Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1858-06-17
Cause of tho British Outrages.


LONDON, May 20.
The arrival of the Borrussia has brought
me file Of your journal to the 18th inst.
The last date gives us the particulars of the
astounding and insolent ourages committed
10y officers Of our navy on the merchant flag
OF the United States. The "Stars and
Stripes can, know, take care of them.
selves, and certainly it will not be under
the auspicies of Mr.. Buchanan that the hon
or Of the United States. untarnished since
1886, will be permitted to suffer. NV object
in addressing you is not to attempt an i'm
pertinent interference in American affairs,
nor ev ell to offer advice as to how insult shod
be repealed AS a foreigner | have no claim
TO be listened to for one momen} on ques-
tion 50 especially and purely national in its
character.
desire, therefore. to bring under your
notice what sincerely believe to be the true
state of the case, and to show, as far as
can, that tais outrage on the American peo-
pie is not an outrage committed by the peo
Pile of Great Britain. That they are res
ponsible for it, must at once and fully adj
nit
The gross amp unprovoked violation of the
laws of nations of which you have recently
SO much reason to complain, are simply
items of a grand political scheme for es-
tablishing despotism more firmly in Eu-
rope.
Prince Albert is the leader in this conspi-
racy. His object is to make the house Of
Coburg Il third great German power. The
way has been carefully prepared. The CO.
burgs have allied themselves by marriage
with Russia, France 1.-THE Orleanist pretend
crs to the throne OF France, Prussia, Aus
| tria and Portugal.
AS for England, the fact that n war, trai-
| torously thwarted in ali its details by Prince
Albert, at the cost cf f23OOO, 900 sterling
| and thousands of human lives, has ended in
simply nothing; for the Congress OF Paris
now sitting are to yield this week 10 the
| demands of Austria, the one nominal result
gained-the free navigation of the Danube !;
this fact, | say, proves the extent of Prince
! Albert's influence here, His tools were the
late wing ministry. He pursuaded them
| that opposition to the crown would endan-
ger the Aristocracy nv the great social con.
| ilict that it would cause.
| Lord ralmerston, whose bitter hatred to
| the United States is well known, with a
cabinet composed Of men of the most aban-
doned Observation-Disclosures wilforgers,
card sharper, gamblers uncertitied bank
rul,ts, who have made fortunes in three
years of Office undertook the work
| To blind the eyes of the people of this
country, W hose Indifference TO foreign poll
tics, although proverbial, could hardly 10
trusted III time OF peace, war with the Uni
ted States was resolved on. Recruiting in
lS55-56 was the plan first adopted. A ma
iority of eighty in the House OF Commons,
when the British minister was dismissed,
from Washington, showed that all was not
yet ripe.
The next moye was in January last. 1t
was the attempted murder of Louis Napo-
leon. Had it succeeded, every throne in
Europe would have been occupied by Co.
burg ally, OF course alter bloody reyolu-
ton Within a week of this event the
+, French Princes-pretendcrs, be it remember
| ed, to the French crown-were received in
| state (fOr their private intercourse with the
| Queen is habitual and Of daily occurrence)
at Buckingham Palace
| This alarmed the Emperor Napoleon
Unfortunately for him, having chose to gov
| ern as despot, he was deprived of the two
| instruments that would now have stood him
| in good stead-the voice of the people and
| free press What he did is well known;
| the menace Of the French Colonels, his own
diplomatic communications, and the com.
mencement OF grand armament, produced
| their effect.
| The Coburgs saw that they had gone too
far, and ordered Palmerston to bring in the
foreign conspiracy bill. An English House
Of Commons, elected one year before to sup
| port Palmerston in his China policy, kicked
him ignominiously out of office.
The tories succeed him. Every American
statesman will bear witness that this par
ty Whose home policy we deplore as lib
eral) have invariable proved just. equitable
and moderate in their political relations
with the United States
| But the instructions of Lord Palmerston TO
the naval authorities, to bring about a war
with America at all hazards, had already
been given away.
| The late outrages prove with what result
an INSCRIPTIONS attempt to regain Office by
the wings has just been most signally de-
| feated
| Tory Derby is now in power His cab
met have sent out the most stringent orders
to cease these constant violations of inter-
national law. Ample and noble apology
will be made for the outrages already COM
mitted. Every British officer cone erned in
them will be punished; and respectfully
ask that in whatever steps the American
people may take to avenge the insults Of
fered them, they will bear in mind that
war it the one thing desired by that pest of
humanity-that enemy Of liberty-the
scourge of Europe-the house of Coburg.
The Pooh BoY.-Dont be ashamed, my
i lad. il Won have a match IN uonr alhow L