The Washington union., 1858-03-31


the appeal whh The French government has h dound 10 address
10 allied fomr The interest Of SOCIAL order at yqe That
appeal has had other object than convince allied or
neighborng States Of the necessity Of yuaanes
cure rsato'i against enemies scio, order succeed in their
object, proclaim organize, and prqeoe assassination and choss
plots are moi struggles, but murders.
We need say no Enough has been said to Justify
the profound movement in public opinion. With the
whole of the facts before which have rapidly sketch
ed with that prolonged tolerance which their authors
audacously abuse France has refused to believe that the
existing laws of England sufficiently eicacious She
dsquieed and rritaed ut it. As to the government
Of the Emperor it limits itself to explain the situation
affairs to explain the Of the irritation which the
country manifested and in other respects, trusting the
loyalty of the English government to give satisfaction to
Justice, to morality, to the interests of society to in
ternational rights.
We have explained our conduct with respect to Eng
land we have shown what the Emperor Napoleon III
has been to her We may boldly say that England has
never found an ally more loyal, persevering and
more independent Of petty passions and rancor That
Justice rendered to him lately within the walls of
the English Parliament 1t will be rendered to him by
history and we accept that homage for France and for
her sovereign honor Wherefore have every con-
fdence that the Engh people will not allow themselves
to be loi away Il cult to explain is impossible to
excuse and that their good sense their patriotism rising
above false Interpretations the alliance the two coun-
tries will stand the trial of these last incidents
We have the firm hope that it will be So for ii is inn
possible that some misconceptions exaggerated by
foseen incident weaken the accord of great
pcrity of the civilized world That alliance fact sets
aside all ideas of conquest 1t guarantees security
and liberty of Europe, the interests of England and
France being identical in every quarter of the globe
wherever humanity and civilization in question. 1t
is for these that wise to form that alliance
and that it ID useful for the interest of all TO maintain it,
After this explanation, public opinion in Europe will
Judge if France has understood this obfgaon if she has
fulfilled it, if she has the indsputable right to say that
she without reproach, and consequently without fear
before the tribunal of public conscience,
The State of Feeling ~ the two Countries.
Correspondence York Commercial Advcr,iserI
LONDON, March IL, lSJS.--France and England will
in my Judgment be before the lapse of six months
Startling this belief may seem, there is an intelligent
minority by whom il is firmly entertained. The great
of the people however comprising all classes from
the ignorant to the educated continue to entertain the
conviction that their imperial ncghbor is STILL and always
has been, faithful ally.
The readers of the Commercial Advertiser have for
time past been accustomed to the expression of
different view and the lately transmitted to them
by each steamer will scarcely have tended to weaken any
impressions thus created.
On the present occasion the chief item of intelligence
il that document in pamphlet FORM but which in fact
may be regarded as political manifesto has been issued
in Paris the relation, of the Emperor Napoleon with
England. Its expressions and sentiments admitted
to have been inspired by that personagc and had been
looked for with great cuiosy The effect produced has
not been favorable. To tle unrelecting multitude, who
carried any way by afeY nicely rounded patitues,
it appears temperate AMI concilatory statements but
experienced persons who hive ontgrown the habit of
ceptng every assumption Nat casuist may commence
with, fancy that transparent attempt get the
start of the worlds opnionin intended quarrel
never made
Its entire bearing may be Shown in a few lines The
Emperor boasts that in commencing his sway in France
he avoided revival of his anhosies of the first Napo-
leon and the thought of his vengeance that he osteed
the alliance with England and peace With other European
States, (hintng that this desirable to uphold Eu-
rope against America J that he rte throughout the
Russian war, and indeed cveryhngto during that
struggle that when the Indian msunestion broke out
lie did not take advantage of it, but sucribed to the
Indian relief fund that throughout all his period he
has been exposed to attacks from conspirors and rcf,
gees sheltered in England that both the Ate and the
present British cabinet have admitted the th these
circumstances that consequently he has light to de-
mand guarantees for the repression of the dngers with
which he is threatened that England, recognising the
proper value Of the alliance, WILL of hasten
give these guarantees aud, finally, that If she should
fail to do the world will perceive that Frame has been
entirely without reproach and that the responsibility
for estrangemcnt which will be disastrous civiliza-
| tion must rest entirely upon us.
All this in flowing language appears fine. Side by
sdc however, with each paragraph should be sethe fol-
| lowing When the Emperor, after shooting doyn the
who endeavored to fight for the republic towhich
he himself had fidelity, seized the throne he was
not in position to declare against England There
is nothing extraordinary therefore, in his having at that
period shut out postponed any plan for aveheng ST.
Helena. He might have had better motive, bt when
DcplnS 10 DOasC Oh Hob AaVIlb
done wicked thing, it is fair to examine all the nts
of his position Next, with regard to the co-opeHtion
with England in the against Russia Here agai
have proud appeal that the Emperor did not prove Ase
if fasehood and not fardealing ought to be thu
dinary course and abstinence from it should be on
sidcred astonishing instance of sefsacrfcng virtue
But in this the manifesto wants candor aud
the fact requires to be pointed out that the Russian
originated in the arrogance of the French ambassador
Constannope and precipitaely terminated, to he
great disadvantage of England because France, having
gained much glory she desired, wished il is be-
lieved to concliae the Car The next point Of gata
tion is that the Emperor abstancd from great basens
when he had the opportunity of committing it. He dd
not attack the outbreak of the Indian muny, bun
subscribed thousand pounds for the relief of the suffer
crS The Indian mutiny sudden that probably he
was little prepared for 1t ourselves, but it is remark
able that just in proportion tho accounts from that
country became and serious found IN
uence in Turkey thwarted until it at length def
nely overhrown, with all possibility of establishing
speedy telegraphic communication with threatened
| possessions.
Although it is not usual for donor to a charitable
subscription to remind the recipients of his ibcray, IL
may he admitted that the contribution to the relief fund
was courteous act but if paid for it by losing AT
the same moment the teegraphc concession which would
every month have saved us Millions the affair parts witt
its gloss Finally the charge that foreign consprao
and regicides abound in England presents most adro
instance of the old practice the part of offenders of be-
ing the first to prefer complaint 1t il England and
not France that aggreved by the existence of these
people in her cities They driven, ragged and penn
less to shores, and then denounced for the
fact that they to be found here. The Emperor al
leges that nearly all the conspracies against him have
been partially plotted in England. His proofs on the
matter precise waving that consdern-