, 1861-08-27
Gtitago Grihu,te

Gbitago Grih,.tte |
TUESDAY, AUGUST, 81, 1871
BRITIKH SYMPATHY.
Have We any reason to expect Great
B1itain to interest herself in the re-eatsh-
lishment Of law and order in the United
States None whstever. In so far as we
have been drawn toward England BY al.
fection springing rom kinship and ident-
ity Of institutions in 20 far as We hare
supposed that IN this WAT, whose causes
were long ago planted by England herself
we should have the moral support Of her
sympathy, we have reckoned without our
host
In the first placa, there is no affection in
England toward this country. There are
very few, even, Of those who have been
here, who appreciate u.s. The opinions Of
the ma1ority are based on q series Of the
most ahusiYe books Of travel that were
ever published, and which could hare
emansted only from English cockneyism.
They Gee us through the eyes of HRS. Troll
lop, Cant. Basil Hail. Dickens, and the
London Quarterly. To insular respects
bility we are tobaeco~chewing, expecto-
rating nation Of 1l-mannered, thie7ish ped
Ierf. What is it to them that we have
stopped cheating for moment, and gone
10 cutting each others thrsatsf What
more could you expect from such people,
who are, says the London 7fmes "amena-
BE neither to courtesy nor to misfortune
nothing ciyil;zes them" The good opin-
ions and kind wishes expressed in some Of
the English papers, and BY few Of her
eminent public men, are exceptions which
prove the rule.
In the next place, when John Bull talks
Of Constitutional Liberty, he means an
Englishman's right to his OWL beef and
pudding. Itwould be unfair to compare
it to Mr.. Peeksniff's delightful domestic
tenderness; but Mr. Bulls constitutional
freedom is entirely limited to home use,
Abroad he is apt to be tyrannical He
does not care to have neighbors setting up
in the same constitutional business, Ger.
ta1n1y vii not aid them and if their pros.
nerity affects his trade, he is not at all scru
pulous in his efforts to break them down.
His foreign policy has always been utterly
selfish. What does Motley say about it 50
far back as the time when Spain had her
grip on the Netherlands and the Protestant
religion, and with them free Government,
YVES threatened with annihilation? He de-
scribes it in words that stamp it with trans
cendant meanneEs and selfshness. England
sew Jesuit army take town sitter town o1
that people identical in faith and interests
with her she cold1y looked upon deyastar
tion ard cruelties frightful to relate; anG
at last when she saw that she herself would
be the next victim, came forward with hel
tardy and parsimonious aid. England We:
bye-word in the Netherlands for treache
# and rapacity. What has she done fol
Polands She has held indignant popular
meetings and charity balls; but at tht
Congress Of Vienna, she was party tt
the partition Of that 1l-starred land ane
received as the consideration for her con
sent, Heligoland, at the mouth of fthe Elbe
the Cape of Good Hope, and Malta. Sh'
got Gibralter and the Ionian Isles by sim
liar barter and sale Of people. She forcet
China, at the cannon's mouth, to open he
ports to opium though the Government
persisted that the pern;cious drug ough
10 be kept from the people, and that wa
done because opium is one Of the creates
products Of India, and China the creates
market for it England is the best friend tha
the misshapen tyranny Of Austria has. Th
Liberals Of the Continent are indebted t
her for refuge, no more. She does nc
wish the 1sthmus Of Suez cut through, b.
cause it will bring France too near to T,
dia- In short, that iGsular peculiaEity whic
makes any Englisman know but one thin
and know that well, governs the Britis
foreign policy. The diplomacy and va
of Great Britain have been for her ira
and commercial greatness, and only
1hem- The great Napoleon, who was qui
as selfish, regarded only her foreign poll
when he pronounced her a "nation ofsho
keepers" And he was right.
The United States hsve no reason to e
pect any different treatment Those ":
regard only the character Of this war, q
who argue that the issues involved sho1
give us the moral support Of every Fl
government are talking to the win
Much more those who think that the cat
Of this war, Slavery, should enlist On c
side England, the founder Of Americ
Slavery. Such amiable enthusiasts do I
observe that just st the present NONE
the United States are offering to CIR
Britain most desirable opportunity to {
vance her own commercial greatne
Should the Confederate States become
nation, they cannot help falling undel
virtual protectorate Of Great Britain.
viii be the purchaser Of their products,
will furnish them her manufactures,
their carrying, and protect them with
navy. At the same time, the Uni
States, her most formidable maritime ri
would be seriously crippled. That til
a1e substantially the facts which have g
ed and Will guide the English Cove
ment. is sure beyond peradvent,
Without active interference, it will t
advantage Of every opportunity to furt
the cause of the Confederates.
So long as the blockade is respected,
cotton crep unsold, the Southern b
uDpurcAased, and 10 subsidies advan'
We can afford to bear very quietly
newspaper diat1ibes~ We may sootha
Eelves with remembering that the re,
military campaigns Of England have
been such great successes as to justify
lofty criticisms Of the London Times.
miral Napier sharpening his cutlass fol
Cronstadt expedition, is sufficiently
cu1ous figure, and Mr: Russell's own lei
from the Crimea furnish sufficiently
graceful accounts Of military misman
ment and fncapecity. If the TIMES de:
illustrations Of ill,judged Boosting
braggadocio, let it turn to its own co1u
Of 1854 Let it recall its structures o.
Own Government for incompetency;
before it "pours vitriol," as the Lon