The Nevada journal., 1855-04-13
The United States and EurODe.

The London Neacs, in giving some
reasons why it thought friendly under.
standing between England and the United
States should be "sedulously cultivated, ,
says:
There is another reason why it is desir.
able that friendly understanding should
be sedulously cultivated. In theory, one
nation ought only to communicate with
another through the medium of their re-
spective Governments. But in practice
this rule cannot be strictly observed.
In all countries there overlooking
minor shades of difference-two great par
ties the friends of free institutions and
progress, and the friends of despotism,
and stationary institutions, and obstruc-
tive laws. Either party in every country
naturally and necessarily sympathizes with
its counterpart in every other.
| 1t is not in hnman nature for the liber-
ais of free nation to abstain from sym
pathizing with and assisting those who
struggle for their own emancipation from
fetters in country subject to despotic
rule. Above all others, the despotisms of
Europe have no right to complain of this :;
for the Holy Alliance having set the ex-
ample of combination of kings against
subjects, have thereby justified leagues
among subjects against despots.
1t is impossible to lay down any general
rule as to how far Government may and
must connive at cooperation among the
different sections of their respective sub
jects. The circumstances of every special
case must supply the law applicable to it.
Still it is necessary, for the preservation of
lntercours between states as corporate COM
munltles, that some imits-narrower at
one time than another-should be impos-
ed on the cooperation of the subjects or
citizens Of another.
Hence arises one great difficulty that
has always beset the great statesman of
Great Britain when they have been called
upon to take in the Congresses of the
Great Powers of Europe. In these Coun-
ellis, Great Britain has hitherto been the
only free and popular government. The
balance of interest between peoples and
princes would be more fairly held were
some other first rate free power to take
part in them as we'll as Great Britain.
The Republic of North America is the
only other 6rst-class state that answers
this description When next Great Brit
ain is invited to take part in a general
Congress, it will be the duty of our Gov
ernment to insist upon the United States
being admitted to take part in their delib-
crations These councils would benefit
in more ways than one by the accession
of the United States to them.
The emancipation of American states
men from the superstitious veneration of
many old routine forms, and doctrines in
| applicable to the state of modern society
would immensely improve our European
diplomacy.
We do not mean that Great Britain and
the United States would invariably be
found taking the same side in the discuss
ion of general Congress. These two ma
tions can no more be invariably in the
right than Austria and Russia can invari-
ably in the wrong.
But the increased number of statesmen,
bound by the necessity of their position to
assert popular principles, and the admiss-
ion of body of statesmen more free from
conventionalities than any others, would
exercise healthy influence over the de-
liberations of future general Congress.