The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-06-16
The Relations OF tho United states with Eng
land and France.


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The Relations OF tho United States with Eng
land and France.
There are certain import ant relations existing
between the United States on the one part, and
England and France on the other, which underlie
all political issues between the parties, and
which, from distorted view, have exerted CON-
harding influence over Lord Palmerston against
the substantial interests and the true policy of
ENGLAND in reference to Central America.
These important relations are those commercial
and social recprocities which are constantly ope-
rating TO conciliate, assimlate and harmonize the
people Of all the civilized world, and especially of
England, France and the United States. Our
trade with Eogland makes up full One-balf our
foreign commerce, and the trade of England with
the United States exceeds one-fourth of her az
gegate foreign traffic. One-half our remaining
foreign trade is with France, and one-half of the
entire foreign commerce of France is with us
The commercial relations, in fact, between the
United States on the one part. and Eogland and
France on the other, directly or indirectly, are
mutually of greater importance to the parties
concerned on both sides of the Atlantic, than
their commercial transactions with all the rest of
the world.
Nor is this all Every day the increasing steam
ship intercourse between Europe and America is
bringing these social and commercial relations be-
tween the people of the Western powers of Earope
and thepeople of this greatrepublic more intimate
ly and cordially together. These familiar and re-
ciprocal relations of peace and good will involve
not only the tremendous traffic across the Allan.
tic ocean in agricultural products and manufac-
lures and the annual European emigrations to
our shores. They embrace also the yearly in-
creasing rcciprocities to Europe of American
pleasure seeking travellers, and all those intimate
social literary aud scientific associations aud ex-
changes, which, on all sides, we have at length
learned to regard as among the greatest triumphs
Of civilization, and the highest blessings of
peace.
These things are we'll understood by the great
producing masses Of the English and French peo-
pie, and hence the body of the people of England
and of France are deadly hostile to any i'll con-
sidered rupture with the government and people
of the United States. But, on the other hand,
there is distinct political interest held by the
landed aristocracy of England and by the impe-
rial government of France, which clashes with
the sympaihies of the masses in both these coun-
tries and which is jealous of the increasing inu-
ence everywhere Of the popular institutions of
this country. The success Of our popular theory
in England would be the determination of her
feudal aris.ocracy-the public advocacy of our
republican institutions inside Of France would be
the destruction Of the empire.
Thus it is that while our commercial and So
cial relations with England and France arc suf-
ficiently strong TO command the peace, the jea-
louscs Of that aristocratic class to which Lord
Pemerston belongs are always at work to dis
parage our government, and to distract and di-
vide our happy Union. The interests OF the
French imperial dynasty stand in the same gene
raj relation towards us, and this fact lies, per
haps at the basis of that happy accord" which
was inaugrratod between ST. James and st. Cloud
in the Russian war, and which continues in the
AngloFrenc alliance against China Of the pre-
sent day. With the increase of our population
aud wealth. and with the expansion Of our boun-
DIARIES and our foreign commerce, the manufac-
turing and producing classes Of England and
France have discovered that their substantial in-
tcrcsis are Immediately identified. But the 90
verning classes Of those countries look upon our
material prosperity and its political fruits with
apprehension, and hence all the movements of
the last fifty years to place US under the srrvei-
lance Of European balance OF power, or TO
weaken us at home and abroad by every availa-
bic means of assault against our Southern insti-
tuition Of slavery.
Upon this harrassing question Of African slave
ry, bcqucathed to us by Eogland, imperial France
has been less culpable than the English Cabinet
and the English aristocracy. In fact, as France
has been less concerned In The policy OF arrestug
our territorial and commercial growth, than in
providing the means Of employment for her com.
bustible people, che has rather sought TO encour-
age our commercial favors than 10 undermine
our political system But England, struggling
to maintain against US her ancient commercial
supremacy on the seas, has taken hold Of every
diplomatic opportunity, and every prctcxt, 10 en-
tangle and distract us upon this vcxed question
of negro slavery. II is upon this issue that Lord
Palmerston has rejected the Clarendon
treaty as amended by our governmental is
upon this precise issue that our Cabinet pre-
fers to maintain its ground, rather than reopen
the controversy till the meeting of Congress.
England or The United States must rccede. We
must agree to the requisition of Lord Palmerston
for the perpetual abolition Of slavery in the Bay
ISLANDS under the government of an independent
State, or Lord Palmerston must agree TO leave
that government to dispose of the negro question
for itself We believe that our Cabinet and Sc
nate will never consent to 60 so far out OF the
way ne hero required to pronounce an insult
upon one-half the States Of this Union for the
cake Of treaty with England upon Central Anne
rcsn affairs; and VIC further believe that in this
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