The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1858-09-06

tween man and man; which demands concessions
that would involve a sacrifice of personal honor or
dignity; which is married continually by an as
sumption of superiority on the one part, or by idle
vapourngs, or petty jealousies on the other. IT. in
social life, real friendships rare, they are
less frequently to he found between nations, and
could therefore scarcely be predcaed of the alliance
offensive and defensive which has existed for
years past between England and France. The fleets
and armies of the two nations, as if moved by the
impulse of single will, have been sent forth to-
gether to do battle in the Crmea, and in China
Upon all the great questions of European policy
the views of the two governments were proclaimed
to be in perfect harmony. SO close their rela-
tons said to be- that their compact took the higher
title of an entente corljale. Visits were inter
changed between the sovercigns of the respective
nations, and to all outward appearance the al
lance promised to be as durable as in point offact,
it really beneficial to the best interests of both
parties. 1t strengthened LOUIS NAPOLEON in the
position he had assumed; it enabled England TO
battle the designs of Russia, and, by thus working
together in unison, the two powers capable of
shaping and controlling the system of European
policy. But while the governments of England
and France were in complete accord, the old ami
moSitics between the people of the two nations
have displayed themselves, more than one
casion, and may succeed in producing a rupture of
the entente coraiale. The pride of England was
wounded by the greater share of honor ascrhcd to
the French arms in the Crimea Her refusal to
modify her laws concerning the right Of asylum,
aroused the Indignation not only of the friends of
Imperial rule in France, but also the well-elgned
.r.l,
hoped by this means TO promote their own ends. The
question of the prncipaties next arose TO disturb
the amicable relations of the two governments,
which were still further compromised by the refusal
of England to consent to the construction of ca
nal across the Isthmus of Suez and by her
occupation of the Island of Perrin in the straits
of Bab-el-Mandeb. All these points of difference
have undoubtedly had the effect not only of pre-
pairing the French mind for a dissolution of the
alliance, but of re-awakening the ancient spirit
of antagonism. That spirit has found expression
recently in the completion of the naval docks and
Notifications of Cherbourg. What LOUIS NV
projected as an offensive demonstration against
England, NAPOLEON III has encrgeticalv prose
cuted, until docks, capable of holding Twenty-Five
sail of the line and protected by forts and bat
teries of immense strength, now occupy the most
prominent point on the English channel. The
English journals sounded IN alarm, and charged
Louis NAPOLEON with entertaining sinister designs
against his ally and neighbor. They demanded
to know why Cherbourg had been created? The
answer of the Paris Unicers was prompt and de-
cislve. ga great nation,' it said ''should always
'boldly avow its acts, and never permit them to
''be misrepresented. Let us proclaim aloud that
"Cherbourg has been created by hostile feelings
towards England and that otherwise, its crea-
'ton would have been unnecessary" NJ GAIL
LARDET, originally the editor and proprietor of the
Courier des Etats Unis, of New York, and now
its Paris Correspondent, thus writes of Queen |
VICToRIAS visit to Cherbourg. ''What' he asks |
'was the design of the Emperor NAPOLEON in
Infringing the Queen of England to Cherbourg in
''spite of her people, and nearly in spite of her
''self? This question Lord ALFRED PAGET adj |
dressed to the Captain of the Reiae Horte7,se but
'as the reply of the latter was not very clear and
satisfactory: Lord PAGEr undertook to solve his
Gown question as follows. 4 do not believe said
che, that the Emperor NAPOLEON wished to hui
'miliate our Queen, in forcing her to see with her
Gown eyes, your gigantic labors at Cherboure. |
''He is too gallant for that, and the cordial man
'ner IN which he has received his royal guest |
sufficiently refutes that gross interpretation I |
'beeve, also, that he sincerely wishes to continue
'our ally; but, on the condition of not being our |
'dupe; and that he has thought that the best way |
"of conclliating our respect for him, would be to
''show us what he could do against us. if sepa-
rated from us. 1t is a lesson that be cives to |
"Lord MALMEsBURY, and tact reply to our insults |
'with respect to the Regina C6eE; the Danubian |
municipalities, and the Isthmus of Suez.'" That |
Interpretation NJ. GALLARDET declares is not only |
te al'hlul echo OF his own opinion, and of that of
very many Others, but he has also seen it repro
duced nearly in the same words in a remarkable |
arucle IN the Presse which finds in the Royal and
Imperial interview at Cherbourg the expression of
but one profound meaning: "signfcation to
England of a desire to preserve her alliance and
'the possibility of doing without it." That IoIrrs
NAPOLEON is strongly attached TO the English |
alliance, NJ. GALLLARDET asserts cannot be doubted |
in the face of his solemn reputation on board the
BTetGgne of the rancours and passions of another |
age, and his reference to 'some unhappy incidents'
which had occurred more recently to ieopardize
the amcabe relations existing between the two
countries. ''Such incidents" adds NJ. GAILLARDET
f'must not occur too often, or they may triumph |
Cover the best intentions. If England has compre-
'hended at Cherbourg the reciprocity that attaches
''to all equitable contracts, the alliance will be |
"durable-if not, not" Now, whilst may, |
and do doubt whether Lord ALFRED PAGET ever |
made such broad admissions or INDUCED openly |
in such reflections as are ascribed to him, we see
no reason to question the fact that such
motive may have actuated LOUIS NAPOLEON in in
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at Cherbourg with her presence. But while the
French people recognise in this demonstration the
assertion of a rival power in the Channel; and an
admonition to England that she must beware how
she conducts herself in future; the English people
have been coolly calculating the strength of the
works at Cherbourg and the extent of the danger
they have to apprehend from the proximity of this
great naval station TO the English coast. The |
conclusion they have come TO is, hat they have
not the least cause of alarm. The London Times
has estimated the number of days it would take to
embark on board the vessels in the harbor of |
Cherbourg, an army of invasion, with all its
munitions and material of war. Comparisons |
have been instituted between the French and Eng |
fish seamen, and between the extent Of the French
and the English Marine, and the result of these in
vestigations goes to prove-ifmembers ofparliament
and the English journalists, generally, are to be re-
lied upon.that it would take every sailor which
France has at her disposal to man properly such
Meet as would be required to attempt the inva-
sion Oh England with any prospect of success,
ana that as france has merchant marine
from which to recruit her forces, in the event
of their being disabled in a naval battle
she could strike but single blow. If thai
blow failed she could not sustain long maritime
war because she is wanting in those maritime re-
sources of which England has super-abundance.
1t strikes us that between two nations protesting