The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1855-11-17
The Excitement in acknowledgements Of the
English Press,

The Excitement in Fngland---Ignorance Of the
English Press.
In this age of steam and lightning, the ignor-
ance displayed of this country and of promi-
nent things transpiring in it, by editors of
leading newspapers in England, by gentle
men who from their position are naturally
presumed to be among the most intelligent
men of England, is truly wonderful. Years
ago there might have been some excuse for
this ignorance, even among those possessed of
more than ordinary intelligence-but at this
day such ignorance is unaccountable 1t is no
uncommon thing to find prominent English
papers abiding to the estate of Cincinnati
or the 'city of Indiana" or exhibiting some
similar ignorance Of the geography of this
country that would shame school-boy. But
by dispatches we published yesterday, it APP
pears all England is in state of furious excite
ment, and looking forward to a war with this
country, because the leading paper made a
remarkable display of the ignorance of its
head writer. He has alarmed his country
with the idea that formidable fllibustering
expeditions were fitting out in this country,
with the knowledge of a government too weak
TO forbid the enterprise, for the purpose of
making descent upon Ireland! This was
gullible of England. The English people
themselves would not regard such fillibus-
tering enterprise with more indignation and
apprehension than would our own people,
while even the present miserable Pierce Adj
ministration would not dare look on quietly
at the formation of such an expedition as this.
The slurs thrown out by the Times against
our people and Government, in the article to
which we allude, show just as unmittigated
ignorance of the real condition Of things in this
country, as the charge that fllibustering ex-
petitions are forming here to make descent
upon Ireland. We do not mean to say that
this Times article alone has created all the
excitement in England, but that it first started
it, and other things have probably aggravated
the feeling. The most prominent English pa
pers seem to have suddenly discovered serious
objections to our Government and to the feel
ings of our people. They have evidently seri-
ously set about the task of making rupture
between the two powers. Our present peace
full and prosperous condition, while all Europe
is in ferment, seems to have aroused their
venom. To get us into war, they seem
ready to war with us themselves. But we
anticipate no such result as war. We do not
believe the folly of the English press, can seri-
ously bring the English people to contemplate
war with this country as either desirable or
endurable. The interests of the two coun-
tries are too closely connected and too impor-
tant to be sundered only by the most aggra-
waited circumstances, such circumstances as
really do not exist.
The New York Tribune notices the ignor-
ance displayed by the London Daily News of
things in this country. The latter paper is
greatly troubled at the apparent sympathy felt
by our people with Russia in the great struggle.
1t accounts for this by saying the Russians
swarm in this country, especially in the most
enlightened parts that take the lead in politics,
The Tribune doubts whether there are one
hundred and fifty Russians in the United
Statesi 1t says there are only eight Russians
in New York city! The News exhibits the
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most absurd ignorance on this subject. Again
it says there is desire in the South for the
annexation of Canada! How can men in
telligent on other subjects be so grossly ignor-
ant on the subject Of this country and its sec
tional feelings?-and how can men thus ignor-
ant presume to instruct others? If there is
any desire in this country to annex Canada,
it does not and cannot exist in any part of the
South. The statement of the News is too
silly for comment.
But we think this excitement will blow
away almost as suddenly as it sprung up, I'M
less our Government gives it importance by
serious notice. We shall keep our readers
advised of the progress of things
or An old gentleman coming over papers
in orr Sanctum Yesterday alluded tn n DAM