Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1857-05-02
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lions Of the upper tendon OF the great
Metropolis, in q manner that would be
excessively gratifying to his lordship'
did he not know that New York was
bound TO have lion, to he worshippcd
for while and then To be cast aside
for abuse just as soon as some new di-
vinity makes its appearance upon the
stage Of action. Lord Nap,er attend
ed the Anniversary celebration OF the
Society of st. George, and responsive
- toast, he made speech Of the
most oily character, laudlng the great
ness aud glory OF the United States,
the benefit Of commercial relations be-
tween us and England, the necessity of
the "co-opcration" Of the two countries
in the great scheme Of civiliz'ng the
world, and, said a great many flattcr
ing things about the two nations
speaking the same language, possessing
the same spirit Of liberty, and being
actuatcd by the same benevolent mo-
tivcs in subduing the rest of the world
of bsrbsrians to the sway Of a higher
Civilization, that will strengthen, extend,
and enrich the commerce OF the two
nations. All this is like the sugar
coated pills Of certain quack doctors,
made to please the palate but nause;-
ting to the stomach. We know
enough Of British diplomacy to under
stand the tactics employed by Lord
Napier. England has long since
abandoned the notion OF bullying the
United States. Our power, CONNER
cial, naval, and military, is such, that
We are no longer inundated into tn
REIMBURSEMENT OF our just rights, BY
the fear Of threatened consequences,
and hence John Bull, under Palmer
ston, assumes u different attitude. with
the hope of cheating MS by ilattery aud
soft words. The Machiavclian policy
which England stoops to employ II,
her intercourse with European nations
abe will put in operation here. 10
this end Lord Napier is sent 10 Wash
ington, on occount OF his long cspcri
cncc in the court intrlgues Al Naples,
Constsntinoplc and ST. Petersburg
where intrigue and diplomacy is rcdn
ced TO a science. We, the American
people are too susceptible to the hi
some adulations OF distinguished men,
and especially when the title Of Lord is
prefxed To tina, individual iiatterer
We run wild after hons W, ut AM
toast them; We fall down and worship
them; We throw up our hats with &c
carnations when they call us "A great
and happy people. and forget that they
are al the same time using this enthu
siaam as a convenient cover for diplo
matte trickery. We sincerely distrus1
Lord Napier. We distrust him the
more on account Of his unreseryed Hat
terry OF our policy aud institutions. ",
remember the bold and threatcnim.
attitude OF England toward Us soon al
ter her alliance with France, and hcl
struggles to put an end to our terrific
rial expansion upon this Continent
We have seen her jealousy of Demo
cratic Governments upon the Cont
nent Of Europe, her assent to the DIES
truction OF the Italian, Hungarian an,
Polish Republics. We see her clos,
alliance with tho usurper OF France
and her Unsuitable ambition in tn
Indies, and VIC can evolve no conf
dcncc in her present friendly attitude
from her past conduct. Before tn
election Of James Buchanan her Jour
mails, with scarcely an exception
elcctioneercd FIR Fremont, upon III
ayoWcd ground. that his election wont
"provc an entering wedge to split til
Union" The London Times, til
mouth peicc Of Palmerston, who's
servant Lord Napier is, said that +
long As democracy flourished in Amc
lea, SO long the Monarchica ins,it,
tons and governments Of Europe wei
in danger from our example, W
remember the JOY expressed by I'll
Aristocracy Of England at the Disunio
movement Of this County,, ard v
look upon the speeches Of Lord Maple
~ sugar coated pills, fair and sweet I
the taste, plausible and ilattering i
the assurances which they G We of Eng
lands kind intent, but deceptive an
false, because they cover the old dcsiu
and hatred Of British Aristocracv.
the policy of England towards til
government is to be changed. as Lor
Napier would ultimate, We rejoice
her return to reason. but VIC prefer
await the results, before going in
ecstacies over the assurances Of n
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