The daily union., 1856-01-20

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is inclined towards peace win accept the mediation Of
Austria while the British Premier sternly belligerent
and determined to carry the 10 extremyin Down
ing street And again Il have escaped the notice
Of readers that his Imperial Majesty has not far
known discovered the least disposition to sympahize With
his lordship his towering Indignation at the crying in
dignity offered to the majesty of Engand by the govern
ment Of the United States in arestng gross violations Of
their laws and their sovereignty and daring express
proper of the ourages That this omission the
part Of the Emperor is virtual breach Of the
dale cannot be doubted.
But the most pregnant indication of the approaching
rupture of the Anglo French alliance is recent article In
the London Times from which We quote the following,
which certainly speaks pretty plain English
Happily for have within ourselves of hope
and confidence which the adhesion Of ally give
the detection Of ally take agag. We may say ii with
PRIDE though trust mot with arrogance that England
secondary tuiaary IN he European system shines by no
borrowed light and in little perturbed or
affected by the attraction Of ether bodies What are
to-day yesterday, and shall be nation
laying claim, indeed the character Of military mon
archy, but whose begin develop them
selves just at the time when those OF her rcasc no en-
| emies - are exhausted" #&
Now have though. the Times an infallibs ora
Gle and should not be at all surprised if in its next issue
itspoke language altogether different But at the sam.
good understanding between that journal and the British
Premier. Whether it to an entente cordiale we
cannot say but have doubt that the article from
which the preceding Is taken was published with
the knowledge and appreciation not communicated by
the British Premier himself Whether intended as A
threat warning keep the Emperor in harness or not
it certainly orebodes an actual rupture Of
the entente e0rda 1t clearly anticipates the detection Of
ally" and conveys significant ntimation that Great
Britain, being mo secondary umnary in the European
system, do without this ally quite as well as il
can do without hers This is question we shall not at
tempt TO determine. All shall say the eubjec at
present Is that these premonory symptoms tend east
to strong suspicion that though, my Lord Palmer
ston lately said zone half the British cabinet is In Lon
don the other in Parsn the halves do not exactly h
in with each other at this moment
But be this il may, rupture of the AngloFrench al
lance would be very serious affair, especially Great
Britain The falling out of lovers would not be
of love in this They would become inveerats
enemies than and hardly possible that
dissolution of such intimate ties however recent would
not almost necessarily lead to In that case, {ad
mitting peace between Russia and France,) what
would be the position of Great Britain Certainly very
critical one although she shines by borrowed light
and is the same yesterday to-day and forever If be-
lieve the Times 1t is scarcely much to say that
Great Britain is at this moment the mercy OF monarch
who has every that had cherish towards
her immortal hatred II is unnecessary to enumerate
these they may be found in the history of Europe
during the last fifty years Without army, and with
population which, in consequence OF the game laws and
the jealousy of the government is destitute of arms and
if armed unacquainted with their use with nothing but
militia which until lately has not been mustered or drill
ed for whole generation England has other pro-
lection from invasion but her boasted wooden walls.
Evading these (Which would be difficult ma tier force
of fifty thousand might land any port in England
and march to London without serious opposition The
Emperor of France has both navy and army amply
sufficient for this purpose and it is scarcely too much to
say that the safety OF Great Britain depends on his faith
alone.
The late apprehensons Of invasion of Ireland
ganization of emgrant rishmen in the United States on
the face of it soabsurd and ridiculous that cond only have
originated In consciousness of innate weakness Grea,
Britain though possessing the means Of disturbing the
peace invading the rights and incting serious injuries
on other nations however distant is in great measure
defenceess at home and in her colonial possessions om
which great portion of regular forces have been With
drawn to perish in the Crimes The existing population
of England has in great measure lost its martial spirit
by depending solely the protection of its wooden walls
and what little remained has been extingushed by the
Times and its correspondents by their exaggerated pictures
OF the horrible suengs of the soldiers the Crmea which
seem to have completely mobered the spark Of military
ardor. Indeed manufacturing be expected TO be
warlike nation Soldiers bred cotton and wooen
manufactures prepared for the rough ycissudes Of
war BY attending spinning ennies and for long period
the armies Of Engand have been recruited among the
Highandes Of Scotland and the people OF Ireland whom
they affect TO despise
And yet notwithstanding this critical position Of Great
Britain, Lord Palmerston persevering in course of
peevish meddlng policy towards the United States the
inevitable result Of which be complete alienation
Of the kindred nations and the final extinction Of
every spark OF good feeling that may yet nger in their
hearts Not satisfied it would SEEM with having Russia
on his ha nds and France in prospective he cour,ing
bout with the United States by playing their patience
and forbearance a. he believed they nexhausb
In this, British statesmen have been often deceived and
will be again. The United States have done with passive
obedience and non-ressanee and though the different
States and sections like and wife, occasionally fall
out with each other, like and wife they will be sure
to unite against any iuerloper When the honor and in
terests Of the Union assaed threatened the people
require the rein rather than the spur though there
has been melancholy example Of recreancy in our his
tory, its consequences proved disastrous the offender