Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1856-06-05

ESCAPED with their lives. =
ST.. LOUIS, May 30.--Lstters to
the "Repubhcan" from Indepen.
dence, dated Goth, state that eight
pro,slavery settlers were killed by a
party Of free-State men.
| All was quiet at Lawrence, lie.
compton and franklin, troops having
been stationed at each place.
The Complication With England.
The intelligence from Washingt on
of the dismissal ofthe English Min
lister, Mr.. Champion, is the inevita-
bic consequences of the refusal of the
British Government to recall him,
after having been requested.so to do
by our own Government. Mr.
Champion had rendered himself often
sive by engaging in the enlistment
of troops in the United States for the
service of Great Britain 10 the war
against Russia Our Minister at
St. James called the attention of the
British Foreign Secretary to the
subject, and demonstrated against
the conduct of the English Plenipo-
ten tiary as being contrary to our
laws and violative Of The attitude of
assumed by the United
States towards the European bellig-
erents. The British Government
replied that their agents in Ameri-
ca had been instructed to refrain
from any violation of our laws in the
enlistment of troops, but the fact in
Goa troversy was developed that En-,
glish recruiting officers in the Uni
ted States had been actively and Sc
cretly engaged in the very unlawful
enterprise against which we r3mon-
l Whereupon our Government at
Washington requested the recall of
Mr.. Cramptou, and upon the refusal
of the British Administration to ac-
cede to this demand, Mr.. C. has been
notified that the Government can
hold no further official intercourse
with him. We have confidently ex-
pected the reception Of this intel f.
gence, from the fact that it was the
last alternative left to the Govern
ment by the course Of Great Britain.
After having demanded the recall of
Mr.. Champion, 10 which act the Gov
eminent at Washington was fully
justified, there could be but one an.
swer to the denial of the demand,
and that answer has been promptly
given. The Government of the
United States mas ayailed itself Of an
undoubted, and, in this instance,
imperative right to expel an obnox-
ious Plenipotentiary who had proven
himself the agent Of a glazing viola.
ton Of our laws and treaties, and who
refused to apologize for the insult thus
offered to an independent nationality.
But it should be remembered, that
the dismissal of Mr. Champion is not
tantamount to the Withdrawal of d.
plomalic intercourse With the Gov
eminent of Great Britain. The lat.
ter may or may not construe it as an
act of hostility under the circum-
stances, and may or may not dismiss
MIR. Dallas from the Court Of st.
James. But the United States do
not occupy the position of Withdraw
ing diplomatic intercourse with Great
Britain. We yet tender such inter
course at London, and it remains to
be seen whether diplomacy can solve
the difficulty and heal the difference.
Diplomacy has not yet been exhaust
ed, sDd may still be the agent of q
good understanding. Yhe vast in
terests involved in the peace or war,
between two such empires as Great
Britain and the United States, lead
US 10 hope that this and other diff.
ferences may be amicably adjusted
without detriment to the honor Of
either country. One thing is clear,
that the dismissal of Mr.. Champion
is not, in itself, a just cause OF war
on the part of Great Britain. 1t can
only be regarded as the result OF the
dispute relative to the enlistment
question. And it is equally clear,
that our Government is right and
will be sustained by the people. All
that the Administration can do, is