Smyrna times., 1858-06-24
The British Press on the Right of
Visit" Question.

commerce by the British Cruisers in the Gull
of Mexico, has created considerable sensation
in England, and called out the British press, the
easements of some of the leading ones we give
below. In the main we will see that the tone
of the leading journals in regard to these out.
RACES is satisfactory and just, and unanimitv
of opinion that wherever an outrage is proved
10 have been perpetrated, apology and ndem.
nifty must follow.
Whether the government will be as con.
ciliatory is another question. The English
have always claimed the fright of visit''-as.
serting that without it, it will be useless TO at.
tempt suppression of the slave trade-and
doubtless will not give up without struggle
and long and tedious diplomacy In fact it
will be seen by Washington dispatch that she
has more than intimated her unwilIingness to
cease this ocean espionage. They seem to
have been equally surprised with our ourselves
at such proceedings, as no orders had been is
sued TO warrant the untoward acts.
The London correspondent of the North
American says: THE news brought by the
Europa, and confirmed by the subsequent intel
hgence by the Vanderbilt, came upon the COM
IDunlty most Unexpectedly, and created unplea-
SAINT surprise; and general demand for close
and searching investigation has naturally arisen.
In all circles the subject is freely commented
upon, and the orders under which such proceed.
ings have taken place have been sharply con-
dcmned. AT the same time there is IN impress
sion that the statements have been exaggera-
ted. Some journals, protesting to be well
posted up in the tricks of slave owners and
southern prOprictors, insist that most of these
tales have been got up TO raise an excitement
with view OF yelling sOme other object and
they proceed To give examples in illustration
and Confirmation of their assertions but the
more respectable portion of the press, who have
always looked upon this British marine police
with eye offs suspicion aud with strong doubts
of its utility aud efficacy, denOunce the fresh
orders which have made the cruisers so often
svely curious as to the affairs of the peaceful
Grader, and recommend the Abandonment of the
policy, if be only on the ground that its effica-
cacy is simply lmpractcable.
The Times draws picture of the United
States, in 1853, 'having filed up their grand
outline, expressed in their title, stretching from
Burrows Strait to Magelan's, and comprising
ii population of near 2OU,000000, being in
position TO take high ground on moral and reli
gInus questions, and 1t depicts it as having sent
forth score of fleets of cruisers TO stop the
supply of opium, spirits, and all intoxicating
liquors to the races whose weakness appeals 10
their protection and when they are roaming
the Bay OF Bengal, the Chinese waters, ana the
Alalacca Straits, they order our ships to lie
TO, put off boats, send on board staggering
Yankee officers who overhaul the ships pa pers,
ask a multitude Ofimpertlnent question, dema nd
to look into the hold, AID, perhaps, end with
,t,1 IL
cargo overheard
1.-The result of such proceedings, says the
Times would be on all sides 8 loud complaints,
energetic circumstances, and as much DISPOSE.
ton to resent the lndignlty by force, as will be
compatible with the comparison of our respec-
tive means and resources This sketch, OF
course, represents the doings of England in
1858, with respect TO the slave trade, and the
Times proceeds to argue for the abandonment
of the policy. 1t declares the conduct of the
American government bad. They don't dis
guise it, it observes, for it's quite the Joke of
the Union. We have treaty with them for
their equal cooperation in putting down the
slave trade, and they don't make one capture
to our ffty;" but with all the facts which go to
prove this, the journal conceives we have moth
ing to do, and adds emphatically, 'We don't
convert America by our present course. We
do not compel her to the virtue she has not
Before very long the mere attempt must bring
on n fearful war. Is there no such thing as
giving up a crusade which began with being
optional and is found to be Intellectual Is
nothing TO be surrendered except after the loss
of 10000 lives on both sides aud thirty millions
of money! Is there no other use, equally be-
Bevolent, 10 which we could put the half mil
lion of money and the valuable lives annually
sunk in those squadrons!
"The writer in the city article of the Times
takes, however, other ground. He goes on to
say that as every SLAYER holsts the American
flag, and America will not allow vessels bear
ing that flag to be searched, the same thing as
now will be constantly occurring, and he pro-
poses a remedy for it. Here it is: If an
earnest desire to that effect "a suppression Of
the slave trade) existed among the majority,
ahere are abundant ways by which the suppress
sion of the traffic could be insured. Supposing
America to be unwilling to find ships, there
aDight be an agreement for one or two Ameri.
can officers TO be received as permanent guests
.on board our own, while serving on such sta.
tIons, and that every search of an American
vessel should be conducted under their auspi
.ces.' Unless this be done, he does not believe
at will be safe to continue the marine police
and terminates his argument by saying, grea
as are The horrors of the slave trade, In injury
to the world from any interruption Of the har
monious relations of England America, wOuiC
be much greater
"a New Yorker writing to the Times OF
the question, asserts that almost the whole
benefit of the actual operations of England ant
the United States against the slave trade inure
to the 'CamariLLas, by which Spain is misgov
erned, and her colonies tormented,' and h,
adds: There is time for all things, and sure
ly this is hardly the time for England to b.
pushing system of marine police against tn
secret wishes of the American government
which not evea the fullest CO operation Of Anne
RIGA could make effective without a complet
regeneration Of the relations which exist be
tween slase-dealing Spain and save-hodin
Cuba .s4 IN.
" The Dolly News characterizes it as dis
agreeable affair." and begs leave to wait unit