Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1858-07-16

this affair, which is not one to be explain
ed away by few words Of official am
biguity. In reply to the question put lsy /
Mr.. Lindsay last nj ght on this important
subject, Mr.. S. fitzgerald, it will be OBJ
served, on the part OF Mr. Walpole, denied
that the government had receivedany off
clalt1nfofination from Washington, assign
ing as a reason for the FREQUENT exercise Of I
the right of search by British cruisers, that /
It was the constant practice Of slavers to
hoist American colors. For this ma
noeuvre it would be rather .diflicel6 to find |
q remedy, though our trans atlantic friends
could doubtless we'll dispense with so qnes-
tionab1e a compliment. Mr. Fitzgerald |
further intimated that orders have been |
sent out to the commanders Of our cruisers,
conveying instructions to act with greater
caution as regards vessels, under the cir
cumstances which had been made the sub
.ect of complaint. AS usjlal, however lie
left us in the dark as to the precise nature
OF these Instructions, and we are not in a
position to Judge how far they are calcu-
lated to answer their professed object
The difference, we say, is unfortunate
in every respect. The honor of this coun-
try, and the conduct Of her officers, have
been called in question, but this IS not all
With regretable precipitancy, a number OF
the American journalists have rushed into
print with magniloquent denunciations,
doing their worst to provoke the popular
hostility against Great Britain. It would
be easy to excite q similar feeling on this
side Of the Atlantic; but all rational men
will desire to witness q speedy and amica-
bic solution Of the embarrassnents which
have arisen. # it be true, however, that
eight weeks ago our government received
an lntination from General Cass that the
proceedings complained of would no long
er be permitted, the country will look to
Lord Malmesbury for an explanation of
the fresh and vigorous orders stated to
have been transmitted to the Gulf since
that period. We have been thrown into
a perplcxity, to say the least, and the best
means of eiuding it is not by blind audac-
ity. OF course, if any American merchant
men were SO i'll advised as to come across
one of our cruisers with shotted guns she
would merely put America in the wrong,
| damage her moral position, and draw up
spccfion qahin SGT # 5s haHae5 2 eesl n
/ the United States captains will act with
SO much rashness, ignorance and barbara
! ty. The only course for them to pursue
is to appeal to their government for pro
/ lection, and not to rest while their griev-
ances, if grievances they be, remain unre-
/ dressed. To take the law into their own
/ dispensaton would be to afford Q clear
diplomatic advantage to Great Britain.
What arc termed, however, the 'Spublic
ships or the men OF war Of the United
| States, stand in q different category
| Should the Cabinet at Washington, con-
ceivins that the British cruisers in the
| Gulf and on the Cuban coast were strain
ing their privileges, order the commodore
| OH the Mexican station to protect Aneri-
can shipping ~ ct 0lnaSs, the result might
he that a war would break out in the w Wes-
tern hemisphere altogether without the
connivance and beyond the control Of our
statesmen. We might hear OF a Navarino
in the Atlantic, and the whole world would
| have reason to deplore the procrastinations
of diplomacy. Let us repeat, then, that a
delicate and perilous controversy has been
awakened--that our cruisers are charged
with violence and illegality-that the
American mind is taking fire-and that ii
IS the duty of Parliament anxiously to
watch the policy Of the government. In
the name and interest of civilization let
this matter be settled without appeals to
Vattel or Grotius, to Dutch jnrists and
Spanish quibblers, to constructive con
ventions and distorted analogies. W That,
for the sake of the comfy of nations, do
we owe to America in her own neighbor-
ing waters? What is fair and right be
tween the United States and Great Brit
ain? What can be arranged upon terms
of mutual respect and confdences Wal
against aggressors, but peace, in the spirit
. Of peace, with our natural allies, brethren
4 and friends.
The WAY TO EnrrSENcE.--Iong ago {
. little boy wassentered at Harrow school
He was put into a class beyond his years