOR, that nation whose noble boast II Is
mat her SOL IS the chosen abode Of freedom.
whose every citlZen Is a missioGary against the
creed OF despOtism, should warm to a generors
tive, but to cGsh barbarous insolence, and save
Europe and Asia from being trampled under
the heel OF an oyerbearisg autocrat? Was II
likely that population, recruited annually
rom the bltteTOSt enemies of Russia which
has so CHEN evinced a martial spirit which
sSaTmed TO the obscure conflicts of the Mex;.
can war, and has shed its blood so freely in
nameless Indian quarrcls, should stand aloor
from contest in which worldwide fame WAS
r. I.at l.. . -
offered OF making American valor illustrious in
the van Of n conflict, on the decision of which
depended the future destnies Of the human
racer We 90 not think so and, therefore. I'M
fortunate as the result has been, we cannot
blame our Ministers that, in their urgent need
Of men, they sought TO avail themselves of the
resources Of the West, and to turn into a lepiti
mate channel the Irregular energies of those
ardent spirits, which have appeared so long to-
urn for an enterprise worthy of their courage.
At the Same time, the British Government.
while establishing depots for enlistment with.
in It's own dominions, on the American CONT.
rent, gave the most stringent orders that moth
ing should be done in the enieavor TO obtain
recruits to violate the municipal law Of the Uni
ted States-a direction which, with ALI defer
ence 10 the American Attorney General, seems
10 US to show an intention TO respect, instead
OF to violate, the national sovereignty of the
Union.
However, it Unhappily soon became only too
apparent that the American minister and the
british Government had alike mistaken the
disposition of our transatlantic brethren. The
sympathies Of the land Of freedom were found
in great measure to be enlisted on the side of
Russia. Whether it was jealousy of the French
alliance, a secret sympathy with the spirit of
territorial aggression, wherever DISPLAYED, "A de-
sire on the part Of Ghe saveholding States to
counteract Influences hostile 20 their domestic
institutions, or that the Irish refugees had in
oculated the Union with their hatred Of Enc
land, we cannot say but certain it is. that ac
counts began speedily to reach this country os
the hostile spirit in which our attempts at re-
cruitng were received, and the phiio-Russian
tone adopted, with few honorable exceptions.
by the whole American press, was but too ap-
parent. The English Government did not wait
to hear more II had been misled, and il
FASTENED TO retract Its error. Orders were i'm
mediateiy despatched to America. to desist from
all attempts at recruiting, and to give no cause
OF annoyance to the susceptibihties of the na-
ton.
In the mean while, the American Government
had, as well as the British, made its observa-
tons on the state Of public feeling, and deter
mined not to neglect the opportunity of turn
ing that feeling to account in the interest of the
coming Presidential election of 1856. Pro
ceedings were instituted against persons who
had acted, or were supposed 10 act, in the inter
est of the English recruiting service, and Mr..
Champion, the most popular minister who has
ever been accredited from this country TO the
Cabinet of Washington, was made the object
of unmeasured abuse and vituperation. At
the same time, the American Government
desired their minister in London to make the
strongest representations as to the conduct of
Great Britain, and to demand discontinuarce
OF all endeavors at recruiting in the States
The British Government answered, in the most
conciliatory tone, that what was demanded bs1
been already done, and offered explanations on
the subject, which proved perfectly satisfactory
to the American minister who could not but
remember his own sangaine anlicipations Of a
contrary feeling aud SO for a time the matter
terIalnated. But the American Government