Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1855-11-29
The Menaces Of England.
Adyicas BY The Arago. to

Advices by The Arago, to the
effect that the British government
had ordered a large naval armament to
cruise in our Atlantic seas, threw the
Cabinet at Washington into one Of
those "intense degrees Of excitement
of which we read periodically in the
telegraphic dispatches BY the last
steamer, we have semi-official expla-
nations of the object of this singular
movement on the partof the English
ministers. = Ei' 50 I" : 3
The London Times assures US that
John Bull intends no longer to allow
brother Jonathan to engage in those
predatory excursions upon other peo-
| PIES property, to which he has become
SO accustomed of late; and further
Iintinaates that if the President does
/ not restrain the lawless parties OF
lillibusteres continually, leaving our
shores, the Queen will, al Jet arms.
The Times is fearful that we have an
eye on Hayti, and then may b. per
'suaded- to attempta descent on Ire
land Hencethe necessity Of being
prepared for an emergency t-i.i -
The London Morning Post talks
very. furioasly and sayagely, and is
ratheg1 exultant az the idea Of what
the allies could accomplish. vera they
to engage in avg war with with the the y .naiitSsd
otaeesiossi % ylao $40 fnsaii.Isgo2 &
That Wis induced to think that
Uncle jonathan, with all his buster,
is far too wise seriously to embroI him
self with thenqgreatest maritime pow
Pers in'the. world merely to- bolster up
a really unpopular and falling Ad-
Fmitistration, whose wish is to pander
to the most vicious clement in the
American character. England and
France have the means and deternli-
nation to repress the American spirit
of lawless aggression, and though the
Insulting and menacing tone of the
Washington Cabinet may be account
led for by the probable acquisition of
the Russian North American Terri
tories, a great maritime war is a course
of policy from which the Post would
fain hope the good sense of the
honest and rejecting portion of tha
American people will save their coun-
try.
What good result could spring
from such an unholy contest? The
commerce of England and France
might be temporarily cut up, but every
American ship would be swept from
the seas, or the ports of America
would be. blockaded; the. whole sea-
board of America from Maine to
Florida would be exposed to attack;
and all this is to be encountered for
the acquisition of a Haytian Sevastopol,
from which Cuba can be more con-
veniently threatened.
The Post concludes the leader and
its remarks on the enlistment ques-
ton, by trusting that the presence
of the, formidable British feet which
is remaining at Bermuda viii tend to
cool the arrogance and oyer-sensitive-
ness Of the American Government.
To say the least, these menaces Of
our old equity mother are in bad taste,
especially when she has more than her
hands full in the interesting little con-
troversy with the Russian monster.
More than forty years ago the game
of sweeping our commerce from the
seas was tried, when Englandwas hale
and hearty, and VIC were compare
lively weak. Now that we have be-
come a giant, and she is wofally
feeble suppose the experiment be re-
newed. We are not anxious for a
war, but it would be pleasant to see
Scott accomplish that which the great
always 7longed to do. We
mean make descent upon the island
of Great Britain, and plant our stand
ard on the Tower of London. Stran-
ger things have come to pass.