Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1855-11-23
The Threatened War with England.

The \. Y Evening Post takes the follow
ing very sensible view of the troubles be-
tween the Governments Of England and the
Unitcd States
Suppose that the two countries do not
agree with respect to the Interpretation to be
nut on the CLAYTON and Buwer treaty, and
tina. hv mutual consent the treaty is can
cellpd What follows Not war, but new
ncrotiations. If two individuals make
contract. AM finding out afterwards that
they have not understood each other. agree
that the contract shall We annuled, they do
not. unless they are absolute nadmen, pro-
coed to break each other 5 heads ami tweak
each Others noses They know very well
that no PROCESS is to be made in that way
even if they are bldckGuards enough to have
no objection to a scuille. They confer fur
Their, and see whether there be not some
method Of coming to more precise under
standing
suppose that our government has domain
led the recall of Mr.. Cramptyn That is no
cause of war Great Britain is not SO mad
as to wish to fight us because we object to
Mr. Champions presence at Washington. in
the capacity of her ambassador. She has no
alternative she must recall him. and send
out somebody elee, as France did when. not
very long ago, We required the recall of Mr..
PJusin.
But Great Britain has sent ships Of war to
the West Indies Have we any right to
make that an occasion Of quarrel We
have sometimes done the same thing. and
have never supposed that this was Prelimin-
airy to war with Great Britain, She has
nn.srssions in the Wr.t indies. and we nave
none when she orders n mart of her fleet
;, tbat STATION. il is like our sending round Il
DETACHMENT Of our navy to the Pacific coast
We order our armed vessels to the Mediter-
ranaan. where we do not own a foot of land
sweeping by the lortrossc. Of Gibraltcr and
nns.in,, unier Malta. and meyer dream that
,va ,rr ,,r,vnkino
Thcrr has been nm attcpnt to recruit sol
dicrs for the British armies in the United
States The lave of the country forbid this
and. if thew are duly executed. are sufficient
ia rut il down without any waste Of powder
and shot. and more fearful waste OF human
life on both sides. We are masters on our
own soil. we hold the issues OF this question
in our hands, and it depends on US to say
whether we will allow Great Britain to OBJ
tain soldiers from the United States or not,
When pickpockets come over from England
and exercise tneir vocation here, we do not
60 to war we catch the pickpockets, and
clap them i'll the penitentiary. If we hap
pcned to have occo sion for recruits for ar
my or navy, and an agent or two were to
cross the Atlantic in our behalf to look for
them in the crowded cities Of Great Britain,
we should think it Il very strange proceeding,
were the government OF that country to de
( clare war against us, and send fleet to
lombard New York We should naturally
ask why she did not put her laws in force on
her own soil. In all such cases, war is the
fool S resort.
Again, it is said that Mr.. Cushing has
written very indiscreet letter to the United
States District Attorney in Philadelphia, in
which he has applied vituperative terms to
the British government. 1t is true enough
that it was not the business of Mr.. Gushing
to discuss our foreign relations in correspon.
dence with a District Attorney. 1t was suih
cient for him to point out what he deemed
the District Attorneys duty he should hay,
left Mr. CHAMPION, with whom he had nothing