New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-09-24
The Attitude OF she British Government
toward the Quilted States.

The intelligence lately received that the British
army in Canada is to be reinforced during the
present month by 500 men h,, H reliable, and
when viewed in connection with the present stat4
Of affairs, both significant and portealious. 5se
make this qualification because we have been un-
able to fad any statement in our Engish files cor
roborative of the report telegraEhed from Caps
Race, circumstance, however, which of Itself
does not disproYe the truth Of the latter We
therefore frame our argument accordingly Ii It
were an isolated act, and this country, instead of
being involved in vital struggle for it's own ma
:tional existence, was at peace, we should regard
the increase Of the British forces beyond the bor-
der as only intended for the additional protee
ton Of British territory, dictated by a policy we
should little care to Investigate. But when for
some months past the course Of England toward
this country has been to excite our serious appre-
tensions of a violent rupture atna distant date
when we see Notifications that we're always in
good repair being brought up to pitch OF unusual
strength and efficiency, and a powerful feet of
line of battle ships and gun.boafss added ito the
usual North American squadron, we naturally at
tach more than ordinary Importance to an event
like the present, and the more especially as tfol
lows close upon similar reinforcement, which
was OF sufficient extent at the time to arouse a
strong suspicion this side Of the Atlantic of the
| motive which inducedit. ssslssss .s t
| Moreover, the language employed by British
| statesmen has more than once betrayed opinions
not at all reconceable with friendly feeling
| toward this country, and we have seen letter
from Lord John Russell relating to the annexation
of San Domingo, which clearly shows that he has
since the outbreak of the rebellion looked uponit
as certain to be successful. He speaks of the
Northern and Southern Gonfederauons of North
America as fixed facts, and aludes to the proba-
! bility of their forming an alliance at some future
time for the purpose of resenting the aggressive
| interference Of Spain in the New World. Such
references to the independent national existence of
| the rebellious States are both uncaied for and
offensive. But they serve very well to enlighten
us upon the subject of official views in England,
| from which we may infer the policy of q Govern
| ment always jealous of our greatness, and the
ample we afforded of the success of republicanism
| and as consequence by no means averse to cur
| overthrow
To confirm us in the belief that this movement is
precursive of hostilties toward the United States
we learn that the London Timess while calling
upon the English Government to develop the eult-
vaton Of cotton in India, it will waive all scrupes
when the prosperity of the country and the exist
! ence of millions are at stake. This means, we
presume, that the British Government will have no
hesitation in breaking our blockade in order to get
| cotton whenever the demand for that commodity
in Lancashire becomes sufficiently pressing. 1t
may be Thought that this can be done with sorna-
thing like impunity when the Canadian garrisons
are made strong enough to resist any invasion OF
that country by Americans; but no more, fatal
mistake could prompt an evil action, and no greater
disaster could oceur to England than war with this
| republic. Whatever may be the intention of the
British Government however, the United States is
prepared for the worst. Our forts and harbor de-
| fences generally are being Increased and put in
the best working order, besides undergoing all the
| improvements which modern science can suggest,
while those we have captured from the rebels are
about to be armed with rified cannon, aud be made
as impregnabe as possible. Meanwhile our I'M
mense army and navy are daily receiving acees-
| sons and becoming more formidable in their
strength. We have thus every reason to be conf
cessfuly carrying into execution those plans which
her dubious policy does not fail to Indicate, and to
which the absence of seruples in the management
of her international affairs, would oppose no OBJ
stace. s + j. H. .a5s... s. .4....E
AS reason for the dispatch of so large a force
te Canada, it may be alleged by the British Gov
i ernment that it was in consequence of an appre
hension that an attempt might be made at the an
nexation of Canada to the United States, and as 8
simple measure of safety during the war in this
country. But no such explanation will be accepted
by the people of the United States or those in
England who are cognizant Of the real OBJECTS the
II Government have in vieW-the idea OF our lnya'
ding Canada without the provocation OF a war
with England being absurd. Wetsay this because
| we have no doubt the Government will be asked
.. for an explanation of a proceeding, which, judg
ing by the parliamentary and press remarks upon
the original reinforcement, is certain to provoke
strong opposition in England, and may not unlikel
lead to change of administration: The signih
| cance Of the act of sending such a large body @
troops to swell the already unusually large mill
tary force in Canada, is increased by simIltane
Gus change in the governorship of the colony
Sir Edmund Head is to be superseded BY LORD
Monck, an Irish peer, who will doubtless act upor
Il special instructions, and be the willing Instrument
of the present ministry.
1t will be fortunate for England if the absence o.
SO large a portion of her naval and militar.
strength in these waters does not open a. conve
nient opportunity for Louis Napoleon % carry into
execution some of his fayorite European, projects
of which the annexation Of the tsarSh of Sardlnia
is among the least. And it will bs WELL in an.
case, for her to profit by our Wara&ag advice, tina
breaking the blockade maintained by the Unite
States Government would be the prelude to tn
most disastrous chapter in her history Her shiI
ping would be swept from the seas; ten million
Of her people-the number dependent upon Ii
american trade--wouid be redpeed to destihntior
starvation and riot would reigni in Lancashire. an
the very throne itself, undernaiaed by the Purita
party, would be imperilled. Meanwhile the Unit
States fighting in a good cause, and with vast
superior resources to these of England, would |
comparatively little affected, aud at length emer
: victorious. But, for the sake, Of humanity al
, civilization, it is to be hoped, however omno
may be the signs of the times, that such a war "
never darken the centnry in which we live.
| + '- BE-. New York Hsrnid, tth ms