The New York herald., 1862-01-09
A Quarrelsome Yankee Captain Gives
England = Great Deal OF Trouble.

be the last resort
A Quarrelsome Yankee Captain Gives
England Great Deal OF Trouble.
From the London Times, Dec. 26.
it be reasonable to reflect with how little wis
dom the world is sometimes governed it is
able to wonder by what contemplate instruments great
nations often embroiled. We at this moment
looking up the coin which is twrlng in the air. and
guessing without good grounds of preference whe
ther 1t will down heads or tals-peace or war We
arguing that If tho Americans not mad, it must
be peace and yet preparing certain that
would be war W. are calling together our fleets from all
ports Of The ortd, ue are taking up eo1y drddtte trans
port, pushing picked troops the Atlantic,
and zoe are providing huts and harg places and piles Of
stores in The bare nry deserts Of Nora Setia and Ne,o
Brt,rsUck-and all because quarresome Yankee cap
tain, upon whose discretion common sense no sane
human being would after knowledge Of his antecedents
have trusted the decision Of gunroom squabbe, has
thought f fancy himself adept in tho science of in
ernaonal law This Commodore Wilkes has just favored
nit that outrage upon flag which his government
must now either apologize for or justify by war.
England and France to Rule the World.
From the London Times, Dec. 25]
correspondent whose letter we inserted few days
has accused OF overlooking the point of Mr. Cob
denis argument in favor Of arbitration To whose arbi
tration should the question be referredY England as
having made the proposition, would be called upon to
there would be to exist the strongest objec
tions she were to name the Emperor Of tho French,
the French had already expressed an opinion ad
verse TO and snbversive Of her claims II we should
take the Emperor Of Austria America might that he
would be partial judge in such case, from the treat
ment he received In the of Colonel Turr and,
indeed by the very last adviccs that Count
Rechberg ntmaed to the American government that
the British demand for reparaton is fully justified. If
we took the Emperor of Russia, something might be
made the close relations which exist between the
colony OF Sitka and the Hudson's Bay Company One
Power would be too small and another too large and is
impossible to say how long diplomatic industry might
keep the decision in suspense On the other hand sup
posing tho offer to be made by America with every
cevabe circumstance of apparent fairness and modera
Jn wha 9fd rowef are we likely 70 agree upon as the
prisoners pedene lite? France has already spoken and
has pronounced in our favor. WiM England and Fance
agreed ohat third Poscer ,ooud be listened to # presumed
to dTerp
England Suspicious OF Louis Napoleon
and Why.
From the London Telegraph, Dec. 23.1
That Louis Napoleon desired TO participate in pro-
ceedngs known; but most certain Is that any init
nation TO that effect has been, side, firmly but
coureousy declined; and easily peceive that the
Emperor has only respected the more for that de-
cison. We SHALL however, understand his conduct bet
ter If we glance at precedent which affords far
than parallel to the present situation. II will enable
US under sand why the regnng sovereign Of France
desires that England should have monopoly of
glory in any Atlantic war, and still that she should
not carry the at ALL That purchase Of Louisiana,
which Mr.. Jefferson thought so expedient for the
United States, although unconstitutional,
attended, at its very birth, by curious and
complicated questions. Even then the Texan difficulty
was foreseen Tho magnificent territory virtually be-
ongea oy inc rgnt o dlscoveIy to louisiana and the
"Was this distinctly understood?" asked anxious
politician; which Mr.. Monroe urged that the Ameri
should not trouble their heads about their Texan
rights but should concentrate their attention securing
louisiana since Texas would surely them as the
pear when is ripe would fall into the lap from its STEM
The smile afterwards publicly used by Mr. Adams
but its real author Monroe, who subsequently
charged with the special mission Of ascertaning
whether Spain interp0sed any obstacle to the
cession Of louisiana from Franco to the United
States All doubts Of that kind had been
moved and Monroe had joined the other pcnpocntiarcs
in Paris: every condition had been settled nothing re-
maned but TO afx the signatures to the treaty and all
the ambassadors were assembled for the purpose await
ing only the presence of Napoleon l. He entered the
room folded his in the characteristic OF
him, and seeming to forget the work in hand walked up
and down with abstracted air, IL there still
much TO ponder before proceeding business Suddenly
he looked round and asked What price be given
for the ccdcd provnces9' In utter asonshmet at ques
tion late in the proceedings Mr. Livingston replied that
the price already proposed and accepted by France
sixty millions of francs what 7" cried Napoleon, ga
mere bagateel' and, from the Indignation
OF his manner the plenipotentares imagined
for moment that he about to re-
tract from the bargain. But suddenly changing he
claimed, Very well; let it go. II will create power
that will day other the supremacy Of the
with Great Britain" Subsequent events seemed 10
confirm that calculation Of the First Napoleon and even
within the last few months the Executive at Washington
has boasted of creating something esea navy which in
its augmented form is, have shown about one
Cannot now misunderstood the point from which the Third
Napoleon views the present situation Of ahrs between
England and the Northern States He approach
Of a war in whch-to use the only term which conveys
the ideathe navy OF the Transatlantic Power would be
smashed In that event. the object sought by the
through the otherwise mortyng surrender Of Louisiana
would be torn from the hands Of the nephew.