Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1865-03-09

y ,Rton ~ London T6pes, Feb. H.
Alnssl ~ s1ly topic Of general interest
~hieh has bseu trseASd h ~ eoutse Sfths
~ 49, Of the session il ths slEsst upon
~ relsaioos Of this country and Amefica
s .st.y = i, a. sc,cf1nssss q The u. statls.
P.rilamsnt hss hitherto preserved, With
,osrnc fev "A aaimportaat excsftte6A On
o3titude Of discreet reserve on the cxcitine
eooic a the AncfiSon vaF. Ne ono can, re
think. doubt that such course was alike
vell-judecd and digniied. We have deter
mined not to intervene In the contest; re
have refused the invitations Of France; We
have nut sside - far as possible al topics Of
isr;tafion ana angry dispute, and left ne
ero1ral heewpeu lhs two secticaB q frind-
= ma klDdrsd people " their Own decision,
- raaher q he decision Of the sword-that
terrible ashooFator whom they have appoint
"a y ju1Ge between them.
TkouSs becomes, however, very different
when we arc dealing with events occurring,
not between north and south, but between
the present American government and oar.
selves. II ID with the greatest regret We Zee
the tendency Of the conflict to extend itself.
and to sweep away those peaceful cOnven,
tons and wise international Proyisons which
hayO . )ons existed for the bsne flt of either
countsy. A0efica and Eng1aud wcse bound
tokether by two conventions, each RI them,
ssbetittcd races speaking the same Language
ard descended from the same ancestors,
! characterized by IN cxtraosdincry spirit Of
fnirness and liberalty. The OhIM Of the
{ Asst vas % limit the chances And cnrtna the
expenses Of war; the object Of the second
was 20 extend and promote, a. far IS possi-
, be, the reciprocal advantages Of peace. 1t
was noble prospect, full of hope, not only
for England and America, but for the desti-
mics Of the whole human race, TO see these
tWo great Kindred communities entering IN
TO mutual engagements SO far in advance oi
the spirit Of the age in which they lived
No wiser act was ever agreed upon between
two nations than the limitation Of the naval
force on the lakes, and no measure was ever
conceived in more enlightened spirit than
the removing all duties on Canadian and
American produce, aud admitting the citi
y 3ens OF either state to an absolute freedom
ofintcrcoursc with the other.
The President has already given notice oil
tho intention Of his government to put an
end to one Of these measures, and q bill is
IL advanced IN its passage through congress
! eAe object Of which Il % t~s,ninatD tho 9th
Ct. 4r. Stewards passport system also,
strictly enforced along the whole froiitier, is
builing up nm iron wall between two coun-
tries which, although under different gov
ernments, have for long time enjoyed
something very like the advantages usually
restricted to tho subjects Of the same SOW
spv -
wonder that under such circumstances so
new and SO alarming, and fraught with such
manifest injury for the present aud possible
danger for the future, an independent men,
Der Of the opposition should ask for intor-
nation from the head Of the government.
Sir John Walsh did indeed, speak in n tone
slightly tincturcd with bitterness. lie was
not, indeed, hostile, he said, to the neutral
ity hitherto observed between north and
south, though inclined to consider that that
neutrality had not been received in prop
er spirit by the north
The reply OF Lord palnerston was so
measured in its tone and careful in its lam
guargc that il has led the public to consider
perhaps somewh unfairly, that subject
should have been altogether avoided. That
answer was in substance that in SO Car MS re-
lAeea to the disarnnanssA % she saxss the
Americans haA received rom the conduc
Of the southern refugees resident in Canadi
suficlent provocationsto divcst the motto.
for the termination of the existing under
standing given on behalf ofthe United States
Of any hostile character. Lord Palmcrstor
also vehemently deprecated the pressing
the subject any further at the present time.
II there be left towards this country any
vcstigc Of tho good feeling which once ami
mated large portion of the American pub
lie, tAey will not fail to see in this little
scene . conclusive proof Of the anxiety Of
England to avoid all justification of offence,
and to act towards neighbor in moment
Of trouble ami anxiety with the most friend.
II forbcarance. 1t is already too late for the
.aAUericnh congress and government to stop
short in a career which, though we will not
say, with Sir John Walsh. that it amounts
almost to an act OF hostility on part of the
American government, Is certainly swGer-
ing away those wise precautions against " ar
devised by the prudence OF . generation
brought up amid its horrors and mScrieS.
We shall cndcayor to preserve to the utmost
our peace with the United States, even
though they dcnouncc the two treaties upon
which It SO mainly repoSes but We shall
certainly feel that the chances Of maintains
ing the existing state of things are mucl,
dimin shed by SO harsh and peremptory an
innovation. War has many evil attributes,
but none, perhaps, more justly detcstibe
than its tendency, like fire, to extend Itself
on every side, and to bring within the reach
81 it destructive and balbarizing agency
those who have had no share in the causes
which have led to it, and who are sincerely
anxious for Its termination.