Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1855-11-20
Present St ate OF Diff tenceA Between England
and the United States

lance witt frsnee,ap an equally nnwonted hos
tilify witt Russia there was no power from which
she rccei yed assurances of support more hearty.
more satisfactory. aud more spontaneous than
from thu United States Of America. Evel the
minister of the Union in this country, unless we
are misinformed, testified To the cor1a sympa-
thv of tn cabinet nf Washington and the nation
over wh ch it presidc=. He expressed nu appre-
honsion as tn the durability of our alliance with
France and our ability. alone and unaided 10
resist the overwhelming might # Russia. But
he des rcd us to be under no apprehension an
that nc count, for the United States were wiling
to max our quarrel their own, and aid Us with
thoust nds of stout hearts and brawny arms. rs
ready 10 pluck down the despotism Of the En,t,
as To Undue the wilderne - and level the giant
forests Of the West.
lfule English Government believed these assu-
rance 5. as we do not doubt the American minis
ter believed thcp, We cannot reasonably accuse
them of rashnrss or crodulity, or say that they
rdop ed on doubtful authority, strnnge or i'm
prob abe story. Was il unlikely, pfioti. that
nation whose noble boast il j. that her soil Is the
chof on abode Of freedom, whose every citizen Is
n missionary against the creed of dcspoii'ln,
sbo aid warm to n generous enthusiasm at II war
WA .ed for no selfish motive but To curb harba-
ron insolence aud save Europe and Asia from
bel ng tramped under tho. heel of an o'erbearing
au ocrnil Was itlikey that population re-
Granted annually f,om the hi,terest enemies of
Russia which has often esinced martial Spr
it,, which swurmrd to the Obscure conflicts Of
tn Mexican war. and las shed its blood - free
" U nameless Indian quarrel-, should stand IA
10 # from contest in which world de fnme WIS
t., be won hy the brave, and fair rccason
% fered of m, king American vnonr jllastrious in
tie van Of u { )nflict ON the decision of which Dc
pended the fu, re- de- tinics Of the human rhee,=
We do not thin; sa and. therefore, unfortunate
A. the suit has been cannot blanc min
i-ter- that. I'm tn air argent need of uen. they
sought to nvnl the uselse- of the resources of the
West, and TO turn into Il legitimate channel the
irregular energies oi those ardent spirits which
have appeared - Ion Ia burn for IN enterprise
worthy of their coura. .e. At the same time the
British Governments while establishing depots
for enlistment within il own dominons on the
American Continent ca 20 the most stringent or
ders TINT nothing should De done IN the endeavors
10 obtain rccruit- 10 viola te the Municipal Law
of the United Stntes.--a direction which, with
all difference to the Amerit an Attorney General
seems Ia us 10 shaw an into. Iii"n to respect, IN
stead of 10 vulatc, the natl, nul sovereignty of
the Enien.
However. it unhappv sao1' became only too
apparent that the American Il llnl iter and the
Biti-h Government had alike mis- taken the dispo-
siton of our translnntic brethren The sympa
thieS of the land of freedom found IN great
measure to be enlisted ON the side of Russia
Whether it was "A jealousy of the French ALI
anee, n secret sympathy with the spi rit OF terri
tnrial aggression wherever displayed, dare on
tho part of the slaveholding states tn co interact
Influences hostile 10 their domestic ms nj uinns,
or that The Irish refugees had mculct te i the
Union with their haired of England, we C annat
say; but certain it is that accounts began speed
lily t. reach this country of the hostile sp irt in
which our attempts at recruiting 'iv cd,
and the philo Russian tone adopted, with fe W
honorable exceptions, by the whole Amer lean
press, wa~.but too apparent. The English G ov
ernment did not wait ia hear more; it had be N
insled and it FASTENED to retract its error. o. .
dcrs were Immediately despatched to America to
desist from all attempts at recruiting, and to give
no cause of annoyance to the susceptibilites of
the nation
| In the meanwhile the American Government
had, as well rs the British. made its observation
ON the state of public feeling, aud determined
not to neglect the opportunity of turning that
! feeling To account in the interesto of the com
ing presidential election of 1886. Proceedings
were instituted against persons who had acted,
or were supposed to act. in che interest OF the
English recruiting service, and Mr. Crampton
the most popular minister WIN has ever been &C
credited from the country To the cabinet OF
Washington, was made the object of unmeasur
ed abuse and Vtuperaton. At The same time,
the American Government desired their minister
| in London to make the strongest representations
ms to tire conduct of Great Britain, aud demand a
discnntinuance of all endeavors at recruiting in
| the States The British Government answered
/ in the most concilatory tone that what de-
inundcd had been already done and offered expa
nations on the subject, which proved perfectly
satisfactory to the American minister. who could
! not but remember his sanguine anticpatons of
! a contrary teeling and so for time the matter
! terminated. But the American Government was
] not so easily satisfied, and returned to the at
tack with n despatch of which we will enly per
nit ourselves 10 that it ill-calcu,ated to
restore good feeling between the two countries,
and by means n fitting acknowledgment OF the
! readiness shown by our ministry tn recall mis-.
| IKE into which they had been 50 innocently led
| To this despatch the British Government has
| turned temperate but firm and dignifed reply.
| and has seconded its diplomacy by Strengthens
| ing its West India fleet with the ships that have
arrived from the Baltic.
In this position affairs now stand. and we APP
peal tothe conviction of our readers whether
these transactions do not disclose on tho part of
! our own Government most commendahle spir-
it of forbearance and moderation, and on the part
OF the Government of the United States a desire
to force a quarrel upon US at a period when we
may well be supposed to desire, above all things
the continuance of our present friendly rea.
lions. We do not appeal to our own c. untry-
men. for there is not one in England who has
any other feeling to tn" United States than that
of amty and goodwill, or who would regard Il
rupture with them other than Il heavy and
glieyous calamity. 10 be averted by all honora-
BILE means. But appeal TO the respectable
intelligent, and moderate portion of the Ameri-
can community, whose influence we are sorry
to see not yet apparent in the present proceed
lngs of their Government, whether they will