The daily Butte record., 1858-07-01
VIII We Ftghtf

ing shoulder striker, John Bull, for
pulling bis nose and punching him in
the bread basket Just because j. b.
is stout, resolute, chunky old fellow,
well NJ in the manly art, and pretends
to be always ready to square off and
take fair knock down fight with any
body, is no reason why our great big,
raw-boned Uncle should submit to all
his banterings and pugnacious demon
strations. John may know more "sci-
encc," but with Uncle Sans long
arms and good wind, to say nothing of
his spunk latter his dander is up) John
would stand no more show in rough
and tumble fight, than Johnny Morrisoy
did with the countryman at Troy. But
Uncle Sam is too confounded slow to
wrath he is much too good natured
and in his disinclination to fight appears
like great overgrown gawky of
coward.
Now to speak more to the point, to
deal in matters tangible rather than
hyperbolical, what is the reason the
general government have been so will
ling to parley with England so long and
so unsatisfactory concerning the late
outrages in the Cuff Why talk at
all 7 A treaty of peace now exists be-
tween the United States and Great
Britain, and these Outrageous assaults
upon our merchantmen by the British
war vessels is not n matter for doubtful
speculation and amicablc interchange
Of explanatory letters. II is, or should
be, a provocative to instant action
Upon the first receipt of the news, our
war ships should have been sent to the
Gulf with orders to engage with any
and every offending cruiser, and then if
the English government desired peace,
let her open correspondence upon the
subject. If A strikes B it is not for
b to ask-"What did you do that for;"
but if A has particle of pride and
courage, he will knock A down, and
then, if A apologises for striking the
first lick, and says he was 'only joking,
b ought to be satisfied, providing A
gives good assurance that he wont do SC
any more. IF, on tho contrary, b, at
ter having his eye buuged, grumblingly
submits to the indignity, or goes to
Justice of the Peace for reparation, he
is BOBBY if not coward, and deserves
a whaling every time A catches hin
out alone.
We believe that nations are or should
be Just like individuals as far as a sense
of honor is concerned. An apparent
insult toa national flag should be re-
sented at once. If we desire an ex'
emption from abuses, we should let il
be known by unmistakable acts, thai
we will not brook an indignity, anc
blows should be repellcd with blows
not words. The war Of 1912 grew ou
of just such acts as these which are nov
the subject of negotiation between oul
government and England. That war
, although ending in results claimed al
, favorable to America, did not decid,
the principle for which we took VI
arms. The British claimed the righ
I, of search; we denied it. A tacit un
. derstanding that our vessels should
+. henceforth be exempt from molestatioi
: was the only settlement arrived at
England did not relinquish her "righ
of Search" and never will, until w
!. show more determination not to submi
. toit. We shall never have bette,
/ opportunity TO settle this matter thar
: now, and we should like to see tha
settlement brought about by force o
I arms. Negotiations, paper contracts
? and ministerial promises have beer
tried often enough. We have so fa
found them amounting to nothing. w
should fight. We firmly believe tha
!. nothing short of war will ever secur'
: the permanent establishment of tn
. rights we failed to secure by previou