The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1855-11-14
The London Times and American Fillibustsring
Expeditions.

ron, the consequent feeling 1t VIII produce IN :
this country, the Fillibustering expeditions of
our Republic, &c. The Times anticipates
that this reinforcement proceeding will be re-
ceiyed with bitter invective here, and that the
press of this country will no doubt dwell upon /
the 'tfiendish hatred of England to Republican
America, and of the insolent menance behind /
which she wells her insiduous and treacherous I
designs" The Times proceeds to point out
the causes, which even in time of war, have
led Great Britain to increase its squadron in |
our seas, and which 'may prossibly lead us
(England) still further in direction the first
steps toward which we are now most uuwil-
lingly taking"
The Times thinks England has the right,
and it claims the right, ito take every reason
able precaution against that spirit of unbridled
license (ameng our people, which the Govern
ment of the United States seems to tolerate"
1t says that although our Republic is at peace
with the world, it is no less true that in our
ports are fitting out at this moment piratical
fillibustering expeditions, destined to carry
war and bloodshed into the dominions of an
unoffending neighbor. The Times acknowl-
edges these expeditions have in no degree
the sanction of our Government, but their
preparation is nevertheless known to the
President and his Administration, and receives
no check from that quarter This federation,
according to the Times, proceeds from weak
ness merely, and would be exchanged for Wig
orous action, only that the power to act is ut
terly wanting. The Times thinks our people
are so free they will not be controlled by
Government of their own creating, and can
not bring themselves to tolerate an Executive
sufficiently strong to compel respect for the
rights of foreign nations. Probably the fault
2ies IN the fact that our Executive is SO weak
that it cannot compel the people to pay the
proper respect for those rights The few per-
sons engaged in fillibustering expeditions form
but an atom of the great mass of our people.
and only the dregs of society regard these
tillibustering heroes with any patience. The
people are right The Executive, however, is
imbecile in its weakness. The Times SAYS
that its Government, seeing no hope in this
country OF Government capable of prevent
ing its citizens from waging private war against
the best friends and truest allies of this Re-
public, England is compelled even in the
midst Ola great war, to assume an attitude Of
defence in order to trample out the first sparks
oil lire, which otherwise may result in con-
migration causing incalculabIe misery to the
human race.
The Times then comes to the point It's
Government cannot wait IT'LL these lawless
emissaries of instruction and plumber have set
their feet within Her Mqjesty's don1inioas and
: encountered there the resistance which is sure
to overwhelm their wild and desperate
schemes" We extract the following to show
where the Times thinks these fllibustering ex-
petitions are to be leyeled 1t says:
1--WE cannot believe that those who are
now engaged in enrolling unhappy men for
THESE desperate and criminal enterprises really
contemplate the success of descent upon Ire
land; for instance, as probable or even posi-
ble All they can hope is that the miserable
Tate sure to attend such wretche1 adventures
may be the means of infaming the public
mind against England. and stirring I'D the
passions of the people to point which might
render war inevitable"
This, then, is the real purpose of the rein
forcements to the West India Squadrons, the
increase of Englands sqadrons in our seas
all upon the the presumption that fillibuster-
ing expeditions are being fitted up in this
country to make adescent upon Ireland! Is it
possible the great Times newspaper much less
the great English Government has become so
frightened by phantom of its own coniura-
ton! Is it possible that Great Britain has
actually taken Government action to defend
itself against piratical expeditions which can
only exist in imagination to any formidable ex-
tent and which if the Times knows our peo- |
pie at all, it must understand they condemn
In principle and purpose with feelings similar
to those of the Times itself? The English
Government and the Times evidently entirely
and most absurdly overrate the influence of
the Irish refugees in this country. They
nave given these refugees an Importance in
this country to the slightest shadow of which
influence they have no claims
The American people regard all the fillibus-
tering expeditions which have ever and anon
disturbed our owuqnietude, and the eouanim-
ity of other countries still more, with lust
perception of their wrong, and with correct
feeling of their mutinous spirit towards our
own laws and their violence to the rights of
other nations. This feeling among our people
mas compelled VIGOROUSLY weak and imbecle
administration toexhibit some degree of firm :,
ness ln-endeavoring to control fillibustsrism.
That it has not antirelxy S,,coao4od :; do;ro