The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1858-04-22
From tic pur;s Ca;rerSe.
ILL FEELINGS BETWEEN FRANCE AND ENG
IAND

II there is th,mg earth more manifest
than another y: tn" Ir"s,'m, mr,ncnt il is the OBJ
stinatr determination OF tho English TO refuse the
Just demands OF France English Statesmen NAV
possibly NOT lie acco,np.ires in this obSi Sinacv, bu;
;lcir rrulrnce is powcrcss. Public opinion.
y"a.!"d bv the piess. turns deaf ear TO reason.
Mr. Di>rucli, will, all his phrases atlroitly dis
courteous l6war'ls us, is extremely likely to fail
like Kord Pnncrston. The prid" Of England is
wounded Ilr wound is old one; il WAS
caused. We believe, not by the first despatch of
Our Minister "t Foreign AilhrS; not by the sol
rmn cry which rose in l'ranc" against The labor
atory OF ass,ssiiati"ns m": even by the military
addresses inserted in the Montcur by All error
sufficiently explained. The wound WAS inflicted
in tn" Crmrn, at the Alma, at lmkcrmamn, at
the Malakof, every where III" French We're the
first ON the field, an,l penetrate. the deepest into
the "ue,mv's ranks. 81, Armand. BoSprr,. Can
robert, llclis>ier, McMahon--thcsc the men
VIII" wounded the pride "f England. Another
wound has h"rn inflicted Ivy the fact that India is
IN flames Willie France is in peace; that kahyIia
has h"cn added to French Africa. while british
ln'lia is Ill Il decline. Then a.ain. the King of
Naples has not been dcthroncd lie l,a. not bug
g"'l pardon for having defended ,s ,hrouc, and
has not delivered up Ia the English the ports of
Sicily. Moreover, mr"r wounds have been in-
lcted in the Unitel States, aud even in rrrsi,
and Cons,an,inorie. All .h">, circumstances
ought to have lowered little Of that extreme ar
ness OF the strong. But John B,:l.. like the En-
pr'or Of China; believes himself to be tn. son uf
hr"vcn and like that sovereign. hn has the hair,
"f s'ra'gllng the messenger who is the bearer of
evil thling.
We sincerely wish that England would under
ftan this marnani',,",$ l,n-ua:s': al ;I,r Emp"-
r"r tn his ambassador in I.ou"n: "Explain well
to the ministers oil her Majesty ,h" nature of our
position; we do not now seek t" ui"trrt my life
but I" preserve the alliance Ii we admire this
lthGuar". 1t Is not that car" "r the alliance.
TOR nothing is less cared Tor 'y French sentiment.
and this is proved in tl," mus. startling manner
b. the auGns. gravity Of the Empc5or's words
i;nt political reason and CHRISTIAN reason have:
spoken and have been hardened t." They teach
lis that peace must ho naint ,,n"d long Ms il
possible. aud lis long rs l"nor permits it, this
honor is also r"li,icnl reason, AMI. when we'll
understood, The first OF all reasons. France ~
spite of her eternal thirst for glory in spit" of the
long and Indignant shu,ll".in. r,, lv II defeat in.
completely washed out. would nevertheless pre-.
Ter difficult peace I" war, even - successful
"n" if She could hope that the triumph of justice
can Obtain Ivy peace.
The writer concludes hy saying that "Franc"
T. Is That She can no longer rrni;n in II ,ntc of
moral inlrrnr,y. thn, sh" feels that her r,,c .s-
i:ny Is lohc the bras "'n'c Of right and that sh.
will nn"asily acc"i, the c";nsIs"l i!,"sc who nd
vi" hcr I" he patient, and will "H.y lovo those
VINO may determine tp ask for blood"