New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1858-07-06

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M relations existing jaat at present between
ths leading nations af The earth aEe decidedly mote
iSsgi4atIas than satisfactory Il was recently an.
h5rbeed rather ponpoaslg IL Parliament Wat EHg
lana was 1t that aonleat carrying On war against
half tbe human race. which, although literal fact
oes not authorize the inference Of Engand's surpass
fnr f6rndabIitF, which was doubtless intended by
tbe honorable III. i Is assertion Should England EN-
t91l herself with either France or the United States,
she would find it quite different affair, and the
strength which enables her to crush the sWarthy
hordes Of Asatics would be sorey tested. sucha day
may arrive, and much sooner, too, than she wishes,
Ii she cannot or will not keep in check that arrogant
spirit which has so often inaulted and humiliated
weaker nations and caused her 70 be feared and de-
tested in almost every country Of the globe France
Is srming on a vast scale, and Ehgshmen begin to
look anxiously across the Channel, asking what is
meant by these mighty preparations on land and sea
on the part of their powerful neighhor The London
Times has already sounded the alarm, and asks for
whom the thunderbolt is being forged, and against
whom it is to be launched. War on a grand scale is
evidently intended, but in the meantime Louis Napo-
leon keeps his own counsel and whether he means to
eight his great military neighbor, Austria, to open his
way in spite Of England through the Isthmus Of
suez to dabble in Central American affairs in spite
Of us and our Monroe doctrine, to turn his arms
against his present ally are questions left entirely to
eonjecture.
1t is said that Emile Girardin has written pam
phlet addressed to the Emperor in which he advises
him to make his reign memorable by the :. immortal
feat Of arms Of conquering England, and arenging
The fwrangs' Of Napoleon the First. France would
find it not only very grand ''feat Of arms" but a
very costly one and difficult of accomplishment, but
the French as nation, love war; the army burn for
it, particularly fora war with the hated English, and
the Emperor, however much he may desire to enjoy
his throne in peace, Is doubtless satisfied that its
safety and bis own lie in finding employment for
his immense army aad occupation for the restless
minds Of the people. Such are the principal reasons
thai lead many to believe that war between France
and England will inevitably occur at distant day.
With this pleasant prospect before her, it is not
strange that England was prompt to offer satisfaction
and reparatiou for the folly and nsonee Of her naval
officers in the Gulf without the customary delays Of
the Circumlocntioh Oice-that admirabe institution
for discovering the best methods of how not to do
thing Yet the confident statements that she hence.
forth and forever renounces the pretended right Of
I visit and search, cannot be credited in this country
until backed up by something more formal and reli-
able than the disclaimers Of English Ministers and
/ individual members Of Parliament which simply
mean nothing Our Government should insist upon
i treaty stpulatiou recognizing the sacredness Of
our agon the ocean as elsewhere, and the Immunity
Of our ships from visit Search detention moesta-
1 tion Of any kind
From an article in the New York Herald upon this
subject, we extract the following
English Minister after English Minister has made
apologies to Government for the exercise of this
power over our vessels at sea- until there bushels
Of them on the files Of the State Department every
one OF them acknowledges that England does this at
her own peril; that she is liable for damages il she
4 does wrong; aud half dozen British officers have
4 been broken for doing this wrong. Even Lord Sto-
we'll, a Chief Justice Of Great Britain, gave his
opinion against England on this subject many years
4 ago. Yet has England continued to exercise the
Il right of Search and has laborionsy endeavOred to
graft upon the law OF nations partial admission Of
this right When she found that the United States
refused to admit it, she made strenuous eXeftions to
prove that there was difference between visit and
4 Search and seemed TO claim only the former. Not
Witbaanding all this in the last exhibition of her
determination to exercise the right, her officers have
! proceeded to the muutest examinations Of cargo,
contents Of casks theirnumheT, etcthus searching,
IN the full sense Of the term
In addition to all these facts, in the present in
stance we have the conversation and statements in
| Pariiamentofthe Earl of Clarendon, Lord Manesbury
and Earl Hardwicke. All these gentlemen insist
upon il that the American flag the slave trade
and many other Illegal acts that ID is necessary to
obtain from the United States some stronger conven-
tion than that of 1912, regarding the African slave
4 trade; and none Of them give up the right hitherto
claimed by England for her officers to search every
vessel they may meet at until they are satisfied
that she carries the American flag in what they may
consider to be honest business. The ansatisfac.
tory nature OF these declarations in Parliament, and
their great similarity to others made previously on
the same subject, are, I'D our opinion, sufficient
grounds for doubling that the great question is set
He'd 20 these we will add what we have before
stated-oHr doubt that despatch from the British
Minister Of Foreign Affairs to the British Minister ut
Washington is sufficient TO bind the English Govern
ment, for all time to come to change its private in
stractfons TO its cruisers and respect what we have
always claimed and they have always denied to be
| the law Of nations.
10 all this we may add still graVer reason to
doubt the iua settlement of this question We have
private letters from high source in London, which
state that the action Of Lord Mameshuly ia not there
looked upon in that light. His assurances to the
American Government, through Lord Napier. are
stated to be merely glittepng geneTaities whiehean
not bind bis Government and that the whole thing is
an article to get over the present trouble without
direct eommittal for the future. The despatch may
be seemingly clearly w0rded, and yet intended to de-
ceIVe, from its possibility OF bearing t0 interpreta
tons. If General Gass has been deceived in this
question We shall assuredly have il opened again by
future British searches and then IT'S settlement will
be ten times more difficult and irritating than ever
The only way to satisfy the public mind on this point
is TO publish Lord bIalmesbufy's letter. Both Cen
Cass and Lord Napier this to the British Govern
ment # il is ia earnest and to themselves if it is
snare.