The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-04-13
The Present Attitude Of England and
France Tow ards the United states.

France Towards the United states.
Sir Robert Peel quarter of a century ago,
considered that the expenditure Of one hun
| dred millions of dollars, would be cheap
| price for sowing seeds of mischief upon the
American continent, which might ultimately
undermine our national greatness. The Father
Of his Country, had, long before warned the
citizens of the United States against the in
sidious wiles of foreign influence" as 1.-The
| most baneful foes of republican government"
respecting which 1.-The jealousy of free people
ought to be constantly awake His caution
against the mischief Of foreign intrigue" has
been abundantly justified by the subsequent
history of the country; for there has been no
effort of diplomacy left untIed to shake the
foundations Of institutions, which by the rapid
growth Of their prosperity, have excited the
alarm Of governments guaranteeing less free
dom to their subjects. In proportion as our ter
ritory has extended; its population, and the
number of the States, has increased; the salu-
| tary working Of democratic system has been
envied, admired, and emulated, by those who
| have been seeking to throw off q despotic yoke;
| and our power has become formidable the
| hatred of the courts of Europe, but more par
| ticularly of England and France, has aug
/ mented and our national downfall has been
| desired. The hour Of tribulation has come at
last, and nothing can be more huniliating and
insulting to every patriotic heart, than the
spirit in which it is contemplated abroad
recent article in the London Times con-
| temptuously alludes to the fact that the
Northern and Southern States have entered
into race with each other for popularity,
with the determination not to be outbid by
rival, ;" and it adds, as consequence over which
Englishmen may rejoice;-"America must not
suppose that she can enjoy, when divided into
two hostile republics, all the great and UMPIRE
cedented advantages, which she possessed, while
she was content TO dwell under the banner of
one.' The South and the North are alternately
cajoled and insulted. In one breath we are
told, by the press OF London and Paris, that
the slaveholdiug States deserve no sympathy,
on account of the injustice of their cause,
while, in the next, the North are assured that
neither England nor France will recognise
blockade of the Southern ports, and that the
Morrill, tariff will compel them to enter into
treaties Of commerce with the Montgomery
government. The London Globe exultingly
proclaims, that 1.-The prospects Of the United
States are not briliant that the broad track,
made by the founders Of the republic, is now
definitely abandoned" America" il con-
tinues, "enters on a new career, and some
among us may live to see whether, like Europe,
she will be divided into antagonistic nations,
with fixed politics, or whether she will, like
South America, be split up among a number of
snarlng communities with here and there a
bright spot shining brilliantly in the surround
ing gloom"
The ministers accredited by President Lin
coin to the different courts Of Europe, will,
most of them, soon arrive at their posts
Messrs. VIM. L. Yancey, Dudley Mann, and
Judge Rost, the three special Commissioners
selected by the federal government, at Mont
gomery, to negotiate recognition, by Lord
Palmerston aud Louis Napoleon, OF the indie
pendence OF the seeding States, and permanent
treaties, will appear in London and Paris at
about the same time. Both England and
France have, for six months, been contemplat-
ing with an anxious concern, inspired by
selfshness, and the most sordid jealousy.
the affairs OF the United States. What.