The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-11-12
THE DAILY DISPATCH.


THE DAHL Y DISPATCH.
Monday MsrnIns, NOVEMBER ne, 1853.
HneIand and lhs Uaitcd states.
BY the Asia We have little additional general
news Thu ssarsisas cdisorials Of the London
Tsmcs on the Unfted stscs h the ssost important,
and VIC give Il In fdh
FFoss the London Tirses, Gle4e IS
raxfa7sssp DIFFICULTY sETwEas GREAT
Bk..rl6a kSD TIE UNITED sTAfrs
rsa English govefi..rashs &. oinittinsnu eppor-
,un.y Of reinforcing the West India sysssbsi.
country and the North American erft!nch . A<,s,
nroceedins will we doubt not cali fostn -, .of
large portion of the American press ,I nv se,
mild and temperate councr' r, ~ Is in eacs
nsn' I;,tia nolitical capital is 90 pc ;..n ,a
,,roa NV making her the opject u ,onht ~ the
san.c.;:.;on We shall be told. no .vhuc Anne
aoPrcs1A ..r.d AZ England to tho Repaohc am ~
fendisn natlsa . ~ menace behind which shc
Ia. her fnsiduous and treacneio 49, ,rav
tS,,hout tho slightest wish to renec' IN o. "a the
nm the press which allows tseii 70 .o cons.;tn
vehicle OF such staternents, or upon VA nv
:as vhosa votes are found to DO innnchee. "
III c.,,,nies we wish to point out 70 lno ~
.ense and moderation of the American I.sr "a
esuses which have led u.s. even .s ~ and nav pos
tnrrnase our squadron in their seas, . .. Gro,
.sJv iead Ms still further in directioh, .n1
s,on toward which we are now most IN"
taking .a,., nub,ic TO be.
we cn.. .,;,, the assertions to the contra
ie ..h ,,h;cb thew arc 80 assiduousiy phed. thai
- "a M marty or body Of men IN ths country
,hst regards them with any other feeHns .han s.,'
Of the utmost good will, or wouio wt W .h ~, Utmost
80 thor fate than the enjoyment OF Tue u.I"
t,;s froedon which Is consistent win tne ut'hos'
nr;ya,e liberty and security. we nave ho''' ~,
wish nor the right to intrude our opiotIu - :,
form of government which mas peoh y" -; .ha
mo United States: but we have, anu W o'".. 80
~ 60 .ake every reasonable preeautioh aR'hs.
t,t snirit Of nnbridled license which tho present
government Of the Cnited states seems ii'ci:u -; ~
tolerate At this moment Nofth hihetN :. :: -,
nSo,;,1 neaca with tho whole world YET hls nc'
s los tr,ic that in her ports arc fitting out AZ ,s
,noonent piratical ffllbustering expeditionS, oes
,nad 10 carry war and btoodsfred into tho domim-
ions of an mnofending nefghbor Ihesc 1921,
lions do not receive the sanction OF the Amer
government, arc not equipped By its funds, WIN nor
lie conducted by its officers but their p"i'ton
ia nevertheless well known to the fresaeIi1 an. an
his administration, and received no check ron III.
orarter.- This liberation. we are VIKING W nup
nose proeeeds from weakness merely. ana mou ,
Ina exchanged for vigorous action, ohy 'h"' INV
mower TO act is utterly wanting. -,,
The American people are 30 rec tn.'. ~ 49,,
NOT he controlled by government OF their own
creating and though laudably eager for tho pre-,
serration of their dignity and the assertion o.
the:. own rights, cannot bring themselves 10 toIe
-af,T Executive SufnclenuJ SlEOuS "
sn-et for TN, rights of neutral nations IL Is pc
cans. we see no hope of finding in the hiteu
states government capable OF preventing us GU
gcns from wa .ng private war on their own aoeo y,
against the hest friends and truest aiiies OF th'
s.c:t rau,lbiic that we are most unwiingiy com
neuah eye; In the midst of the great European
struggle in which we are engaged, TO assume
defensive attitude, in order to trample out the mrs
sparks of this fire, and prevent coniagrahoi
which. if once allowed to spread, may cause inca
culabls misery to the human race. 1t il the ms
h fortune of the American republic that she contain
within her borders so many desperate and lawles
men; it Is still her misfortune that she doe
not possess an organization sufficiently powerfu
to crush these criminal attempts. mat whlcn sI
cannot do we are compelled, at least so far as I'd
lawless enterprises directed against ourselves &c
to do for her.
We cannot wait patiently till these lawless ennis
saries of instruction and plumber have set thel
feet within Her Majesty's dominions, and encoun
tered there tho resistance which Is sure TO over
yyhelm their wild and desperate schemes. w
cannot wait till are placed in the terrible d.
lemma of either sparing men to whom ciemency II
cruelty to the human race Of which they are the
enemies or of infiicting just punishment, which
may be the means of intiaming against us the pas
sions of the American people and leading to a dis
astrous and fratricidal war.
We will if 1t be possible, prevent the crime tina
otherwise it would be duty most severely t
punsh and this we do In the name and in the hop
of peace We cannot believe that those who ar
now engaged in enrolling unhappy men for thes'
desperate and criminal enterprises really contem
plate the success of descent upon Ireland, for IN
stance as probable, even possible. All they
can hope is that the miserable fate sure to attend
such wretchcd Adventures, may be the means Of
inaaming the public mind against England, ant
stirring up tho passions of the people to point
which might render war inevitable. This consum
nation 1t is the duty of the American government
If it can to prevent-and, as it cannot, OF the go
vernment against which such attempts ale aimed
by all means to avert If we can prevent these
expeditions from sailing, or intercept them in mid
ocean, we shall have done much toward avertlne
the danger that must arise should they be carried
out to their natural development. Tho course o.
action we have adopted Is bold, but for that very
reason we believe it to be prudent and safe.
We are fully aware of the advantage that such
a proceeding gives to those ever active emssaries
of discord, who arc necessarily employed in every
State of the Union stirring up the feelings of the
populace against this country. That which is a
mere measure of sefdefence against lawless force
they will represent as an insult offered to the law
full government of tho country; they will decainl,
they will distOrt, they will exaggcrate, but we
must not omit to prepare against real dangers, be-
cause preparations may he honestly misunder-
stood or designedly misrepresented. England has
every wish and every interest to remain at peace
with America. The immense trade which we ear.
ny on with her. tho community of language and of
blood the absence of any ground of dispute or
subject of rivalry, all plead forcby in the same di.
recton. How strange that under such crculn-
stances, we should be driven to arms, merely be-
people to make war upon us. unsupported and un-
approved, but also neither prevented nor arrested
by the government We desire, above all things
continuance of peace but if it be the determine
ton of any large portion of the people of the Uni
It'd States to forco war upon U.s. we shall know
now to meet 1t and repel it, without relaxing for
an instant our gripe on the throat of the Keeling
and lettering giant of the North.
But is it for the credit of those free institutions
90 often vaunted as all that is wise, perfect and
liberal on the face of the earth, that friendly and
kindred nation, ardently desiring peace, should
feel itself compelled to stand on the defensive. not
because it has any serious dispute with the Gov.
ernment of this free and happy community but
because that Government is unwilling or unable to
prevent It's citizens from going forth to murder and
to plumber in the domlnions of an unoffending ally
Are these tho garlands with which the tree of free
dom ought to be adorned 2-are these the laurcls
with which the temples Of the goddess should be
bound. England has some claim to be called tho
nursing mother of freedom; and her citizens arc
free because they know how to obey-how 10 sinh
ordinate their individual wills to the law the en-
premacy Of which constitutes the principal dlstinc
fion of q civilized community