Thibodaux minerva. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 18??-1858, 1855-12-01
The War with England.

The English papers are full of speculations in
regard to the active increase of the British feet
in our waters. The following from the Liver
pool Mail. shows the views of considerable
norton of the nation-the business men-the
merchants and manufacturers:
| Our Ministers having got their hands in the
making of war, seem DESTROYS of extending the
employment. Being now quite masters Of the
East, they are disposed to go west; and, after
thrashing the Cossacks, will have turn with
the Yankees.
The departure of war vessels from Ports
mouth for Bermuda and the West Indian Islands
has excited curiosity rather than alarm but the
Times has ascribed to them an important mis-
sion-important in more then one sense. They
are to do forthe United States what the United
States cannot do for themselves. "The En-
| glish Government" says tn. Times, "is omit,
| ting no opportunity of reinforcing the West In
dia squadron, and thus interposing powerful
| feet between this country and the North Ameri.
can Continent This proceeding WILL we doubt
not, call forth from a large portion of the Amer
lean press, that species of mild and temperate
comment in which they delight whenever the
couauct of England is in question, and little
| political capital is to be manufactured by max
| ing her the object of invective and deprecia
ton -
Doubtless. awe have, .gcontinues the Times
ssand we claim the right, to take every resona
BILE precaution against the spirit of unbridiee
license which the present Government of the
United States seems inclined to tolerate" ~;
The reader perhaps supposes that these ap.
prehensions are produced by fears for Cuba
They are not. WHAT'S feared is an expedition
| to Ireland 44 M
I re Al, ko~n XIV in
earnestahe might overwhelm the British Gov
/ ernment With ridicule-humble them ~ tina
dread laugh which neither nations nor pbiloso
! piers can scorn. as.as
What! an organized army in Americas 6or 81
invasion of Ireland! In America, where th'
name of Ireland stinks in the national nostrils
and to land in Ireland, where everything Amer
lean, except grain and cotton, iAsodious alik'
politically and religiously. Why, even Young
ireland would do what young Emmett said hi
would do-burn every blade of grassin the lane
before the foot of the invader should pollute it
and there is not priest in the land who wouie
not denouuce the Yankee infdel, not farme
who would not arm himself against the Der
who would disturb the only prosperity the coun
try has experienced for centuries.
Neither our reading nor our recollection cal
| furnish parallel in absurdity to this. TIL,
Times must be joking seriously, and the jok'
could only take where the most profound igno
rance of America exists. 1t issNell known tina
the children born in the States, of Irish parents
are more violent Know-Nothings than Yankees
of birth, and that the Catholic population in the
Union could not furnish 5000 soldiers. Blu
then we are told that the antiB British feeling il
america would make up the deficiency. Non
sense the American people talk folly, butnsg
err act it. -
The American people and Government will
interpret the presence of our ships in the Yves
India waters differently. They will not be per
suaded that our Government have fears for Ire
land, but they will suspect that they purpose 6
menace in favor of Cubas> They will read in tht
speech of General O'Donnell, in the Cortes. that
Spain in allying herself with France and En-
gland acquires the aid of these allies for pro-
tecting Cuba. Now, we believe that, at thi:
moment, Cuba is in no more danger than Ire
land But the United States Government viii
| feel it due to its dignity to demand an explana.
ton What explanation can be offered 1t must
either be humiliation or an insult, and Amer
lea may seize the moment to resent our insult
Can VIC afford q misunderstanding with the
States? Are commercial circumstances of na.
ture to warrant an interruption to trade? Ano
all for what? For Cuba :? For Ireland Pshaw
Lord Palmerston had better stop, and recall the
ships.
A "SADDLEBAGs GROCERY. Among the
presentments Of the Grand Jury Of Cass county
Georgia, the first week, we notice the following
The Grand Jury of the present week would