The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1856-11-25
- -" = From The LONDON Tipes, Nov,
TIE RrLATIoSs OF ENGLAND AND FRANCE.

rHE RELATIONS OF ENGLAND FRANCS.
The position Of government which, besides an ordinary
control over all the supposed organs Of public opinion has
also certain channels OF It's for or or
less official character If not absolutely unfortunate has az
least great Inconvenience Since last 10 COM
ment on the threats Of the hoar and the insults OF The
less Official though not less controlled portion Of the
French press there have appeared two articles that
too plainly reveal the peculiar difficulties Of imperial and
ministerial editors The former Of these is In the ConSu
'tone and Ne latter In the Honiteur and they stand
rather in the relation Of the sharp and brief rebue with
which master correcs the noisy impertnence Of bis
servants. .-e '-
We expected that rebuke and therefore we RETAINED
from noticing the ahsurdites Of the Coasitaonnf until
that mental bad received its we-meried al the
hands o. i lord have now to consider tbeuf ogeih-
err II was only few days ago that the MonRer Appealed
to the Eoglsh people against the English press Since
that on the 9th instant the Constonnetan ultramin-
seris print well known to receive frequent inspiration
from the foreign oce-appealed 10 the Euglish people
against the Englsh government la article which We
are informed much modified from the original draugb
the English ministry accused Of wishing to tear in
pieces the treaty OF Paris with aihe view of satisfying an
ambition momentarly disguised This journal was &C.
cused % thinking Ct TO distinguish the sovereign from his
government-the policy Of the Emperor from that OF his
ministers y and are told that asuch very poor subte
ties need no reiutatonR
Many Of contemporaries believed. or pretended u
Inserted Wat Without ~ %, SS,gso PssgaPS p hs nS sl
Tor We never shared this impression But while Wtre
Frded The brief declaration In the Aoit,r az htte lse
nan an imperial manifesto we et alsO that the longer
,ionn s'ionslv compromised the whole of The povsn
meut from ministers 10 the chief II IL should be allowed
to pass without That censure such was onr con,
hdence in the good intentions Of our imperial ay vo
were ready TO invoke by direct appeal We were pre-
pairing TO ask whether the Emperor wished TO put an end
70 the alliance and unity Of action which had so long
sted between France aud England II was his undoubted
right 70 take sueh step II he deemed II for bis own adj
vantage and the good OF the people whom he goyerned
Did be wish TO give back 10 Russia what he had 40 go
rousy conquered from her and to exchange orr friend
ship for hersf Il in bis sovereign will and pleasure
We might have urged somewhat against the policy some
what against the honor Of such step but n this reso.
linton bad been taken and irrevocable AZ We had been
united IN all honor should have asked al any rate 10
part with courtesy and dignity. This great alliance Of
which history will have much TO te was not TO be fit
Tered away by the licensed inemperance Of press which
nohinR more than the moutbpece Of the government
II there was between tho cabinet OF the Tuieues and
that Of ST. James rreconciable difference fatal 10 The
continuance OF our present intimate relations Il was Ct
we should part bcseems great powers without pet
uenoe and wranglng and with due sense Of the vast re-
eponsioiy which attaches 10 momenteus step Ifan
irreeoncaoe difference Of views forbade us 10 be inti
mate friends let us AT any do nothing which might
have tendency 70 widen the breach 20 enmity We
should haye made this appeal u az confidence that Il
Sona not De misunderstood hoping that means might yet
oeiound 70 avert the calamity with which we were threaten
3D. and protesting With all our power against the method
which seemed TO be adopted for bs purpose Of bringing
abont u. .F@ & 81 tr' ia Il II
Happily, the appeal is now unnecessary Az we have
already said II has been anticipated by second decara
ton In the MoHur which not only rspudates the Con,
afonn but what s Of far greater importance indicates
very different temper from that which the Morsvr itself