The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-02-03

10 tneH actlon upon This Important issue OF
Stewards reelection. The danger is imminent.
Tuesday is the day. Seward is the issue.
Shall he be reelected? We pause for the &C
ton of the Assembly.
The British Press ON American Sentiment.
We find in the London Times an article
republished elsewhere-commentin in tone
OF some bitterness on the sentiments which are
supposed by that journal to prevail in the
United States on the subject of the Eastern
war. As the Times singles US out as the expo
nent OF American opinion, we are in measure
bound to set our British contemporary right ON
these points wherein he hos fallen into error.
1t is not true, as the Times states, that
either the American people or the New YORK
HERALD sincerely desire the triumph of Rls-
Ella, ard our (England's] humiliation" So
far as we are concerned, when we find the
Times SO ignorant of the way matters are
managed here as to suppose that Russians of
the name Of Nichof are paid to write Russian
leaders in the HERALD, we are not surprised
that our sentiments should be misrepresented,
even in this gross manner. Still we should
have hardly thought Unnecessary to remind our
transatlantic readers that the editorial columns
of this journal have contained no expression
that could be interpreted into desire for
Rufsia's triumph or England's humiliation.
We have, as is our custom, freely opened
our columns to correspondents on all sides.
American travellers like DR.. Cottman, have
found us ready to publish their pleas for
the Gar while our Paris and London cor
respondents have stated the case of the al.
lies pretty fairly. The Times may be better
Informed of what passes in America than
we are but up to the present time we have
yet TO learn Of the first real indication of
active sympathy for Russia among tae citi.
zens Ct this republic Bands of rishmen-of
the patriot stripe have held meetings here, at
New Orleans and very possibly elsewhere, and
may have cheered the Russians as they would
have cheered any enemy Of England But this
country, we will take leave to say, is not yet
dependency OF ireland, nor are the Irish the
only or the principal people in it. AT this pre-.
sent writing, in fact, Irishmen are generally in
such disrepute that though they speak and
write what they please, their espousal of q
cause is actually likely to incline American
opinion towards the opposite side.
The people of the United States, we repeat,
arc and have been neutral in the contest. This,
II seems, lie not enough for England. We must
take sides with the allies or be charged with
dishonor, corruption, unnatural prejudice and
60 forth. This proposition may seem clear to
the angry belligerents Of Western Europe but
It is not at all clear to us. they may consider
all who are not for them as against them bu.
we on our side are surely entitled to hold our
selves aloof from struggle in which we have
Lot the smallest shadow Of interest.
How absurd, too, and Inconsistent for the EGG.
lish to be constantly whining about the absence
Of sympathy" in America, when all over the
world, the Russians excepted, there is no race
or nation against which these same English are
go constantly plotting as the United States Is
II because England and France sent olt conslls
to prevent us making commercial treaty with
Dominica that We are to sympst hise with them
in their troubles Is Il because the agents of
the Foreign Office are perseverinely engaged in
distorting our motives and th Yarsing oar aims
in the Sandwich Islands that we are to sympa.
thise with England Is it in mensry of the
threats held over our heads by England and
France that they would protect the Caban au-
ihoriiies in hsyassing our trade, or Ia m Eek
for the persevering endeavCrs Of
The same powers TO prevent The annexation OF
Texas--peopled as IL was with our own eisi-
sens-tbat we are bound to sympa .hise with
The Western Powers? or is American sympa-
by" viewed in Eogland in the same light as
canine afiection-to be elicitei by emf, and
dicks, by hard words ard steady course OF
lnkindly treatment
These are the points which the Times should /
ct TO work TO explain, and no. The silly calsu-
a.icrs Of some obscure trader, of which
70 one here has ever heard anything. lie.