The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1858-02-24
BALTIMORE.
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY "a 1888

The extracts which we have heretofore ove,
from 'ie London papers, and the language used il
Iafni'ihehl upon the announcement by Lord Pal.
merston that the French Government had applied
10 the British cabinet to adopt some measures tc
prevent French refugees from conspiring aoains-
the life OF the Emperor plainly show that the good
understanding between the two countries NAV be
speedily subjected to severe trial IT is ouite evi
uent from Lord Palmerstons reply to Mr.. Roebuck
that the English Government is inclined to crafty
the wishes of its Gallic ally, and it is equally appa-
rent that any change in the existing laws RELATING,
10 Aliens Is likely to be regarded by the peope and
ueAounceu oy the press as an unworthy concession
10 'he demand OF their powerful neighbor across
tie channel. Nothing, it seems to us. can prove
more conclusivey than this request of the French
Government It's own sense of the weight ii has az
qulred in the scale Of nations and its dctcrmina-
uon to manifest to the world the ascendancv #
aspircS to over its ancient rival.
but The experiment is not without its dancers
On the one hand there is a powerful a1lv to he
gratlhed and conciliated; but. on the other 4bore
Is the risk of arousing the national sensibiI;tv and
exciting universal disgust among the EnpIish moo
PIE oy an act which certainly may be said to ex-
hnolt unusual Difference to the wishes of France
Inc change OF a statute involving the RIGHTS of
SoJourners upon her SOIL at the instance of oraipp
power, betrays an anxiety to CRAFTY and obpe
that power, of which the enemies of the eviStinc,
administration would undoubtedly be prompt to
avail themselves and the alliance between the two
countries has not been Of sufficient duration TO rem
der appeals to the natural preudices of the peopIe
against such concession unavaiIine.
Nor is Napoleon the man in whose hobolf r;oor
GUS measures against political refugees can be
most plausibly and reasonably invoked. 1t is i'm
possible to forget that within a few wears he was
himself an exile claiming the protection of British
law, whilst he was planning expeditions aoainst
the government of France.
The cabinet that can venture. at his instance to
propose an alteration of the laws of which he once
awaited himself, must be confident of strono boId
upon the places they FILL Or be willing TO risk mncb
to restore the good feeling towards England. which
e attempt upon his life has evidently impaired in
france Perhaps in the present condition of the
nri'iSh empire with almost all her disposable
force IN India, and war of uncertain duration
upon her hands. The policy of maintaining cor
ui"i leiatlonS with Napoleon may press itself with
peculiar weight upon the government of Lord Pal
merston. With all her vast resources, her i'm
mense fleets and the security of her insular siua
uon, England cannot now risk a rupture with any
great power. She must qucll the rebellion in her
distant provinces and bring back her scattered ar
mles Until then, she is in the situation of that
ancient state of which it was said, Non arna negue
MesauT1 regnt presidia sunt cerum aanici.