The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1856-02-27

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then we should See our $4,000, 900 of property
anoat on the ocean, of which the chairman had
Spoken become the victim Of privateers, and the
wnolo Atlantic would be completely ravhged "a
@ ,ne sea pf Azof had been by our own cr'rsers- -
He regretted to see the serious tone that had been
assumed not only by our own press, but also BY
the more moderate Of the leading Journals OF the
Limited states, and under all the circumstances, he
should be very glad indeed TO have seen some &C.
nlapss Dn sssen oy the Chamber on the subject ZAP
,, The Times ON the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
The Times of the 4th instanthas a long article
on the relations with the United States. 1t says
tne English public will be concerned TO hear at a
time when peace IL iearer than ever, of the FIRST
overt act Of the American quarrel 1t then speaks
OF TIE dhculties,i internal and external, i'm the
way Of our Exeeutiye-of the legislative machine
OF the country being brought to dead. lock-of
the temptation to a dashing and reckless states.
manshipof the temptations of this sort of states
manship held out to the President, in order, by a
desperate act, to succor his party It goes on to
| speak of the want of conservative power In
the country, which is destroyed, it says, by the
social tyranny which, compels all men to take
SIDES so tnat there remains no moderators Of con.
troversy, no umpires of strife. 1t is not so in
Great Britain, it contends where, when any thing
goes wrong in Parliament, the good sense of the
country is exerted not in vain. ''l1 - -''fi t,--
From this view of the anti-conservatism of this
country, the q Thuhderef "iexpects daily to hear
ceived his passports and that similar eeding,
being forced on Great Britain, the two ministers
viii cross each other in their routes home, The
Times says this may not be so bad-the two coun.
tries may get on without diplomatic representa-
tiyes: as well-"indeed it says, sit has been ma
ciously asserted, better" 1t had rather this were
avoided; but as England has apologized enough
to satisfy ten Empires" it cannot "hold her re-
on to say that there are two kinds of people-those
you can't quarrel with, and those you can't live in
peace with. 1t hopes the United States is not Of
this class. 1t declares no man in England desires
to see the United States. ipsulted or lowered in
dignity; and now that we have grown powerful it
even INDUCES some vanity at our relationship with
the British 'h -'ti l.t =. : ~ 2 '-'t4 !
$40 the world at large,"it says, 'the difference
between an Englishman and an American is not
SO considerable, we may even say, as our national
vanity might suggest The son is thought not SO
very unlike the parent. and when they fall out our
enemies say it is the same arrogant TEMPER 1evel-
oped in two different relations" The Times con.
tinues, saying that the parent has shown more
than ordinary anxiety not to shock mankind with
the spectacle of DOMESTIC QUARREL;" it has
made apologies to its ''own flesh and blood" etc
But the Times concludes there is a point beyond
which no consideration cap carry the British
They must preserve their self-respect.
After thus affectionately cousining us and pro-
testing against our further demands the Times
comes to practical calculation of "conseguence
of open hostilities with its poor relations" 1t
says: .9.tt stA'. ft7 - ''iEst t1''7 H.fai
I'VE are perfectly aware, none more SO, of the
extreme loss, difficulty, and risk ofsuch war as
force upon u.s. We are aware that we should at
a class of Republican zealots are endeavoring to
once interrupt the most valuable portion of our
commerce and manufactures, and that our mer-
chants would find foe; as well as q rival In ev-
cry part of the world. We are aware that we
should have to deal with an enemy inheriting all
our enterprise and daring, but not burdened,. as
we are, by national debt and host of incapables
or trammelled by Court, an aristocracy, and the
routine, of which the report from the Crimea we
publish elsewhere, discloses such sadly fantastic
examples. We do Hot forget how quickly the Uni
ted States raised the armies that reduced Mexico,
and wrested from her whole provinces. We know
that 25, 100000 of men, of European and chiefly
British blood, are not TO be despised. We could
hardly expect to suffer much less damage than we
could inhict. Nevertheless, we have not the least
doubt in the world that the British people, with all
this put before them,i would rather go to war at
once than submit to national degradation. They
would rather see their manufactures shut up, their
machinery rust, and their ships rot in port,
than require Government to render to any foreign
Power q more humbling apology than the occasion
required. The Americans must therefore reckon
on an obstinate resistance, If they drive us to it
Let them count the cost before they take any
fatal steps, else after two three years they will
make the calculation in vain, The British people
are very slow to go to war but they are still slow
er to make peace, and will never make dshonor-
able one.". -..-.l-s, ,,.ti E-. r,,'r :; ,ti 49,.
- The London Mercantile Gazette exhibits more
pacific tone. 1t says that the accusations about
the enlistment movement in this country, though
denied by Lord Clarendon, have never been an
swered or refuted. If it can be proved that Mr..
Champion has done wrong, it says he ought to be
recalled The Clayton Bulwer treaty. it thinks,
differing from Mr.. Bright, may be easily settled by
arbitration 1t says: 80 .-s.t.-.-a q ,-.--~g
.'The Americans.are a sensitive and speculative
people, .who would rush into war with the same
zest and careiessness as they would into lottery,
and the English are race who would sooner sa.
criiee their lives and fortunes than their national
henor. If, therefore, war be seriously canvassed
by either country, it may very soon become ihevi-
table, and it is against such issue that would
most earnestly protest. "'
-.. The Subject in Parliament. ~.
In the House of Commons on the 9th rFeb Mr..
Golden asked for the correspondence relative to
the present relation withthe United States. Allu.
ding to the publication of the correspondence on
the South American question, in the o. States he
argued that there was no longer reason for not
laying that before parliament upon the subject of
enlistment in America. Mr.. Cobden after COM
menting upon the folly of sending to fine climate,
where men were earning four shillings day, to
endeavor to get men to enter service to dc duty
IN bad climate for1s day, remarked that IN
this case the Government had admitted IT'S error,
and 1t was absurd, therefore, to countenance the
dispute. He submitted that the question might be
discussed in that House, and that way might then
be peaceably found to settle the question.
: lord Palmerston stated that with regard to diff.
ferent constructions of the Clayton Bnlwer treaty.
the British government had proposed to refer it to
any three powers for arbitration but had received
no reply from the American government. He was
willing however, to lay the correspondence on the
table. With regard to the enlistments, the noble
Lord made the following confessions: = = -
The English government was led to believe that
there were a great many persons in America who
wished to enlist in the service of this country and
in consequence depot was formed at Halifax,
and several hundreds of Germans were enlisted
But II being found difficult TO continue without
giving umbrage to the United States orders were
given to discontinue the proceedings. After this
came representation from the United States on
the subject, to whom it replied that the enlist
ment had been discontinued. Another dispatch
was received in England at the time Of thepneet-
ing, OF Parliament bSt the subject was exceed
ingly voluminous, and it would be unjust to Anne
rica to publish the former correspondence without
TINS despatch and it was unjust to England 70 pub
lish that despatch without the ans wer of the Bri-
tish Government to it. QIear. hear.a He agreed
thst nothing would be more calamitous than war
with America, but he believed that If both parties
met with an equally concliatory spirit, an aniica-