The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-06-24

failed to establish q eelf-reiylng character, we
may well be allowed our misgivings So, too,
may the flibusters be excused their belief that
the election of the Cincinnati candidate will be
the Inauguration of their Cincinnati platform
The Sober, Second Thought In England.
On reading carefully the files Of the British
journals brought by the Atlantic, one perceives
that the English have arrived at their sober,
second thought on the American question sooner
than had been expected Though they were uni
versally satisfied that NJ, Champion had been
dismissed, they had no Official knowledge Of the
fact. The Asia, which carried out the despatch,
also carried out the confident assertep of our
correspondent that tie dismissal would take
place, but nothing more; yet, still, the British
public took it so thoroughly for granted, that by
the time the official news reaches them it will be
stale.
Let us, in the first place, congratulate the
world on the absolute certainty Of the mainte-
nance Of peace. There have been times when
great nations have gone to war for less than the
dismissal of a minister. It has happened more
than once that-some unexpected event happen
ing to arouse public feeling during the tendency
Of delicate negotiations peace Of the world
has been disturbed on more slender pretexts
than now exist for third British war. An
example which oil but hglishmen will admit to
struction of the Turkish feet at Sinope aroused
feeling in England which compelled the Aber-
deem Ministry to declare var against its will. A
similar accident happening in Central America
and the affair of the OrizaIa and Eurydice warned
us to prepare for some such-might at one
moment, have led to equally disastrous results
here. Let us be thankful that the departure of
Mr.. Champion has removed one chance of COLI
ion by damming up one wellspring Of bitterness.
And let us also be grateful to the English for
having the sense to see-they could hardly yet
be expected to have the abnegation to confess
hat Mr.. Champions dismissal was right and pro-
per, and that it ought not to interrupt amicable
relations between the countries.
In course of time, when the asperities of the
moment have been smoothed down, the English
will be candid enough to acknowledge that the
American government, however tardily, has
lC0ily puieucu tut COils &C Utst CdlCuloCcQ W pIC-
serve the peace between the countries; and that
however grateful it might be to the wounded
feelings Of some such statesmen as compose the
present British Ministry, to put the United States
in national coventry as punishment for their
forwardness, the best the most sensible, the only
practical course is to draw the pen through the
Champion account, and simply begin new one.
We have every confidence that this will be the
course adopted. Mr.. Dallas will not probably be
journals in the confidence Of
the ministry like the Times and the Economist, have
said he would. A new man will be sent here
some such statesman as the Earl of Elgin-in
whose pacific tendencies every confidence can
be placed, and who shall not be liable, as
his predecessor was, either to misreprescnt
facts in his official correspondence, or to for
get the respect due to the government to
which be was accredited. And on this side of the
water-whatever party or whatever men happen
to be in the ascendant at the time-we can vouch
for it that the new British Minister will be receiv-
ed here with cordality as warm as his prede-
decessor's departure was obscure.
in reference to this country the Champion case
still leaves her education incomplete in this par
ticular. 1t is not true, as the English suppose,
that the ruling classes in this country are riot
Gus, noisy mobs, who clamor for war with England
The class in this country which keeps alive the
cry for war with England is mostly composed of
persons who have brought their anti English spirit
across the ocean with them they compose the
merest fraction Of the people ; their influence is
absolutely nothing; they are allowed to write
and allowed to speak just as they please, because
the laws Of this land and the temper of this peo-
pie tolerate restrictions on writing and speak
ing but 20 far from leading the American mind.
they owe to the large spirit of American liberal
ity alone the license of foolish speech on which
they live. Among the masses Of this country
there is deep rooted, steady attachment to peace
Americans do not generally beleve-it must be
confessed-that they have been well treated by
England. They do not think the English
have ever been disposed to deal fairly by
them from the days of 177G to the pre-
sent time They are under the impression
that the English Judge them and theirs in mean.
narrow minded, jealous spirit. And If this i'm
preston be i'll founded, as no doubt it is in some
respects it must be admitted that it derives a
color Of plausibility from the language and con-
duct Of Englishmen here: every body cannot be
expected 10 know that the Englshmcn who come
here 10 do business are generally poor specimens