Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1858-07-30
MORNING LEADER.
France and England.

England and the United States are natural
allies, with whom the bonds of cOnsaDguinity,
language and a common love for freedom super
sede the necessity of formal treaty of alliance.
These bonds ale not of such a nature as to re-
quire US to support England in any difficulties
she may have with other nations; but they are
Of infinite in settling any little difficult
ties that may arise between the two nations
It is this sympathy, arising from a common lib
eTty and common origin and language, that
has prevented war on more than one occasion,
and We have reason to believe it will continue
to prevent war arising out of any future dis
putes that We may have
Trance and England, though close neighbors,
are, by nature and by inheritance, antagonistie-
With different languages, different institutions
and different temperaments, they have no mo-
tives and impulses in common. For centuries
they have been enemies, and though the trading
proPensities that belong to the whole human
race, have lately operated in such way to
suppress any violent outbreak between them,
the fires are still smouldering and may easily
be famed into a fame. The alliance of 1854 was
an--eXpedent of safety. not proof of sympathy.
Each nation felt unable singly to cope with the
common aggressive enemy, Russia; and the
union of the power was formidable in a moral
as well as in a material point of view. No
ton of the old world could hope for successful
resistance to a combination Of the two most
mighty nations of Western Europe
But the alliance was as heartless and hollow
as any thing could possibly be. As soon as
the common enemy was brought TO terms ard
the war was finished, the old grudge broke
out again and there are no two people in exis-
tence who dislike each other more cordially
than do the English and French The alliance
exists still, as a diplomatic formality, and the
ministers Of the two governments keeps up an
over-strained and rigid politeness that looks
very well on paper. But the French hate the
English, and the English hate the French. as
cordially as they did after Waterloo. The
press of each country scarcely attempts to DIS
guise the real feeling that Pervades the people.
Tee Times takes the Emperor to task and CEN
sures in the seYerest manner the arrogance Of
the army and the insolence- of the French jour
mails; while La Pstrie and lie Constitutional
violent in their expressions Of indignation
at the English Ministry, the Parliament and the
press. - -. ---..-
The readiness with which the English gov
erlment has acceded to the demands of the
United States, IN the matter of the right of
search, is in such striking contrast to the course
they have pursued in regard to the French de-
mands in the matter of the refugees, that
France IS at tins moment peculiarly Indignant
A young republic, three thousand miles Of, has
been treated with far more respect than the
mighty empire separated from the British
shores by only some twenty miles of water
There is no treaty of alliance between England
and the republic that she thus dsfeFs 10, while
there is treaty OF alliance with the empire
that she has so ungraeiously snubbed It is no
wonder that France secs through the emptiness
Of the alliance; that she exhibits willingness
to have it annulled, and strengthens her navy
in view Of possible war with her old enemy
A very little thing would cause a rupture be-
tween England and France, and war between
them now would be even more terrible than any
of the numerous wars hey have had during The
last five hundred years.-Phila. Bulletin.