The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-12-22

which can inspire no feelings but disgust and
contempt.
Again, apart from the press and the govern
ing class, the present ruler Of England aided,
it must be confessed, with remarkable zeal by
our Messrs Gushing and Marcy--has done what
in him lay to create mischief. Lord Palmer
ston is answerable, in the first place, for the
violation Of our neutrality laws by the foreign
enlistment business; and in the second place,
for the hostile menace conveyed in the sudden
despatch Of the British feet to the West Indies
He is not even wholly innocent Of those sense
less articles in the Times, which appeared to
have been written to show how much folly and
how much malignity could be compressed into
q column OF type. Lord Palmerston's task, as
we said, was rendered comparatively easy by
the Willingness Of Mr.. Marcy and Mr.. Gushing
and Mr.. Pierce to get up war breeze as an
electoral man@uvre. All parties had private
aims to gain-Palmerston to divert attention
from his blunders in the Crimea-Marcy and
Gushing to give themselves an air Of intense
patriotism, and to rouse the dormant fires of
democracy and all were quite willing to set
the people of both their countries by the ears
In spite of all this-in spite of London Tines
governing classes, and politicians-it appears
that the British people still prefer the United
doubt but the cheer at Guildhall truly repre-
sented the feeling of the whole British people
the thew and sinew of the nation, as distinct
from and opposed to the aristocracy.
We find evidence Of the same spirit in the
British dominions on another side, at Toronto
in Canada, where public festival has just been
given to celebrate the opening Of a railway
The telegraph informs us that ian immense
concourse of Americans" were present at the
celebration, and that ''the Canadians gave way
to The Americans in. speeches. the great
speech of the day being delivered by Marshall
S. Bidwell, once prescribed Canadian now
one Of the most distinguished members of the
New York bar. Ever since the beginning of
the war and the talk about Russian sympathy
the provincial press has been won't to be very
severe on this country, abiding to American
opinions with more asperity than judgment.
1t appears from the celebration at Toronto,
that it has not more truly represented Cana
dian sentiment than the London Times did that
Of England, and that at bottom the Canadians
know we'll who their best friends are
In the event of war between this country
and any first class Power, such as France, it
appears more likely that England would run
the risk Of q war with her present ally, the EN-
peror Of the French, than allow her friendly
relations with the United States to be disturb
cd, if the masses OF the British were not Who'll
ly overborne and silenced by those privileged
classes from whom this country can never OK
pect good will. In like manner, if it were pos
sible that war could break out between the
United States and England, it seems more
likely that Canada would seize that moment
for severing the colonial bond, and at least
declaring its neutrality, than that it would
pursue the course it followed in the old ware,
and allow itself to be made the battle field and
The scapegoat of the struggle.