Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1855-05-01
WASHINGTON NEWS AID GOSSIP.

Smsrican Recruits for the British in the
Crimsa 1t seems tha5 after being summarily
put down in Nv York and PHILADELPHIA. the
British recruiting agents Lave been ct work
N Boston. We have repeatedly explained
that the acts Of which these parties have been
guilty involve attractions of our neutrality
laws rs gross as 6llibustering for the conquest
Of Cuba. We believe that, 80 far, though de-
tachmenss have bssn smuggled of to Rail ak, it
has been f. ind Impossible On their arrival
there to iniucs a 10 an of them to enlist for he
Crimea, the promise TO provide them wo,k en-
railroad being the inducer snt prevailing on
then to leave he United States for the British
Pro7inees An exchange quotes the London
Times On this subject as follows:
The London Times is entirely persuaded
that the real and genuine feelings of the Anne
riean peOpie-Anglo Saxon in blood, language
and institutions-mustb be in unison With cur
OWL, soi that the true sympsthies of the States
mus needs 20 With their own flesh and blood,
nsnnng Tor liberty against dsspotism It adds:
"SUms discrepancies Of opinion seem to PRE-
vail as TO the results already in evi1ercs;
but, upon the whole, there appears, We think,
very little reason TO doubt that, a. far a. the
esHlSA U goes, n strong legion
could be raised n tho United States for &C.
operation against Russia, with exceedingly liz.
tie difficulty. Il IL apparent i1deed say.
one paper, that IL, 600 men could be speedily
furnished; and 10 CUES ion can be enter
tanned as 20 the general excellence of he SOL
der: thus 70 &c f0rthcc ming The courage,
intelligence, and activity Of the Americans
are well known and those indefstigable eper.
gies which hurry them over a vi hole continent
Anf n
ind ample scope II the contingencies of such
war as that Low raging. On the other side,
the German Immigrants. having been for the
most part, inGre1 to military discipline, pos
sessing in some cases, probably. a practical
knosledgo OF arms, and being generally Of
mature age and vigor, would supply exactly
the class IF tTOO.s which are most in request
at present Il is 10. that Great Britain is
destitute Of men, or that the sources Of recruit
ing have been exhausted by a twelve months
canPEis2. On the contrary, our rec vi ing
proceeds most successfully; but it happens
that. whereas soldiers are wanted INN ediately.
ittakes two years or so to form soldier, and
70 transform the willing lad into the robust
anu disciplined soldier. We should have lit
Tie difficulty IL raising SO, 900 men for the
yea ls5o, but they are wanted for lie year
1870 AS the cause in which we are fighting
l. Common one, there can De no reason why
We should not accept the Co operation Of others
where er IL can be lawfully obtained, and If
the Americans can show as the way to take
Seb1stcpol, We should be quite ready to learn,
and 10 give them every credit for the lesson -
We republish this extract only by way of
exposing The utter ignorance Of tn. London
Times Of tho state of popular sentiment on
this side OF the Atlantic.
In the FIRST place, not q single American
born is to be found among those unfortunate
creatures who have gone to the Provinces to
labor on e railroad rather than to take ser
vice in the Crimeal not one! This shows
that the Times is entirely mistaken in its
view of he est nation in which the war is held
oy the American people. We do not know Of
asDgie native born American out of Boston
("nere toadying to England is O constiiu.
donal propensity of the vicinage) who has ex.
pressed symPethy with the allies at auy tim.
within the last six months, while hundr eds O,
American newspapers have given in that time
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. that as between England
and Russia in this contest, their hearts bea,
in sympathy with the latter Thi. idea tha
Anglo-SaIon sentiment in America lie in uni
son with England's cause in the war, was 70
psatsd in the speeches delivered by Britisf
subjects st the late dinner of the Society 0
St. George, ID New York 1t is founded OIL
the fset that Britons have expressed such
preference in American newspapers
Itsesms 50 though Englishmen coming to TIT
United States have . chronic propensity b
interfere IL the formation Of American ssnti
ment before becoming cidssns here. Their,
are twenty TO one of them unnsturalissd, who