The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-12-03
The Ar9Io-Erench Alliance.
THE FEARS OF LORD PALMERSTON- HIS APPEAL TO
NAPQIEQN.

LOUIS NAPOLEON.
from the London Post, Nov. 1871
be true that firm confidence in the continuance OF
peaceful relations with France Of great importance to
Of the people Of England no act coud bs
more wicked or more deserving Of indignant public repro
baton than Gnton attempt TO desray that confluence BY
the propagation Of suspicious that hare ,carrnnt pro-
bdtiltty, and infeTncs that haw foundation in fact
This country ardentIy desires peace Peace essential
the onward flow OF commercial business TO the progress
Of public works. to the mprovemensu social and
political condition, and to the deveopement Of colonial
policy There not interest belonging to that has
not q vital stake in the question Of peace or war;
Epglshmen not afraid Of Should necessity arise
they will prove that But the highest principles Of
social duty and the strongest motives Of common interest
they feel bound any such necessity War with
France especially TO be deprecated France our
tura ally France has worked with in the interests
pes the vndicaton Of the faith Of treaties in the pro
lection Of the weak against the strong first deprccatng
the balance of power declaring the extinction OF the
age OF conquest and in avowng the duty Of great States
to promote the peace the liberty and the progress Of the
world In dependence upon the continuance Of this
rity We are engaging with France TO carry joint expe-
diton 70 China and we are contemplating the contn-
gency Of meeting her in Congress the affairs Of ITALY,
At such moment and without any premonition, the
Times astonishes England with labored article that
once tends to create confusion here and irritation in
France more wanton abuse Of great public influence,
more fragrant orgetfulness Of responsibility
perperaed by any journal than yesterday perpe-
alarm Of war; is specially designed put the blood of
the nation up There nothing left to probability We
are told plainly that the French ritaed against u.s.
that the press strs the people, and the government
spires the PRESS that the Emperor approves that nspra-
tion, and wishes US to feel how bitter is the
e e,a1 80. of Frenchmen to England and how
wade our shores. In this wicked and alarming
statement everything is taken for granted Nothing is
proved No relation shown to exist between the evil
dreaded and anything going in Europe either with
respect to tally or any other Kingdom All is said to
centre h and be raeeabe TO- the hatred of the French
people to us Beyond this there s not shadow of pro-
liability red us Ia the shape Of argument All is sup
position or assumption. We told that great project
is certainly brewing which must result in hostile de-
scent Of the French army Shores and that any
moment. We must confess to astonishment at the
expression OF such psnc in such quarter and, as re-
CARDS It's wantonness with feelings of humiliation that
organ Of the press should soop low compromise
its character 80 grievously.
since the re establishment of the French empire but IL
has spread far has taken hold upon the peo
pie OF England The god sense OF the press has gone
raiy come IN aid OF old w0mens fears, the hasty
quams Of unrefectng alarmsts and, after half dozen
letters TO the papers saying how landing could be
best effected aud London best reached the agony has
passed of Ike t ague, people have ceased to quake
and every has returned to his properties But here
an attempt 70 sur up THIS panic again on the plea that the
caly deducibe from ascerancd facts Unfortunately for
every thousand persons who will accept the alarm proba
bly, only one will investigate the arguments by which II is
supported and thus great step will have been taken
towards bringing about what has been nagitously
pophesed People England will become just irri-
tated as the people OF France. One bad feeling will be
rccrocated by another and at every stage the strength
n the alliance will receive blow the divergence In the
policy Of the two nations will be apparent; there
will be more heartburniDg, suspicion less conf
dence less pDcd action less reluctance TO break friend
ship and at last alternative but QUARREL with its
EXAMINATIONS and recr nnatons hard words and at last
hard blows.
Now the obvious duty OF every patriotic Englshnan Is
to prevent all this rash alarm and unthnng rritabity
The press, in particular, Is solemny bound say nothing
in the direction Of public alarm that Is strictly war
ranted by obvious facts and nercnces The charge
against the Times is that the facts obvious and the
differences not sound After diatng at great length
and with much awkwardness OF statement aud rreevancy
Of matter upon the obiquiy Of French policy and the
hatred OF the French people, contemporary grounds
hs fears OF an early invasion three considerations
rstThat the has used the press stir up
the people Secondly the results are such as an
action Of the government upon the people would be
likely to produccv And thirdly--That the open acts
Of the French government show symptoms that
does not shrink from stimulating III will to this country
This put markedly, Ia simply that In two ways tho one se
crcty end the other openly the government Of France
exciting liz subjects against England and that the results
OF that excitement agree with what might be predicted of
II from pfo,J considerations. Let us see what this
IL worth. First, the press OF France violently aQane
us. Granted ID IL TO be wondered an Can anything In
the French papers be violent than the English pa
pcrs have beenf Has the Journal des Debd or the Uwt
s said anything more fragrant against England than the
TINES and the Saturday Rco have said against FranceS
Does the TSs expect Frenchmen read ali the abuse
that hespcd upon them from this the water and give
VI nothing but smooth words b returns Does the Tma