The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1855-11-25

fensive preparations Of The British
Government for Western war move
ment. and the number Of English war
steamers at this movement in the
Gulf. warrants the conclusion that
England, not satisfied with an aggres-
sive war in the East, medidates An in
terfereance in Western affairs. The
London Times newspaper has recent
ly had some bombastical and Bull like
articles in reference to the United
States, and AZ il is the organ Of the
Government, it has naturally caused
much excitement among the people
The feeling of the English people in
reference to the Eastern war is we'll
known. Il has been pronounced in
Parliament, time and again, as rash
and i'll advised
The London Times now charges,
that the United States Government
has, and still continues to countenance
piratical filibusteripg expeditions
The Times says in condescending
and patronizipg tone
We have neither the wish nor the
right to intrude our opinion Of that
form Of government which has been
established in the United States; but
we have, and we claim The right,
to take every reasonable :precaution
against that spirit Of unbridled license
which the present Government Of the
United States seems inclined to to!-
crate. =.
TO maintain "the right" tho Eng
lish Government is emitting no op-
portupity Of reinforcing the West Lp-
dia Squadron. and thus interposiDg
powerful fleet between this country
and the South American Continent.
The writer then goes into lamenta-
tions, Of which the following is sam
pie:
1t is the misfortune Of the Ameri-
can Republic that she contains within
her borders so many desperate and
lawless men il is still more her mis-
fortune that she does not possess an
organization sufficiently powerful to.
crush these criminal attempts. That
which she cannot do we are conpellcdl
at least 80 far ~ the lawless enterprises
directed against ourselves 90, to do
for her.
No doubt Johnatban would be very
much obliged to "Bull.' if he would
come over and lend hand to aid our
internal police but he should take
warning Of the past, and keep his
hands off, until called for A strict
neutrality has been observed by this
nation in the quarrels Of others; al
though attempts have been made, dur
ing times Of intense political excite
mept, to enlist our Government in
transatlantic movements for liberty /;
and public meetings have taken place,
whereat our own native demagogues
have endeavored to compromit the
dignity of the nation, to sway an iDau-
ence at the polls still the people
our own citizens--Americans in senti-
ment las many are, who are not SO by
birth) have looked on the ovations as
idle pagents. In the Cuban matter,
to.which the Times" refers; the Uni
ted States did not do as much as she
should have had done to prevent the
massacre of the daring and brave
little band, that followed the Standard
Of the true patriot, in Genl. Narcisso,
Lopez, who was depued, and betray-
ed by the treachery Of m arbitrary
despot, who was afraid to meet him
in the field.
England had better take gratuitous
advice, and withdraw from the Gulf
anything, there may be there, which
looks like, what the London Timesy
is pleased to call - Her Majesty's
West India Squadron" The Clay ton