New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-06-01
NURSING HOsTILITIEs.
We find IN Tie Montreal Gazette the follow
ing extract from British officer at Dover to
l. ,r;arI IN Montreal.

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There ha. been within tho las. fortnight great pneas
ne. pilu regard resou. with the Slst- la fact
hint la. been TO htesn fsimon Of tae hoe te.ds az
usD &c. loo ready for any contBgeGcy The Second
brigade VI artillery Aao~ that HAisi IL tAeu destination
lAius' do not mead
In the name Of Bellona, what things
What differences are there existing between
Great Britain and the United States which re-
main uuadjusted Ii is true that We have
been much injured directly and indrectly-that
ships for the Rebel navy have been constructed
and are constructing in British sbip-ysrds-that
English traders arc lowering upon our coast,
ready if it shall DO found possible, TO violate
our blockade-thst Roebuck and other out
rageous orators are believing bitterly against
us in Parliament-thst the big English news
paper does not love us too wel--tbat the eI-
port Of cotton has become next to nothing
but, with q number Of reasons for feeling q
little uncomfortable, it would puzzle the longest
decent preteIt for going to war. Why then
does England make this gratuitous and men
acing display OF fifteen regiments We are as
likely TO invade Italy Us Canada. We are as
likely TO 80 to war with sny other European
Power as with Great Britain. Why should
that nation drill its baiialions under our very
no..s, and send the meBacing rol Of is drums
across the frontier -
II may be written down as political axiom
that no nation desiring TO go TO war ever
wanted an excuse for doing 40. IIcrslds are
not lawyers-iheir business is to blow defiance,
I - II
ander the Great invaded Thrace because BE-
had nothing else 10 do. just as the Emperor of
Trance has invaded Mexico 10 keep his sol.
ders busy. julius Caslr invaded Great Brit
ain. moi because Rome had any cause OF
ofcnse against the inhabitants, since discovery
AID copqurs, went baud in hand, but because
julius Caesar had nothing else to do. When
did the Grst Bouapnrte ever want an excuse
for declaring war What harm had MARIA
Theresa ever done 10 Frederick the Great
when he invaded Silcsia' Half the wars
which have ravaged the world, and filled lis
cup of suffering to the brlm, have been the
result Of unmiugated greed and o savage
sellishness; aud in countless cases the prepare
/ ton for hoa,ilities has alone provoked them. |
Napoleon never allowed my poor devil OF
prince with whom he was at peace 10 buy
gun or n pound Of powder without sending n
swift messenger to demand an explanation.
During the short peace, he always bulIied the
English Embas,ador whenever he got lnforpa-
| ton that new keel had been laid in the
dock yards or few cannon cast ia the foun-
deries of peridious Albion. II is but fair to
say that subsequent events justified these jcal-
Gus suspicious.
The first business Of q Ministry bent upon
war is to familinrze the people 30 the idea of
cases, take upon trust tho grievances of their
rulers, aud allow, with tie llyelost faith, that
hostties are peremptorily demanded BY the
public honor or interest, although they may be-
unenlighened upon particulars. This desired
familiarity is attained by busting preparation.
After period OF such uncommon activity has
elapsed men begin to anticipate an actual
declaration, aud even to desire 1t. There is
vague feeling afloat akin to that which war
itself engenders; and after the national vanity
has been sufficiently stimulated, any excuse,
however trivial for taking up arms is admit
ted by all save small opposition to bo suili-
cicnt. Hence it is that war is always popular.
To doubt the iniallibility Of tho royal or min.
s,eral good judgment, is to doubt the great
ness or glory Of the country; and the smallest
dissatis becomes kind OF petty treason.
But the mischief does not stop here. IL is
quite in the power OF one nation to create,
Tor IT'S own purposes, hostile sentiment III
tho breast of another; aud this without any
overt violence The relations OF States i'll
times Of general excitement, and such are
those in which We are now living, are ex-
tremely delicate. A train Is LAID which the
least spark may hindle. Considerations of re-
taliaton naturally succeed to considerations of
scll.deiense, aud the very precautions which
have been required may be Of nature NJ OK
penslye and announcement as TO amount 60 "A
positive injury. This injury to certain OK
tent England has already inflicted upon the
United States. The sentiment OF her best cti-
zens has been upon our side, but her men ia
office, 1t is useless to deny, have played fast
and loose game which has been both morally
and materially damaging to the cause OF our
Government and diScouraging to our people.
The jargon Of diplomatic correspondence and
the wire-drawn decisions Of the Courts of Ad-
liruIity cannot conceal fyQp plp1 any 7epsi.