Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1856-02-08
rJG ARABIA . MAILS.
Tb. Dpglish Press ON The Presidents Mes
THE LONDON TIMES ON lie PRESl-
DENTS MESSAGE.


The American President with audnble desire
TO cut short a long debate in the House Of Repre-
seniatiyes. has not waited tor the eiection oi
Sneaker but pre- senied his annual message at once
to Congress. A portion ofthe American press has
long been busy in debating what the M ssage
| ought To be,--that it ought to throw down chat
lenpe to England every point OF existing or
possible difference. and that it ought to do so IN
| a manner that admitted of no adjustment. As lar
NJ ENGLAND j. concerned, therefore, VIZ must ad
NIT the good sense displayed by the President in
| promugating his message without leaving the
ground to be prcoecupied in the Congress ltseitby
| n mass of adverse criticism. The document,like
many Of its predecessors, shows the vast differ
ence between the play of diplomacy and ration
al act The former in the New. ms well ms in the
| Old World, is often little better than game OF
brsp unworthy Of statesmen and civilized ma
! tions: the latter is generally more in accordance
with those solemn responsibilities which rulers
cannot but feel, however brief their tenure OF
! power.
President Pierce is evidently more inclined
! to plunge the Union into war Ter any trlilo than
we are. Of course We are well aware TINT IL
nay be driven to war, even on point little ap
precia,ed or understood by the people at large:
and America is equally aware that we also are
apt to forget the mercantile or political lnsign'
6cance of an object when our honor Is concern
ed There can only be mutual respect between
two such nations as the British empire and the
nited States Of America. But we believe and
trust that the statesmen of both countries Will
leave nothing undone to arrange differences
without sacrifice of honor on either side. Here
there certainly is not the faintes thought Of u
wish to extract honor ont of America, to gam q
silly chucke at her expense, and to think our
selves at all the better because we can think her
the worse Theee is no such feeling in this
country. Indeed, quite sure that, even If
VT had gained an imaginary triumph over our
Transatlantic cousins. it would entail its own
punishment in the shame we should soon feel at
the folly of the transaction and the unnatural
character of the wrong we had inflicted
We believe that on the whole Notwithstanding
the frantic attempts of few American writer's
generally recent importations from this country
to blow every spark into flame, and t" dis
grace England. with or without honor to the
Suites Government. the great majority of the
enlightened classes in that country not so
disposed. In the Message before US, the Presi-
dent shows desire to let negotiation on the at
fairs of Central America, drag on unfortunately,
on the speculation that time itself must one day
decide il in favor Of the United States. Such,
at least, is the construction upon the Message
by journal which evidently thinks this the true
policy of the Union. 1t may or may not prove
u successful speculation.
Undoubtedly, in that part of the world the
great probability is that the cause Of the States
will increase, and that Of this country decrease
When there are but few in this country who
know what political relations we have in Contra
! America, aud when on the other hand, the Uni
tod States are evidently pushing in that direc
ton by sea aud by land, by the growth of the
, commerce and their population, it would be
idle to deny that such solution as tina
hoped for Ia nearer every day But the spec u
lation is morally unsound and therefore po
liticaly dangerous. 1t eau never be an advan
tage to any State that it should be in n cond
ton to think an outrage an insignificant ut
fair. The simple fact that "tho pear so t,
speak, "nav be one day ripe" may tempt tn,
States to an act of violence which may perhap:
be warmly resented by this country. A nego
tiation to be honest, should be conducted with
view TO n settlement. The statesmen OF Ameri
ca must recollect that, if they have to make, a
5 they conceive certain impre ssion upon u.s. thu
t have also to set an example to their own people
and there are few examples SO catching as thos
? of public diplomacy. Could General Pierce an,
A his Government succeed in persuadng the cti
e zcns in the Union that they had avoided jus
settlement by dilatoly pleas and evasive answers
they will be responsible for corruptng so far til,
morals of the Union. In sense. simple
lengthening of negotiation in order TO leave
question to the arbiirament Of time, to the decay
OF right and the maturity of wrong, is itself NJ
immortality, and we trust that we shall never b,
found following the example before us, sane
toning such policy in our own statesmen.
f On the subject of the British recruitment il
the United States, the President concludes his
version of the story with the statement that he
had presented a case to our government i'll order
to secure. not only II cessation of the wrong, hat
It's reparation aud that tho subject is still under
discussion. 1t is not denied that the wrong has
ceased, and it can hardly even bo maintained
that 1t was consummated by the etfectua enlist.
ment OF a single individual into the British SER
vice. The President, indeed, alleges that the
attempt was obstinately and Systematically con
tlnued even. after the official remunstrance
against ii; but that could only arise from the ut
ter Impossbty OF stopping at once number OF
distant and independent proceedings, carried ON
Without so much concert and plan as is thought
However, the whole affair stopped before, as
we have observed, any mischief was done; and
, what is more, reparation made separation
that would be thought ten times sufficient by the
dieniiied courts of the older world.
On this side of the Atlantic, when mistske
has been made mn apology is offered; and to re.
Ject that apology and demand some fanciful
compensation for the supposed wrong is Away
set down to the sensitive jealousy of the man
VINO has his character and position still to make.
IN tact readiness to accept an apology is here
thought quito much the mark of gentleman
nay. more SO than quickness to resent an in
. jury. Every fellow has the latter but it i, only
the gentleman who has the former. We are sure
there Is not a society of gentleman in Europe
VINO would not think sufficient replration done
; IN this instance when the wrong had been stop
cd even before actual accomplishments its
improperly admitted What more President
Fierce requires he does not say in his Message,
ou' as the direct bearing of the United States
laws on the point is now admitted and there il
no chance OF british enlistment being gain at
tempted in the Union. any further ''reparationn
demanded by the United States Governm.n,