The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-10-05
to let him start, send q fast war steamer to con-
voy him safely to Nicaragua, and when he
lands there hand him over to President Marti-
nez. This would settle the matter for all time

Qez. This would settle the matter Tor all time
GENEROUS JOHN BULL AND THE UNREASONABLE
| ~ AkKEEs.--When the news recently arrived ii
England that our Minister to China and thu
N commander Of one of our ships of war not only
committed the imprudent step Of giving aid ani
comfort to the British when they had declared
Their hostile intentions against the Chinese
who were our friends, but were guilty of the
outrageous course of taking an active part in
the ill-starred assault Of the British squadron
against the Chinese forts, not only those foolish
Americans were the finest fellows in the world
but all Americans were lauded to the skies
''Were the English children Of the same mothers
Us the Americans they could not have received
more sympathy and kindness than they met
with from tie Americans" 'sBlood is thicker
than water said Commander Tatnall, "and in
hundred different ways he and all his people
actedu to this homely proverb." "The Ameri-
can crew forgot themselves and thought only
of the British" "a few days after the fight the
Chinese junk brought provisions to the Powha-
tan These were Immediately sent to the Brit
ish wounded 2 "The bond of American brother
hood was indeed deeply cemented in the trial
of the British at the Peiho.'
Such are the testimonies borne by eye wit
nesses whose letters appeared in the English
papers, and in commenting on them the Lon
don Times observes-"Wh atever may be the
result of the fight England will never forget
| the ay.when the deeds and words of kindly
Americans sustained and comforted her strick-
en- warriors on the waters Of the Peiho." In
fact it was generally agreed that the entente
cordiale between the two nations would endure
as long as the sun and moon But alas! how
soon is all this reversed. In day or two after
ahe news arrived Of General Harney's occupa-
tion of San Juan, the island in the vicinity of
1 Vancouver which John Bull covets and claims
as his own, but which clearly belongs to the
United States The tune Of the British press is
euddenly changed. The news from China is
ignored, and the ecstatic editorials on the sub
iect are forgotten. No term to be fApnd in
Johnson's dictionary is hard enough 70 be APP
f x,lied to General Harvey and the American
people generally. PIRATES" and licensed ruff
Cans of the American army" are the mild cpl
thets used, and we are actually threatened
with an immediate British war if the act Of
General Harvey is not speedily disavowed by
our government, and the island evacuated.
Perhaps il would be better for John Bull to
finish off the Chinese war before he gets an
| American war on his hands. We are not at all
alarmed al the menaces of the English press. II
may buster and fume but the last thing the Bri-
fish government will dream OF is to enter upon
third American war. The finale of the Sc
cond one, the battle of New Orleans, is about
as vivid in their remembrance as the battle of
Taku, in which John Chinaman so pro6ted by
Che example of Andrew Jackson. The Missis-
eippi and the Peiho are rivers of i'll omen to
British prestige and British pride. The Eng
fish braves found fatal elbows in both, and il
they try again they may find more. But before
they can get the sympathies of American youth
they must learn to conduct themselves better
Respectable and civilized nations are as much
4 disguised with the rowdyism of John Bull
\ who tries to bully and plumber every people
ON the face Of the earth /, as are our merchants
and men of mark and intellect with the per
sermances Of the shoulder-hitters of Tammany
Hall at our political conventions
IT. in addition to assisting Cousin Bull in his
first unfortunate battle with the Chinese, we
were to surrender to him San Juan and give
s,im free scope in Central America, and yield
up to him everything else on which he NIGH
set his heart, besides letting him fire for hi
amusement into our ships, on the coast o
Africa or elsewhere, as it appears by telc
graphic despatch the Pluto has done in the re
cent case Of the bark Hazard, just arrived
at Boston he would then pat us on the bacl
and say we were the finest nation on earth mex
to himself. But seeing that we hesitate
20 do all this, generous Bull no
only considers us very unreasonable, blu
Z, nation OF pirates who '.must be taught les
con, The British press calculates largely on thu
forbcarance of this country, when it knows tina
without striking blow or. firing a shot, bu
simply by refusing to sell England our cotton
we could ruin her staple manufactures in sI
snont.s and create national beggary an,
Bankruptcy and a revolution which woul'
sweep her arstocraey off the face Of the earth
We have nothing to fear by a collision; on tn
contrary; it would be easy to show that
would do us good. John Bull has everything
to lose. and nothing to gain by war, or threat
of war, against the American people.
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