Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1857-09-18
THE MONROE DOCTRINE YIELDED By THE
LONDON TINES

THE MONROE DOCTRINE YIELDED By THE
LONDON TIMES.
II is curious to see, says the Philadelphia Press
how self-interest controls the operations Of the
! British Government. Within the last year, We
have had some regular concessions from the or
gans Of that Government not the least of which was
the declaration of the London Times in reference to
the failure Of free negro labor in the British colonies
thus at fell sWOOp disspating all those theories
which it had so frequently and eloquently elabo-
rated and this let it not be forgotten, at period
when the French Government was itself preparing
to insugurate for its colonies system of slavery
under another name.
The complication in India and the war upon
China are rapidly producing a condition of things
10 England which has been repeatedly prophesed.
The attention Of the British rulers is now recalled
from other fields to their own immediate interests
Before the war with Russia, and previous to the
proved superiority Of the French over the Engllsh
troops In the Crimea the. London Times amused
its leisure moments by addressing vigorous anathe-
mas to the world against the aggressive and en-
croaohing designs of the United States upon our
neigh5oring nations on the North American conti-
journalism. and consumed a good part of the time
of English statesmen. II is unnecessary that we
should recall the Intervention Of Her Majesty's
agents in the affairs of Texas, while Texas was a
republic in order prevent the annexation of that
province to the United States; nor that we should
refer to their intrgues in California, in Mexico,
and finally in Central America Upoh the latter
she seemed, awhile ago, to have taken her last
stand. She had sentineled the whole Pacific coast,
so TO prevent the progress in that direction Of
our institutions, and one place after the other
fell into hands, she exhibited unmistaksble signs
Of determination to resist any further advances,
even at the point Of the bayOnet. Witness the
difficulties growing out of the Central American
negotiations and the Clayton Bulwer treaty; the
long diplomatic correspondence on that subject
the misunderstanding in reference to the construc-
ton Of that treaty; the excitement in Parliament,
in Congress, and in both countries; affecting the
funds disturbing business relations, and inspiring
an almost universal apprehension that war was in
evitable.
But now she has suddenly awakened to the fact
that there is an Eastern well as Western
Hemisphere, and while she seeks to conquer the
barbarians of India, she is not unwilling to see
American civilization reclaim the fertile lands and
elevate the political condition of the American
tinent. The London Tines in article of the goth
of August last, seeking support for her Eastern
trials in the sympatbes Of the people Of the United
States, thus speaks:
Foreigners may be excused for undertaking the
power which would still remain TO England if her
Indian dominion we're at an end. The strength and
vigor which have reduced the millions Of the East
to subsection would continue to exist, even if they
exerted in other direction; but it is ma
tural that the Indian crisis should appear to the
world to be absolutely vital to England, The sober
judgement fthe United States, however, deprecstes
the supposed decline of our national prosperity and
greatness. Our best customer and our closest COM
mercial ally, England, stands in position that is
peculiarly interesting to u.s. as the head and home
Of liberty in Europe, the only country where
speech, thought, the press and action are free.
Other journals express even more strongly feeling
which, the part of English writer's mil ht be at
tributed to eXtravagant and unreasonable patriotism.
1t is not too much to say that an equally cordial
sentiment would be entertained on this side the At
lantic if the United States were menanced with any
serious danger. The gratifying change tOhich has
taken place his respect since the time Of the Russian
I0ar may be, part, attributed to the progress Uhieh
has been made rsnoUiHg the Central american diff
clss 1t is true that the treaty negotiated by Mr..
Dallas has not yet been concluded, but the princ-
pies Of arrangement recognized on both
sides, and it is certain that the terms which were
originally proposed will ultimately form the basic
of a settlement The only English interest in the
disputed region concerns the free passage of the
Isthmus. The half ciUilized States of the American
Continent may be left sOithout interference part
adjust their future relations nth their formidable
neigh6or. The Wcrld is wide enough for both
branches of the to spread without collision
interference. With India to govern and Australia
TO cultivate Englishmen may look without jealousy
or regret on the progress Of the American Union to-
yards the Southern Continent