The Daily Nashville true Whig. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1851-1855, 1855-11-16
The United States and England.

relations between the United States and Eng
land attract great attention in this country
From both sides now, we learn, substantially
that the Clayton and Bulwer treaty is no more
but the correspondence between the two Gov
ernmen.s has ended in the most friendly tone
The United States are relieved from the con
tract, not to extend their power, empire, and
dominion ia Central America, and the British
Government holds on the Mosquito PrOtectora
aud Ruatan Islands off Honduras. The fill
busters in Nicaragua are very likely to settle
the whole subject in dispute. The Washington
correspondent of the New York Courier and
Enquirer writes:
Two separate propositions for the annexation oil
portions Of those States have been already made
this Administration. The sole obstacle to their ac-
ceptance their selfdenyirg ordinance which we
consented to incorporate in the Convention oil
1850. That is now removed and the destiny OF
that portion of the continent may be considered
fixed.
The New York Sun looks upon the display
Of British forces in the West Indies as "insult-
ing"-but Lord Palmerston, we are told, has
seen our Government in the hands of weak,
chicken-hearted men, and thus busters away.
The Sun says
1t may fatter the vanity and nurture the stupid
preudices of a certain class Of Englshmen to be
told that their Government, though engaged in a
war with Russia, can, nevertheless send to Ameri-
can waters feet sufficient to intmidate the United
States and restrain its ambition. Palmerston may
think the brag and bIllyng policy necessary for
home as well as foreign effect; and he may even
think it will help TO restore some OF the lost pres
tige of England with the European States TO ap-
pear prepared to throw down the gauntlet to the
American Republic But whatever be his motive
or object, our Government ought to give Palmer
ston and Europe to understand that no demonstra-
ton Of force will move this country from its fixed
policy Of independent action, nor swerVe it from
the maintenance of its rights and its honor.
The New York Express, of the 10th inst,
has the following comments on cur relations
with England:
On re.perusal of our English files we see that
the public mind, in London aud Liverpool, was agi
tated to a much greater extent than we showed
was the case yesterday,-in reference to some sup.
posed change of relations with the United States,
which required the immediate presence of power
full naval force on or our coasts. What it was
all about, nobody seemed to know-but it was taken
for granted that the movement of the fleet indica-
ted rupture present or prospective. The rumor
that this Administration, at Washington, had re
Guested the British Government to recall Mr..
Crampton for his conduct in the matter Of the for
eign enlisments, probably had something TO do with
il, 80 did the hllibustering operations in Central
America, and did the absurd report that hostile
expedition about to sail from some port in the
United States for Ireland. The bears at the Stock
Exchange, and the panic-mOngers, generally, appear
to have made the most Of these stories, while they
lasted.
There was some time since, we remember, an
outgiVng in some of the Administration journals
here, that this Government would demand Mr.
Champions recall. The report has never been ex.
plicitly denied-but its asity is made manifest for
the first time, by the following statement in the
London Morning Post, which is understood TO speak
by the card:
at has been stated in several journals that, in
consequence of the American Governments disap
proval of certain alleged proceedings of agents of
the English government in America, for the purpose
of ensting men, the cabinet Of Washington had
demanded the recall of Mr.. Champion, our minister
Such a step would be perfectly unwarranted and
unjusfable We are glad to say that IL has not been
taken. The conduct of the English Government
has been invariably most careful, as well as most
kindly towards America; and though we are sorry
to say the Cabinet Of Washington has not shown
itself of late disposed to appreciate this nevertheless
we do not believe it capable of acting so unjustly
towards US, well unwisely, to puSh mat
tiers far as the rumOr states, which we take this
opportunity of contradicting."
Recurring to the heet-the facts are Just as we
have already stated them the vessels are distribu
ted for their usual winter cruise on the West Indian
station, relieving squadron that is already there
and which has been there, without exciting any
easness on the part of English or American editors,
for long while past