The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1863-05-12

onre remove, and viii At any time re-
move III obstacles in the way Of ne
gosiatiou or peace In other words
thirty millions Of Freachmen must
7 take the government dictated 10 then
by the Eaglish arisiocracy, or expect
eternal war. This insoleni dispatch
was NOT sent through the inadvertenes
of minister. II was in strict accord
anee with the practice Of the British
government.
Again Austria allied with England
and marched towards the ironiiers.---
tIoheniiuden and MArengo furesd
\ Austria TO conclude peace. and again
England stood alone, implscable in
her hatred, acknowledging only the
Bourbons and refusing TO recognize
any sovereignty in the French people,
But at las, the English government
was forced by the clamors OF the
English people, to make peace with
France. This was the famous peace
Of Amiens--which left all Europe in
quiet and was received with uproar-
Gus joy By all nations. The terms Of
the treaty were sufficiently explicit.
The most important stipulation was
that England should evacuat- Malta
within three months. Having now
made the treaty on the best terms pos
sible, the British government set it.
self 70 work to discover VIII ether, on
the whole. il was advaniageou, or
otherwise, to England. lfadvaniage-
Gus OF course il was 10 be strictly obsery-
ed. II not, some excuses must be look
ed up with which TO justify rupture.
In this she had harder task than usual.
Excuses were difficult to find. Ma
poleon perf1tmed his part of the treaty
before the given time expired. Eng
land delayed the evacuation of Malta
far beyond the time, and at last coolIy
announced her determination not TO
surrender il. Then, and not until
then, Napoleon declared war, as by
the law Of nations, was not only bic
right but his duty. England by vio-
lating treaty. took the responsibility
Of plunging all Europe into war
We will non 60 any farther. 1t is
sufficient to say that until the Russian
campaign the Emperor offered peace
both before and after his greatest bat
ties, the acceptance of which England
invariably did everything TO prevent,
and il il was finally consumated, did
everything to make as short and
iruilless as possible. After the Rus
sian campaign offers we're useless, for
il was well understood that no quar-
ter was to be given to France.
All this while England was crying
ont about the Unsuitable ambition of
Napoleon. his love Of war, his desire
Of conquest, and blaming the continen-
tai nations for permitting him to ex-
tend the boundaries of bis Empire
One would infer from this that Eng.
land took pleasure only in peaceful
victories, and was innocent of single
thought Of conquest. History, how
ever, tells different story During
this time she was reducing TO her
sway, in various parts of the globe,
square miles by the hundred thousand
and men by the million. While
pointing Indignantly with her left
hand to the acquisitions of Napoleon,
with her fish; hand she was picking
up here XII gdOm, and there king
dom. here an island and there an is
land. 1t reminds US oflhe pick pocket
who while quietly disposing Of his
booty, talks loudly about the boldness
Of thieves and the remissness of the
police. Truly. consistency is a jes el.
Il was not in her relations with
France alone, that England displayed
the peculiar manner in which she
construed the Law Of nations. Al one
time the British ambassador appeared
before the Ottoman Porte, and announc-
ed that unless The deman Of England
were accedcd ,ee instantly, Constanti-
nople would be destroyed BY an Eng
lisb feet. The feet fought through
the Dzrdanelles and anchored
before the city. Then the Admiral
sent word that unless the French