The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1856-07-03

nave INC nonOr 10 DC, respectfully,
Your obliged servant.
p. S. BROOKS.
From tie London Post. (OMcini,) June 6.
WILL MIR. DALLAS BE DIsMIssED7
According to dIp Ipl"inatic e'iqmettc--wc
may almost say according /" unii.,m inter-
nationa usagc--the dismissal uf public,
Minister by one State entails will, il. as Il
kind of measure OF retaliation, the ,liS,mis-
sal of the pmhic Minister Of the State
which has thought proper to adopt - course
SO extreme and SO unusual. The Minister
recently representing this country at Wash
ington having received his passports, and
being ut the present time in the city Of
Toronto, rs VIC yesterday exclusively stated,
the summary dismiss. Il of the American
Minister ut the Court of ST. James would
appear to be the next step ia that mrlan-
ch"ly dispute which the government Of the
United States is so anxious to pepctuatc.
To order Mr.. Dallas out Of tins kingdom,
as NJ. De Chanvcn WAS ordered to depart
in the year 1893, would lie perfcc,ly JUS
t'iiablc measure on the part OF the British
Government. 1t would put a stop to I'LL
direct dipl"matic intercourse between the
two countries; but no doubt there would
be found the Consuls of some friendly Pow
crs who wou.d, on both sides of the Allan
tic, watch over the personal rights and
commercial Interests Of BRITISH, and Ameri-
can subjects. If this rc,aliatory measure
should now be adopted, tic inconvcn nee
however much To l,c dcplnrcd us Il mani-
tcStalion of uninterrupted iiicndShip-w"u:d
produce few practical evils. When the
Duke DE S"omaycp ordered Sir Henry
| Bulwcr to leave Spain, and the British
Government, in return, ordered Scnor Is
turilz, the Spanish Minister, to leave Eng
land, we never hrarl that in either country
any serious Inconvenience WAS expcrlcnc.d
ty the subjects uf the two Crowns. Ell
q"",tc rs well as usage giving the British
Government this right, it next becomes in
lmp"rtant question to consider whether in
The present con luncturc it is one which
should he instantly and sternly enforced-
We believe that exccnt among the intcm-
pcratc and violent portion of the population
III the United States, tie departure of Mr..
Cramr!nn will le viewed will: :.i,..i:rmc.l
regret, not only from | is popularity, but
from the ca,lsc which has led To- his d,
mlsSal. MIR. Dallas, during his short STAY
III this country. has omitted no Opportunity
OF expressing the most cordial and tri.n,il,
feelings towards England, and his dcrarturc
would be regarded by the Enyli,l rcnrl,.
with equal regret, not only us tn. umt;.r.
| tlhatc termination of Il most iruiicss and
unava''ing mission, bu; Oh account Of the
respect which lis courtesy and merits l,av,.
;" largely and s" 'lr>rrvc'llv inspired, The
English people, having no desire. to cng,,e
IN Il contest with The United States. wnuhI
we sccvc, IT such Il course were ,r,>si,lr.
'e quite content still 10 permit the residence
h'n"n%>t them of the representative of th.
In';"' States. Mr.. Pierce. whose tenure
"' oilIre will IN Il few months expire. NAV
naturally desire To bring matters To an in,-
mediate climax. II the British Government
Should adopt the ,lig,ilie,l rou,se to which
we have alvcrtcd, not only the people of
the Cn't"l States, but the inhabitants of
the civilized w"rl'! Won Il see that England
although never better prepared for war
than ut presents careful to abstain from
amy step which may abct the interests of
MIR. Pierce. 1t must always be remcn-
hcrel, in th" discussion of this Question.
that the President Of the United States !
does not possess the prrrogativc Of d.car.
ing war. Without the concurrence Of the
Senate, his personal inclinat ons colnpara
lively deserve little regard or attention.
But war. except for the purposes of ann'x
alton to carry out the Monroe doctrine ha,
no lastin" popularity with the people Of the
United States. The South. with lis cotton,
is even more intimately connected in pros.
PerIty with Manchester, than Liverpool with
London. In the last war there were some
of the States wlicl, actually refused to pay
war taxes or to SEMI their quotas of militia
TO serve with the American army, in conse.
quence of the unpopuIn,itv Of the contest
with England. Are the commercial rea-
tions between the two Countries less extcn-
sve than they were i'll 1912? Have re-
ciprocty treaties, the repeal of the naviga-
tlon laws, done nothing To bind together in
closer connection the commercial interests
OF the two countricss In 1884 and '35,
an angry dispute arose between the United
States and France on the subject Of certain
compensation due to American subjects for
the contscati"n Of their property under the
Berlin and Milan DEGREES. The same in
temperate and clustering spirit which now
distinguishes Mr. Pierce's policy was then
exhibited, but the storm blew over. Again,
i'll the affair Of the Caroline, aud in the dis
putc concerning the Maine boundary, the
relations between this country and the mi
ted States bore scarcely less disagrccahIe
aspect than they do at the present moment.
But by the exercise of temper, moderation
and discretion. both these questions were
amlcably settled. II, on consideration, Mr..
Dallas be permitted by the British Govern.
Inent to remain in this country, it must not
be imagined that England is adopting a
pusIIianlmous or cowardly course. Let the
odium of completely separating the ties of
friendship between the two Countries, be in
Cured by the hand Of Mr.. Pierce alone.