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ANGLO FRENCH ALLIANCE AGAINST TIE UNITED
STATES.
!. We most earnestly invite attention 70 ibo Dllouing
airocious and infamous denuncadon u Tue tatea
States their people their institutions and their govern"
ment which constitutes the leading article Of Tho ioadon
Morning Post Of the 18th Of February last wh Journal y
understood have the most intimate political and personal
\ relstions with Lord P.tmerson
IL will thus be perceived that the London pos proposes
TO put the United States the ban Of Europe chasing u
in that respect with China, JAPAN and the Cf Of Africa
Also the Post foreshatous that very alliance between
Great Britain and France for armed Intervention in tie
affairs Of the United States which asked by some
persons in the United States believe not intended
by the famous declaration Of Lord Clarendon in the House
OF Lords
The attentive reader viii mol fail TO observe the extreme
smude between this article in the Post and the noto
rous article Of the character which appeared IN The
London Times Of the 2sh Of October 1885, and was stimuli
tnneous with the reinforcement or lhc British squadron in
the West Iudies
\ From ,l,e London Maroiag Fest, rsb. IL,
The government the United States u the anomaly Of
the age Viewed according to European notions il can
scarceIy be called government Tor ii not the dominant
authority within the idelyeSendcd territory u Proesses
represent executive. IL canuo restrain its nominal
subjects from aggressive and injurious towards other
States In amity 1t cannot punish those guilty OF snth
cts aud when laws have been passed declaring these
acts criminal there Is no power ot enorcinS that law
against what is called the popular fteugn other words,
against the clamor aud agitation got vi by interested
bnsybodics-by political refugees and adyenurers--by hot
parsana Of all manner Of extreme opinions, and by cleo
ton spectators In more than half the territory OF the
Union there Is police or government machinery OF any
kind TO preserve order Judge Lynch administers the only
Law uigeda md &
itself for purposes of offence well as OF denc ia the
primitive way may imagine ancestors Of Gaul and
Germany to have done in the days OF The CAESARS and
Constnntnes.
The international law Of Europe has grown up in The
course Of ages and is now recognised as establishing pr
ciples for the guidance Of States and nations possessing
governments and dealing with another through them
being understood to represent and being
answerable for its subjects the United States does
come within this categuryha is if the population, being
such is neither be controlled nor bound by the
acts and engagements Of Its goyernmen,how deal with
wrong and is much without the pale OF European prin
cipes China Japan, the African communities,
which do not recognise our international law and to-
wards which, therefore special course OF proceeding s
necessary aud ustiable. When we make treaty with
Kar chiefs, we know whom II binds aud whom il does
not bind and accordingly. What we see passing
the other side of the Atlantic threatens equal uncertainty
in the dealings and diplomatic relations Of well-ordred
States with the populations located in the North American
Union and they must be dealt with differently from Eu
ropcsn communities, whose governments fully represent
them.
these observations and brought 10 this conclusion by
the manner which fbustering expeditions got up
in the United States OF America Heretofore u was Cana
that to be nunexednext IL was Texas and other
parts OF Mexco-then il was Cuba Now Il Is Nicaragua
tbat is the object aPpetence and attack Wehaye heard
OF talk in parts OF the Union OF getting up en-
expedition of the kind against ireland We may well ask
is this peace war when such things daily Every
body knows tue way in which the thing is managed Some
of reckless character aud desperate fortune Is de-
signatcd leader Of ensrprse cmssaries are htn
the country intended to be attacked 10 Intrigue
with nacontents, and 10 get up grievances aud Il they
produce local insurrccton they contriye at
least get strong proceeding TO be taken sgahst
| themselves their eiow-consprators, which will
Justify be used TO justify the attempt 10 right them
selves Their local newspapers hribed TO write the
cause committee Is formed to work u by subscriptions
and 10 issue bonds epayabe with profit
of success volunteers invited from the backwsoda aad
hunting grounds OF the States aud with The conns-
vance-hougb Of course with ostensibe eountenance
OF the States funconres and local government officers
the expedition is organized II it proves successful the
conquered territory itself into the Union II II l
it formally dsavowed but no punishment falls on The
leaders and organizers Of the expedition The United
States fnnconarie5 at Washington sometimes tender the
services Of their attorneys general 10 prosecute But let
the evidence be perfect neither Judge jury
dare convict That is thoroughly understood and felt
throughout the States frou Maine to California The moh
would suffer it aud the mob is the ruling power
| everywhere.
History bas many preccdens for fllbusterng exped-
tops of Europe elsewhere The earliest ON record
that OF Jason The eosi Of Crcassia IN search OF
the Golden Fleece Bu, be most signal We're the Cru
sadcs Of the middle ages The latest out Of England was
that OF Sir Walter Raleigh to the I'll Dorado VI South
America which falling, not without responsibility,
like the miIsr expeditions from New Orleans Of the pre
cnt day Onr transatlantic friends, however, will not
seek their Justification In such prcceeus Of the olden
time When tho relations aud rights Of nations little
understood They likely 10 refer 10 The frater-
uznc proceedings OF the revolutionary government OF
France the cnd OF the last contury by OF which
that government extended IL dominion Italy, cd
Holland and the Sw wiss cantous ami elsewhere There,
doubt these proceedings some family likeness 10
the recent hllibuseriug enterprises Of North America
Iu were they justified aud approved u, The eyes OF bu
rope9 Let ~ only understand that the people OF The
United States ch 10 do all that the French did during
tho revolution and shall know what have expect
and when aud where TO resist and how 10 deal with
them.
concerns say, the general interest and the peace
OF Europe that its nationsand indeed, that all States
possessing really representing and responsi-
be their subects-Hhould have understand
ing how and deal with government that is
de frcfo France and England In that position
relatively to another and TO the rest of Europe that
they may take ht icad in considering this question: and n
agreeing Joint action in the matter which, " they
settle they may invite The rsst Of Europe to aceede 10 and
to join them in enforcing. commencement has atreadY
been rnads in this by steps recently taken by
these gorernns and by the of aid given
by them 10 Spain for The protection Of CUBS from hlubus
,ernp enterprises But the n,rgu carried on by United
States agents In Central America and especially Walk
ers expedition against Nicaragua 90 counenance
and support which United States veseotwar lies con-
vonent at San Jasn whose marines have been employed ia
dspersing body OF Walkers enemies are proceedings so
acted