The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1856-04-26
THE DAILY DISPATCH.
1 sss;srsss Msrsiss, xprii 50, 1855:

THE DAILY DISPATCH.
1ssssrssS Msrsiss, April %, 1855:
TIE Esslssh Bnll Dog.
TAe deep erowlines with which the Ensiisn
bn,l doe lets 70 his hold Of the Russian bear pre-
1T . signiHcant sostrsst 70 the facility OF tenn
- with which the 0ailick cock quits his soss.
ssry and, sprinsing TO the top Of the fssce maze
che wslkin ring with his cksdoodedoo Aae
whole thing illustrates fairly the different 'smpeIs
and capacities Of the two people, Inc frsncn
anpulslvs impesuous and heroic, but inconstsns
=. the Noon. and preserring glory to every otner
e.rthiv vnod The English, impassive. pracsicai.
.,r.,~h,. sorvard. averse TO change, slow OF en-
s,.nc. 40 . quarrel, but, being In, equally dow %
-..,,. ,..c.fu, relations without full satisfaetion.
rr.ncs a military despotism, can make sudden
Ana hr,,l,.n, DASH and then for the time. her wind
-. an. and she must cit down aud rest 1t
s.ts. John Bull, with his free constitution and d.
ver,iAsd Industrial pursuits, longer time to ap-
NV and adjust his resources to state Of war, but
when he does so, he Is ready to 60 ON lighting
.iu the crack Of doom the fiery metal Of his en-
srsiss takes - perfectly the shape Of sword and
spear - of pruning hooks and ploughshares; and
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him - peace For the animal il all bottom and
backbone, with neck like sinew OF iron. Those
who imagine that Great Britain has come out Of
this Eastern war crippled and impotent for purpo.
zee of aggression and defence, have no more com
prehsnsion of the marvellous resources of that won
derful country than of the geography Of Jupiter
Nothing but hostilities with the United States
could ever shake the colossal edifce of British
power, and that temporary vibration would be
not % much the result Of the naval victories of
America, as Of the injury which war would bring
to two Of the massive pillars upon which the Bri-
tish sdihcs rests, -Manufactures and Commerce.
There are those who hold the opinion that, If
Louis Napoleon should desire to avenge Waterloo
upon England he could crush her like rotten
nutshell with . single grasp of his iron'gioVeo
hand The remarkable military successes OF the
French army in the Crimea, and the mortiyine
exhibition which England has made, seem TO give
plausibility to this opinion. Certainly no'nine
could be more splendid, more perfect, more formi
dable than the military power OF France as MUS
trated in the Russian war In the completeness of
the most minute details of military organization,
and the tremendous power of the aggregate mass,
Il wa ike the powerful and flexible trunk Of the
elephant, which can, with equal ease pick an
acorn from the ground, or pull up the full grown
monarch of the woods by the roots. But all this
monstrous and massive machinery requires to be
constantly lubricsted with certain golden Oil
which, only q nation whose industry is diversified
can produce in . steady stream. Moreover. sup
posing money in France to be as plentiful and as
easily obtained Is men. the naval supremacy Of
England Is an al sufficient shield against French
Invasion England has at this moment in com.
mission the enormous number of eight hundred
vessels of war, propelled by steam and manned
BY British seamen! She is a. powerful upon the
water - France upon the land, and France must
cross the channel, and whip John Bull upon his
own element, before she can plant her military
eagles upon British soil.
If England be the enemy of the United States,
that il NO reason why we should underrate her 81
santic powers. It il never wise to underrate An
enemy, even though apparently weak and con
temptible Much more dangerous would be any
calculations based upon the weakness or decline OF
such . power IS England Arrogant, naughty,
uhscrupulous she may be, but lion like in strength
and in spirit as In name. It does not become our
oountrymen, who spring from the same litter, to
deny that fact 30 honorable to the common breed
Let NJ hope that these two nations, of the same
race may not permit themselves to be involved In
. fratricidal wAr-a war in which each may prove
IT. proves and its pluck, but neither can gain any
permanent advantage, while the interests and civ
Eization of both may suffer beyond rsparation