The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1856-01-24
THE DAILY DISPATCH.
The United statcs and Great Britain.


The United States and Great Britain.
The London Times, received by the steamer
Washington, reads the Washington Union lee.
ture and takes occasion to speak of the press and
government of this country In its usual disparaging
tone But after ndulging It's whim in this respect,
II says:
1t is, above all things desirable that the two ma
tions should remain terms of peace and amity,
and we can answer for the people of England,
whose opinion, the Washington Union admits, we
fully represent that they desire nothing more earn
esty than to cultivate the most friendly relations
with all the world, but especially with the United
States
The quarrel will never come from our side, but II
Is quite possible that those whom the American
public suffers to misrepresent it with the pen and
in the Cabinet may succeed in embrofling the gov.
ernments of the two nations to degree, and TO an
extent which may commit their honor, and render
amicable solution impossible. The very men
whom the enlightened American citizen avowedly
despises and repudiates at home he may feel it inn
possible to disavow when they have compromised
the honor of his country abroad.
1t is a favorite topic with those American news
cept in terms of insult, to speak of the English
press and government as if their ill-advised con-
duct slghted and repressed the feelings of good
will which are ever ready to spring up in the Ameri.
can mind towards England
The Washington Union wakes pathetic when it
tells us how tender Is the affection with which we
should have been regarded by the American press
and Its admirers, if we could only have behaved
ourselves meekly and decorously, in the presence
of fondly attached, but susceptible nation. 1t
may be so, but facts would seem to justify differ
ent conclusion
We have entered into a war, the substantial jus
tice of which no European Power has ventured to
deny. From the American press we have met
with nothing but abuse. Our reverses have been
exaggerated our successes denied, and falsehoods
nave been put forth on behalf of Russia in the
American papers, which, to do her justice, Russia
has never had the earontery to put forward in her
own.
We sought unadvisedly, as it has turned out to
recruit our armies in Canada, but the American
government, while conniving at the foundation by
and hesitating whether to receive their Ambassa
dors at its levees has refused to be contened with
our explanations and pushed its demands of salts
faction for SO trivial matter to point which the
British government has fatty refused to concede
We are accused of showing the dragons teeth.
We are well aware that the great American De.
mocracy is little used to be approached with the
language of plaiRness and sincerity ii is hard for
truth to exist in the presence of absolute power
and the same law of human nature that gives the
tyrant his sycophants, gives to the populace its
tatterers, misleaders and demagogues.
But it is better that the American people should
hear the truth now than learn too late how miser-
ably its interests have been tampered with, and
how shamefully its delegated powers have been
abused We leave it to stump orators to prate of
"the infant Hercules grown to manhood" all we
would say for ourselves is, that in the motives that
dispose to cultivate the most friendly relations
with the United States-weakness and tmidity
have no Diaca