The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1855-11-29
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respect to the United States They say that
cannot or win not maintain our neutrality
longer lawess people and feeble governmentnay
cording them, We in the confidence of strength
bullying Lord Palmerston and frightening Mr.. Ball
out Of his propety for electoneerng purposes Of the
President and his cabinet
That imputation is but insult and injury; the
conemptibly false and calnmnious, in that nearly
every journal in Great Britain, with singular uaanmiy
condemns the British government for its absurd and mis-
cheyous attempt drag surprise the United States
into war with Russia
Instead Of commenting the news at length ourself
we suboin foreign extracts and comments thereon from
American journals chiefly opposition ones to show how
pointess and silly the ground taken by the enc
mics of the United States in Great Britain:
From the Philadelphia Inqurer Nov 81,
GRRAr IRlrAry AND THE UNITED SrATEs.--THE
ROTH soFsThe London Times continues its discredita-
bic in relation to this country II teens with mis-
representations and endeayors escape from the respon
sibity OF its and inqutes by preferlng GER
tain charges against the United States The Times has
been caught foul has committed dsgraceul blunder but
il lacks the manness acknowledge the truth and hence
it continues to revaricate and fasy In the hope OF es
Gaping from the dilemma into which 1t so reckleSsy
plunged. In a recent article it held this language
An invasion of the rights Of neutrality the highly
popular of the last against the British empre
and British minister has imprudently permitted acts
which give opportunity for renewed cutlery. We are
justified by the opinions OF Americans IN believing that
the cabinet of President Pierce in this affair oppor-
tuny of revivng its popularity; the Attorney General
and acted strongly the presidential press warm
in its tone the public this side of the became
somewhat excited and the Russian Gar unless he be
farghted man, may have begun to hope for diversion
in But though are in constant intercourse
with the States its people to remain essentially
known
The Times forges wluly overlooks the fact that its
unaccountable in giving currency TO positive
mstaements the real of the temporary excite
both sides OF the Atlantic It, however, makes
admissions in the foregoing which it may be
well enough to remember In the first place. 1t that
'the British minister (Mr. Crampton) has imprudently
committed acts which have given opportunity for renewed
outcy In the second place. it comedies that although
the British in constant intercourse with the United
States the people of the latter to remain essentially
unknown" Thus the Times admits imprndence the
part of the British minister and ignorance in relation to
the American people The mistake and the error there
FORE the other side and not this In breath
it charges the United States government with inability to
maintain the neutrality laws and in another it is annoyed
because that government has pursued such vigorous
in indicating and sustaining those very laws
attempted to be violated by British functonary. But
fortunately the Times is almost alone in its equivocal and
discreditabe course Nearly every other leading journal
throughout Great Britain has denounced it. and held Ian
guage of the most friendly character Thus the London
Examiner says
"To suppose that nations having the mutual Deepen
dences and connected interests of the United States and
England could go to about pitiful
we have alluded to- would be to imagine insanity such
has never yet afflicted mankind A with America
would be of devastation with ourselves and Amer-
ca with England would be the to her We live
al thrive by each other. Millions each side of the At
anc dependent for existence and all that sweetens
e2 Silence, supplies demands from the other
with the United States would combine the horrors and
miseres both Of foreign and civil war; of accurscd
1t would be the most gigantic crime the world has
seem and aught with proportionate retribuon to both
criminals Both we say for cannot believe that either
would be alone answerable for such wickedness for
with such immense common interests in peace and amity
the counses OF sense moderation, forbearance in one
should sway the other and turn from impulses of dis
tempered pride and passion Each has mighty hold Of
the other for good which must be crminaly let before
they can be loose for strife"
The Wiltshire Journal also says:
iAny statesman of either nation, who should be the
means OF stirring of mutual destruction, would
be infamous TO all poserity not only traitor to his
country but as an enemy to mankind Some fourteen
fifteen ago. when relations with America looked
a thousand times more threatening than they do now,
when strong party in the United States inclined to
make serious Canadian disturbances a pretext for
seeking quarrel with u.s. and when the prospect of such
q quarrel excited no small alarm in this country, this
alarm was treated by many land ourselves among the
number as wholly visionary the simple ground that
war SO evidently runous to both sides would be- both
sides act of sheer insanity And il it would have been
SO then, much more would it be Even since the
comparatively the intimacy Of relations
and the extent of mutual dependence have been
stany increasing And if would have been act of
madness them human language has word of reproba-
ton sufficiently strong to express what it would be now
The Dublin Freemans Journal also says:
so far events satisfactory the cause of peace Mr.
Buchanan is not instructed otherwise than he is
be, and Mr. Champion continues to diplomatic at Wash
ington Another act recently occurred establish the
good faith OF the American government and dssipate the
idea OF war with England vessel seized in the port
OF New York. suspected of carrying contraband of
Russia 1t does not affect the bona fdes of the that
vessel afterwards liberated production of her papers
and proof that she engaged in legitimate trade The
seizure was the test of the good faith of the
the discharge proving nothing except that the suspicion
illegality was l-founded"
The feeling this side is responsive the sentiments
expressed in the foregoing II is however matter of
greet that the London Times should continue its misrepre-
sensations and caumnes nasmuch the iibera
OF that journal is only calculated keep up irritation
which otherwise would speedily pass away.
From the Boston Courier, Nov 3d.
The speculatons with regard with America upon
the Champion disagreement growing TO be very
towards the British administration. The common
talk of the British papers with regard to the becose
ces of the London journals which rather subsidized
by the ministry by the beerbrokers upon the London
Exchange that the had mistaken the character of the
people Of America and that people and govern
men feeling that they right in all their assumptions
not TO be bulied to be blackguarded into any
submission to foreign assumptions. The Liverpool papers
hailed with great gee report said to have been received
from high commercial authority that the points in dis
pue between the English and American governments had
been settled amcably after considerable discussion
softenng down of the tone of the times during the last
two days is confirmation of this report Our readers
viii join with us in the hope that the statement may prove
correct