Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1864-01-08

none is felt toward France, - England being
as it were, our shield against that French
sword which is raised over our head, upor
1 which its holder would bring it down Will
J, imperial force! Principally the difference il
4 due to that popularity in tho human charac
ter which leads men to think much Of insults
and but little of injuries. We doubt il any
strong enni,y was ever created in the minds
Of men or nations through the inhction Of
injuries, though injuring parties have an un
doubted right to hate their victims and we
arc sure that an insult was never yet forgiven
by any nation, or by any individual, whose
resentment was Of any account. Now, Eng
land has poured insults upon us, or rather,
EngshIuen have done SO, until we have be-
como as sore as bears who have been assailed
by bees. English statesmen and politicians
have told us that VIC were wrong in fighting
! for TIE restoration OF the Union, violating
Our own principles, and literally committing
the grossost Of crimes taking care to add,
that our sins would provide their own pun
ishnent, for we could not put down the reb-
els. Even moderate minded men in England
have not hestated to condemn our course,
while admitting that our conduct was natu-
raj, on the ground that we had no hope Ct
success, and that useless wars are simply
horrible. Our English enemies have been
fierce and vindictiyc bjackguards, AS wit
ness Roebuck, LINDSAY, and Lord K. Cecil,
---whilo most Of our friends there have deem
ed it tho best policy to make use Of very
moderate language, when speaking OF our
cause, or Of the conduct Of cur public men.
Englishmen Of distinction, some Of whom
have long been held in high esteem here,
have not h:sitated to express desire for our
overthrow, because We were becoming too
strong, though our free population is not ma
terially different. as regards numbers, from
that OF the British Islands, and is as nothing
when compared with the number of Queen
FictoIia's subjects. They were not ashamed
to DC 30 thoroughly un Englis. as to admit
the ex!stenc, of fear in their minds Of peo-
pie living three thousand miles from their
country: circumstance to be noted for
your Englshman is apt to err on the side Of
contempt for others, and as rule he fears
nobody. Others have so wantOnly misrep-
resented the character Of our cause, Mr..
Carlyle is notable member of this Glass;
that it is impossible not to be offended, when
listening to their astounding falsehoods.--
But il is the British press that has done the
liioSt w
That press is very ably conducted, and the
most noted Of It's rnolubors have displayed
q degree Of hostility toward US that could
not have been predicted without the prophet
being suspected of madness, or Of diabolical
inspiration. All its articles attacking us are
reproduced here, and are read by everybody
and the effect thereof can be imagined. To-
ward us British journalists arc playing the
same part that was played by their predeces.
sors toward France sixty years since. and
which converted what was meant to bo Il
permanent peace into the mere truce Of Ami
ems. Inso!ent and egotistical as a class,
shougf, there are highly honorable excep-
tons, those journalists have done more to
make their country the object Of dislike than
has been accomplished hy all other English
men. Their deeds show that the pen IS
mightier than the swcTd, and that its con-
quests are permanent. 1t has been said that
France has been as unfrioudiy to Us as Eng
land, and that, therefore, we ought to feel for
her the same dislike as that Of which Eng
land is tho object. But, admitting the asser-
ton to be true, We know little Of what the
French hare said or written concerning us.
The difference otianguagc prevents us from
taking much offence at Gallo crilcism.--
Not one American i'll hundred reads French;
and Of those who do read it, not one in a
thousand, journalists apart, ever secs a
French quarterly, monthly, weekly, or daily
publication. Occasionally, an article from q
French journal is translated fer some of our
newspapers, bat it is ottener OF q friendly
character Than otherwise. The best French
publications support the Union cause, at their
head standing tie "Debats," which is not
the inferior to the "Timcs" in respect to a,
biity, and is far its superior in all otherIes,
poets. Besides, Judging from such articles
from the French presses devoted to Seccs-
sion interests as have como unde! our obser
walton, they are neither SO able nor SO ven
oueus as those which appearin British Sc
ceSsion journals and magazines. Most CT
them might be translated for the purpose Of
showing that the French have TO wish for
our destruction. while the language of the
British articles Indicates the existence e All
intense personal hostility, and an eager de-
sire to see the United States pGrt!toDed like
Poland We should be something much a.
bovc, or as much below, the standard Of hu-
manity, if We were not moved deeply by
such evidences Of fierce hatred, expressed in
the GerceSt Of Language.
In assuming q strictly impartial position
England follows sense OF interest, which IS
proper and praiSewo.thy. She cannot, sup
posing her to be wise, be DESTROYS Of our de-
sruction; for, that accomplished, she would
be more open than ever to a French attack
Let Napoleon III. accomplish those Europe
an purposes to which his mind is now direct
ed, and he would be iynpciied to quarrel with
England by a variety Of considerations,
should this Republic he broken up into half
a dozen feeble and quarrelsomc confadera-
+ ces Bat with the United States in EXIT
cnce, and powerful enough to command re-
apect, he would not dare TO seek the over
throw Of the British Empire. We could not
permit h:la to head crusade for England's
annihi!aiion, no matter what might be our
feeling toward the motherlsnd. A just re,
gard for our own interests would compel US
to side with her, should she be placed in Sc
rious danger. Such was, substantially, Pres
when The fist Napoleon was SO bent upon
the conquest Of England and we think his
views are applicable 10 the existing circun-
stances Of the world. Where should we have
been now, if England had quarrelea with and
been conquered by Napoleon H.? We must
distinguish between the English nation and
Observation-Disclosures the English Govern.
ment, which has, perhaps, borne itself as "a
vorably toward US as it could, and that Eng
/ lsh aristocracy which has, as rule, exhibit
ed so strong a desire to have us cxtnguished
even while it has repeatedly refused to take
steps preparatory to war; and the two coun
tries should be psrsuadedto understand tina
neither can perish without the life of the 9th
er being placed in great danger. The hes
answer 10 be made to the wordy attacks 0
Englishncn is to be found in success. Tha
answer would be complete and il it canno
be made, what Will it signify 10 Us what shal
be said of US by foreigners' The bi..eves
attacks cannot disturb the dead.
One cause OF the change of England:
course toward US is to be found in our owr
change Of moral position. The President!
II u, . ,rant AZ,