St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-07-01
Cbe snttlligenter.
The Search Question.


1t is pretty evident that the Difficult
ties growing out of the recent exc,
else of the right of search will b.
amicably adjusted and that the often
ccs of which we have made lust con,
plants will not be repeated in hur
ry. The news by the Europa indi
Gates a prevailing Discrimination o
the people of Great Britain to a wal
with the United States. The tone O
the London press is pacific TIL,
Times thinks that Great Britain mus
recede from her assumntiGns of RICH,
to search and visit, and advocates
that course, at the present time, fol
peace sake because it cannot but look
forward to day when it will be more
disagreeablc and "a still greater let
down to our pride to give way The
News" regards the affair as disa.
grceablc one, the Star thinks danger
is imminent, unless the British govern.
mcnt rcccdes from its untcnablc posi-
ton, while the London Post thinks if
injury has been sustained, England
cannot refuse the PREPARATION demand
cd by Cass.
Tho government had not communi-
Gated to the House of Commons the
information in its possession touching
the Gulf outrages, nor the correspond
cnce that had taken place on the sub
ject. 1t was admitted that the Amcri-
can Government had "madc grave
charges against certain British Off
GERS, but no official report had been
received from those officers. If occur,
renccs, such as those complained of,
had occurred, they would be viewed
with the deepest regret by the govern
ment and immediate explanations Civ
en-" Orders had been sent out to cx-
crcise the greatest caution and forbcar-
ance towards vessels bearing the
American flag.
This is the substance of the news
on the search question. The express
sions of the mouth piece of the Gov
eminent" deepest regret and i'm
mediate explanation mean simply
that the pen of diplomacy will be set
to work, insincerc regrets will be OK
pressed, while no rcparation will be
offered and no departure from the ar
rogant stand taken by the British
power to exercise the police of the
seas will be made. Now this is not
what is wanted at all. Everybody
knows what that sort of digniiicd
twaddlc is worth and that it is the
merest trash ever offered in exchange
betwccntwo great powers. The Amcri-
can Secretary of State has taken his
stand upon high ground, and the Brit
ish government are already in posses
sion of his despatch to Mr.. Dallas,
conveying the reasonable expectation
Of the President, "that the officers
who have been guilty of these outra-
ges shall be held responsible for their
conduct, and that where pccuniary
interests have been compromised, the
interested parties must receive just
compensation"
The present is the best, the proper
time to have this question of search
finally settled and disposed of. 1t has
been question of diplomacy for years,
has been the fruitful cause of serious
trouble, and has once prccipitatcd a
war. The American Government,
backed by the unanimous voice of the
people, has always denied and opposed
this right, and claimed that it could
not he exercised. 1t is now time that
England was told peremptorily, it
"shall not he exercised" SO long as
this right is claimed, so long will there
be danger of collision. 1t must be
abandoned if England desires peace
with the United States.