Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1855-11-17

"Wiil the English and American people allow
themselves TO be dragged into war BY the sordid
selEseeking calculations Of factions, and the per
sona susceptibilities Of their respective Cabinets
for the time being ~
The Liverpool Times Of the 3D. says;
Yesterday rumor prevailed here and 10 Lon
don, that the American Minister at the Court Of
81. James had either been recalled or would leave
for the United States ~ the packet which sails
this day. We happen TO know, through private
source, that Mr.. Buchanan had an interview Eith
Lord Clarendon on Tuesday last, In the course of
which his lordship assured the American Minister
that the British government were informed, on am
questionable authority that ships were being built
and fitted out in the United States for the express
purpose of making descent on Cuba, on the Brit
sh West Indies, and on other parts OF the British
possessions. But the interview between The Eng
lsh Foreign Minister and the American Ambassa-
dor was 80 friendly that the last named parsonage
was to have dined with Lord Clarendon yester-
day--Friday af @6g
Since this friendly interview, however, took
place, an article has appeared in the London Times
which Mr.. Buchanan may think is calculated to
compromise him In the eyes of his own govern
ment and the American public, and he may have
resented the information II contains as breach Of
confidence. This article may have annoyed Mr.
Buchanan, for, although substantially correct
many matters pass conidentialy between minis
tor and the government to which he is accredited,
which cannot be given TO the world without a
breach Of diplomatic etiquette. @
Ifsuch be the case In the present instance--and
we are merely assuming it to account for the ru-
NOR which prevailed In london yesterday---it
amounts to nothing more than misunderstanding
between our government and the Ambassador
q word, personal affair The probability IL, that
there is not word of truth in the rumor, for as
snredly, up to Tuesday last, we have stated the
most cordial feeling existed between Lord Chren-
don and the American Amba -sador.
The following is from the second edition Of the
Liverpool journal OF Saturday Sd instant
We have received q telegraphic message
from London, conveying the most serious intelli-
gence, and we can vouca for It's Importance, for
the information comes from source which ex-
cludes the possibility Of doubt. We are anxious
to be considered emphatic, for the country is on
the eve Of war with the United States, unless
public opinion is brought to operate Immediately
on Her Majesty's ministers. aE
An active interchange of diplomatic notes has
taken place this week between the Earl of Claren-
don and the American minister.
|" The cause assigned by the British government
for the appearance of our ships Of war at Bermu-
da was the report of Russian privateer being now
fitted out in the port of New York. but the fact 10
denied and it is well known that this is a mere
pretext for the real cause refers to the affairs of
the Mosquito territory. 1
The enlsting business never gave moments
uneasiness; never occasioned an angry word from
the government at Washington never caused
solitary complaint against Mr. Champion.
The Mosquito question is the one which imper-
lis the peace between Britain and the United
States. It has been for some time source Of d.
plomatic disquiet between the two countries, and
now tends to an open rupture. The American
government considers a war highly probable, and
the probability proceeds from certain conceptions
Of views entertained by Lord Palmerston.
Mosquito territory extends from Cape Hon
duras to the river San Juan, and is proximate to
Honduras and Nicaragua. 1t was trouble to
us in ls48, and is that part Of Central America
where different national and local interests now
concentrate. To quarrel about it would bs mad
ness"
The London Mercantile Gazette, of the Slst,
closes an article as follows: g5g
The United States and Great Britain will not
submit to being dragged into an inhuman war to
further the speculations Of any political party.
England and America together are the representa-
tives Of that vast aristocracy who not inaptly
described as the merchant princes of the world;
and, SO long as these powers act In unison, trade
will be secure and commerce universal The peo-
pie of both countries MS people, acknowledge
this; and when political disputes like the present
arise, It is the people who should speak and act.
We care not what class OF politicians may be in
power Wings or Federals Democrats or Know
Eothings, are alike TO US. An unpopular measure
may overthrow either the one or the other, and
convert powerful administration Of to-day into
powerless opposition Of tomorrow Let these
parties succeed or fall, according their star may
be in the ascendant or their. political notions
unmarketable; but when the national prosperity is
at stake, and the true interests of commerce at
ISSUE let both nations pause and seriously reflect
whether they will sacrifice their national prospect
ty to exclusive prejudices and imperil all that their
forsfathers have died for and achieved, to crafty
the vanity, and temporarily administer to the am
bition, of reckless and interested men.
We therefore ask the people Of the two greatest
maritime powers of the world to consider well be-
fore they permit their rulers to launch them into
war, the issue Of which must be doubtful, whilst
the consequences, under any circumstances, must,
to the commerce of the world, be inevitably disas-
trous. Let not any political difference, existing
between our respective rulers, or fostered by our
mutual enemies, disturb the sentiments Of amty
and goodwill which the two countries have for so
many years cultivated, not only to their own ma.
tual advantage, but to the universal advancement
of the commerce Of the world.