The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-12-02

i4reSgth. This, indeed he said in I7pI ~ IN 1and
alone aSa II is no great wonder " Ia 1863 we only
veutured 70 cay this OF the two great Western Pow
ers. He predicted, indeed that the task must be
more difficult year by year. and accordingly asks
First, whether 1t is equitable aud polite that the
Turk should be 6yiven out Of Europe, from
the promontory dividing and CONNIE ting the
is consistent with the safety OF Great Britain
to allow the Court Of St. Petersburg to found,
as It were, new sovereignty on the destruction
Of the Ottoman empire" Assuming the only
possible answer to these questions, he proeeeds:-
How can Ministers acquit themselves to their
sovereign, their country, and posterity, if they
should permit Power to rise ito existence
but that may eventually extnguish the very
name OF Britain!'' He proceeds TO point ont that
other Powers aiming at universal empire had
been so dealt with; that France herself had
between the the Rhire and the pyrenees; and ho
only applies the same measure to r ssia:-" Why
should Russia claim an exemption from restric.
lions to which other soyereigns have snbmittedf
Why should Russia be suffered to acquire an I'D
,dition Of force that may enable her to prescribe
the law impcrOualy to surrounding nations, and bo
come the aIbitress Of the worldl'' And the writer
adds" 1t Is not against what che will bu ag inst
what she may hereafter do, that we are to guard;
and we all know that it is ser, as we'll as better,
to prevent oppression than to resist it." We have
had the harder taskthe resistance to an act OF OPP
precision long prepared and backed wsn me wn th
price we pay for protracted sulerance. We have
at last been obliged to come to the very expedlent
suggested by the writer before US, and which, SIXTY
four years ago, would doubtless have been more eff
fectual "A British fleet at this instant" he says,
ain the Baltic would perhaps, operate more strongly
In persuading Russia to restore peace to Turkey,
and leave our ally in repose, than AL the rhetoric
rediency that the noble lord in the Foreign
Department and the two gentlemen on mission
at st. Petersburg could possibly advance"
4. ,I.cA, ,ant~
temen in the Britt h Parliament will suggest them
selves to the reader Of this pa sage. We are now
sufficiently aware oil the superior efficacy OF fleet
in the Baltic and another in the Black Sea compared
with all the eloquence argument that ministers
plenipOtentiaries could address to Russia. In this
respect the lapse Of two generations has not altered
the comparative power OF words and deeds when
addressed TO the Russian ear. Such, then, was our
case sixtyf0ur years ago, before the extinction Of
the French monarchy and the tcrrors of the Gevo-
luton played the game of Russia by directing the
attention Vt Europe to o new danger Here, then,
in the heart OF the last century, to look for
the origin Of the present war; not In the arrogance
of the MengchikoR mission; not in the failure Of
recent negotiations; not in q quarrel about holy
places; bat IN the ambition the insoience and the
owdacity Of Russ;a scich tsco generations ago
clearly seen to menace the liberty Of Europe, and
which eren minister Of peace Dus driDen TO meet
scith the threat Of an appeal to arms in behalf Of
Turkey.
Anotn.r Defence Of Engl~nds Recruitment
[From TIE London Times Nov, TO-
There are citizens Of the United States who seem
to think that their national dignity takes great deal
of keeping mp. We do not remember a time when
there was not some question: less reconcile,
on which Americans were not found ready to prove
that either they or we must suffer painful huniar
ton. There have always been several long letters to
this effect on our fle such AZ that from Americas"
In Thursdays paper positive in their assertions
so convincing In their argument and 80 threatening
in their tone, that the wonder Is how both countries
have survived thousand approximate collisions,
not only without disaster, but without disgrace
For aught We know, both sides have had to exhibit
occasionally little Christian meekness. Certainly
England has, ard that not occasionally. Every Bri-
fish officer from Canada has borne witness to the fact
that is scarcely possible to keep regiments station
ed near the frontier Il being taUorite amusement
scith the citSens Of the neighborng republic to sedce
our soldiers 10 descrtion. However we swallow it,
though our regiments sometimes come home re-
duced that they might have been at all the battles in
the Crimea, instead Of leading quiet barrack life
in Canada. Then we are unPleasanty conscious
that the Americans are ail this time driving very
pretty trade with the Car, and that their manufac
tires Of small arms, gnnpowder and other munitions
of war are enjoying mysterious prosperity. If any
reMOnstance has been made, or any attempt to stop
"the contraband Of war in the American ports, it
has not been OF very vigorous or ctIectla charac
ter. But, while we have TO bear with patience 80
much that is actually done, and that home to
in the form OF substantial damage, there is con-
Siderable party In the States who IN show such
fo'besnncc Tor that which, at the worst meant no
offence was only talked of and ASver done and
which stopped at the voy threshold ut the r.t word
Of objection. We say, "a party in the United
States, because we are assured, aud believe. that
there people there and they not inconsderabc in
either number or importance who take very differ
ent view Of international relations, and who do not
think the Intercourse Of two sister empires should
necessarily be a series of violent apologies.
There could be nothing very unreasonable or
immoral in the idea that in the territory of the
United States there might exist men de.rous
to fight in The cause Of freedom, and even Of Old
England. PROFESSIONALLY, the Car is the chief
pillar Of do-potism in the world, and when the
Americans gave Kossuth an enthusiastic reception
they knew pretty well who had driven him to look
for their sympathy. What amount Of substantial
assistance the llustrous Magyar received we do not
happen to remember. but at all events he feted
and listened to-. and encouraged to persevere, aud
his health drunk Thousand times, and so many
speeches Of his reported at len 9Th that an abridg
ment Of them makes quite avlllme. There ,cls
something, too about sererai Mous aud saddles tchch
seemed to point TO aciiUs operations. Was 1t then,
extravagant hope, so injurious to the honor Of
the Americans, and likely to be so distasteful a
thought, that few of these enthusiasts might be
willing to join the free States of Europe in striking
blow at the arch despot, and cutting off the foin
tain head OF OPPRESSION There are in the terri
tory of the United States vaa. numbers who are not
yet citizens. who are by al law British subjects, and
who have not ontsrown British sympathies. The
very utmost that was done at the breaking ont Of
tins war to open recruiting Offices on British soil
near the frontier and lot 1t be known that body
would be welcome from the American side VINO
at liberty and felt disposed to join good cause. No
office was opened in the States, and even those that
were opened near the frontier were shut up and the
whole scheme abandoned before the arrival oil any
remonstrance, and without the enrolment Of
single citizen. This was the head aud front
OF our offending, and before even this was done
strict orders were given thlt the municipal law Of
the States should be carefully respected. II was
found. however, before anything was actually done,
that there was in some quarters disposition to
fix a quarrel upon us, and the whole scheme
was dropped, and, II the United States wanted any
satisfaction to their houor they had IL n the instant
closing Of recruiting Offices, not their soil, but in
their vicinity. There arc those however, who al
ways think that something must be de handed, aud
that nothing which Is spontaneous can possibly be
enough. They are choi:e in their exactlon and
must have their fancy well their honor graft
fed. In ENGLAND we have our qiarrels, and are al
ways ready 70 accept an explanation. in whatever
shape the onender may please to ofier it. Even
where there Is just offence, q man who Is exactng,
and who shows pleasure In apology hunting, turns