The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1858-05-26
THE DISPATCH.
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nr.t,sh Sentiment en- sns n's"s y.
a. ..r,v vet 20 learn tina sentiment OF Eng.
LA an tho recent ontrages 10 the du''' ~h,co
- undoubtedly ordered BY the late Paimefston
u,ni.try. II thss Miaistry shall be restored 70
,o~sr. a some Of cur contemporaries appFsneno,
b.sars the arrival Of the ramonstrance OF our gov
.rnm.at. we need not expect prosapt adjustment
Al IN. matter but II Lord Derby retains bis posi-
t,ou. nj. liberal policy toward this country war
yssts us In believing that be will make ample 70
n. r.t,an fr the atrocities which have been perpe
tr.,sa under the orders OF Palmerston, especially
A the maeufsc turing and commercial interests OF
Great britain will never permit war with In"
country TO grow out Of such an issue
re London Leader. discussing the diplomatic
.....aA.,es hatveeu Messrs Cass and Napier,
on the slave trsda expresses opinions vn'cn possr
~, c,r..hadov the comments OF the British press
-, shs Gulf disturbances when the tidings shall
,s..h Great Britain. After deueuncng the British
.nti.lsve trade philanthropy, 1t says:
n vou,d not be dIfnEuit to prove from facts how
r,,te able this philanthropy 10 TO control the war
like and diplomatic machinery wn'ca sc ~ asr;.a
= -. Hall tina coast OF AfrlcH,
but 90 acts % 70 hinder the genuine trace ana ao
sonteiy 70 foster the slave trade. Two iacts Dear
ina upou these points are patent: nrst, Me e1ces
ssss psrsecuon Of ship matters sm9agea ~ n,~as.
~ sare dsaino. or carried fur out Of the'r course
xy ne purpose Of stabmitting them 70 tnqmry; sec
ondIy. the practice Of our oficefs to ~ink AZ .he
early ssagss of she trae In order .na' ch nriaas
being enhanced BY the hesd-monsy given ior eve
~ slave captured.
And again:
II A. nov eertain that the forcibls prevention OF
slave trading IL no longer practicable tue
has completely broken down. The vast sums speus
"a its maintenance have been thrown away anu
II has been proved to be serious hindeiahce
70 commerce At h< present moment zoe gnd - Vp
t9 rise to complications detr,msn.d. % e g.. no,ard
ofa ,ca phich soould be mischieroHs to Laheasre
az to the Southern States Of Ameracd. Auu ,os
what for the maintenance OF shortsiguteo anu
impracticable philanthropy
The Quebec (Canada) Mercury, OF May ~ REFER.
riag to the recent scenes In the dni says
the extract taken from the New York Herald Of
Saturday last be correct, IL 'ooald appear ma' our
sioAbor, hare oot hold of real grievance at last"
The New York Albion spesks in harsh and IT,
so,eot tone and mauifssts bad temper. The Albion
4, an English literary and news weekly published
in New York, and has its principal circulation
among the English residents Of this country. 1t
attempts 70 make distinction between the right
Of visit and Of search speaks 10 no very respect
ful manner of Gen. Cass's late letters upon the
subject. suggests that, having scornfuly declined
to enter into any new stipuiations on the subject
Of the African slave trade, he has only himself 10
blame for recent events in the Cult, and has the
hardihood to add n the face Of twenty-five distinct
uuproyoked and uueQuivocal outrages upon the
American flag, that 'ft will be difficult to scquit
Cen. Cass of deliberate design to bring about
trouble" It adds:
3 On the part of gu. government, we can assure
him Of the most ample apology and compensation
in every wsllsustained case where injury has oeen
done but the General 10 entirely mistaken IT ne
hstters himself that he 10 about to gain great
triumph OF principle. that his notion OF the Alb
solute invioIability Of any bit OF bunting whether
wrongly or rightfuily hoisted, can be imposed
at this time upon the world
peutiy suggestive. Just before the late war, the
ear built frigates and striped bunting of Amer
ica." were contem ptuously alluded to in Parlia-
msut By . prominent British orator and States
man, but they avenged themselves amply In the
war which followed and in which British naval
victory became 90 rare, that when one did break
the monotouy, the whole nation went into spasrns
of delight. If another contest takes place, the
ssbit of buntnev will be found again 10 it's proper,
pre- destined and Inevitable place. orer the British
ensign.
The Albion goes on in very bad taste to talk
about Gen. Cass writing "stump oratory,' but
lets out the secret of its spite when 1t speaks OF
the Statesman who broke up certain quintuple
treaty" That 10 the objectionable sin with BIZ
tons but 1t 10 precisely that which recommends
Gen. Cass more cordially to the hearts OF Ameri-
leans than any other act of his life. it winds up
it, comments on the dispatch of Mr. Cass to Mr..
Dallas. by saying that
aLawless violence" and "high handed mea-
sures" and "outrages," and search" are conve-
nisnt words; but we incline to think that Mr. Dali
las will weigh we'll their applicability before be
uses them In correspondence with our foreign Of
hce
Mr.. Dallas, in irm and appropriate Language,
will bey ond all doubt. give the British government
the opportunity of atoning for the conduct of Its
officers In the Gulf, or the alternative Of var II
the sentiments of the Albion are the sentiments
Of the government and people of Great Britain,
war 10 inevitable The principle contended for
by Gen Cas-. can no more be surrendered than the |
sacred right Of domicile. which makes even upon |
our own soil an Englisbman's house his castle, no
matter what amount Of abuse and calumpy his
impudent tongue may utter against our country |
and its government. The American People fully |
appreciate the destructive effects of war upon their
commercial interests, but they prefer ruin to deg
radiation and if their vessels are to be visited here
after by British cruisers, they must do 1t at the
lannon's mouth.
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