New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-04-01


States or that be acted without COMMUNICATE ,o With
The autioritie- Of the Sste-, that b. eser prss,
in any proeeding whatever after had bcsn objected
20 by ibose suthor1tes.
Nj. Marcy dO.s not MAINTAIN that Mr. CHAMPION
broke The municipal Law OF the State, anl on thu
pant be spI ear. 10 admit that Lord CL!reh1"n. al
,yer lat July sufficient. II the corr'~Jpnfrnee
,i.ur Cd her. or il confined t0 The ql~~ o. ~
I, Lions 10 doubt IA the Of nS- o'ber SIaT- IN
Eurole, hr e1ample-we have The certain premises
Of pacific and ri, ndly sonc.usiOn. But here ooms
IN tie extraordinary fea,ure a ths eorre-PonIe""'
WI ch We are bound 20 confess We regard with ,jfne
alarm. Tt8t feature 10 the assumption Of c. tain
tone On The part OF ;be American GOyerrmen; winch
,avors not OILY Of new sol, but Of q new sphcf".
AfeI reading the letieH-f doc lment. OF -Ica pre-
ter.ion can b. 80 mOlesily eui,-d the American
Government, one seems 70 und' TstAnd rather vrtIr
r.. Trepo-i.rous ciqas pat forth by sOme communi-
ties on tie fac. Of The earth: bow one empire DO i-e
oeet;inl afniiios. and calls the rest OF the word
outer bsTba riaDr' how another psy- divine honors
10 Ito soyeregI-Eow Others absolutely fOrod the 10
tiu.on # ger-and how nost Of he Terk- are
under The b.b,f tLat the Sultan c0mmAndedth the West
err Pow, n % come Ia he aid.
Tn. eroupd low taken bv the Amcrlcln Govern
ueri II, that though the B'it-h Govefnmen, AMI rs
r. ur..eniative in the States hid no web 70 break the
~ cipsl laws Of the State, aud, pOsSly, dii not
beck that law, and though, 80 Gr, IT, explanations
D az be satisfactory, yet It committed the greater
rim. Of not respecting American sovereignty. For
tkis Is alleged sufficient satisfaction has been
Off n d. and such j. the IOf,iue- and vaguene-s Of the
Gigliiy said 10 be aonted that no one can scarcely
venture to LAY what would be sufiiclent--hether
Lscaomb- would eIpiate the crlme Ihs sovereignty
is treated as souethiDg wholly distinct from law, and
2. rfecty seusrsbs, hot Ony IN ideas, but in frt.
Rbai If Mr. CHAMPION observe toe law ; waat Il
Lord CLARENDON gave p rempt"ry nTdT- mat IL should
b. observed That II wholly beside the pnpose says
IN. American Government. rnsy disregsrL-1 the
sveItignty Of the American people in their own ter
r:tory To EDgifLm.n this style Of argument IL
process in the clouds. Ia this country and in nost
other civilized countres law Is the expression OF SOW
ers guty and sovereignty - defined by Law. W ac
knowledge no sovereignty in our Queen or onr Gov
eminent either toward Our-eye- or toward foreign
,rs, uie-e it be Iaw. We acknowledge nome the vio-
aor Of which will not render fable IA prosecution
II nl and punishment.
We Dr. sumo il u p~ce Of condescension to British
id,a- when Lord Clarendon asks for the proof that
our representatives. have violated American SOver-
eighty, Mr.. Marcy sends the report of some trial. fr
sin pie ofenses againet the United States law. This
would seem TO adult, what Lord Clarendon very natu
rallv areues that lie II Clear If neither be his
agent. have broken the law for any do IN
any Territory that which tie q SO O. that Tern DRY do
not forbid.
But the President Of the Tnited States and biz Sec
rotary for Fore ign Affairs do not the necessity Of
ttis Interference. They seem TO hoduhat IN the [ nj
tea StatTs al least man may observe the aw 10 the
letter but vet be grieyous and unDarlonabe Of
fender against tomsihng IA higher than lAw-yiz: q
nyst'ro severe gnty, the sovereignty OF the people,
ard FAR more jealous, irritable and inp larabe sOve-
Ant rican Government l. clearly sonnet thing above law
end Incapable OF ordinary expression. la its pres
eIce-f we may venture 10 suppose ones self in the
presence of 50 august and mysterious parsonage
We feel a. within the range of some terrible Genie
whose express bebests might oh1crye ~tb the most
servilr ,Iac'nese but who could suddenly demand i'm
possible satisfaction for some cnme that no prudence,
DO LOYALTY. no presCience eould have avoided
We have thrown the da'e-stone inside the ws!l Of
the well instead Of ouside, ana grim pOtenGe rises
up from the abyss TO ayeDge the limo ent ind!gny
We not aware of any offense that foreign minis
ter could be guilty Of in this country except by an
press violation the law. He might Of coure make
liustf very dlsegreeabe by arogagce rudeness OF
by lending himself TO faction but that would be \
purely personal question, and in this it is public
offeDte which Mr. Champion Is said to have committed
strangely without breaking any law.
Tie American journals generally 10 take
neiiLer the legal the xan-cendental view OF the
question They go Immediately into na'ena resources
and political consequences. The United States they
consider to be better prepared for than any other
people in the world, though their small quantity
Of Shipping and stores might put them wear or two
in arear. They have the men, the wealth the spirit,
the territory, and everything that gives sinews to
On tie other hand succ-ssful wsr-and, of course it
would he successful against this old arstocrsticsl
cOuDtTy-woud wake the sleeping spirt of democracy,
al drive England 10 prefer the good will and example
If America TO her own ancient institutions.
We ere ready TO concede that there is amount OF
liability in these calculations. We believe the
United States 10 be- in most material conditions about
ile weslit' st people in the world Nor do we think
tia tngland could suffer the frequent defeat Of her
expeditions the destruction and disgrace of her armies
the less of Der merchantmen, and the obstruction OF
Ter trade, without great costs and loud complaints.
Tut tkese are 10 say the least very dangerous specu
aiioIs. They have often been INDUCED in with equal
confidence, and constantly disappointed.
War rsrey does any body any good unless il be few
nturors whom it raises To the first ranks in
society," ard thar other uter race of men which grows
rch On its eIt.~vagance Such war a. the American
papers to desire, and for which their state~
are so anxious to find cause, would be quite likely
to aft the relations of American society as those OF
the Engrh Ii could hardly fail 10 hasten that newt
able day when the republic like all other republics,
particularly those of the New World, il TO bloom into
empire. Moreover, the losses would not be rihng
either ride.
We are better prepared for war now than
two years ago, and we should certainly take great
deal of heating before gave in. We should fight
ard spend money with our usual courage and liberal
iiy and if beaten altogether, is still posi-
bie-we think probable-that the Americans would
win victory too dearly to make it mater for secon
graduation.